Jeff Koons

interested in artwork that is understandable, and artwork that was appealing to the eye. One artist was mentioned in the film, Jeff Koons, and he creates sculptures and creations that are colorful and childish that are truly amazing to look at. Koons is creative and works hard in the area he wants to be associated with, but still Scruton did not seem to care for the work of Koons. There were a lot of assumptions made by Scruton in the film; for instance, he said that since a building was not…

but my experience was completely different. In the Art Institute, I saw many different types and forms of art. Many of the pieces I saw during my visit to this museum were by authors mentioned during class including Andy Warhol, Jackson Pollock, Jeff Koons, and Felix Gonzalez Torres. During my visit many art pieces caught my attention. It was hard to choose an art work to do my final analysis paper. Finally, after debating over a few PIECES I decided to make my paper about Analigía I (2a.…

Where do women stand in society? Women’s inequality in society is a sensitive topic that has existed for many years. Women have suffered to have their voices heard and have fought to reach a sense of equality in the world. Women of the 60’s were expected to follow one path: marriage, childbirth and devoting their lives to the home. In the 1960’s a controversial artist named Allen Jones, stirred up the discussion of women being portrayed sexually. Some feminists were left in confusion and anger…

Postmodern artists challenge the conventions of art by applying many different artistic techniques such as appropriation and experimentalism. Postmodern artists reacted to the usual conventions of art by developing new ways of viewing what art might be. The postmodern artists aimed to react against the narrow boundaries of Modernism with special emphasis given to abstract and minimalist art. Appropriation often breaks the conventions or norms and regulations in art. Placing a well known image in…

The world of artistry is wrought with misinformation and misdirection. Some would have you believe that art is hard and takes years of practice to master. However, those people are wrong, and you should feel bad for believing them. While the actual skills involved in painting might require some expertise, you don’t really need to be good at it to be an artist. One of the finest pieces of “abstract expressionism” is literally just four, dark lines on a red background (seriously, it’s called Four…

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…

The Map and the Territory Michel Houellebecq Date of publication: 2010 Publisher: Vintage Duration: 291 pages Winner of the 2010 Prix Goncourt - - - Observing the world of art and celebrity under the Houellebecq microscope - the result is: 'The Map and the Territory'; a collaborative journey of the world of quirks, ills and utter nonchalance through the eyes of artist Jed Martin. Not forgetting the inflated fortunes and the weariness of reinvention and the cuckoo need to make sense of visual…

Yoshitomo Nara is a Japanese artist who is well known for the girl character who is bulbous-headed with large eyes and cynical grins. As a contemporary of Takashi Murakami within Japan's Neo-pop movement, Nara is influenced by elements of popular culture from both East and West. Nara creates drawing, painting, and sculpture that express intense emotions while his practices explores themes of isolation rebellion and music. In this essay, I would like to explore both internal and external factors…

For centuries, artists have made still-life artworks as a response to the world around them, preserving both material possessions and concepts in their works. Two display examples of this are Dutch Golden Age still life painter, Pieter Claesz (executed works include ‘Vanitas with Violin and Glass Ball’ and ‘Nature morte au crabe’), and British, eccentric, contemporary artist, Damien Hirst (creator of iconic works ‘The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living’ and ‘Chicken’).…

The concept of tradition and the was tradition is preserved comes into play among many other communities of potters. Tradition can be seen as a set of limitations on a potter or an opportunity for a manifestation of communal artistry. If one of the key characteristics defining an artist, is their agency over their creative decisions and a tradition that sets a guideline for how their pots should be made their agency could be said to be removed from the equation. Jon Muller argues that tradition…