week 6 Anish Kapoor Sculpture

1. Research Kapoor's work in order to discuss whether it is conceptual art or not. Explain your answer, using a definition of conceptual art.

Joseph Kosuth, "One and Three Chairs"(1965)

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"Conceptual art has been a source of annoyance among both art historians and philosophers con-cerned with the issues of Modernism."

"The growin at-able, not only in New York but also in Europe, England, and South America."

AUT University.(2011).Academic Literacies in Visual Communication2 :

Resource Book. New Zealand, Auckland:Lyceum Press.



I think that the meaning of conceptual art, it is different idea from the past and it puts emphasis on ideas and process that is the real art and that is the one of the new artistic produce attitude.

"Conceptual Art " is a contemporary form of artistic representation, in which a specific concept or idea, often personal , complex and inclusive, takes shape in an abstract, nonconforming manner, based upon a negation of aesthetic principles.

http://www.caroun.com/art/conceptualart/conceptualart.html

i think , he is one of conceptual artist in the world and also one of the most influential sculptor. When i first researched his work most of them really great not only the size also the materials that he used such as bronze ,sandstone ,  marble , a slate, and wax and then fiberglass. He has lots of thinking of using materiasls and the size and it can make another work after he finished work because though the viewer and the materials that he used , between viewer and materials has realtionship.

2. Research 3 quite different works by Kapoor from countries outside NZ to discuss the ideas behind the work. Include images of each work on your blog.



Anish Kapoor  "Past, Present, Futue"

in Boston



This is one of his work called Past , Present ,Future. i think he has always been a kind of magician because most of his work has mystery and it brings curiosity i think that is positive point of sculpture to viewers.

This work has blazingly reflective metal surfaces or dark, plush , seemingly infinite interiors, his pieces dispense multiple visual thrills and mystreies.Also, i think though his work, we can feel that he is minimalist and Post- minimalist predecessors because his work appeared post modernism features.

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article5593901.ece





Anish Kapoor "Cloud Gate"

This is most publicly evident in Kappor's wildly popular "Cloud Gate", an enormous, shiny , phillpwlike archway (called Bean) at Millennium Park in Chicago. One of the larger pieces at the institute is "S-Curve", a double curve in polished steel that resembles a middle-size wall. It really one piece of abstract sculpture and it influeced night and day and the viewer i think . Also, i really like that the reflected background or people who walking the park clearly.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_Gate



Anish Kapoor :monumenta 2011

"leviathan"

While Kapoor has stated that the work's title. "Leviathan", was inspired by the 17th century phiosopher Thomas Hobbes's idea of the state as an unwieldy, inchoate monster, he has advised against over-literal interpretations. First and foremost the piece is a play of structure and scale that alludes to the idea of the cathedral and Leviathan is 35 metres high and comprise of tautly-stretched PVC over a giant metal frame.



KAPOOR said

"My ambition is to create a space within a space , responding to the great height and light of the nave of the Grand Palais. People will be invited to enter the artwor to immerse themselves in its colour and it will be i hope a contemplative, poetidc experience."

http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/37677/a-tame-leviathan-why-anish-kapoors-gargantuan-grand-palais-commission-falls-flat/

3.Discuss the large scale 'site specific' work that has been installed on a private site in New Zealand.



Anish Kapoor "The Farm" 2009

This is displyed on the farm and used fabric and steel. I think this work really suitable with New Zealand because firstly the name called "Farm" when i saw it , it call NZ and imagined NZ' seascape and also the colour red and the grace of colour green really looks effective i dont know why but there is some constrast but also have similarlity.

4. where is the Kapoor's work in NZ ? What are its form and materials? Whatare the ideas behind the work?

"The Farm:, a 400ha private estate outdoor art gallery in Kaipara Bay, north of Auckland, NZ. This sculpture is fabricated in a custom deep red PVC-coated polyester fabric by Ferrari textiles supported by two identical matching red structural steel ellipses that weigh 42,750 kg each. The fabric alone weighs 7,200kg.

Kapoor has commented, "i want to make body into sky". at the farm he achieces this. Here, the artist had to devise a form that was both freestanding and capable of surviving a constant arm -wrestle with the sky and the mercurial weather conditions.

http://www.spreadartculture.com/2010/07/07/anish-kapoor-part-of-permanent-collection-at-maxxi/

http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0110_sk_sculpture.html

5.Comment on which work by kapoor is your favorite, and explain why. Are you personally attracted more by the ideas or the aesthetics of the work?.

During the researched , i really interested about "Leviathan" because the sculputure's scale and the colour also, i didnt see those of sculputure i havent before. Moreover, i impressed the point of aesthetic , it looks really simple and nothing else but i thought there is some behind ideas from artist that i dont know and i like that this name of sculpture related with story of 17th century.

week 5 Pluralism and the Treat of Waitangi.

1.Define the term 'Pluralism' using APA referencing.

-Pluralism in art refers to the nature of artforms and arttists as divers. The cultural context of art is all encompassing in its respect for the art of the world's cultures. Inclusion of individuals ofdiffering ethnicities, genders, ideologies, abilities, ages, religions, economic status and educational levels is valued. Pluralism honours differences within and between equitavle groups while seeing their commonalities (para 1)

AUT University.(2011). Academic Literacies in Visual Communication 2 : Resource Book. New Zealand, Auckland: Lyceum Press


2.How would you describe New Zealand 's current dominant culture?

-The culture of New Zealand is largely ingerited from English and European custom , interwoven with Maori and Polynesian tradition but now a days there are so many kinds of different country's people come to New Zealand  for the leaving so that NZ is a cosmopolitan culture that reflects its changing demographics.
Therefore, i think New Zealand 's own culture also little bit has been changed to more harmonious with other culture such as some Chinese's light (lamp) festival hold in Auckland city or other countuies's traditional festival hold so that NZ culture become more like diversify todays. Also, the city has been developed , the New Zealand original resident's living place changed countryside to city and in case of Art field also has been widen by affecting other culture.


3.Before 1840, what was New Zealand's dominant culture?

-Personally, the terms of before 1840 that the Maori people 's culture were New Zealand's major culture at that time because  there is no other people and no other language before 1840. Actually, the Maori are the indigenous Polynesian people of  NZ and they probably arrived some part of Polynesia places before 1300 and then they settled the island and developed a distinct culture. I think before 1840 that time NZ's cultures of features were tended histotic and undeveloped . Some central dultura events is the marae, where families and tribes gather for special occansions, such as powhiri or tangi and there were some traditional art like carving, weaving, kapa haka , whaikorero and moko.


4.How does the Treaty of Waitangi relate to us all as artists and designers working in New Zealand?

-I think that the Treaty of Waitangi relates to artists and designers because of after that traty, New Zealand has two 'HIGH CULTUREA' traditions which are Maori and Western.  Before the traty, there was limit materials and information for the artists and designer but the maori started borrowing  from western culture and imported from overseas like Britain and the United States and then those arttists and designers has beed developed though each culture and sharing .


5.How can globalization be seen as having a negative effect on regional dicersity in New Zealand in particular?


-The  Globalization is the tendency of businesses , technologies, or philosophies to spread throughout the world, or the process of making this happen. (ALVC book p.47)
 i think that the feature of globlization has negative things and positive things. Firstly the thing of upbeat is if the culture of NZ will become more globalize, other countires's people knows NZ 's culture and it brings economic development  and making a money . However, there is a negative effect on this situation, i saw the video that teachers shows to us. The situation of Moana Jackson was the negative effect. She could not use her actual name because of a german? company already used it . These things shows that the situation of globalization brings droping NZ's reputation . But i think Maori people  or other people should participate in protecting their own culture before taken away from us.


6. Shane Cotton's paintings are said to examine the cultural landscape. Research Cotton's work "Welcom"(2004) and "Forked Tongue"(2011) to analyze what he is saying about colonialization and the treaty of waitangi.

Welcom (2004) Shane Cotton

Forked Tongue(2011) Shane Cotton

-Both of paintings represented Maori culture and he has developed a more refined symbolism and relates the history and society and these works convey of the way landscape and object are respositories of memory and i think that memories from his cultural Maori side.
 The painting of 'Forked Tongue" , there is some Maori designs and red lines and the mood is really scary. Maybe, it represented the situation of colonialization the culture of Maori .


7.Tony Albert's installation "Sorry"(2008) reflect the effects of colonization on the aboriginal people of  Australia. Research the work and comment on what Alberts is communicating through his work, and what he is referring to. Describe the materials that Albert uses on this installation and say what he hopes his work can achieve.





-The meaning of KITSCH is something of tawdry design, appearnce , or content created to appeal to popular or undiscriminating taste.

I think that he want to say to indigenous Australians who have suffered as a result of past mistreatment by the government of Australia and he introduces us to a forest of faces, each of which shares a history with those stolen from people, land and culture also, it represents a false identity. Moreover, as he made this installation he want to keep their own original history and culture that was colonized and as a viewers can knows the history and people's feeling though his work. In this poing , the work of Shane Cotton was similar with him.

8.Explain how the work of both artists relates to pluralism.

- i believe that the artist Tony Albert and Shane Cotton some part of their work relates to pluralism. Also, both of artist was trying to descibe the point of  their history and cultural things though their work.

Referense:

http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/category/tid/133

http://eyecontactsite.com/2010/07/pondering-the-marks-and-symbols-of-shane-cotton

http://eyecontactsite.com/2010/07/pondering-the-marks-and-symbols-of-shane-cotton

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globalization

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_New_Zealand

http://www.newzealand.com/int/culture/

http://www.newzealand.com/int/article/treaty-of-waitangi/

week 4 Kahinde Wiley

Kahinde Wiley

1. Find a clear definithion of intertextuality and quote it accurately on your blog usin the APA referencing system. Use your own words to explain the definition more thoroughly.

-One of the text analyze method at semiotics or literary and it is ineteraction between the code which included custom of text and audience. ()own word)

- Intertextuality is the shaping of texts' meaning s by other texts. It can be include and author's borrowing and transformation of a prior text or to a reader's  referencing of one text in reading another.

-"All literary works...are 'rewritten', if only unconsciously, by the societies which read them" (Eagleton 1983)

AUT University.(2011).Academic Literacies in Visual Communication 2 (p.30):Resource Book. New Zealand, Auckland:Lyceum Press.


2.Research Wiley's work and write a praragraph that analyzes how we might make sense of his work. Identify intertextuality in Wiley's work.

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Kehinde Wildy, 2005

oil on canvas

Three Graces

Kehinde Wiley,2005

oil and enamel on canvas

- When i first saw his work, it appeared real black ,brown people even their clothes , face of expression as looks real. Also, the background of his painting was amazing the pattern and style. Wiley's paintings often blur the boundearies between traditional and contemporary modes of representation and he creates a fusion of period styles, ranging from Frednch rococo, Islamic architexture and West African textile design to urban hip-hop. Moreover, his portraits are based on photographs of young men who Wiley sees on the street.

The artist describes his approach as "interrogating the notion of the master painter, at once critical and complicit." Wiley’s figurative paintings "quote historical sources and position young black men within that field of power.” In this manner, Wiley’s paintings fuse history and style in a unique and contemporary manner.

3. Wiley's work relates to next weeks Postmodern theme "Pluralism".

    Read page 46 and discuss how the work relates to this theme.

-Pluralism in art refers to the nature of artroms and artists as diverse. The cultural context of art is all encompassing in its respect of the art of the world's cultures. Inclussion of individuals of differing ethnicities , genders, ideologies, abilities, ages, religions, economic status and educational levels is valued. Pluralism honours differences within and between equitable groups while seeing their commonalities.(para1)

   AUT University(2011).Academic Literacies in Visual Communications 2 (p.46): Resource Book. New Zealand, Auckland :Lyceum Press.

Personally, i think , his works relates to the theme of Pluralism. Wiley's works describe lots of issues and the different hierachies that our society already have. Also, the theatrical poses and objects in the portraits are based on well-known images of powerful figures drawn from 17th - 19th century Western art and some of ,or more of his work related modern culture, from French Rococo to today's urban landscape and it seems like contemporary vision . Then, he presented in his working that black or brown people's status or their pride , freedom are same with white people those things express pluralism.

 

4. Comment on how Wiley's work raises questions around social, cultural hierarchies colonisation, globalisation, stereotypes and  the politics which govern a western world view.

 

-Honestly, Wiley's working dosent looks serious of included question around social , cultural  hierarchies colonisation, globalisation, stereotypes etc but i can see his considering of "white men" and "black men" and wealth , power, and prestige to subject matteer.

 

5.Add some reflective comments of your own, which may add more information that you have read during your reserch.

 

In my opinion, the feature of his art is detail and so much realistic i really prefer those point from his work.  Also, i like the paintings, which are illuminated with a barrager of baroque or rococo decorative pattern, posit young black men.

 

References:

http://www.npg.si.edu/exhibit/recognize/paintings.html

http://www.interviewmagazine.com/art/kehinde-wiley/2/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kehinde_Wiley

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intertextuality

http://www.artnet.com/awc/kehinde-wiley.html

 

 

 

week 3 Hussein Chalayan

1. Chalayan's works in clothing, like Afterwords(2000) and Burka (1996), are often challenging to both the viewer and the wearer. What are your personal responses to these works? Are Afterwords and Burka fashion , or are they art? What is the difference? Not all clothing is fashion, so what makes fashion fashion?

Afterword  (2000)-Hussein Chalayan

When i saw this collection, i was amazed becase of i thoght it was just same as other kinds of fashion show but it was not a normal fashion show. it was more perfomance art rather than fashion both of collections.

In case of Afterword(2000), the transformantion of funiture into dresses, carrying cases , and a skirt suggests the necessity of leaving one's home in a hurry with nothing but the clothes on one's back.

Moreover, his collection has something special and  diffrentiated with other fashion designer when i saw the cover of chairs transformed by model's clothes that was really amazing and it seems like art rather than fashion also, the chair which  fabric was taken off by models and changed to bag.

Personally , i believe that fashion is more commercial or well- ordered for viewer or buyer however, art has no that kinds of temper but not alwasy. While, fashion is a term commonly used to describe a style of clothing worn by most of people of a country but ultimately, fashion is an individual statement of expression for each of us.





Burka (1996) -Hussein Chalayan

2. Chalayan has strong links to history. Pieces like The Level Tunnel (2006) and Repose (2006) are made in collaboration with, and paid for by, commercial business; in these cases, a vodka company and a crystal manufacturere. How does this impact on the nature of Chalayan's work? Dose the maening of art change when it is used to sell products? Is it still art?

http://www.behance.net/gallery/The-LEVEL-Tunnel-(Absolut-Vodka-Hussein-Chalayan)/701114

• The LEVEL TunnelBDC & Hussein Chalayan for Absolut Vodka
• BDC was assigned to assist fashion designer and artist Hussein Chalayan with the development and production of an installation piece for the vodka brand LEVEL, a high-end product from Absolut Vodka. The installation was to tour around the world to 5 different locations to promote the brand.  Together with Hussein Chalayan, we interpreted his visions as an artist into a physical structure.
  
  
  In short, the concept was to give the visitor a full body experience of the LEVEL vodka brand. A 15 meter long glass tunnel, with laser sensor controlled sound, water, scent and light was created for the visitor to walk through blindfolded. This to enhance the other human senses (smell, feel, hear).
  
  
  A flute was made from a LEVEL vodka bottle, on which a Bach sonate was played. The tunes was then translated into the shape of an elevated floor with sensors, playing the tune as you walk through the tunnel. You actually walk up and down the pitch of the sonate. The scents of different vodka ingredients are released at certain points. Underneath your feet, the water moves back and forth according to your speed.  Light is following the tunnel visitor for the bystander to be able to visually follow the walk.
  
  The tunnel was inspired by a cut through landscape, with all different levels, purifying the water that is later used in the vodka destillery. It was a great project to find a solution for a load bearing, watertight glass construction that had to be demountable and easy to assemble.
  
  Project done while employed at BoysDon'tCry AB. Pictures are from the display in Mexico City.

I think that it is still one of the his art but related to commercial business.It doesn not change the meaning but it could be heple for earning money and it is good for both artist and the company becase company can get new advertisng with art and for Chalayan , he could be more famous and his art field will be wider.

Also, personally, these days there are so many art has influenced by commercial thing or their nature chaged to more businesse but i think it helps for developing art area.

3.Chalayan's film Absent Presence screende at the 2005 Venice Biennale. It features the process of caring for worn clothes, and retriecing and analysing the traces of the wearer, in the form of DNA. This work has been influenced by many different art movement; Cna you think of some, and in what ways they might have inspired Chalayan's approach.



The Absent Presene is an enigmatic story based on identity, geography, genetics, biology and anthropology. It open the argument on how certain identities can or cannot adapt to new environments and generates a research based narration for Hussein's cross-disciplined installation with filmic images and sculptures.

i think that he want to descibe the realities of modern life and influenced by post modernity. Also, it discuss our living environment and can not always adapting and people could not do that.

4. Many of Chalayan’s pieces are physically designed and constructed by someone else; for example, sculptor Lone Sigurdsson made some works from Chalayan’s Echoform (1999) and Before Minus Now (2000) fashion ranges. In fashionContemporarily, Damien Hirst doesn’t personally build his vitrines or preserve the sharks himself. So when and why is it important that the artist personally made the piece?

Personally, when the artist made their work personally,  i think we can feel it what the artist  say and what is the meaning of  his/her work and then the value of work would be double. Also, i believe that we can more easily to understand their work .

 Reference:
http://www.husseinchalayan.com/#/home/
http://www.designboom.com/eng/interview/chalayan.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE07_aFF4no
http://angelasancartier.net/hussein-chalayan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hussein_Chalayan
http://www.behance.net/gallery/The-LEVEL-Tunnel-(Absolut-Vodka-Hussein-Chalayan)/701114
http://art100.wikispaces.com/Hussein+Chalayan

Post-Modernism, Ai Weiwei and Banksy

Define Post - Modernism using 8-10 bullet points that include short quotes.

• During the 1960, it is a cultural movement and one kinds of the ideology that related with politices, economy and society.
• Post modernism, it is giving individuals greater autonomy in their own lives.
• It emphasizes personality, authnomy and diversity,and popular and reject the absolute idea.
• Post modernism that is outlook(world view) of relativism and pluralism.
• What post modernism gives us instead is a multicultural defense for male violence-a defense for it wherever it is, which in effect is a pretty universal defense.                                 -Cathavine Mackinnon.
• Post modernism surely requires an even greater grasp of symbolism, as it's increasingly an art of gesture alone.        - Andrew Eldritch
• I think the adjective "post -modernist" really means "mannerist". Books about books is fun but frivolous.                         - Carter Angela
• Post modernism refuses to privilege any one perspective, and recognizes only difference, never inequality, only fragments, never conflict.     -Wilson Elizabeth

Use a quote by Witcombe(2000)to define the post - modernism arist.

The post -modern artist is 'reflective' in that he/she is self -aware and consciously involved in a process of thinking about him/herself and society in a deconstructive manner, 'damasking' pretensions becoming aware of his/her cultural self in history, and accelerating the process of self -consciousness.

Witcombe (2000)

Use the grid on page 42 and 43 to summarize the list of the features of post-modernity

I think that it arranged into movements such as social and cultural pluralism, disunity, and realism. Meanwhile, the new technologies of multimedia and computer art will also be considered as they challenge the hyper-reality, major paradigms of theory and practice,
also, it tis more powerful than the 'real'. Moreover, it is one of the start of new valuation of pop culture.

Research chinese artist  Ai Weiwei's "Han dynasty Urn with Coca-cola logo" (1994) in order to say what features of the work are post-modern.

Han Dynasty urn with coca-cola logo(1994)

Ai weiwei

I think , post modern works of arts are often characterised by mixing of texts and genres, and a resistance to singular fixed meanings and interpretations therefore his work is also one of the post modern's artifact.

As one of China's leading contemporay artist, he is and architect, designer, activist, iconoclast, blogger somtimes antiques dealer. Also, he goes so far as to rewrite the past with a ubiquitous emblem of commercialism by using his work. Moreover, in my opinion, his work is one of the features about post-modern because it mixed properly with historical urn and the logo represented one of the new icon in our modern society.



Moon chest -Ai weiwei

Research British artist Banksy's street art, and analyze the following two works by the artist to discuss how each work can be defined at post-modern.

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'Flower Riot'- Banksy

Banksy is a British well known street artist from Bristol. Whilst he is may be most famous for his streest based stencil graffti work he also has put on a wide variety of shows in unusual location with some films.

I think one of the feature about the post modern that is a clear standardized and as we can see

his work  "flower riot" has same features with post modern. Firstly, personally, he usually used one or two colour (not many colours) and in this case , probably there is the opposite thing that he might be hand in a harmful weapon but it is not. Moreover, his working related or similar with pop art (culture) .

                                              

                                       Los Angeles (2008), Banksy

This is one of the his work, called "Los Angeles". i think that this work has surely feature of post modern because the cave man was one feature of the historical or ancient symbol but as we can see the thing which the cave man holds a tray of fast food stuff with white bone in other hand. However, i dont know why he chose the title like Los Angeles , there is no relationship with this work but i really like his work that looks symbolic things.

References

http://www.e-rudite.net/postmodernism.htm

http://www.chilloutpoint.com/art_and_design/banksy-street-art-art-finds-new-inspirations.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banksy

http://streetart.co.nz/oi-you/competition/inspiration/banksy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ai_Weiwei

http://mrod.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/ai-weiwei-dropping-a-han-dynasty-urn/

week 1 Nathalie Djurberg's 'Claymations'

What do you understand by the word "Claymations"

The meaning of claymation is making animation with the special material of clay and claymaion is the generalized term for clay animation, a form of stop animation using clay. Also, claymaition is the subject is 3 dimensional structure so that they can easily put into film more deeply and another benefical thing that clay is really flexibility so producer can get the subject's action more detaily. However, it takes long time and  expensive for making.

the most  famous claymation producer is Nick Park -Wallance and Gromit 1996

                        

What is meant by the term 'Surrealistic Garden of Eden'?and 'all that is natural goes awry'?


First, the meaning of Surrealistic is unexpected and non -rational ,and not real etc so i thought the meaning by the term "surrealistic garden of eden" is not exist garden that she created. when i saw her exhibition there were so many flowers which looks like garden but it was little bit scared and not obvious so that's why it called surrealistic garden . As the terms of 'all that is natural goes awry' , this mean is depend on person who think this i think , when she created her work it is really differnt figures between realistic figures.


What are the "complexity of emotions"that Djurberg confronts us with


She usually deal with some kind of serious things such as violence, sexuality, war, sadism and assault of stories in her film or artwork. So i think the complecity of emotions comes from those serious topic.
Also, though her artwork, there are complecity of emotion by her created character.


How does Djurberg play with the ideas of children's stories and innocence in some of her work?


While her artwork or film followed folk tale and it seems like the ideas of childeren's stories but it is little bit different because of in her stories the subjects(figures) looks scary and gross so thats why i can not find out the word of innocence in her work. 
 After this turn of events the films no longer look like children's TV ­ but rather as a scary x-rated fantasy without any moral. -By Helle Ryberg, curator, 2005
There is a current fasciantion by some designers with turning the innocent and sweet into somthing disturbing.
why do you think this has come about?

Every artist who want to be famous they always looking for something new and creative things so thats why those phenomenon cuse turning the innocent and sweet into somthing disturbing. however, honestly, i could not undertstant this question easily but i think, this situations shows  more different style each artist and pursuit new things.


In your opinion, why do you think Djurberg's work is so interesting that it was chosen for the Venice Biennale?

Firstly, her artwork is not common animaition or artwork in normal artwork. it takes long time and it shows really differnt quailty of detail also her working looks creative and different between real life and her work. In case of her working , their colour and figures are contrasted with childern's folk tale.
That's why it really attractive and looks interesting.

Add some of your own personal comments on her work.

This artwork exhibition which held in Seoul, Korea.
it looks really interesting and seems like fun but little bit scary and all of her works are 3D so that it feels more authentic on my eyes.
 REFERENCES:

http://artnews.org/artist.php?i=1211

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathalie_Djurberg

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/10/view/6886/nathalie-djurberg-experiment-at-venice-art-biennale-09.html

http://we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/2009/10/nathalie-djurberg-who-won-the.php

http://terms.naver.com/entry.nhn?docId=350256

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_animation

week 9-modernism and post modernism.

Both Claude Monet and Chuck Close were exploring paint, colour and human perception.

Research the work of both artists in order to

1. Outline the intentions of each artist.

*Claude Monet

Claude Monet has since become one of the best known artists in history and one of the French impressionist painters during his life. I think, he was very fascinated with colour and light so his intentions were to more focus on the light and colour as we can see his working.

All workings were very lighter than other artist so he might want to say how to use the colour and landscape.

*Chuck Close

He really wants to show to a view that is realistic. As we can see his working, every single work was extremely focused on the realistic by using the photograph and paint. Also, he used to works on people as portrait style as personally.

2. Describe the techniques of each artist.

Firstly, as the founder of impressionism, he had a unique style and approach to painting. Although his paintings and techniques do not seem too radical nowadays, when he painted them, they caused uproar in the art world. Personally, he usually used oil and when he drew the landscape I can easily to see his mark of paint brush and there was no sharp image. Also, he usually used to light bright colour with no black.

Second, the technique of Chuck Close working that he used oil and photography also more focus on realistic without his own opinion. Moreover, he is one of the hyperrealism artists in America. After he started using wheelchair, his working style was changed as cross stripes. It looks like a spot description painting but he really tried to draw as real portrait.

3. Find 2 quotes about each artists work, and reference them correctly.

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“The landscape seen from the point of Monet was bluish in color and a fantastic sight. It was one of the great gifts of Monet that he was not only able to recognize such beauty but also able to depict it with such accuracy.”  BY rembrandtreproduction on December 3, 2010

“Never in all the years since mankind has existed and men have painted has anyone painted better or quite like this,"  by ROGER marx in 1909.

Reference -http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/features/anderson-spivy/claude-monet5-20-10.asp

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This is really cool, it is unique and shows tecnique. It would take alot patience and skill. YOu can see a face engraved in the picture. I really like this, however i prefer the ” moss maiden “.
-michelle-

"Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse."-Winston Churcill

Reference -http://badarthistory.blogspot.com/2009/09/chuck-close.html

4. Note 3 similarities of the work of both artists.

 There are some similarities between two artists. First thing is both of them focus on realistic, Monet could appear variable at any given moment, producing many surprising interpretations of the common matter. Secondly, they usually used bright colour that means their working are very colorful style. Lastly, they really want to draw as real subject matter instead when we see their working it really smooth and there is no sharp side.

5. What are some differences between the artist’s work. (at least 3)

-Chuck Close is more focusing on the realistic as he drew self portrait and people’s face (concentrate on human) while Claude Monet drew more natural things like landscape and garden with flowers, and sunset. Personally, that’s why Close is more modernism artist among these two artist.

-While Monet painted scense of contemporary life his focus was more on capturing the atmosphere rather than creating an accurate record of his subject matter. However, Close ,he used totally different style like cross stripes.

-lastly, I think , the painting which is from Monet was more feel warm during the watching his working rather than Close’s painting because of most of Close’s working are looks like real or photography.

6. Describe your response to the work of both artists.

I think , Chuck Close’s method of painting is always indexical and a mosaical and very colourful style also I really want to learn those style because as I think that his skill is one of the most special method. Otherwise, Claude Monet, during I researched his working , I really feel comfortable and warm. Moreover, in my opinion, he developed his technique and his painting of light through travel to find new motifs with interesting effect to paint. The reason why I think like these , his painting shows to us many different place.

7.Add any other comments you would like.

Both of artist is the most attractive artist in the world for me. Especially, Claude Monet was my role model when I was a young and want to become an artist (fine art).

The paintings of Claude Monet are some of the most recognized and well loved works of art across the world.

 

Reference

http://blog.naver.com/tiyole21?Redirect=Log&logNo=60065063318

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_monet

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_close

http://blog.naver.com/tiyole21?Redirect=Log&logNo=60065063318

week 7-industralisation and Cao Fei's RMB city

The arrists of the late 1800's and early 1900's , in Europe, were influenced by the Industrial revolution.

1. What and when was the Industrial Revolution?

The industrial revolution brought rapid unbanization and population growth to neraly  every country it  reached. These revolution begans between 18th and 19th century.
In addition to the urbanization and popultion growth , the Industrial Revolution created a new working class comprised of industrial workers and there were some developmemt such as mining, manufacturing and argriculture and transtoprting. This revolution ,it started in England, then gradually spreading throughout Eurpe , North America , and  lastly the world. Also, that was turing poing in human history.

-Both paintings featured on this blog, that are from the early 1900s were painted by Modernist painters from the group called 'Futurists' . The Fururists celebrated the machine, and objects in motion. Their primary objective was to depict movement, which they saw as symbolic of their commitment to the dynamic forward thrust ofthe 20th century.

2. Research both Modernist paintings in order to comment on the subject matter, form and style used to celebrate the machine and motion in each painting. Anser the qustion in 2 parts for each painting.





The first painting's artist name is umberto Boccioni and he is one of the futurists. As he is also futurists, when i saw his working , there were  dynamic motion of people and horse. he used bright and worm colour it makes clearly can see the motion (activity). also, i really like his skill  little bit rough and there are many lines.

The second painting was more focas on the movement of the dogs . it descrived the dogs runing motion little bit more over acting that's why we couldnt see the dog's leg and as wee can see the floor can helps more activity by using lines .

Cao Fei's RMB City (2007-9) refers to China's recent rapid industialisation and urbanization.
(www.artspace.org.nz/exhibitions/2009/cafeintopia.asp)

3. Research Cao Fei's RMB City (2007-9)  in order to comment on this work in more depth.
i.e what images has she used in her digital collage that refer to China's present and history, and why has she used these.





RMB city shows a perverse view of  Beijing - al blend of communism, socialism and capitalism .Like Beijing itself  it is constantly under constraction, candy - striped smoke staks suggest continuous industrial production and ship move goods. Also , there are chinese flag and some building  all of that makes by 3D images.
In my personal view, there are some serious problem when there are huge development thats why in her working , there are some broken things and fire (smoke) and little bit unusual images.

4. RMB city is described as a utopia/dystopia.
comment on what these therms mean, and how they can be applied to the work.

The utopia is an ideal community or society possessing a perfect social system. i think , the meaning of utopia
is everything  is perfect and picesful  and there is no stressful matter . but this is non -exist plase in reality.
as we can see RMB city , it could be utopia but it is not real. However the maning of Dystopia is the opposite of utopia. it is everyting is unpleasant, easly, everything is bad .

5.Although the Modernist paintings and the contemporary digital work have emerged from different contexts, there are also many similarities. comment on the similarities that you can see in the work.
Look at the moving digital image at  vimeo.com/4272260, if you have not already reserched it.

The term fo mordernist painting is usually associated with art in which the traditions of the past have been thrown aside in a spirit of experimentation. Modern artists experimented with new ways of seeing and with fresh ideas about the nature of materials and functions of art. and there are also some movement by using a line and different types of skills but  it is really simple . i think the silmilarity between both things are the varity of materials and simple paintings. the digital work used 3D by unsing a computer or other things but it really looks simple and easily read it as the RMB city.



Reference.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_art
http://search.naver.com/search.naver?sm=tab_hty&where=nexearch&query=utopia
http://search.naver.com/search.naver?sm=tab_hty&where=nexearch&query=umberto+boccioni+the+city+rises

Week 5- Science and reason- Video art by Pipilotti Rist

 

Still from 'Ever is Over All' (1997)

 

 

1. Define the 17th century 'Scientific Revolution', and say how it changed European thought and world view. 

 

During the 16th-17th centurieds ,it brought many kinds of scientific  fundamental change in the ways Europeans viewed the natural world. Also , this petiod led to discovery of new plants and animals  and devleoped science , and there was also a new interest in physic and astronomy.

those of scientific revolution influenced to European's views and thinking as their experience of other life from  indicidual life. so after 17th centuries Europe developed in many field such as painting, sculpture and architecture .

 

2. Give examples of how we can we still see evidence of the 'Scientific Revolution' in the world today.

The scientific revolution , it has been given to us many things like we can easily to find information from internet and we can experienced as many as we can . Also , thesedays , the humans living life was been longer than before because of  some of sicence field developed  in nowadays so those of things can see the evidence of the scientific revolution in the world i think.

 

Research Pipilotti Rist's video installations to answer the following;

 

3. From your research, do you think that the contemporary art world values art work

that uses new media/technology over traditional media?

 

In my opnion, both of method can help artist working and nowadays there are new media and technologys came up for us and technologys also can be ues by new tools for making work more easily.

And then,  those of new things can help us more eaily to show their thinking or ideas ,also in case of media , it is really can create many difierence style of work such as film or vedio(moving images ). i think as science is getting develop those of technology or media will be more devolop and can help to us many thing more than traditional media.

 

 

4. How has Pipilotti Rist used new media/technology to enhance the audience's experience of her work.

 

Her artworks are different to the other artist's works. She tell the audiences what she wants to tell them by using images and videos not like drawing pictures as other artists. Therefore she tells the main idea of her works are gender, sexuality, and humans.. Also her works gives a lot of different feelings and thinkings to the viwers.

 

 

5. Comment on how the installation, sound and scale of 'Ever is Over All' (1997) could impact on the audience's experience of the work.

 

As we can see her working , 'Ever is Over All'<1997> it used to two side of moving images first one

showed the one women who smashed cars and breaked windows with a big hammer while other sides showed little bit natural things like flowers and grass ,and trees . Also , there are some sound but it is very slow and little bit quite and i think it is really difference between smashed window and the music .when i saw

the video i realized the hammer looks similar with the flowers colour and shape . i think those of device like sound and two side of image could be lots of things impact on the viewers. Lastly , the left one side image stay like horizontlity and other one is verticality so that it could be seen 3D .

 

 

6. Comment on the notion of 'reason' within the content of the video. Is the woman's behaviour reasonable or unreasonable?

 

i dont think there is no choice , and i cant chose between resonable and unreasonable because there is no fact why she was doing that and why the artist show to us the flowers so i cant juged  her behaviour.

 

 

7. Comment on your 'reading' (understanding) of the work by discussion the aesthetic (look), experience and the ideologies (ideas, theories) of the work.

 

personally, i think,when i saw her working i can gives us many ideas and showe to us exactly what she want to tell us . and we have to think seriouly when we see her work .however,otherwise, her working is little bit

difficult to deal with  so sometimes when i reaserched her work , 'what she want to tell us ?' so many times

but definitly her working is creative and there are some impact which i can explain .

 

 

 

week3 -Ron Mueck's sculpture and Humanism

Mask II (2002) Ron Mueck

A girl (2006) Ron Mueck

 

Ron Mueck has become internationally recognised for his unique sculptures, which replicate the human figure with unrivalled technical skill. His work has a powerful psychological range, focusing not only on universal experiences like birth, life and death but on emotional states such as isolation, fear and tenderness. His startling manipulations of scale are key to our experience of each work.

Mueck's work showed at the Christchurch Art Gallery from the end of 2010 through to January 2011. Research Mueck's sculpture in order to answer the following questions;

1. Mueck's sculpture is described as 'hyper-real'. Define the meaning of this term and apply it to his work.

 

The meaning of Hyper-real is same as hyperreality which is used in semiotics and postmodern philosophy to describe a hypothetical inability of conciousness to distinguish reality from fantasy . Also , it means to characterize .

When you see his Sculpture, Sculptures are relate to 'hyper-real'. Because the size of the sculpture is the real life sizes and  it described the human world with fine details. When you see his sculpture, it makes imagination with fantasy.

 

2. Mueck is not interested in making life size sculpture. Find out why he is more interested

in working with the scale of the figure which is not life size, and mention 2 works which use 

scale that is either larger or smaller than life.

 

In my opnion , the reason why he always create his working bigger than life size is he can show to us more specific such as person's eyes , mussles and hairs. I find his explaintion why he is working with the scale of the figure which is not life size .:"never made life-size figures because it never seemed to be interesting. We meet life-size people every day."

 

 

Man in a Boat

 

As i said before, we can easily to find his detail working at his sculpture like mussle and bone.

so in this work , i can see the man's bone or his face detail and also the skin color and pose  are really similar with real person . This sculpture is small size among his working.

 

 

 

Drift 2009 Ron Mueck.

In his working , when we admire this sculpture that closely related with the title of Drift and it has reality .

Also , this scale of working is smaller than life size so all of the his sculptures are usually bigger or smaller .

3. Define Renaissance Humanism , and analyze the term in order to apply it to an example of Mueck's work. Note that the contemporary definition of Humanism is much broader than the Renaissance definition.

 

The maening of Renaissance Humnanism was an activity of cultural and educational reform engaged by scholars, writers, and civic leaders who are today known as humanists.

Rather than train professionals in jargon and strict practice, humanists sought to create a citizenry (including, sometimes, women) able to speak and write with eloquence and clarity.

 

 

I think the artist Ron Mueck is respecting the humanism by creating his sculptures which is based on human sosiety. that's why all about his works are relates with human .

 



4. Research and discuss one of Mueck's sculptures that you might find challenging or exciting to experience in an art gallery. Describe the work, upload an image of the work, and explain your personal response to the work. Comment on other student blogs to develop the discussion around the variety of our own personal and individual responses to art and design.

 

wild man 2005 Ron Mueck.

 

this 'wild man' is absolutely show to us about realistic and the man's body detail like hair and blemish . also , this sculpture real size was 3 meters tall it is absolutely huge.

however, when i saw this working i thought :"why this sculpture's titile is wild man because  just he have lots of hair which isnot clean up ?"

 

Ron Mueck
‘Woman with Sticks’ (details)
2008

personally , after finished this reserch  i'm really impress about what he did .
he can tell to us about humanism and people's life by using his woring such as people's
hard time or as we saw the bady who born immediatily.