Folk art

Her inspired by living surfaces helped her progress to painting straightforwardly on individuals. Meade, 24, whose studio as of not long ago was her folks' cellar, started by requesting her family to take a seat for her. She says her initially demonstrate was paralyzed once she began applying paint straightforwardly onto his face. (Meade, In Reverse Trompe L’Oeil, Models Are Both Subject and Painting…

Taking the time to figure out who you are as an artist, and what kind of lasting impression you want for your fans visually, is just as important as the music you create and perform. I see many artists spending very little time on their image, which should be part of their overall “package.” If you want to be a successful artist, you need to look and act the part. If you expect the public to buy your records and merchandise, buy the magazines you’re featured in, pay to see you perform, etc.;…

A. Different museums in the L.A. area i. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art was first established in 1910 in Exposition Park and in 1965 it was opened to the public in its new Wilshire Boulevard location. Since 1965, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art has been devoted to collecting works of art is both historic and geographic. Today the Los Angeles County Museum of Art is the largest art museum in the western United States, with a collection that includes over 120,000 artworks dating from…

Mia Lindsey Intro to Art 100 Mod 2 Worksheet 2 Instructions: Compare and contrast art created as a social activity and as a singular creative act. Include artist image and proper citation. (Artists name, date, medium, current location if applicable.) • What are the differences? • Why are they important? • Do their functions ever overlap? How? Singular Creative Act: Still life painting: Adriaen Coorte’s Strawberries in a Wan Li Bowl: 1704 Oil Painting: Current location: Unknown Social Activity:…

can have a stronger meaning, On the website wie geht kunst, they have posted an interview with Mladen Dolar. Mladen Dolar, a Slovenian philosopher was interviewed about what art means to him. In this article, he discussed his meaning of the importance and the standing out of artistic work. Mladen Dolar states, “I think to make art is to make a break. And to make a cut.” What Dolar is trying to say is, people choose the best out of the choices they have, and to be chosen means you have made it to…

Reading Assignment #1 The Human Phenomenon & the language of Art and Architecture When I read this first chapter of my arts and culture book I realized how fascinating and important art is. Art is in everything we do whether we know it or not. It’s in every object we contain and building/structure we have ever seen. It’s also different in every culture and it a good way to communicate feelings, culture, and customs to others. An example of this I found when reading was on page 16. It was Tim…

For this assignment, I visited the Hickory Museum of Art (HMA) in Hickory, North Carolina. Their major exhibition was “Unexpected Beauty,” a collection of photographs by photojournalist Steve McCurry. I observed several ways in which the HMA replicated historic museums practices, especially in regards to the museum effect, princely galleries, and above all, reinforcing an emphasis on the visual. By visiting the HMA I gained a firsthand experience of what these practices look like and the…

Henry Chelfant, one of the authors of the book Subway Art, notes that style concept is very specific (Chelfant 29). First of all, it is determined by letters form and how they are connected. According on site “Graffiti: art through vandalism”, there are several different styles of graffiti that are popular today. Pieces is the most common style at the moment. “Pieces are the most elaborate graffiti works, with a more artistic composition. Considered to be an artist 's best work, these are…

life or one could say a representation of the everyday life of ordinary folk. Not a peasant himself he still received the nickname “Peasant Bruegel” the first reason is because he would go undercover as a peasant so he could paint them in their natural environment of everyday life without disturbing them to act differently and the second because that is what he painted, peasants. Pieter Bruegel is a flexible painter of arts such as landscapes, the Tower of Babel, and groups of people like in…

Flamenco is a folk art and culture from Iberia, or present day Spain. A genre that has been the musical outlet for the poor and the troubled, Flamenco is not merely a style of music, song or dance from Spain but rather a way of life that influences the daily activities of many individuals. The art of flamenco was intended to be an outward expression of an individual’s most profound emotions and the flamenco way of life. It was never intended to be a technical art performed with enduring…