Art Gallery Review Essay

This paper reviews the concepts of Aesthetic philosophers and how their theories developed new standards of Aesthetics from the Classical Greek Era, to the Modern Era. The first section of this text describes the philosophers perspectives of Aesthetics during each era, an explanation as to what the philosophers concepts mean, and a possible example or reference to modern society. The second section of this text compares and contrasts the philosophers that have been discussed in this text.…

David Batchelor stated in his essay ‘Unpopular Culture’ of 1995 “Artists have a responsibility to art, not to anything else, or anyone else”1. To truly understand this statement you must first understand how the cultural field operates in art society either economically, politically, and culturally. Therefore detaching yourself from any social or moral ties to the rest of humanity. I understand that this statement can be read on lots of different levels, by first looking at commitment and the…

Speaker Review 1 We had the privilege of hearing presentations by both Sheila Butler and Madeline Lennon. While their presentations had many differences they both covered the common thread of feminism and inequality in the world of art. The first of which was Sheila Butler, a visual artist, former professor, and a founding member of Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art, or MAWA, a feminist visual arts education centre. They were responding to the inequities that they perceived in the art…

between a Commercial Gallery, Public Gallery, Artist Run Initiative and curated online Gallery. A gallery is a space allocated specifically for the display and exhibition of works of art. Commercial galleries are exclusive art spaces created for a specific selection of (usually) well known and established artists, displays can run for long periods of time, they do not hold permanent ‘collections’, either do ARI’s the main difference between commercial galleries and other gallery spaces is that…

(Cooke). She studied a foundation course at Central St Martins, and obtained her degree at Falmouth College of Art and her master degree at the the Royal Academy Schools (Wright). She did a variety of job to support her artistic life before she became famous. After she received different awards and distinctions such as Turner prize nomination and the Pinchuk Foundation Future Generation Art Prize 2012 (Wright), she was finally able to work as a full-time artist (Cooke). Her formal academic…

Text in and as Art The Yale University Art Gallery is a place for those who appreciate and want to enjoy different types of art in a professional setting. The Yale Art Gallery contains pieces from all regions and all eras, including: African Art, Arts of Islam, European Art, Art and Industry in Early America, Indo-Pacific Art, and American Art and Decorative Art before 1900. Each room is set up in a unique manner to fit its design. For example, the Yosemite Gallery has red painted walls that…

3.2.1 Curatorial practices The National Gallery of Ireland (NGI) holds the national collection of European and Irish fine art. In addition to promoting the gallery and it’s collections through exhibitions, other major functions comprise conservation, preservation, provenance research, education and assistance with investigation of the collections. This study is being carried out in cooperation with art specialists at NGI, facilitating access to their essential expertise and knowledge of…

Book Review 1: Seven Days In The Art World In the mysterious, capricious and status-obsessed art market, six distinct insiders—artists, dealers, curators, critics, collectors and auction-house experts—are keeping dynamic balance with each other and being a relatively excluded group that is fraught with unknown secrets. As a non-fiction book that to some extent, pry into the secrets in art market, Sarah Thornton’s Seven Days in the Art World offers up a tale of what happens at the height of a…

Sioux Falls’ own Battle for the Arts. Intended as a witty turn-of phrase, “the pen is mightier than the sword” has taken on new meaning where a Sharpie Magnum is the weapon of choice. With a keen eye, a skilled hand and a time limit, artists are wielding the mighty maker for victory in Sioux Falls own Battle for the Arts. Currently in it’s second season, Battle for the Arts began in January 2010, the brainchild of local artist Micah Luke. The first Battle for the Arts took place with…

Yorkshire, northern England. When he was 16, he was admitted to the Bradford School of Art, where he studied traditional painting and life drawing. “In 1959, Hockney studied at the Royal College of Art in London and was taught by several well-known artists, including Roger de Grey and Ceri Richards” (David Hockney: The Biography, 1937-1975). “Then, Hockney's first solo show, held in 1963 at John Kasmin's gallery, proved very successful” (web). “The following year he traveled to Los Angeles for…