Canvas

approached his easel with an image in his mind; he went up to it with material in his hand to do something to that other piece of material in front of him” (25). Maybe the goal was to create something unknown even to artist himself. They had to explore the canvas with their brushes or whatever they were using to make those lines and colors. Moreover, he argued that there was nothing wrong with sketching because it was also the “action” and its already an artwork that will be turned into a bigger…

Yayoi Kusama Yayoi Kusama, Beyond the End of the Century, 1987 Acrylic on canvas, 162 cm x 130 cm Beyond the End of the Century is an abstract work whose subject matter consists of red circles of varying sizes, each with a red line trailing behind it as though it has a tail. These are set against a plain white background. Kusama’s use of line implies the movement of the red figures: the “tails” trailing behind each red circle have an organic and fluid shape, making it seem as though the…

Yoko Ono is a woman who is most commonly known as the woman who married the Beetles’ star John Lennon. In the article by Arthur C. Danto titled “Life in Fluxus”, Danto goes into detail about Ono’s art style, how she met and influenced her husband, and the amazing and shocking art she and her husband produced. Danto never outright defines what Fluxus means, but rather lets the reader learn the definition through Ono’s work. Similarly, Ono would often let the viewers of her art participate and…

Jackson Pollock creates an larger than life painting that is done completely using his dripping method. By focusing on the movement of the paint while dripping the paint evenly across the canvas, Pollock has given the canvas the same treatment in each spot. His end result makes the viewer focus on the basics, of the canvas itself , line and color dripped on. Because of this focus on the line, color and application of paint Jackson Pollock was used by Greenberg and Fried as an example of someone…

viewer the idea that the picture is one that shows a dark time. The painting fits on the canvas appropriately running from end to end utilizing the space. However, this does not mean the artist used the space haphazardly.…

normal indigo farmer. The same power structure is also prevalent within Canvas Town. Just like how Aminata’s village in Africa had a chief, she in a way, became the chief of Canvas Town. She was recognized within Canvas Town as the teacher, and whenever news came and round and meeting were needed to be held, it was always at her home. For example on page 392 it says, “Each time there were rumours of change, the people of canvas town assembled around my shack…” They came because they all…

with tireless effort I needed from someone. What she did do required the same amount of effort that’s put into art, when the artist just lifts his hand and strokes the brush smoothly across the canvas and fills it with his meaningful strokes; and with great dedication over a long period of time the canvas is filled. The…

pictures that are tacked on the top left on the canvas, the black-and-white drawing of Rockwell’s face, and the picture that represents him working from the back. Is it realism or something that can be called a fact of a make-believe? Rockwell depicts his passion for painting by capturing the process of him painting. The striking feature of the “realism” is the blank eyes in the mirror created by the lenses of Rockwell’s glasses. Notice on the canvas that…

bigger than itself—a shadow, an umbrella, or a woman’s hat. Each speck of oil paint the pointillist marks onto his blank canvas is different in shade, texture, size, and purpose. Specks of all sorts—dark, light, warm, cool, neat, and splashy—surround each other. Without their differences, the canvas would lack contrast and depth. The specks are carefully placed onto the canvas, one by one, each displaying the artist’s effort and affection…

placed on the wall on the second floor of the Museum. “Miasma” streaks of brilliant red and blue radiate from a dark center into a white field to blast the painterly colors of Old Glory. The medium of the “Miasma” was painted with oil on a canvas which the canvas is large in size so it could be noticeable to the audience and it would stand out immediately. Marc Handelman is an American Contemporary painter, known for his large-scale abstractions derived from Lockheed Martin advertising, and…