Art critic

In the book, “But is it art?”, Cynthia Freeland takes a philosophical approach to allow the reader to understand why people decide to create art. In the beginning of the book, Freeland starts by explaining that some artists use scare tactics to promote their art. She mentions that using bodily fluid such as in Andres Serrano’s artwork is intended not to be controversial, but are not provided with a context for the public to often understand and appreciate (Freeland 2001: 7). Some artists feel…

The thing that stands out in MC Escher is the fictitious reality that grasps our imagination when we experience his art. Escher’s art consisted of woodwork, optical illusions and printmaking. Most believe that Escher must have had a complex mind to be able to conjure elaborate two and three-dimensional planes that falsely tickle our mind. When art critics have interviewed Escher they try to pick his mind to see how he developed ideas that had so much depth and perception, finding out about his…

because the style of his art was more relatable to the people, his artwork is more popular and different, and he had more meaning behind his artwork. Salvador Dali tried to connect with the people. He would paint his feelings and many people could connect with him (Salvador). Dali would let his paintings do some of the speaking for him, but he couldn’t let them take all of the attention. Dali traveled to many different countries, attending art exhibits featuring some of his art. The more Dali…

Figueres, Spain, Salvador started creating art at a young age. His parents encouraged him to peruse his artwork and even built him a studio at their home before leaving for college. Aways being able to peruse with his art, it prompted him to experiment with sculpture, printmaking, fashion, advertising, writing, and some filmmaking with Luis Bunuel and Alfred Hitchcock later on in his career. His paintings resemble a lot of classical and renaissance art, noticeable through his religious symbolism…

The German Philosopher and Literary Critic, Walter Benjamin, claimed in his immense fragmental collection of essays known as Das Passagen-Werk (translated as The Arcades Project) that Architecture uncovers itself as the most important witness to the mysterious mythology of human condition (1002). The German critic 's claim will guide this essay in demystifying this 'mythology ' of the relationship between Architecture as an art to be interpreted in the written word. What is this 'mythology '?…

Every artist has to learn from someone or through some medium. The learning process can be full of trial and error to get the best results. As the apprentice finds their own identity they must choose to the best way to express their feelings through art. Sometimes finding your own way can be dangerous and scary, but getting past those feelings can be rewarding. Breaking from the norm was exactly what the Rite of Spring and Les Demoiselles d’Avignon did. Ground breaking can be controversial and…

Artists have used collections to group together different objects to create art pieces. Collections can be diverse and artists can use this technique to create unique pieces that harness their own aesthetics. Both George Herm and Jean Dubuffet are artists who have used this technique. George Herm’s, The Painter’s Mind features an old piece of wood with two L shaped brackets, an orange bottlecap glued to a scrappy piece of paper and a ripped off piece of paper from the book: The Painter’s mind,…

Art is a notoriously ambiguous subject and name. In society today, the word art immediately brings to mind the intricate and time-intensive works of the Old Masters’ paintings and sculptures. But there is another face of art that I believe is becoming more and more obvious. The face that is a single large orange dot on a canvas. The face that is the holy cross submerged in urine (Serrano, Andreas. Piss Christ. 1987. Stux Gallery, New York.) All this is acclaimed as art by art critics, collectors…

In the background of the Art Critic, straight lines are brought together from their various angles to suggest the corner of an art museum, while many contour lines work together to create the organic shapes that make up the scene. Specifically, this painting depicts a young man who is leaning forward to inspect a portrait of a woman and looking through a magnifying glass to examine a brooch clasped close to her chest. Light and shadow are used to create the illusion of depth on the young man’s…

towards the works by wrote an open letter asking Trench to be displayed in the exhibition in Prussian Academy of Arts in 1924, Berlin (Gutbrod and Dix 2010). This work succeed to be exhibited in Berlin and went well for a period of time until Julius Meier-Graefe, one of the first important supporters of modern art in Germany, publish a critics towards Dix’s work. He published a critics that the display of The Trench was a “public nuisance” and asked to be removed it through personal letter. As…