MOMA at PS1

 

At PS1 which isn't too far from my college I saw and exhibit of all of Mike Kelly's work. Mike Kelly was an artist who created what some would consider a bit disturbing art work. He committed suicide last year which sadly makes his art work more valuable. On a separate note while studying various artist I find that many have a hard time balancing fame and their personal lives along with their identity's and some time it ends is suicide which ironically makes there work worth more. He created artwork mining America popular culture and moderate to alternative traditions. Most very dark and delirious. Below is one of my favorite works at the exhibit.

 

 

In this part of the exhibit Kelly re-creates the fortress of solitude which was superman's city that was shrunken and kept in glass tubes by the evil arch-villain brainiac. Kelly after analyzing the DC comics he then created three dimensional structures that duplicated the city as seen in the comics. I personally loved this piece because of how interesting it looked before even finding out what its meaning was. It to me gives life to the comics themselves by re creating what people have only read or seen on TV. I couldn't help but touching them and staring at this part of exhibit for long periods of time.

 

Another exhibit that caught my eye and even scared me a little was a dark room that had what looked like two coffins connected by a little box. Everything was too dark to take a picture of so ill try my best to describe it. In the two coffin looking shapes there was room for you too crawl in and it was scary because it was so DARK I couldn't even see my hands in front of me. Making me think about how humans tend to fear the unknown which made me curious and scared but I scrawled in, ones I got to the end where the box connected to the other crawl in coffin there was a small hole. In this peep hole there was a movie playing in slow motion. This piece was another favorite because it engaged the viewer like I actually got to be apart of the art work also I felt like by being so engaged I was put into the artist's place. It really triggered a lot of my fears of being in the dark, now knowing what was in side and how my curiosity in the end trumped my fears and I just went in.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



MOMA post-impressionism and pop art

During our class trip to the Museum of Modern Art we studied post-impressionism art work and pop art work. Below is a picture of pop art.

This art piece is pop art by Andy Warhol featured at the MOMA. This piece and pieces similar made by him are duplicates of the same picture some in different colors to create what is know as pop art. Warhol is known as the father of pop art. I find it very interesting when my art teacher informed us that he didn't even create his work he had factories and several people would create the actual pieces from his ideas.

 

This next art piece is of post-impressionism.

 The Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh

Van Gogh considered one of the pioneers of post-impressionism painted this from imagination and memory. Gogh wrote this to his brother "this morning I saw the country from my window a long time before sunrise, with nothing but the morning star that looked very big". He painted this picture from imagination and memory making this piece post impressionism. He responded to what he saw in nature and from his own expressions to create this beautiful piece. I truly enjoyed this art piece and others at the MOMA because I got to see art work from artist that I've only heard of or saw in class, I dp understand now how moving seeing art work in person can be like this photo which for some reason gives me a calming feeling when I look at it.



RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE

On our trip to the metropolitan  museum of art we studied Renaissance art and Baroque are which are two very different styles that have very detailed characteristics. Below is a picture from the Baroque art section.

Wolf and Fox Hunt

 

This art piece is by artist Peter Paul Ruben and is a realistic painting of a fox hunt. This art piece is very large in size and was actually trimmed down because a client said "none but great princess have houses fit to hand it up in". This piece in particular really caught my eye because of the detailed graphs and bold colors of red. Baroque art was created around the time of the scientific revolution and the age of absolutism. Some characteristics of Baroque art is the different twists and turns of the torsos such as the wolfs and hunters making the painting seem 3D, almost as if the painting was moving. Also while most painting around this time period are very controlled Baroque art such as this painting is dramatic and emotional. 

 

Below is a picture from the Renaissance section.

Venus and Cupid

 

This photo is of Venus and her son Cupid by Lorenzo Lotto, this photo shows great characteristics of the Renaissance period in art because almost every aspect of the photo hold a specific meaning. Lotto was obsessed with emblematic devices such as the shell above Venus's head and the rose petals on her lap are her attributes and the ivory is symbolic for fidelity and the myrtle wreath was worn by the bride. This picture also shows a lot of nudity including cupid peeing on his mother which was in fact for good luck nudity which wasn't excepted until the Renaissance period makes this photo unique and funny I enjoyed this trip and the and what I learned from the pictures in it.



ONLINE LECTURE RESPONSE #6

1. Describe a Dada Artwork. What world event influenced this style? How?

Data artwork started around word war one and was a way to creatively criticize society and the world through art work. Data art work is created by putting pieces of different art work together to make one piece of art work. Its intended to makes the viewer feel what is being expressed. Data art work was used to express and justify the millions that were killed.

This painting is a form of dada artwork of the Mona Lisa. Its intent was to disrespect and criticize the beauty that people saw in this piece. The artist who painted this is Marcel Duchamp

2. Describe the work of Jacob Lawrence in the video. What were this artist's influences?

 Jacob Lawrence's art work was inspired by the African American people in the South to the Urban North. During the times of World War One through World War Two. Some of Lawrence's other art pieces was inspired by other historical events such as The Renaissance. Lawrence had a passion for the background of African American history. These are also some artist that Lawrence admired himself Matisse, and Francisco Goya.

This is a art piece by Lawrence and shows the African Americans performing daily tasks like cooking, cleaning, and sewing. The colors are very vibrant and I think the people having blank black faces is a really strong expression.

3. Look at one of your classmate's responses and comment, using constructive criticism.
I responded to Anthony's blog post. The link to his page is below.

 http://anthonyhua101.blogspot.com/2013/11/online-assignment-week-7.html?showComment=1383928696738#c3629978052317848948 

ONLINE LECTURE RESPONSE #5

Impression and Post Impressionism 

Describe the difference between these two styles and explain how European colonization changes art in this time period.

 

During the period of impressionism art started to change from the more romantic and academic it began to be more based on what artist saw in contemporary life. During this period artist began to paint outside and visually grasping a scenery would then paint it on canvas. Artist work in this period where known for putting small dabs of pant very close to the dabs of paint so when one stepped back further they would be able to see the whole picture. When the impressionism period began artist began to try and capture the whole image vastly sketching and painting the scene. This is different from the post impression period because artist added there spiritual content and personal expression into there pieces This method is known as pointillism. These artist now only wanted to paint the scene and capture the art but they wanted to add there own personal touch that involved pieces of themselves such as feelings, emotions, beliefs or thoughts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



ONLINE LECTURE RESPONSE #4

 

 

 

 

Simon Schama's Rembrant- part one

 

1. Describe the portrait of the fur merchant. why is he "The Business Man's Hero"?

   

     The portrait is of a business man names Nicholas Ruts, He ran a fur business. The picture looks realistic and the colors are soft making the fur look very comfortable. The painting is called "The Business Man's Hero" because Ruts understood his clients back round and they were always just as hard workers as he was. 

 

 

2. What was the mood of the 83 year old woman?

 

     The 83 year old women looks very emotionless and sad. She seems very unhappy to me.

 

3. What is Rembrant communicating in his painting of Samson and Delilah.

 

     In the majority of paintings of Samson he is portrayed as being very powerful and strong. In Rembrants painting of Samson he made him appear powerless and weak. The communication that he Rembrant was showing was some sense of betrayal but a bit of love. 



 



ONLINE LECTURE RESPONSE #3 / HOMEWORK #4

 

 

The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance- Part One: Birth of a Dynasty

 

 

1. Why was the Medici family so important in the development of the renaissance?

           The Medici family was an important family to the birth of the renaissance because they bought Florence, Italy out of the medieval times. They did this by using new knowledge and technology. They took great risks in fields such as art and architecture to advance there family and there city. It started with the merchant Giovanni Medici and his son Cosmo Medici, they ran a small bank in the back of a wool shop. There clients were picked very carefully and based strongly on there loyalty. They took on a client who was a pirate and who the Medici family invested in who later down the line became the pope. This gave them recognition and they became the bankers of Florence funding almost every commercial business in the city. During the building of a temple the dome couldn't be finished and again they invested in someone that no one would help.  This gave them more power because with there money and there new artist Brunoleske they were able to complete the first dome shaped temple in all of the city and in it various artist who's paintings are still admired to this day. These events, artist and business that were able to thrive because of the Medici family took there city out of the dark ages and gave them new life, new recognition and new ways of thinking.

 

 

    2. Why was Donatello's David so revolutionary?

 

        Donatello's David was very revolutionary in the 15th century. This is because no one had attempted to create a free standing bronze sculpture of nude man since the ancient romans. It was also a very daring art piece because in that time especially in Florence art work of that nature was not admired or excepted.

 

   3. Describe this sculpture in detail.

 

      The sculpture of David is of a free standing nude bronzed man. He is stepping on a helmet with Goliaths head in it as a sign of victory. There is also a very long feather that goes from the helmet up the thigh in a sort of sexual manner. David's also holding a sword down toward the helmet.