Thursday, September 6, 2007
Monday, August 27, 2007
ARTC 311: Research Op Art
Victor Vasarely is an interesting artist.
He's been doing art for many years, starting off with early figuration and progressing further and further.
Most of what I've seen is simplistic, yet assembled in a way to fool the mind. Works dealing with black and white or only two or three colors are the most attratcive to myself, because they are simple and aesthetically pleasing. His personal website is very interesting and easy to browse.
http://www.vasarely.com/site/site.htm
While doing an image search on his works I've found that while there are also pictures from his site, there are also other works that he has chosen not to display, most of which involve tunnels, or what appear to be tunnels.
Bridget Riley's work is much more intense than Victor's in my opinion. Her work is always large, and sometimes overwhelming.
I seem to stare at her pieces for longer periods of time, perhaps it takes my mind even longer to be able to comprehend it all. She usually works in graytone, even more so than Victor, and her work always seems flat... well in medium not necessarily for the images themselves.
Thursday, August 23, 2007
ARTC 321: ASSIGNMENT_Artists
Leah Dixon
Leah is a sorority girl who branched out into art during her college experience at Ohio State University. She attributed her personality and art style to her involvement with her sorority and the art community. She enjoys painting and prefers working in the abstract style.
In her work, “Temple: Time Tapestry” she takes pictures based off of nature and alters the photos by using symmetrical reflection, very much like a kaleidoscope. All of her images change into each other during her video. Leah goes further by taking screen shots of her video and placing the images next to each other to represent the work in a more 2D way. Each photo looks like a symbol, an icon, a letter in an abstract alphabet. I enjoy making new symbols and sequencing them; I’ve never fully incorporated them into any school works, and I’d like to do more of that.
Lisa Erdman
She is a Dominican American artist who has worked in a variety of multimedia environments. She has been working since 1992 as a digital artist, writer, educator, and performer. She draws form her Dominican American background and other features of society in America.
Lisa does a series of works based off of pharmaceutical ads. She parodies how society is looking for a quick fix by creating fictional medications that are designed to solve lack of patriotism as well as Christian faith. Using pop culture references to create humorous yet meaningful pieces is an effective way to get people interested in one’s works. I’d like to use more humor in an effective and meaningful way.
Murat Germen
This artist uses multiple photos and reassembles them to create an entirely new environment. He blends photos from different angles to create optical illusions of impossible space. I’ve done work recreating an environment from pieces of another and I found them to be successful. His work feels more like an optical illusion and I’d like to recreate my environments to seem the same way yet also realistic.
Most of these artists also use bright colors in their works. I find bright colors and a high contrast aesthetically pleasing. I’d like to work with these tools more to improve my work overall, as well.
Leah is a sorority girl who branched out into art during her college experience at Ohio State University. She attributed her personality and art style to her involvement with her sorority and the art community. She enjoys painting and prefers working in the abstract style.
In her work, “Temple: Time Tapestry” she takes pictures based off of nature and alters the photos by using symmetrical reflection, very much like a kaleidoscope. All of her images change into each other during her video. Leah goes further by taking screen shots of her video and placing the images next to each other to represent the work in a more 2D way. Each photo looks like a symbol, an icon, a letter in an abstract alphabet. I enjoy making new symbols and sequencing them; I’ve never fully incorporated them into any school works, and I’d like to do more of that.
Lisa Erdman
She is a Dominican American artist who has worked in a variety of multimedia environments. She has been working since 1992 as a digital artist, writer, educator, and performer. She draws form her Dominican American background and other features of society in America.
Lisa does a series of works based off of pharmaceutical ads. She parodies how society is looking for a quick fix by creating fictional medications that are designed to solve lack of patriotism as well as Christian faith. Using pop culture references to create humorous yet meaningful pieces is an effective way to get people interested in one’s works. I’d like to use more humor in an effective and meaningful way.
Murat Germen
This artist uses multiple photos and reassembles them to create an entirely new environment. He blends photos from different angles to create optical illusions of impossible space. I’ve done work recreating an environment from pieces of another and I found them to be successful. His work feels more like an optical illusion and I’d like to recreate my environments to seem the same way yet also realistic.
Most of these artists also use bright colors in their works. I find bright colors and a high contrast aesthetically pleasing. I’d like to work with these tools more to improve my work overall, as well.
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Sculpture Artists
Louise Bourgeois
An artist that does sculptures that realates to spiders. I find that the spiders are compositionally pleasing. They appear to be made from recognizable polygons that have been texturized and stretched. I can see myself making insect like creatures that have similar features. They seem dark in a Tim Burton sense, but still pleasing.
David Smith
His artwork seems based on cubes and spheres that have been altered to make almost minimalist sculptures. The works remind me of symbols or monuments. Only pleasing for composition, which I find extremely enjoyable. Using symplistic shapes with smooth symbols. Being minimalist means extreme attention to detail with the smoothness of the sculptures, which is something that I admire. I think his works may be the most incorporated in my future project.
http://www.pbase.com/demdeepellummusic/image/62573059
http://www.pbase.com/demdeepellummusic/image/62573053
Tony Smith
His works are polygonal cubist sculptures that are large in size. All sculpures are smooth and prysm-like. They are remniscent of optical illusions. I am attracted to optival illusions for one can look at it and be confused, amazed, or simply look at it for long periods of time. Being able to make something so complicated and compelling is truly inspiring.
Robert Smithson
Another polygonal artist. I especially like his peice "Cardboard Holiday." Working with edgy cubist shapes he is able to made surreal furniture. Everything looks very sharp and neat An excellent Artist.
Barbra Hepworth
An artist who employs curves and holes with her sculpture peices. The peices are interesting because you can see through the clean holes in certain areas while the actual sculpture is hollowed out. By looking at the sculptures through different angles the peice becomes more interesting. Employing a-symmetircal aspects to the peice creates unique eye path to the peice. I believe that symmetry is very effective in creating a pleasing composition, however Barbra Hepworth's works show how a-symmery can be affective as well.
An artist that does sculptures that realates to spiders. I find that the spiders are compositionally pleasing. They appear to be made from recognizable polygons that have been texturized and stretched. I can see myself making insect like creatures that have similar features. They seem dark in a Tim Burton sense, but still pleasing.
David Smith
His artwork seems based on cubes and spheres that have been altered to make almost minimalist sculptures. The works remind me of symbols or monuments. Only pleasing for composition, which I find extremely enjoyable. Using symplistic shapes with smooth symbols. Being minimalist means extreme attention to detail with the smoothness of the sculptures, which is something that I admire. I think his works may be the most incorporated in my future project.
http://www.pbase.com/demdeepellummusic/image/62573059
http://www.pbase.com/demdeepellummusic/image/62573053
Tony Smith
His works are polygonal cubist sculptures that are large in size. All sculpures are smooth and prysm-like. They are remniscent of optical illusions. I am attracted to optival illusions for one can look at it and be confused, amazed, or simply look at it for long periods of time. Being able to make something so complicated and compelling is truly inspiring.
Robert Smithson
Another polygonal artist. I especially like his peice "Cardboard Holiday." Working with edgy cubist shapes he is able to made surreal furniture. Everything looks very sharp and neat An excellent Artist.
Barbra Hepworth
An artist who employs curves and holes with her sculpture peices. The peices are interesting because you can see through the clean holes in certain areas while the actual sculpture is hollowed out. By looking at the sculptures through different angles the peice becomes more interesting. Employing a-symmetircal aspects to the peice creates unique eye path to the peice. I believe that symmetry is very effective in creating a pleasing composition, however Barbra Hepworth's works show how a-symmery can be affective as well.
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Proposal For Video
The concept behind my video is interacting with people using different personalities. Different people can mean friends, family, or even different personalities inside ones self. I plan on shooting in my dorm room as well as in the Arts Village common room. I will have conversations with three of my friends as three different people and end the video by having the different personalities interact with each other. The different personalities include, myself as seen normally, myself as a pirate, and myself as a scotsman (I will go through extreme lenghts to protray the scotsman by dying my hair red and wear a kilt). The shots will consist mostly of face shots or bust shots, as well as profile shots and over teh shoulder shots. Audio will involve conversations and monolouges of the people in the video including myself and the two other personalities.
Thursday, February 8, 2007
Response Quiz
1) John Baldessari is an artist that does conceptual work in front of a camera. In his film , "I am making art" he stands relatively still while saying the title over and over again.
2) Phyllis Baldino is an artist who in "I'm not a girl who misses much." She dances in front of a camera while repeating the title, as she continues in her dance is becomes somewhat of a mock of MTV and the image of women in society.
3) Thermogenesis sounds like an interesting work by Robert Moog, as it deals with images based on sounds.
4) Video art is a legitatmet art form. What we can do through digital programs today like voice overs, scene cuts, effects, and other things were all started through the pioneers of the video art realm.
5) Video art is used to create an emotion or portray a feeling purposefully (it is made as an art piece). While an artful video may have another purpose like reporting the news it can still be filmed in an interesting way.
2) Phyllis Baldino is an artist who in "I'm not a girl who misses much." She dances in front of a camera while repeating the title, as she continues in her dance is becomes somewhat of a mock of MTV and the image of women in society.
3) Thermogenesis sounds like an interesting work by Robert Moog, as it deals with images based on sounds.
4) Video art is a legitatmet art form. What we can do through digital programs today like voice overs, scene cuts, effects, and other things were all started through the pioneers of the video art realm.
5) Video art is used to create an emotion or portray a feeling purposefully (it is made as an art piece). While an artful video may have another purpose like reporting the news it can still be filmed in an interesting way.
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