The real departure for New York’s Pop Art was the work of Jasper Johns. He was very interested in bringing the viewers attention to the common things in the world. Dunchamp another artist had made ready made objects into art; now Johns went even further and made the object into a painting. Johns had invaded the previously inviolate area of ‘pure painting’. He also neutralized the gap between life and art.
In my opinion, I got the idea that this book was written more for the workings of the mind but at the same time Steinbeck wanted to make you feel something as you read this. I think it was written for the workings of the mind because he wanted to get his point across about the constant internal battle of good vs. bad. What I enjoyed most about this book was the way he used characters to portray actions or ideas. For example, he used Cathy to represent evil and Aron to represent the internal battle of good vs.
Dorothy Allison skillfully constructed stories made her point about art clear. Art has a kind of mysterious magic that make people fall into an imagination, leading people to have different mood. In her story, she seems making the art become more convincingness that people think art is everywhere; more about the personal opinion or perspective; become more motional to people. Art should be surprise, astonish and bring magic to everyone’s
In his effort to tidy up an artwork of Jackson Pollock, Wehrli decided to skip the long procedures of figuring out and ordering the painting by individual aspects of each stroke, and instead simply put all the paint back into their original containers. Just like Van Gogh’s bedroom, the ‘mess’ of the original artwork have only been moved and repositioned-much like sweeping the dust under the rug. The audience however, is satisfied with the clean look on the surface, not really giving much thought to the messiness beneath it. This represents the irony faced by modern society as we constantly seek structure and order but our lives are still a constant mess. The satirical humour of his artworks laughs at our appreciation of the seemingly orderly composition that masks a messy reality- a mirror of our own world.
The life of a Border Artist is full of difficulties, but for some is worth the struggle. Besides the challenges of making art that is appealing to the public, they must make art that is appealing to their culture and values. This struggle between values and the consumer’s demands is outlined by Gloria Andalzua in her essay, “Chicana Artists”. Stuart Ewen clearly depicts the beginning of this trend of art being integrated into people’s search for knowledge, along with reading and current events. The current trend in American culture for a horizontal knowledge base creates a greater need for types of art that were previously not in demand.
For me photography has a beautiful way of capturing life’s moments and preserving them to treasure and appreciate later. I recognize that can be the point behind a painting as well, but in my opinion with the actual photograph you get all of the tiny details and the exact image of how that particular thing or scene looked at that exact second. That to me is amazing and always why I chose Ansel Adams. “Ansel Adams was an American Photographer best known for his iconic images of the American West, including Yosemite National Park.” Biography.com. Ansel Adams combined some of my favorite things and provided magnificent things; he took photography, then took pictures of the outdoors in my favorite type of scenery; the west, with the beautiful mountains, lakes, rivers and all of Gods creations and then put it all in black and white.
Ai Wei Wei’s exposure to these artists led to the development of his first major body of work. Using everyday familiar objects questioned the authenticity of the art. Ai Wei Wei produced a series of ready mades each challenging the original functions of the objects forcing them to be seen in new ways. As a result of this Ai Wei Wei moved away from traditional ways of displaying art and playing with the
In his essay, Clement Greenberg divides art into two category: avant-garde and kitsch. Avant garde is the "genuine" art that moves society forward. It manages to be genuine by avoiding such tasteless things as subject matter in favor of art that focuses on the very processes of art, the medium of art itself. However as a result of this genuine style, avant-garde artists are marginalized in the modern world.According to him the modern world is more interested in kitsch, which is characterized by its inauthenticity. He sees kitsch as an unreal experiance and a faked sensation.
Psychoanalytic criticism judges art “as the product of individuals who are shaped by their pasts, unconscious urges and social histories.” Structuralism judges artwork based on how all of its formal components are put together. Last is post-structuralist, which still judges artwork by its formal parts but takes many meanings out of it. I find psychoanalytic criticism to be most valuable. This is because the viewer can assign any meaning to the artwork. It allows the people to escape reality and find out the deeper meaning of the piece of art.
In order to approach this comparison we must define each term first, so that way we could take a better evaluation of the art pieces shown below and point out the principles of design and principles of art being used by the artists. Neoclassicism was born out of a rejection of the Rocco and late Baroque styles in the middle of the 18th century. These artists wanted a style that could convey serious moral ideas such as justice, honor, and patriotism. The movement was a profoundly educational one, for its devotees believed that the fine arts could and should spread knowledge and enlightenment. Romanticism began in the same era but its approach had to do with the modern rather than the antique.