Postmodern art

Clever TITLE here The Octavia Art Gallery currently exhibits two artists: Regina Scully and Iva Gueorguieva. Regina Scully’s works consisted of acrylics of an abstract nature. The use of various vibrant colours in her works, as well as their abstract and subjective essence, made them fascinating to behold. Her work reminded me of Kandinsky’s. I could have spent close to an hour fully examining and exploring her many works in the Gallery. Conversely, I would and did spend minimal time observing…

Art is a visual statement often labelled as a narrative. A narrative is how all of us see the world and how we connect with each other and therefore art is a natural fit for narrative. Much of art tells a story or convey a message and the story is up for interpretations with the unique use of symbolism. Both Banksy and Jill Orr are created in the postmodern framework with the unconventional messages and use of materials, symbolism and signs. Graffiti artist Banksy and performance, photography…

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) has undergone a variety of expansions and renovations over the years. Specifically, this paper will address the I.M. Pei additions through Foster & Partners of the Linde Family Wing for Contemporary Art mainly from its conception in 1981 to its opening in 2011. It is beyond the scope of this paper to explore changes in the Linde Family Wing after its opening in 2011. This paper will cover how the museum was able to expand in order to create this new wing and…

Introduction Throughout the history of art, a variety of artists made contributions in expanding the definition of art. Some dedicated their energy in a restrained way as a personal practice, some devoted their energy into fiercely challenging the society’s current aesthetic conventions. The two artists I am going to discuss in this essay are Marcel Duchamp and Gerhard Richter. Even though they lived in different time periods, they are both influential to modern art. They can be controversial…

1. Modernism: Comparison Europe/Australia Europe was the frontier for Modernism in the art world, with the movement emerging mid nineteenth century from artists like 19th century painter Gustave Courbet . Modernism began during the Industrial Revolution, a period of rapid change in technology which profoundly affected social, economic and cultural life in Europe. Impressionism was most prominent around this time. Impressionism in Europe often depicted the beautiful architecture and used…

Cultural Frame In 1917, the wealthy male French artist, Marcel Duchamp created the revolutionary masterpiece named Fountain which challenged the meaning of what art is and the necessity of the manual labour required to make art. This masterpiece was influenced by the Dada movement, World War 1 and cubism. The dada movement was a movement which, was launched in 1916 in Zurich, was a direct reaction to the slaughter, propaganda and inanity of World War 1. In 1905, Marcel Duchamp began his…

Francisco Larios Larios practices painting, open-concept drawing, and the use of software to create two and three-dimensional visual environments. In his imaginary, the postmodern condition is fulfilled, in which contemporary culture is the starting point for the elaboration of scenes that show a return to sacred references, phil-osophical themes and immemorial fabulations. In Larios' work, the landscape is conceptually treated as the space in which sometimes studies of the dream, the link…

the word of art is utilized to mean innovative works that are liable to general detect such as, movies, music, singing, written work which is literature, and drawing. Arts considered as the result of human innovativeness. It is viewed as a shade of human culture. It is an outflow of the self, not a statement of the human requirement for the prerequisites of his life, albeit a few researchers view arts as a human need for people such as water and foods. There are many kinds of arts such as…

at Collection of the Akron Art Museum, on September 16, 2014, is a great example of the artist’s work. Although his artwork ranges from wall drawings to these types of structures, and even sculptures, this object viewed at the museum represents the diverse works of art that were presented at his time period in an accordingly fashion. The theory that Sol LeWitt worked off of in the creation of his objects was, but is not limited to, the idea itself being the work of art. LeWitt had some beliefs…

During the movement of Modern art, it greatly reflected upon renaissance inspired academic art. It also embraced abstraction to realism, romanticism, and symbolism. Also, the effect of Impressionism developed during this time. Artists began to make art regarding people, places, or ideas that interested them. During this time, it was stressed that art mattered, to everyone. Everything about the art, how it was made, the subject matter and much more was so very important. Whereas the people…