Anti-art

Right Bird Left is a painting that primarily used four of the visual elements to show and display a different meaning of the painting. This is a painting that used implied texture, which was accomplished by the way the artist worked on the brush strokes. The strokes created an idea that there were textures that were actually on the painting, even though they were not there. I think that it was good that Krasner made the strokes look different with the brush and changed the way it looked because…

One of the least common art forms in the contemporary art world is the mosaic. Compared to the more common art forms such as painting or ceramics, mosaics have decreased in use from their peak in the ancient world. However, this does not diminish the importance and beauty of mosaics, but rather allows modern societies to admire an art form that it is unfamiliar and exotic, with many intricacies that are not at first obvious. Commissioned mainly by the rich, mosaics grew and spread across the…

a desired effect. Art is no different. Art is, at its core, a lifestyle. It is a way you experience the world. It can be painful, joyful or anything in between. The work created by Kristy Edwards is extremely evident of this passion. Her paintings are labors of love and sadness she has experienced. The art is created not only with different mediums, such as paint or pencils, but is also created with love, hate and emotions that fuel many facets of creativity. In my life, art has always been…

taken great care to mount and present your work professionally, you 've touched up the walls, fine-tuned the lighting, ordered food and drink for the receptions, sent out the exhibition announcements, labeled the work, and put on your best "I 'm the art star" outfit. Your friends, family, and classmates arrive and admire your work. They compliment you, ask you questions, and offer warm critiques. You are proud of the work you’ve made.…

Integrating art unlocks the doors to learning, it is an important essential in today’s higher education. Some may ask what is the integration of arts? “Is an approach to teaching that integrates the fine and performing art.” A more-broad understanding is through the four essentials Yo-Yo Ma describes as, collaboration, flexible thinking, disciplined imagination and empathy. Yo-Yo Ma is a widely known cellist and songwriter, that started producing music from the age of five and has won over…

Art is a Fluidity Society is constantly changing, growing, and evolving; art is a constant. Since there were cavemen, there were prehistoric cave paintings. When people began to hunt, they began to sculpt hunting weapons and tools using solely natural resources. Once religion became a part of society, art became one of the major means of expressing religious beliefs. Art is a constant because it is natural. It is something that is instilled within us all from a very young age. When we are…

Salvador Dali finished The Persistence of Memory in 1931at Port Lligat, north of Barcelona, Spain and housed in the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1934. This painting was a symbol of Dali’s work and defined surrealism, breaking many of the norms previous and unique in its own way. The painting itself reflects a lot on the way Dali viewed a life and giving it a deeper meaning that others may interpret differently. Dali created a three dimensional experience that was never seen before by…

A picture is worth a thousand words. This phrase has been around for a while. But should those thousand words be said? Should that picture be taken? This is what author Fred Ritchin addresses in his essay “Why Violent News Images Matter.” Ritchin assesses both sides of the argument on violent images and informs the reader on what he thinks should be done. He takes on an almost casual and educating tone, like a teacher, to explain each side of the argument and lead the readers to his conclusion.…

Graffiti art has been around since the ancient Egyptian times. As graffiti art becomes modernized, painting techniques are charged along with the style for perfection. These techniques consist of sketching with pencil and paper and drawing on the wall. In the United Kingdom, a famous giraffid artist known as Banksy uses these techniques in his art. Banksy’s satirical art is usually controversial along with dark humor. One of his most recognizable pieces, commonly known as Sweeping It Under the…

The Labyrinth of Renewed Conversation is a public art intervention that intends to offer not only a “public experience of space but rather public debate that becomes the work of art,” something that “can end with its acceptance or rejection” (Hein, 1996: 4) (North, 1990: 860–879). Labyrinth of Renewed Conversation seeks to demonstrate the somewhat ‘knotty’ situation that students have faced in South Africa with regards to the #FeesMustFall movement. Saleem Badat expresses that the #FeesMustFall…