Brylyn Clute

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Respond to a Classmates Post

I’m responding to mandab97 post from week 16. I found her post really organized because she had the requirements for the post that week at the beginning and then responded to each one. So with this you were able to see what she was responding to. I thought her pictures were placed really well because they were staggered at different spots in the post. I think we can both agree on this course being a great experience and something new to the both of us. Overall nice job with the post!

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Week 16

For our final blog, we were asked to read two articles. When I first saw the articles, I thought I was on the wrong websites because they didn’t deal with a specific type of art, such as paintings or sculptures. The first article was based on an artist’s life. I found this reading a little odd and couldn’t really tell what type of writing it was. If you read it, it kind of shows a basis towards women. As it says, “an artist should not lie to himself or others” and “the artist should not have self-control about his life.” Notice how it always says he or himself and nothing to do with the feminine side. To me the person who wrote this doesn’t believe women are artist. The second article was a little confusing to me because it was related to a student and a teacher. This article was by John Cage and you can see him in the first image. I think both of these articles were a fun read and in the second article I learned a few things about life in general.

I found this course very interesting but challenging at the same time. I found it interesting because I learned a lot in this semester, probably more then an actual class. I’m glad that I had little knowledge about art going into this class because I was able to relate to a few things but at the same time learn something new. Now, the reason why I thought this class was challenging is because art doesn’t come easy to me. I’m not really good at it but I would love to be an excellent artist and maybe draw a few things and have people be able to tell what they are! I found it hard to relate to artists and try to figure out why they created a few things and how they even thought of things to create. Not only was this class interesting but it was also fun. I really loved how this class schedule was set up because instead of testing over the art and memorizing it, I actually had fun learning about it and I actually learned instead of memorizing and forgetting. 

Before this class, I thought art was just something that was painted on a portrait or a sculpture. After this class, I think art is mostly anything. After this class I think I will be exposed to art more then what I think. I don’t think taking this class will help me in the future because I’m not dealing with an art major or anything but I needed an art class for a general class. I’m so glad that I got to take this class because it expanded my art knowledge and I know there’s more things to art other then just paintings, drawings or even sculptures. One thing that I was glad to do this semester was to attend an art museum and I probably would have never gone to one if it weren’t for this class but now if I plan on going to another one I will be able to understand some elements used in the art pieces.

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Week 15 - Digital Art

o   Your reflections on the reading

Our reading this week was about digital art. I really enjoyed reading this chapter because I find digital art to be very interesting. There are so many different ways to create art digitally, for example virtual reality, 3D art, etc. I love to draw and mostly use a tablet hooked up to my computer and Photoshop for art. The endless possibilities and the access to colors and brushes etc. makes digital art really fun and convenient which seems to be what appeals to many people, including me. Convenient as digital art might be, it still takes months for some artists to finish their work, especially if they’re professionals or if the art is for movies. The time it takes seems to be worth the end product though. 

Your reflections on the  videos/media

I think this week’s video on the artist Tabaimo was, again, interesting. I liked how she incorporated such deep meaning into her works. I will say though that her works reminded me a lot of the videos we watched for Week 7 (Photography and Film). Her works drive home her point but also makes me uncomfortable and a little uneasy in the meantime. I believe she intended these works to create those types of feelings into the viewer, and I can appreciate that. However, I did not even want to watch the video over again or even finish honestly because much of it was just so… strange. I wouldn’t have understood most of the meanings behind her works had she not been explaining them, so I would have just been turned off because all I understood was the feeling. Particularly the restroom piece where the woman seemingly has an abortion, but, through her nose? It is interesting, however, to see these issues from a culturally different point of view. Her work definitely makes an impact on the viewer. Now that I am thinking about that abortion scene, I’m wondering if the reason the baby came out through her nose was to show that, to the person, the abortion was nothing eventful. More like a mundane thing like blowing her nose. The thought and details she puts into her work is amazing.

Connections/comparisons

Like with other weeks, there is the main connection of digital art because that is the topic being covered. However, I think there are several connections between Tabaimo’s work and the reading. The reading explains how there are endless possibilities when it comes to digital art and how it is continually evolving. Tabaimo seems to utilize as much of her resources as possible to create her works. It really struck me how unique Tabaimo’s art is compared to many other works of digital art that I have seen. I don’t usually see too many artists that create little “movies” that are all the artwork like she does. I’m not quite sure how to explain it, but Tabaimo manages to make her works stand out from many other artists. Many people don’t understand digital art and still believe that it isn’t truly “art,” but I think anyone viewing Tabaimo’s work would not even question its validity as “art.”

Some of Tabaimo’s works even seem to be 3D, similar to 3D movies, where her art spreads out from their “box,” like with the walls in the beginning or the moths in the bathroom.

Connections to another artist’s work

I chose Rick Silva for this week’s relevant artist. I liked a lot of his works, but I was drawn to works that he and a few other artists created called SIGNALS. It focuses on “Immersive audio-visual renderings of seascape environments.”(X )The 2D works for SIGNALS are fantastic and the videos were captivating. My favorite was Signals Interstitials and Signals 4. The audio in Signals 4 combined with the video that sort of explores the ocean bottom was fun to watch. I loved how the waves and lighting changed fluidly around the square of moving colors throughout Signals Interstitials. 

Check them out for yourselves!

[brylynclute18-blog]

Nice job on your post. We have something in common with digital art. I find this aspect really amazing because there are so many different things you can do especially with a computer. I can agree with you on the video this week. Yes, it shows digital art with the video but I feel like it goes with chapter 7 because of the film she makes. I really enjoyed the artist that you decided to look more into. The video that you posted with your blog is really outstanding. Overall nice job on your post! 

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Week 15

Chapter 9 is based on digital art. With digital art it can include: internet art, digital drawing, videos, projections, installation, virtual reality, and video games. This is just some things that are considered digital art but the list goes on. Digital art is mostly seen on a computer screen or a cellular device. Not only is it seen on a screen but it’s mostly created from a computer. For instance, the chapter has a section on having a drawing medium for the computer. With the example shown for the computer drawing, it looks like it is pixel. If you look at this example far way it looks like little dots made up with different shades of black. Once you look closer you can tell that the dots are a little stars. Also in the reading it talks about the painting medium on the computer. I feel like this looks more realistic and it’s really pretty, especially with the mountains. With digital art, I feel like you can either make it realistic or you can make a really good cartoon. 

I found this week’s video a little odd. One thing that I found odd was the video Tabaimo made. I understand she was trying to represent the kitchen life and the girls life as a Japanese but it was so odd to see. The one part that I found weird is when the chief is cutting vegetables and then moves on to cutting a person and removing their head over and over again. I don’t really know what she was trying to represent in this video by that part. I really enjoyed the video because at the beginning it shows the doors closed and then they open to the cook. At the end, the doors are open and the camera zooms out and the doors closed. I found this very important to the video and it gave it something unique, something like a play would do. 

I feel like this week the reading and the video came together very well. The artist Tabaimo obviously produced digital art. She produced a lot of videos and it showed with this week videos. I feel like Tabaimo’s work deals a lot with the Japanese culture. The first image is showing one of Tabaimo’s digital art. This is a three screen showing a video. In this video, it’s showing Japanese hands with butterflies/moths in them. To me, it looks like they are letting them go free and flying away. 

The artist that I wanted to look more into is Yung Jake. His art is a little odd but really interesting to look it. The second image is a picture of Justin Bieber. This is one of the many art pieces of Yung Jake. I would consider Yung Jake as a digital artist hands down. As you can see in this photo, when you look far away you see little blobs are different colors to try and represent different values of color. Now, zoom in on the picture. You can see little emojis used with the iPhones. This is just incredible to see and it makes me wonder how he ever thought of this. Comparing Yung Jake and Tabaimo is a little hard. Yes, they both represent digital art but they represent different branches of it. I feel like they both care about their art and they both have great potential for it.

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Week 14 - Sound

Your reflections on the reading

This week’s reading was interesting and contained, again, a lot of information that I never knew or thought of. I never thought to think of sound being considered art so this week is really challenging my view of what art can be. I am still not sure if I really consider sound to be ‘art,’ but I think I can understand why others do consider it an art. I liked that the article mentioned that we are constantly hearing sounds but most of the time we do not listen, or consciously notice it. I also liked that it was pointed out that we usually focus more on the objects that make sound rather than the sound itself. I was also surprised by John Cage’s piece 4’33, which incorporated the audience into the performance by focusing on all the sounds present.

Your reflection  on the videos/media

I thought the video for this week about Tim Hawkinson was neat. I thought it was interesting how he incorporates sculptures into his work. His larger scale piece, Uberorgan, was amazing because it was so huge and made equally ‘large’ sounds. The sounds reminded me of whales. I will say though that I really didn’t enjoy any of the sounds made. The “rain drops” were amazing because of how he created them but the continuous sound was just plain irritating for me. Same with Uberorgan, amazingly crafted and unique, but I can only listen to so much of that sound before I just can’t stand it any longer.

Also, I’m one of those types of people that are just incredibly irritated and angered by certain noises so it might mostly just be me that is affected by them in this way. I can hardly stand the sound of chewing, even when someone’s being as quiet as possible, and sometimes have to even leave the room because it makes me so irritated. Same with other small noises, especially if it is quiet and it’s the most prominent noise I can hear. I share a room with my sister and she usually wakes up much before me to do her makeup. I become so incredibly frustrated and angry just by the small short noises of her picking up and setting down her various make up brushes and tools. Even I’m surprised by how angry I get but I can’t help it, even if I know it’s irrational. I usually either put on white noise and fall back asleep or listen to actual music to wake up. So it’s interesting that a lot of noises we simply hear and don’t acknowledge, and there’s others that we can’t NOT acknowledge.

Connections/comparisons you find between the two

There’s the obvious connection of sound being the main point of both the article and the video. They both show examples of how sound can be used in art. One difference I noticed is that Hawkinson uses sculptures to make sound or go along with sounds while the article focused on ways that were strictly sound, like in John Cage’s 4’33.

Connections to another artist’s work

For my relevant artist this week, I chose Haroon Mirza. He does sculptures, installations, and performances. I thought one of his works, the National Apavillion of Then and Now was amazing. It’s a circle of light that gets bright as the noise increases and goes completely dark when the noise stops. I think it’s awesome how that works and it gives me a better understanding of how sound can be art.

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I am like you, as I never thought to think of sound as an art form as well. It took me a while to wrap my head around that thought, but our readings and video helped me to garner more perspective on this topic.  I loved your comment on Tim Hawkinson and his “rain drop” creation, as I had the same thought.  Could listen for a little bit, but would have to leave after a few minutes as it was like nails on a chalkboard to me!  After reading your post I went and searched for Haroon Mirza and I found his “National Apavillion of Then and Now” to be interesting, and it was!

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Nice job on your blog! I can agree with you on this weeks reading on containing a lot of information. I found it really interesting that sound is considered art because when you hear the word sound you think of the musical artist not painting artist. I really enjoyed how you put feelings toward the sounds in the video. I also found the sounds annoying in the video this week because once I listen to something for so long I annoyed and can’t stand it. I really enjoyed the artists you researched more about. I found it really interesting how the artists does sculptures, installation, and performances. Overall nice job on your post.  

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Blog Week 14

This weeks reading is based on sound. It’s weird to think that this weeks reading is part of art. When you hear the word “sound,” do you think of art? In my mind, whenI hear the word “sound,” I think of something on the ends of television or music and  nothing to deal with actual art. Sound is not an actual thing. In the past, we’ve learned about things like drawings or paintings, those are actual things and you can see them. Now sound, you can only hear sound. You can’t touch it nor see it. 

In the reading for this week, it talks a little bit about the history of sound. One thing that was mentioned was sound recording. With sound recording, it allowed artists to capture, document and work with existing sound. Before reading the article, when I saw the title being “Sound” I was thinking this couldn’t be art and something must be wrong. By the end of the chapter, it makes sense with why sound could be considered in the art department If you look at people who create music, they are considered artist just like painting or sculpture artist. Obviously, there are two different meanings for a music artist and an actual art artist but they are similar. 

In this week, I couldn’t really relate the chapter to the artist Kimsooja. One thing that she could be considered to relate to is the whole idea in the chapter, which is craft. In my eyes, anything to deal with art could be considered a craft. By watching the video, I think the artist expressed more videos/photos then craft itself. 

Out of the list of relevant artists, I decided to look more into Magdalena Abakanowicz. Abakanowicz was born on June 20, 1930 in Falenty, Poland. She is known as a Polish sculptor and a fiber artist. In 1999, she was awarded an award called, Leonardo da Vinci World Award of Arts. The first picture is kind of a sculpture made out of fiber. This is called Nierozpoznani. It was created in 2002. By the looks of it, it’s kind of looks like the bottom half of a humans body, representing the legs, feet, and sort of the hips. In my mind, I think Abakanowicz created this to represent people walking around in a group. Abakanowicz also created the second photo, in this photo there is a combination of people holding hands looking like they are running. At first, I thought it was showing one person and running and showing each running stride and how it was different but it’s not. With all of Abakanowicz’s work, I’ve noticed how she doesn’t like to show faces of the sculptures that she creates. Abakanowicz and Kinsooja are completely different artists. I feel like Abakanowicz fit better with the chapter than Kinsooja did because in the video all it showed was how she takes pictures.

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Week Thirteen: Social Practice/Street Art

This week was exciting and challenging. Social Practice and street art seems to be very specific in that it has to have an impact socially and/or politically, yet have few boundaries as to how it can be done. It can be anything from Tania Bruguera opening her her dance and fitness studio for immigrants with the hope of turning it over to them and letting it flourish without her, to Rikrit Tiravanija cooking and serving pad thai for his audience.

I really liked Tatlin’s whisper #5. I think when we see images on television of protest, we distance ourselves from the human experiences of the protesters and the police because it’s on television. We may agree or disagree, but I don’t think we really put ourselves in the place of what it must feel like to the crowd to be controlled by police in riot gear or mounted police, herding them around like a flock of wayward sheep. The officer in the video was cheerful and polite but still authoritative shuffling the audience around, and I bet even knowing what you are there for it probably makes your heart beat a little more quickly to be ordered around.

This genre of art is probably one of the least likely to be identified on sight as art. The “art” is in the social experience of the pieces. Bruguera was creating a social safe space for immigrants where she could connect them through movement and experience together. Tiravanija brings his audience together in the intimate experience of preparing, serving, and sharing a meal together.

The featured artist I chose this week is Haha, a street artist. He looks at popular culture and the way it affects people. I think his work is sometimes humorous, sometimes provocative. Though he is featured in galleries now, the thing I love about street art is that it confronts you in your everyday routine. There is something about the idea of being struck with a message while you are going about your everyday business that I find intriguing. I don’t deny that I feel bad for people who have to deal with the nuisance of property damage or people who feel confronted by the message, but that is a part of the overall message that I think you lose when you put these pieces in a gallery, It is avant garde where people cannot always avoid hearing what the artist has to say.

[brylynclute18-blog]

Nice job on your post! I really enjoyed the layout with your post this week with photos dividing the paragraphs. By doing this, it can keep the reader more interested in the post. I’m really glad that you decided to pick Haha as the artist for this week. I really find his name interesting because it kind of makes you laugh when you hear it. His art is a little different to my eyes but interesting because it’s something new to me. I don’t get to see street art that much since I live in a smaller community and that’s something you don’t do around here. Overall nice job!

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Chapter 13

Once again for the week’s reading we were not in the book. I’m glad that we are getting away from the book at times because it’s different material being read and different information is being learned. This week was based on social practice, at first I had no idea what this was but it kind of makes sense after reading the articles. Social practice usually occurs outside of exhibits and in this type it is revolved around the interactions between people. At first, I was a little confused with both of the articles and had to reread them a couple of times. In the second article, it talks about relational aesthetics and how they draw from two other currents in contemporary art, Conceptual art and Installation art. Also it gives examples of the art, a few pictures with the artist name and background information. 

This week’s video wasn’t really interesting to me. One thing that bothered me was trying to understand the girl Tania Bruguera. I found it a little hard to understand her when she was talking because she has a different accent and speaks a different language. I think this video was really different from others because it doesn’t really show her art just how people are performing outside of exhibits with music. Overall this video was more of an actually interview then the other artist and it was hard to concentrate through it.

I think the reading and the video can kind of relate due to the social practice. In the video, Tania expresses her relationship between art and that’s what social practice is practically. I feel like the reading was more generally information and the video was based on experience and it had emotions with it. 

This week I decided to learn more about Harrell Fletcher. Harrell Fletcher was born in 1967 in Santa Maria, California. He now lives in Portland, Oregon and he is a key figure in the development of social practice and relational art. Harrell was involved in writing a book with Miranda July called, Learning to Love You More. They also were involved with creating a short film called, Getting Stronger Every Day. The first image is pictures of Harrell sitting down and listening to an African American perform music. I think this represents social practice because this guy could be practicing to perform in front of people to get people to interact with one another. Not only does Harrell just deal with social practice he also does other art. The second image is a picture of books stacked up. Some of the books looks like they deal with art and some tend to deal with African American’s. I think Harrell had a strong relationship with an African American because some of his works and photo are with African Americans. I think Tania and Harrell are relevant to each other because they both have experience and dealt with social practice. I think the video didn’t really show a lot of Tania’s art so it’s kind of hard to compare her to Harrell. Overall this week’s reading and video was a little confusing but it was neat to learn about something new!

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Week 12

When starting the reading for this week, I was relieved to see that it was not out of the book.   This isn’t me saying that the book doesn’t do a good job, but being able to look at a different perspective seemed beneficial.  Reading about the beginnings of performance art was actually not as interesting as I thought it to be.  It was said that performances of Italian Futurists read their manifestos before they made any paintings, during the early twentieth century.  During the rest of the explanation of the beginnings of the art form, the reading showed how movements shaped the section of art into what it is currently.  It even mentioned how the Vietnam War shaped performance art by providing artist against the war with material.   When we are presented the video, it starts with multiple pieces of Janine Antoni.  To me all of her art that was shown was weird, but I thought they seemed very interesting.  Then throughout the video each piece that we saw is given a background, and an explanation to what it means and/or how it was created.  Her first piece that was explained was the rope made of different fabrics.  When showing how she makes some of it, she shows us that she learned to spin hemp into thread.  I found it admirable for her to go to the length of controlling every process to create her rope.  This rope she is making also relates to a future work she plans to construct.  A good chunk of the video talks about how she is diving into tightrope walking.  She also later explains, that this future piece is going to involve a tightrope, but all the attention of the piece is going to be directed towards the fall of the walker.  For me the idea seemed to be a bit off, learning all the skills to create a rope from hemp just for it to be main part of what people are going to admire.  Overall, she seemed very dedicated to what she does, and I can’t personally judge dedication as I do art.

In the reading, it mentions some concepts and styles, and body art is given some explanation.  Janine Antoni did a decent amount of body art, an example is when she casted herself in the lard bathtub.  I thought this was somewhat weird, with the bathtub of lard in all, but she did give some good background on why she did it.  Also, Janine did the painting where she used her hair to paint the floor of a room while people watched.

For this week’s relevant artist, I chose Yoko Ono.  She did a performance where she allowed bystanders to cut pieces of her clothes of her.  I thought this quite interesting, letting complete strangers slowly removing her clothes.  I also learned that she did an internship with John Lennon, and is his widow.  I think that is possible that her art presence in his life probably effected his music in some way.  All in all, she is an interesting artist and deserves the recognition she has received.  

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Hello, I was also really surprised that the reading this week was not in the book and I was sort of glad. I like the book but it’s nice to read out of something new and different reading style. I can agree with you on how Janine’s work was a little odd but some of it was interesting to hear about. I really enjoyed reading about the relevant artist you picked. I think it’s weird how she randomly let people cut pieces of clothing out of her clothes. I don’t really get why she did that but it’s whatever! Overall nice job on your post! 

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Chapter 12

This week’s reading was based off of performance. I found this reading a little hard to understand because it is very new to me. It states, “performance is a genre in which art is presented "live,” usually by the artist but sometimes with collaborators or performers.“ In the reading, it gives the purpose of way people use performance in their art. The reading also mentions the history of performance. In the reading, it talks about concepts and styles. A few of them consist of: action, body art, happenings, endurance and ritual. At the end of the chapter it gives artist’s names and a picture of an art piece by the artist. On the side it has a description of the artwork and some background history about it. I wasn’t really fond of any of the artist or their work. It didn’t really interest me except for the background history of them and the artwork beacuse it has a few of them going back into the wars. 

This week’s video was about Janine Antoni. In the video it shows one of her artwork which consisted of a rope she made. By the looks of it the rope was very important to her or she’s the type of artist that knows everything about her art because she knew everything about each piece of the rope. I thought it was weird about the whole cow thing. I understand that we rely on cows for our milk but letting the cow drink from her? That’s a little weird in my mind but whatever she wants to do she can do it because it’s her life. I think Janine relates well with this chapter because she obviously demonstrates performance art espeically with the photo of her and the cow drinking from her. In my own opinion I don’t think people really consider performance art, "art.” When I think of the performance art, I think of dance or a person performing ballet and being peacefull. I don’t think people think of what Janine does as performance art. 

The artist that I decided to look into more this week was Marina Abramovic. She was born on November 30, 1946. Abramoiv is best known for her performance art. In her art, she is trying to show the relationship between performer and audience, the limits of the body, and the possibilities of the mind. When I was first looking at her art I was a little confused so I started to research her more and it started to make sense. The first photo, is one of her finest piece of work. It is two people connected together by the tying of the hair. By the looks of the meaning to this piece, I feel like it’s trying to say when you are connected to someone or together with someone, like a relationship, you are limited to what you can do because you have that other person with you at all times or you have to consider and look at their feelings. The second picture is a male holding a bow to a female. By the looks of it the female is pulling it closer to her or trying to push it away from her. I think this is trying to show what the mind of a human can do and what it’s capable of doing. It’s sad but some people are capable of committing those type of crimes and killing people. I think Marina’s work is something differnt but it shows a lot of emotions to them about the human body. Marina and Janine are similar because they both do the same type of art and show differnt emotions to it. You can tell both of them show a lot fo emotions for their work and care a lot about their work and the audience because they are trying to send messages to them.

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Week 11

Week 11

            This week’s reading covered Architecture and how it is used with art.  Almost all architects are not artist by trade or even try and claim they are artistic but when working with architecture you can almost place money on having a piece of art when you are completed.  They claim in the reading that the main difference between the two are, is when an architect is complete with his part that he hands the prints over to a contractor and they finish the structure.  They artist on the other hand does all that the architect does but then also has to finish the piece with his own blood and sweat.  Which sound correct when it is in those words but after taking this course and looking at sculptures and other art forms that more and more artist are taking a back seat to after the design work has been completed.  I suppose this is all possible for both sides as technology advances and we get more 3D modeling and higher scale prints.

Getting back to this week’s chapter and what makes architecture.  Two main bullet points that need to go into a piece are function and structures.  I free that these two point are equal at 50%-50%.  Where you can have the strongest building around but if it doesn’t function as you want and doesn’t embrace interaction with humans then that piece I would call a failure.  When looking at function I felt the book did a great job discussing what needed to be looked at to be considered a functional building.  The second part is structural which is the big safety part that I think everyone will refer to.  Structurally the building has to hold the weight that can be in it at any given time but also carry the life span of the building.

In this week’s art21 review we learned about Maya Lin and her connection with art and architecture.  In her piece for a Grand Rapids park including an ice skating rink. I feel she has done a wonderful job on pulling all the parts together with the buildings, fountains and lighting.  Not only did she cover the function part with making everything useful but she also had to deal with structural design with the 4 buildings in the park.

This week I picked Buckminster Fuller as my artist because of his connection with architecture and art itself making the two feed off each other making a functional and structurally sound piece of art.  Fuller was born in 1895 in Massachusetts and passed in 1983.   Fuller had many honors throughout his life and also included 28 U.S. patents. His number one accomplishment and what he is known for is his Geodesic domes like the one pictured below.

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Nice job on your post! I don’t really like how the book mentioned how architect people are not considered artist. In my eyes, I think they are still considered artists. Yes, they are not drawing something 24/7 or using regular type of materials that artists do but they do similar things. For instance, an architect will have to draw blueprints for the next thing they plan on building and still can use items that artists use for their project. I looked into Mr. Fuller and I found his domes and the house he built very amazing and he really is a good artist.  

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Week 12

This week’s chapter is based on Architecture and this is by far my favorite chapter that we have read and looked over. In the chapter, it covered the basics with Architecture. For instance, the many concerns that Architects’ face in a day, the main function of architecture and what is considered it, the different structures used and finally the socially responsible architecture. In the entire chapter I loved reading about the structure and looking at the different examples of arches and etc. The artist that was shown in this week’s video was Maya Lin. Maya was born on October 5, 1959 in Athens, Ohio. Maya is known for being an artist but she is best known for architecture business. My favorite part about the video is when they showed the design for transformation of an urban park. My favorite piece of art that I liked of Maya is the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. She was one of the artists whom got to work on it. It’s really neat to see how an architect can do things in such a small size because in my own experience I know how hard it is to draw things at a small scale. I feel like this weeks reading fit really well with the artist. The artist this week was well known for her architecture and this entire chapter talks about architecture. Maya didn’t have any major problems occurred with her artwork but there could have been a few problems but she might have not mentioned them all. The artist that I decided to look more into is Buckminster Fuller. Fuller was born on July 12, 1895 in Milton, Massachusetts and died on July 1, 1983 in Los Angeles, California. Fuller was many things in his lifetime, he was an architect, systems theorist, author, designer and inventor. One art piece of Fuller’s that really caught my eye is the Geodesic Dome Expo 67 Montreal (first image). As you can see this dome is made out of metal and it has a train track that can go into the dome and around it. I’m not for sure why the artist decided to build this but it is something that I for sure want to go see because it looks awesome and it’s amazing how he build something so perfectly round made out of metal. I think this dome would take years to build and you can tell that Fuller spent a lot of time on this art. The second image is a picture of the “Dymaxion House.” This house is located in Wichita, Kansas and opened up for people to see in 1933. This is another thing that I would love to go see because houses in general are amazing to look at especially this one. Fuller stated that the reason why he built this house is to address several perceived shortcomings with existing homebuilding techniques. In my eyes, I think Fuller mostly invented things to show off his many skills and to get his name out there. If I had Fuller’s abilities I for sure would be building things like crazy. Maya and Fuller are a little similar because they both can create amazing things. In my eyes, Fuller is a better architect because he has completely more complex things and has a lot of things that look amazing!

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Week 10 Craft

 This weeks chapter was about craft. What I didn’t know was all the different kinds of mediums it included. When I think of craft, I think of clay obviously. I know there is a ton of different things you can do with clay, different ways to do it, and different clays that can be used. What I didn’t know was craft also includes fibers, metals, woodwork, glass, and wood. 

I haven’t really personally seen wood or fiber crafted and have a hard time thinking of how it would be considered art, but I have seen glass and metal crafted and would have to say glass is the most beautiful. When I have seen glass art, I sort of think of the sugar art you would see on a piece of cake or a desert. I love especially how it looks when it is being formed and the beautiful color it puts out. What I love about metal how by heating it up by a flame or fire, the metal pieces turn orange and you can basically bend and form them into whatever you want. I’m not sure how woodwork could be considered a craft, but it does remind me of my uncle, who used to create carvings from pieces of wood into animals or other still life. When I think of fibers, I kind of thing of Native Americans and how they used to create clothing with dye from plants and make their own clothes. 

The video about Kimsooja and her craft was a little hard to understand for me. The opening videos of her  kind of just standing there in a crowd of people was something I didn’t really get. I was surprised that many people just walked around her without even sort of flinching. She called this in the description being a needle that threads in a space of time. The only way I can think of this is that she is standing there without even moving, while time and peoples lives pass around her. 

Magdalena Abakanowicz is a Polish sculptor and fiber artist. The main thing she is known for is using her fiber art as a medium for her sculptures. To me, most of her work consisted of statues that looked like people, that were covered in her self made textiles. This photo below me is called Agora, and standing in Chicago. I actually find this piece or collection really beautiful. To me it represents or looks like a bunch of strong people, who are standing together for something important that they believe in.

The photo below this one, is called Nierozopazini, which it said means unrecognized ones. I think the name is pretty accurate because the statues look like people who are kind of lost and need direction. As you can see Magdalena is known for these kinds of works, I think they are pretty unique and pretty amazing. 

[brylynclute18-blog]

Nice job on your post. I found this weeks reading had a lot of information with it and I also didn’t realize how many mediums craft had. I agree with you on how the video this week was hard to understand and some things I didn’t really get. I really enjoyed the two pictures that you decided to post this week. I find it very interesting how the artist used fiber to construct the artwork and I think that would be hard with this art because of the size of it. Overall nice job on your post! 

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Chapter 10

This week’s reading was based on Craft Media. I found this chapter really interesting and a little bit of a review. In this chapter it touched base with clay. It gave techniques on how to handle clay, for instance hand building and pinching. Also it gave many examples showing clay and some background history on it. Mental was talked about in this chapter also. The book gave a few vocabulary words dealing with different types of metal and irons. In the section of metal it gave a few techniques to use while building with it and it gave knowledge about things you should know when dealing with metal. Another little section talked about wood. It provided a little bit of vocabulary dealing with the actually wood before you use it to create something. It provided information on how to properly use wood workings for art. Glass was shown in this chapter. It gave some pointers on what to do when working with glass and provided many examples of it. Finally, fibers were the last category. It talks about fiber art, which is made out of threadlike materials.

This week’s video about Kimsooja was so confusing to me. I don’t really know what was going on or what she was showing at some points. The most that I got out of the video is that she works in the department of craft. She does a little different approach to it because she doesn’t really make the bottaris, which was shown in the video, but she takes pictures and videos of them and kind of does a little put together with the pictures and videos.

In this week, I couldn’t really relate the chapter to the artist Kimsooja. One thing that she could be considered to relate to is the whole idea in the chapter, which is craft. In my eyes, anything to deal with art could be considered a craft. By watching the video, I think the artist expressed more videos/photos then craft itself. 

Out of the list of relevant artists, I decided to look more into Magdalena Abakanowicz. Abakanowicz was born on June 20, 1930 in Falenty, Poland. She is known as a Polish sculptor and a fiber artist. In 1999, she was awarded an award called, Leonardo da Vinci World Award of Arts. The first picture is kind of a sculpture made out of fiber. This is called Nierozpoznani. It was created in 2002. By the looks of it, it’s kind of looks like the bottom half of a humans body, representing the legs, feet, and sort of the hips. In my mind, I think Abakanowicz created this to represent people walking around in a group. Abakanowicz also created the second photo, in this photo there is a combination of people holding hands looking like they are running. At first, I thought it was showing one person and running and showing each running stride and how it was different but it’s not. With all of Abakanowicz’s work, I’ve noticed how she doesn’t like to show faces of the sculptures that she creates. Abakanowicz and Kinsooja are completely different artists. I feel like Abakanowicz fit better with the chapter than Kinsooja did because in the video all it showed was how she takes pictures.

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Week 9

o Your reflections on the reading      o I thought this week’s wiki page reading was really informative, and set the boundaries for installation art.   It did not necessarily give an exact definition, but sort of gave restrictions which are quite useful.  Though art is always changing and these boundaries will probably soon be broken, I was able to use the information provided for this blog post.  I was also surprised that there was a variety of types of installations, such as interactive and immersive virtual reality.  The immersive virtual reality is the type that caught my eye the most.  The reading gave an example picture, shown below, of this type, and it seemed to be just a projection that fills the room.  The text stated that it is “the most deeply interactive form of art,” and I feel that this is true due to our advancements in technology over the years.  

o Your reflections on the videos/media      o This week we looked into Do Ho Suh’s life, and his installation works.  What I found interesting about a couple of his pieces were that they were composed of miniature human figurines.  An example is his piece “floor,” which is composed of hundreds of miniature human statues that have their arms extended upwards to support a large glass pane.  The piece was subtle and did not immediately catch your attention, yet really interesting when you looked closer.  He also applied this technique to an outside monument that he made.  Pictured below, it shows people coming together for a common cause, in this case to hold the weight of the upper part of the monument.  

o Connections/comparisons you find between the two      o The reading gave a couple of types of art installations this week, but most of Do Ho Suh’s work in the video tends to be just normal installations.  They were not necessarily interactive, and definitely not virtual reality.  The definition the reading gives says that installation art transforms the viewer’s perception of a space, which is evident in most of his pieces.  

o Connections to another artist’s work from the “Relevant Artists” section of the course content

     o Walter De Maria’s Lightning Field is located in Catron County, New Mexico, and consists of 400 stainless steel poles arranged in a 1 mile by 1 kilometer grid.  It is considered a land art, which is an outside installation piece.  You would think it is used as a lightning rods, but in reality, the amount of lightning strikes in the area are very low.  I thought the piece was really interesting, due to the fact of its sheer size.  Also, when reading about the work, I have found out that it has been very costly to maintain.  In 2012 alone, $400,000 was put together to do a reinforcement of the structures.  

[brylynclute18-blog]

Nice job on your post for this week! I found the reading very informative and a little confusing at the same time. I noticed the reading didn’t give a definition of installation but the teachers definition helped out a lot! I really enjoyed the two pictures that you picked (located in the middle of your post). To me it amazes me how the artist created this especially the one where you walk on it. You would have to know how many little army man/people it would take to fit into it and also how to place each one so they would be flat and fit correctly. Overall nice job on your post! 

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Week 9

This weeks reading was a little hard for me to understand. I read over the reading about three times and still don’t understand all of it. I found this week very informative because I’ve never heard of the art “Installation.” I’m glad the reading this week gave some history about installation because if it didn’t I would be completely lost with it. One thing that I learned is that this art came into use recently and that’s probably why I haven’t heard a lot about it. I liked how in this section of reading it gave different types of installation and also it gave examples to match it so you can see the difference in each.

I found Do Ho Suh artwork very odd but at the same time interesting. I really loved looking at his outside sculpture that he made with the little people holding up a mini building it looked like. The other thing that I really liked was when he printed out all these faces of people and put them around a wall. I loved how the camera zoomed in with the pictures and slowly started to zoom out and you couldn’t even notice there were people on the wall.

I think the artist fits with this weeks reading but I’m not a hundred percent sure because I’m not for sure if I understand installation. By the teacher’s definition, installation doesn’t have an exact definition but it’s a sculpture that is connected to a place. So I think Do Ho Suh’s artwork that he made outside fits with installation.  

The artist that I picked for this week is Olafur Eliasson. Eliasson was born on February 5, 1967 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Eliasson is an artist known for sculptures and large-scale installation art using the materials of light, water, and air temperature. The first picture is an artwork of Eliasson and I find this piece of art very interesting. It has many colors and it looks like the hallway is getting smaller the more you look into it. You can walk inside the hallway that is made of glass and it’s very shinny in my eyes. When I look at it, it reminds me of an aquarium because of the different color of blues and purples and the reflection off of the glass. The second picture is another of Eliasson’s artwork. This artwork is located in a park where everyone can view it. I find this artwork really cool because it’s made out of logs but it keeps getting deeper and deeper when you look inside it. I think this art would take forever because you need to have the right angles for each log so it stays where it needs to be. I think his idea for this art was trying to make you look at it like it’s an whirl pool going around in the circle but it’s made out of logs. Do Ho Suh and Eliasson are similar because they both do artwork dealing with installation but I think Do Ho Suh does more of it than Eliasson and puts more time into it. Eliasson does more colors with his artwork and does more with glass then Do Ho Suh does. Do Ho Suh really thinks outside the box and does a lot of things in broad colors.  Overall this week was a little hard to understand I learned a lot from it.

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Week 8

Your reflections on the reading

Again, I learned a lot reading this week’s chapter on sculpting. I learned that there are four traditional ways of sculpting; carving hard materials, modeling soft materials, casting molten materials that will harden, and assembling materials that can be joined. Then there’s even more ways, like using light and shaping the earth. I didn’t realize all the different ways and work that went into sculpting. I took a clay class in high school, but we didn’t learn too in depth about the different techniques. I also used to work a lot with polymer clay, which is a form of clay that can be baked in the oven! I used to go all out with it, buying gloss finishes and a little hand crank machine that flattens the clay into sheets, though I never made anything too big or took it too seriously. I enjoyed it though, and still would, I just have not used it for quite a while because of school, work, and other priorities.

Your reflections on the videos/media

I thought the video on Kara Walker was very interesting because of the work and thought that goes into the pieces, as well as simply how much she cares and enjoys her artwork. There’s a lot I want to say about the video, but mainly I was surprised by how much research she did, and how many initial sketches and sculptures she created. Like in previous weeks, the amount of research, time, and effort put in by her and some of her helpers is something that always seems to amaze me. I never realize just how much time and work goes into these pieces until it is shown. I think it adds an extra layer of understanding and appreciation when I look at the art created. It was clear how much she loves her work and enjoys the process. I thought the clip where she was blowing and sprinkling the powdered sugar on the slave sculpture making little changes was very genuine and especially showed how much she cares about her work. I think it was clever that she used the subtlety technique, the use of sugar in sculpting for royalty, and sculpted an African woman and slaves collecting sugar. I also thought it was clever that she centered all her work in this abandoned sugar factory that still had molasses dripping down. I love the ephemeral aspect of this artwork, and other artwork in general. 

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Connections/comparisons    

I think Walker’s work is a bit of a mixture of ways of sculpting. They carved the sculpture out of hard materials, as well as modeled the soft sugar over it. She also created her sculpture to be temporary, or ephemeral. The book mentions wood workers laminating layers of wood to and I think this work is similar to what Walker was doing. They are both temporary, but still have layers that may preserve the shape for the most part. It is mentioned in the chapter that preserving the art is an issue that curators and conservators worry about. I think creating Walker’s sculpture inside a building was a good decision, because I would think it would help ease this problem of preservation, as well as the curator’s questions of how and when they should show it. I think this because, being inside, wildlife and weather would not affect it as easily. Of course, I imagine it would still “decay” after some time, but I think being protected from outside forces and being built on top of something a little more permanent would make it last a long time.

o    Connections to another artist’s work

I chose Robert Smithson as my relevant artist this week. Looking through his art, I was really intrigued as to how he makes his sculptures. He uses mirrors in the majority of his work, creating illusions or simply making a small pile of material appear to be a big pile – to the point where you don’t realize immediately that there even are mirrors. He uses a variety of natural materials like soil and shells. He also does a lot of earth work, even going as far as to create a floating, travelling island! I enjoyed looking at these earth works, particularly the ones that are such large scale sculptures. Smithson seems to use natural materials and utilize the earth in much of his work. Again, showcasing the ephemeral aspect of art, like Walker’s sculpture. Though, Smithson doesn’t seem to be as concerned with the longevity of his earthwork. Regardless of how long they last, I think his work is very worth it and is still beautifully done.

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[brylynclute18-blog]

Nice job on your post. I thought this weeks reading had a lot of information and some of the information was new to me but some of it was review. I agree with you on the video for this week with how interesting it was. I was surprised with how much research and time it took Kara to make this sculpture. I really enjoyed the artist that you picked this week and the sculptures that Robert created. I find it odd how he uses mirrors to create his work but if it works for him let it be! Overall nice job with your post!