audience’s connection with the artist’s intent. In some works, artist incorporate juxtaposition symbols to create visual statements about their culture in order to educate or inform their audience of their perspectives in their culture, enabling conceptual connections with and meaning made from the work. Yukinori Yanagi and Brendan Tang, artist from vastly diverse cultures, both employ the visual metaphors and physical connections between symbols to communicate their individual perspectives.…
successfully experimented with both the form and philosophy of art. Marcel duchamp defied the traditionalist movement, through challenging the conventional styles which have been around for centuries. Nevertheless, becoming the founding father of one of the most recognised forms of art, known as conceptual art of which Gormley later became a renowned figure. Conceptual art can’t be directly defined , although the general audience associate conceptual art as being renowned for its broad use of…
Action Painting vs Performance Art Introduction – 250 words In my dissertation I want to explore the differences and similarities between action painting and performance art. I will explore the technical processes and conceptual ideas in abstract expressionism, how abstract expressionism started, and what key events took place to influence the start of abstract expressionism and its impact on postmodernism and contemporary art practices and how it developed over the years. I will explore artists…
What is art? There are many different theories that attempt to define art in various ways, as well as theories that negate the possibility of a definition at all. Some people believe that art needs to evoke thoughts or feelings- that it is defined as art by its effects on the viewers. Others believe that art is defined by how its creator made it and what it was made to represent. In his work, “Art, Philosophy, and the Philosophy of Art,” Danto looks at the question, “What distinguishes art…
the word of art is utilized to mean innovative works that are liable to general detect such as, movies, music, singing, written work which is literature, and drawing. Arts considered as the result of human innovativeness. It is viewed as a shade of human culture. It is an outflow of the self, not a statement of the human requirement for the prerequisites of his life, albeit a few researchers view arts as a human need for people such as water and foods. There are many kinds of arts such as…
For many visual artists, it is common knowledge that in order to gain popularity and to create a name for ones self they need to put themselves out there in the world for all to see. Whether they are a painter, a writer, an installation artist, or an actor they all require a pedestal to stand on and have their work be seen; for many the first steps on to the pedestal is by capturing their work through photography. Today, photography is as easy as using the latest iPhone and the application…
School of Art and Design at Indiana University /Purdue University Indianapolis to attend a speech given by an artist named Creighton Michael, entitled “Mining the Subjunctive: Exploration in Drawing + Pattern Play II.” The speech ran from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm followed by the opening of Creighton Michael’s gallery exhibition at Herron School of Art and Design. This gallery show will run from September 28, 2016, through November 9, 2016. I attended this speech with my sister who is an Art History…
Saturday Morning Art was a meaningful community service engagement project. The program increased my awareness of some of the needs and issues in my community regarding art programs inside and outside of schools. The project gave me the opportunity to self-reflect and understand that art is not always a common subject in Education. Saturday Morning Art is located at the University of St. Francis in the downstairs of the Mimi & Ian Rolland Art & Visual Communication Center. The program houses 6…
The Way Art Moves the Soul Many concerned parents and educators argue that art class it is a waste of the student’s time and that students should be focusing on their academic education. Today, education is defined as attending school to acquire knowledge in the courses of mathematics, science, literature, social studies. Consequently, the art budget is being cut in many public schools. Jesse LaTourette explains that “The main reason for this is because of how costly it can be to the school,”…
After this first room, there is a room featuring mostly cubist and futurist art, which is an interesting segue considering the female nude as used by cubists are seen by feminists as patriarchal forms because it shows women as passive and faceless and the superiority of the male gaze and sexuality (gouda). Next, there is a room featuring just the art of John Heartfield. After these rooms is the room on “Feminism and Media.” The main panel in this room is smaller than the ones previous, eleven,…