Installation art

Art is a term that cannot be defined incorrectly, art can have many definitions but some will be better than others. Art plays an important role in many people lives, it motivates the human brain by making people react with their emotions. It also provides many people with source of creation and self-expression. Art is very subjective and it has a different meaning to many people, but it is also at a continuous state of change. A way that art can be defined is through form and content (Wollheim,…

Maurizio Anseri was born in 1969, Loano, Italy. Born in Loiano, Italy in 1969, Maurizio Anzeri studied Sculpture and Graphic Design at the Camberwell College of Fine Arts. Right now, he lives and works in London, England Anseri uses found photographs and embroidery skills to create subtly sculptural pieces in which strangers are given new identities. This adds to the mystery and complex to his work. He sees photographic portraits and landscapes, exploring them in order to layer then with his…

define them. Overtime, artists express the concept of identity through portraits, self-portraits, photography, videography and many more medias. The concept of identity is popular with many artists as it allows them to write their own story through art and to express whom they truly are and to not be trapped into whom society thinks they are. Identity is the way we perceive and express ourselves. Circumstances and factors that an individual is born with such as ethnic heritage, sex, or one’s…

Yanagi and Manga Ormolu (2016) by Tang both feature different examples of highly symbolic juxtaposition to encourage their audience to reflect on culture diversity and human behaviour. Yukinori Yanagi’s World Ant Farm (Appendix 1) is a large-scale installation comprised of a diverse collection of flags of various countries. The artist has neatly created the flags by pouring sand into a labyrinth of plexiglass boxes connected by tubes. Yanagi adds ants within these flags to work and transport…

Both approaches can be utilized to address the bottom-up functioning of the brain under stress. Further, both approaches address the bottom-up healing strategy promoted by art therapists and trauma specialists (Chapman 2014; van der Kolk, 2014). Self-regulation focuses on somatic processes that calm the amygdala or the fight, flight, freeze response (Rhoton, 2016). Once that is accomplished, perceptual and emotional processes…

People have their own different interpretations of the word “Art”. More interpretations most likely cause increasing disagreements. Art is a way of expressing your creative ability and imagination commonly through emotions by showing the audience rather than telling them. Art is also a universal language that is used through many platforms and one that is globally understood (citation). However, people will interpret the meaning of art differently to the way others do. The same applies to…

My friends and me went to the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary last Friday in order to fulfill this online assignment. The Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary is consisted of four parts. All of the artworks in the first part of this museum is focused on the women and the power. The whole space has been filled with a variety of artworks. A world map filled one of the wall and a series of cloth artworks filled one of the other walls. Then I just noticed this piece of artwork which called You Better…

become all about artistic hobby is called by its name. Man Ray (1890-1976) - French and American artist, photographer and filmmaker, whose work has had a tremendous impact on avant-garde art of the XX century, from Dada and surrealism to the abstract and commercial photography. In 1908 - 1912 years. Man Ray studied art in New York. Man Ray became interested in photography of Alfred Stieglitz. Thanks Stiglitz met with the European avant-garde. The first personal exhibition was held in New York in…

Known for her large-scale public installations, Jenny Holzer is a neo-conceptual artist who creates thought provoking narratives through her installations. Her medium includes billboards, buildings, posters, stickers, light projections, plaques, photographs, and perhaps her most famous medium, LED signs. No matter which medium she uses, however, her work never fails to incite and arouse the public. Holzer’s aesthetic includes language and narratives as art, which continues to inspire people…

For many visual artists, it is common knowledge that in order to gain popularity and to create a name for ones self they need to put themselves out there in the world for all to see. Whether they are a painter, a writer, an installation artist, or an actor they all require a pedestal to stand on and have their work be seen; for many the first steps on to the pedestal is by capturing their work through photography. Today, photography is as easy as using the latest iPhone and the application…