Color

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Color/Dada lecture, reading

DADA, SURREALISM AND AFTER(cabaret vo(c?)ltaire 1916  Burich, Switzerland)

(Berlin 1919 turns into Paris 1924)

DADA

-began in WW1

-protest against,war society old social order

CONTRIBUTIONS

-appropriation

-assemblage,construction

-conceptual art

-chance

SOME DADA ARTIST

Jean arp

hugo ball

kurt schwitters

marcel duchamp

marie osman-pop singer

this is coming from cubism

collages were introduced 

cathedral of junk in austin

CONCEPTUAL ART-

APPROPRIATION

YOKO ONO

Module Madness Critique

The class really loved my module madness project. They liked that it looked like the cups were coming out of the wall and the way they curves. Some found it distracting that there was a little gap in the group of cups.

10 mini posters

Mark Maker 5000

Mark Maker 5000

    Mark Maker Process

Deciding how to put everything together to make it look like a device

Module Madness Progress

This is what I did  in class on wednesday, but I am having trouble with it. I want to switch to something  else  other than  rocks but I dont know what...

Organizing Principles

1. Work of art-may vary in degree of emphasis
1. subject
2. form
3. content

      The development of Form(involves media and techniques and uses)

↓

The elements of art

*Line

*Shape

*Value

*Texture

*Color

(which are organizing principles according to)

↓

The Principles of Organization

Harmony← and →Variety

↓

bring the elements into an appropriate

ratio while establishing

↓

*Balance

*Proportion

*Dominance

*Movement

*Economy

(creating)

SPACE

and

VISUAL UNITY

Composition/design usually a mix of intuition & intellect

Today (within last 10 years)

Abstract Expressionism

Abstract Expressionism

CLYFFORD STILL

UNVEILED

July 2nd, 2008
Color and Shape
There is more harmony because  most of the colors repeat and the shapes have the kind of feel to them.

Clyfford Still 

1947-J, 1947

color, shape
Harmony  is being created witht the strokes of the painting.

Post Minimailsm

 Post Minimalism

Eva Hesse

Hesse, Aught, 1968

Hesse, Repetition Nineteen, III, 1968

Hesse, Aught, 1968

(a) Shape,Color

(b) Harmony is being created with the organization of the pieces

(c) The organization of the pieces capture my eye.

Keith Milow

The Twentieth Century

1988

Twentieth Century X

1994-1998

a) Shape,Color

(b) Harmony is being created with the shapes and organization

(c) The shape of the piece is attractive

Minimalism

 Minimalism

Sol LeWitt

Sol LeWitt, Isometric Projection #13,

 ink and pencil drawing on paper 1981

Sol LeWitt, Tower, Figge Art Museum,
 Davenport, Iowa, USA, 1984.

a) Line

(b) Harmony is being created with lines

(c) The way the lines are

Texture Pictures!

Mark Making & Module Madness Practice in Class ; )

Mark Making

The rubber band ball made the marks below

Module Madness 

Practice in Class

Here are me and some of my classmates arrangements

Performance Process & Crit

For my performance, I really did not know what I wanted to do. This was an interesting experience because I never really perform in front of crowds. What I came up with was random, but I wanted it to have meaning behind it and not just do anything. I also wanted to do something that people would not picture me doing.  I thought of many different things such as waking around the square as if it was a tightrope, or looking at the camera as if it was a movie, and eat popcorn. But I think what I chose to do was the right choice. I did not practice really, except for barking like a dog on my hands and knees at my room mate. It scared her a little, which I thought was funny. I just had a vision in my head and went with it. When the class critiqued me they said they liked the way I entered in and flipped my hair. Wearing professional attire was appropriate and the way the clothes fit me, allowed the audience to see my rib cage move when I barked. They mentioned that I really sounded like a dog. They liked that I actually licked water from a bowl and it did not take away from the performance. Also they enjoyed that after I was done acting like a dog, I got up and fixed my hair again as if nothing never happened. Overall this was an experience out of my norm, but it turned out to be successful I think.

16 Mark Making Sketches/Pencil Marks

Putting tape down, making marks then tearing it off

Using random items to make marks

(cup,feather,shoe,bendable stick)

                      

                        Pencil Marks(10)

close up

close up

  Used different methods such as a stirring motion,attacking the page, and putting tape down or objects under the paper to make marks.

9/17 Lecture/Reading Summary

Post Modernism
-Pluralism of viewpoints
-Shift from a dialog taking place in a person to a mediated dialog through:

• art
• fairs
• media
• etc. 

Modernism

 





Photography
I love photography, so I was excited to hear this lecture.
Photography influenced painting in composition.

1905-1914
Italy- Futurism
Russia- Constructivism
Germany- Expressionism
Holland

Cardboard Critic and Images

For my cardboard project, I have a lot that I could improve upon. My group critiqued  my piece and said that they enjoyed a certain texture that I had on the layers of the acorn. Some of the texture was better than others. My piece had a disconnect from the top where they said it looked like cardboard was just thrown on top and the rest looked like I actually worked on it. A lot of hot glue was showing and it looked a little bit rushed.  Another thing that was wrong with my piece that made it not as  enjoyable was the shape of it. It was suggested that I could have made the acorn more circular.

final playful and periodic image

(playful,periodic) 

 The group really liked my playful composition on left. They all told me different stories that they thought the composition was trying to tell. They thought I used a good range of square sizes and my white space well. 

Week of 9/10 lecture summary on creativity

The question was asked what does a person do when she is being creative/original that distinguishes them from one who is mediocre?


We made a web chart and branched off different ideas from the word creativity. I thought this was a creative way of taking notes from how we normally take down notes. Some ideas that branched off from the word creativity were

• actually attempts ideas adapt
• puts whole self into it
• see beyond, flexibility, perceptive
• creative action
• fluency 
• curiosity,questioning attitude, inquisitive nature
• awareness 

Then we talked about distractions...specific creative killers

• physical-support,safety
• cultural- taboos,imitate
• intellectual-mechanical state of mind,lack of background knowedge
• expressive- inflexibility, lack of information
• emotional-fear,comfort
• environment-security, support

why? Things like facebook, the web, and t.v. are a big distractions for me, it happens to me everyday but I feel that I have grown and have not let those things distract me as much as they use to.


There are possible solutions to help these distractions
understand the problem,devise a plan, carry out the plan, revise carry out the an and examine, revise, present


after you realize the problem, you can move towards working out a solution or outcome.


Some methods I will consider when devising a direction for my solution/outcome are

• Imagine
• classify
• relax
• check
• list
• transform
• test
• commit
• adapt
• repeat

Playful and Periodic

                                            My Top 4 Periodic

To critique my periodic squares I would say some of them look a  little playful and could look more serious. I think I used the white space pretty well in each composition.

My Top 4 Playful

Sept 3 lecture/reading summary

Ten Quotes

• 1. Pride on low, faith on high
• 2. In the Lord put your trust
• 3. God is good all the time
• 4. Stand firm in the faith
• 5. Shut your eyes  in order to see
• 6. I consider my life nothing
• 7. Don't wanna waste my life
• 8. Criticism is easy, art is difficult
• 9. There is always a reason to smile
• 10. The only rule in art is what works