Spray painting

Located at the Phoenix Art Museum is a unique work that was purchased “with funds donated by Jan and Howard Hendler” and created by Yayoi Kusama in 2005. The piece is titled You Who are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies and is a “mixed media installation with LED lights” that was created as a permanent piece to the Phoenix Art Museum’s collection. The work can be found in the South Wing on the Upper Level in the Contemporary Art section of the museum. The intention of this…

The image St. George and the Dragon was created using the albumen silver from a glass negative process, and as such it is a black and white photograph. The white tones appear stark white, and the darker tones appear warm, ranging from light to darker shades of beige to almost brown. Also, visible are the various shades of gray. Such tones were typical of the wet collodion process, as was the sharp image and the clear depiction of the details. The photograph's tones range from light to dark,…

Alwin Nikolais: Visual Artist Extraordinaire Alwin Nikolais was a modern dance genius whose contributions to dance as an art form are numerous. Known for his innovative dance works and performances, he was a master of all trades who wanted to encompass a variety of visual and auditory art forms to create one large spectacle. Many considered him to be a pioneer of modern dance, and Anna Kisselgoff, a journalist and dance critic, was quoted in The New York Times obituary for Nikolais as saying:…

successfully explored the concept of visually representing reflecting on personal struggle and ones inner demons in their works. Herakut, through their unique view of the world around them which is revealed through the use of symbolism and unique painting techniques. Cecile reflects her own thoughts through the use of vibrant coloured portraits that don't always demonstrate every detail forcing the audience to ponder the deeper meaning by considering what is missing. Both artists have…

recognizable elements. This piece have bright colors that grab the attention of the viewers eye. It looks like it could be many different things all inside of one painting like one big galaxy universe. For Example, it has blue looking buildings sitting next to a lake house depending on what angle you look at the picture by. The painting is based off the city of Knoxville and it describes the emotion throughout the city. The piece have many different elements of art and the three I chose were…

I was always passionate about creating things that were out of the ordinary. Every year when I was little I would sign up for an art summer class they would have at my very own school. I would craft many things for Mothers day and father's day because I was young and didn't have my own money to spend. In a way this helped me throughout the years since I kept making crafts for any occasions like birthdays and so on. I found myself later applying for art society and I was able to make the cut. I…

Brief Description of the Activity: The activity will begin with students drawing a self portrait on a cue card. They must choose a colour that represents them and use the colour more than once in their portrait. After everyone is finished their self portrait, we will make a bar graph as a class to represent the class’ favourite colours. This activity will begin to show students what the axis of the graph are and introduce proper mathematical language (axis, scale, and one to one…

Pablo Picasso’s artistic career can be categorized into several, distinct periods. The general sentiments of these eras range from melancholy to romantic depending on the events ongoing in Picasso’s life at that time. In 1900, Picasso had just initiated his profession as an artist and was impecunious. His distressful lifestyle in the early 1900’s was conveyed through his first period, the Blue Period. Many Blue Period art pieces, such as “The Old Guitarist” and “The Sleeping Drinker”, are…

is extremely famous and others might pick him as well but what he did in his lifetime and the meanings to some of his of his paintings/drawings are what that truly evoked me into picking him for this assignment. The artist’s work is noteworthy due to the fact that in 2 out 3 his paintings/drawings it shows great emotion that everyone is able to see but in the other painting he leaves people to question as to what he was trying to portray. Also, how…

has directional lines, implied lines, balance, and one point linear perspective woven within the strokes to provide meaning to the viewers, while implying the importance of the child present. The painting uses these techniques to provide the viewers with an understanding while just gazing at the painting, and aiming to present the child as the son of God. Using these techniques allows individuals to be able to draw the viewer’s eye to the infant who sits on the Madonna’s lap. Directional…