Fundamentals of Visual Art Essay

In all of Kendridge’s artwork, he shows concern about his native country. In his drawings, he leaves marks and erases so there is a feeling of movement and tension between past and present. In Felix in Exile, it shows one character looking into the mirror and sees deceased character. I was intrigued by this mixed media, because it tells a sympathetic story. Also, his artwork, History of the Main Complaint, also intrigued me. In this mixed media, Kendridge draws a man on a hospital bed with an…

Outside of school, I have many hobbies. A few that I am most passionate about include volunteering, art, photography, reading, and horseback riding. In the spring and summer months, I am a regular volunteer at Shining Hope Farms, a hippotherapy services program. Due to my busy schedule during the school year, I am not able to volunteer much during the fall and winter but help out when I can. As a volunteer, I help clients when they are on horses, and help with tasks around the barn. I walk with…

an early age, he obtained an interest in the arts from his father who was a furniture store owner and interior designer. After high school, he attended Maryland Institute College of Art, in Baltimore where he received his M.F.A. In 1974, he attended a show in Whitney Museum, NY that inspired him to become an artist. “It was then I transferred to school in Chicago, all because of that show”(Koons), it was thereafter that he enrolled at the school of Art Institute of Chicago to pursue his dream.…

that you will do anything to try and create something. For example, Jackman uses a quote from Mary Frank, she sates “for me, the reason to do art is that it is compelling. Art is a drive, a very complex desire and need, urgency and pleasure” (196). He provides many quotes such as Mary Franks to show that “being an artist” is having the passion to create the art work. The second response is from pages: 13-25, 39-48, and 179-193 in Jackman’s book. Jackman writes and provide quotes…

The work of photographer Jeff Wall utilizes previous art in order to give his photographes meaning. One of Wall’s pieces of art is A Sudden Gust of Wind, and it takes inspiration from another famous piece of artwork by Hokusai named Ejiri in Suruga Province. The two pieces of art share a very obvious resemblance to each other being that Wall’s purpose was to recreate Hokusai’s previous work. Wall finds a very similar landscape to take his photo at, and he even finds a similar tree. The…

evaluating artwork subjectively, you want to look at the creativity that the art piece expression and what feelings that the artwork brings out of you. Take in account how much space that the drawing takes up, what tools were used to create the artwork, and the amount of difficultly involved in creating the art piece. Subjectively evaluating artwork is mostly about personal opinion and relates to your feelings. When you are evaluating art objectively, you want keep personal opinions and feelings…

the photograph. Yet, based off of the hints from of the photograph’s title and a further investigation of the image, Strand allows the viewer to realize the subject matter, giving the image deeper context and a new perspective on photography as an art…

Art Censorship: Necessary or Not? Art was judged by its beauty, emotional power, and personal interest. Now art is judged by safety guidelines determining if the art work is “viewer safe” or “pornographic”. Since the beginning of the artistic era; artists have challenged controversies and shown different mediums of thinking. But, society has neglected many of these works of art saying that the art is dangerous and harmful. So, to prevent such harm rules of censorship were created, but artists…

By Lizabel Mónica Visual Artist Nestor Siré has set up an art gallery inside today's most popular Cuban media. El Paquete is a 1 Terabyte size changing database of digital content, mostly pirated, and transferred informally through USB external hard drives. El Paquete is nothing like television, any form of radio, or the Internet. It is a huge media phenomenon run through hand-to-hand distribution and outside of government control. There, Siré has managed to insert an Art Gallery. WHO IS…

I realized that my dream to learned art could be possible. Over the past four precious years, I begin to see art as an integral part of my life. Having been buried in the influential and lively air of artistic creation, my point of view on art and culture has been modified. I do not learn and practice art; in fact, I live art. I go about expressing my feelings, aspirations and view points through my artistic creations. The most distinct trait of the American art lies in its innovation, and it is…