Art critic

Artist Extraordinaire Alwin Nikolais was a modern dance genius whose contributions to dance as an art form are numerous. Known for his innovative dance works and performances, he was a master of all trades who wanted to encompass a variety of visual and auditory art forms to create one large spectacle. Many considered him to be a pioneer of modern dance, and Anna Kisselgoff, a journalist and dance critic, was quoted in The New York Times obituary for Nikolais as saying: "His contribution has…

dialog and discussion among scholars who are engaged in philosophical and practical analyses of musical experiences. Unlike other philosophical discourses, the difficulty of speaking about music is the difficulty of speaking about a nonrepresentational art form. Music has been discussed in terms of the hard sciences, such as pitch, rhythm, and form, but music has been at best, ignored with respect to philosophical thought. Deleuze is one philosopher who has tackled music straight on. An…

culture of this vast country. However, if one examines the history of Canadian art and compares it to the development of Canadian identity, one can easily discern their correlation. The rise of Canadian artistic expression in the 20th century greatly contributed to the Canadian identity by illustrating the growing nationalism in accompaniment to a stronger sense of independence. The evolution of the various sectors of art, such as the unique Canadian landscapes painted by the Group of Seven, the…

Rosa Park Circle. Using water as her inspiration for the park, she demonstrates each form that it takes right here in Michigan. Her designs have an incredible ability to encourage people to gather together in open spaces while teaching them through art. Her very first design brings people from all over the world to mourn and celebrate the lives lost in the Vietnam War. Maya’s life personally and professionally is filled with perseverance and appreciation from her earliest work on the Vietnam…

However by the 1930s, the Canadian press and general art community complained about the exclusive Canadian identity generated by the Group of Seven. The Group of Seven artists were from Ontario and Quebec and tended to paint these landscapes to shape their Canadian identity. Many critics argued that what emerged was not an overall Canadian identity but more of an Ontario or Quebecois variation. To appease the community, the Group of Seven expanded to include twenty-eight progressive,…

novel Never Let Me Go. As Tommy proudly presents his unique works of art, the realization is made of his imaginary animals that “for all their busy metallic features, there was something sweet, even vulnerable about each of them,” which describes the true nature and role of clones in a scientifically-driven world. Despite the society enveloped in science and technology, one of the remaining factors that preserve humanity is art and imagination, in which humanity thrives…

Examining illness as a metaphor through an early and recent work of Yayoi Kusama and the impact it has on the spectator Examine a body art/live art practitioner in depth, using two pieces of their work as case studies. Using these pieces, contextualize the artist within the history of body-based/ live art performance This essay will explore illness as a metaphor, something that is representative or symbolic, within Yayoi Kusama’s work and the way in which it enables the spectator to reflect,…

Society’s demands mandate art. A society’s lust for the ‘new’ and ‘innovative’ often tramples the old. Such was the case with tapestry in the 16th century as the Renaissance swept over Europe. Tapestry-makers bent to the demands of society to include Renaissance ideas into tapestry, ultimately leading to their own demise. By examining the aesthetic differences between Gothic and Renaissance Tapestry, one can examine the damage that occurred as cartoonists and weavers began applying Renaissance…

The painting is painted with oil on wood. It is said that this painting is “the greatest treasure of Renaissance art.” ("Mona Lisa, Leonardo Da Vinci: Analysis, Interpretation"). The reason behind this, aside from the incredible details and blends of color, but rather the mystery and different theories behind this painting. First, who is in the painting? As stated…

Tanguy’s most crucial paintings is Plusieurs ont Vécu (Many Have Lived) (see fig. 1). The medium is oil on canvas and it was painted in Paris is 1939, shortly before Tanguy moved to the United States. Today, this painting is located in the Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven, CT. The subject of this painting is isolation and is one of Tanguy’s most famous post apocalyptic landscapes. The subject of isolation relates to the feelings of exile Tanguy felt before moving to the United States.…