Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s work is centered around temporary exhibitions that are almost otherworldly as they usually include larger than life objects to cover a large amount of area. In this particular exhibition, the large objects are the umbrella’s used to cover about 30 miles total of two inland valleys. When I say large umbrella’s I mean umbrella’s so large it took a crane or roughly 7 people to maneuver them. It’s hard to determine what actually is the art in this work when you look at all of the proposed prompts because technically without all of the workers, land owners, the artists themselves, and the original idea this art work wouldn’t exist. I personally think overall the art in the project is the umbrellas themselves. The preparation of it was technically art as well, as many preparatory sketches were created of what they desired to be the final result. However, the main artwork of the project was having the umbrella’s up. The original idea is the final idea from what I can gather, this also ties in with the original …show more content…
The bright yellow of the umbrella’s in California contrasted perfectly with the brown sandy grass it was fastened upon. A similar thing happened with the blue umbrella’s in Japan looked absolutely perfect against the blue green grass there. You can find videos of the umbrella’s in California being interacted with by people. Many of those people pulled off to the side of the highway to get out and view the umbrella’s up close. Almost exactly the same experience happened in Japan. We absolutely can view the art of the umbrellas, many did when they were up for viewing and we still can now through videos and photographs. The umbrella’s added a certain life to the landscape they were added to. To further that life, the people who interacted with them added more to it. Without the umbrella’s there those highways in California and Japan might have just been plain
Janet Echelman is an artist who considers the cutting edge of sculptures, public art, and urban transformation in her art works. Her art work in question “Her Secret Is Patience” uses a cactus flower shape as a symbol for the Arizona desert city of Phoenix. Her art work is held by three leaning poles that are forty to hundred feet high. According to Janet her act work was inspired by the patience of the saguaro cactus, she say, “It’s a spiny cactus putting down roots in search of water in the desert, saving up every ounce of energy until, one night, in the middle of the cool darkness, it unfurls one succulent bloom” (Artforms, p. 6) The center of her art work is the colors of the net being both everlasting and ever changing, solid yet spacious,
“The Away Team Beams Down to What Appears to be Unlimited Planet” is large in scale encompassing the whole space of one wall. This creates the illusion that the viewer can just step right into it. It is the largest piece in the collection and brings all of the other works together. Assu embraces a digital print of “Vanquished” by Emily Carr and imprints a large digital symbol on top of it. This process of embellishing another artist work is a common way of addressing a message, though, is surrounded by controversial opinions. The question is, does this way of making art have as deep of an effect on the audience compared to a piece that is fully the work of one artist? The symbol is a traditional Kwakwaka’waka element. The smooth paint strokes of “Vanquished” contrast with the hard bright neon orange abstract shape of Sonny Assus. The symbol resembles a face, with eyes and a mouth. Out of the ovoid shape Assus has added thin circles overlapping each other, in a spiral like pattern, leading towards the ground, The shape takes up around a third of the original painting and is very dramatic becoming the most dominant feature and capturing the audience 's attention first. All together the embellishment resembles an abstract UFO, placed looking down at the planet searching for something.
The Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, part of the New Orleans Museum of Art, contains several dozen 20th century and 21st century sculptures from across the globe. The five-acre garden mostly features figures from American and European artists, most of them being created within the past 70 years. Surrounded by the beautiful landscape of City Park, many impressive works are presented at the sculpture garden. However, two particular works that stood out to me were the Venus Victorius and Untitled.
This project was completed in the period of two weeks in New York’s Central Park with the blooming of the 7,503 fabric panels on February 12, 2005. The gates and fabric panels could be seen from far away through the leafless branches of the trees (christojeanneclaude.net). The main purpose behind this artwork was to create a meaningful public art and how art responds to and impacts our relationship with the built environment (khanacademy.org). Through this work, fresh perspectives about environment, socio-political, and aesthetic characteristics of life are revelaed (home.nwciowa.edu). Environmental artworks of Christo and Jeanne Claude leave a lasting memory on every aspect of life
Late on Wednesday night, my phone ringed. It was a text message from my friend Pedro, “Do you want to visit an art museum tomorrow”. Knowing I needed to go, I texted him back quickly, “pick me up after your class tomorrow and we can adventure to The Weatherspoon Art Museum at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro”. After Pedro’s class, we explored the museum observing multiple art works, and I was invoked by three, art pieces. All three were different and intriguing in their own way. For instance, the painting that is on top of the cover page with all the wavy hair was painted by Catherine Murphy and is known as the “Frosted”. This painting was very delightful because of its unique elements. Second, the sculpture in the middle of the cover page is an image of a wooded animal. This sculpture was crafted by Deborah Butterfield and is recognized as Lunalilo. Also, at the bottom of the cover page is a sculpture constructed by Dan Graham, the sculpture was known as Triangle Solid with
The site of the monument is open to where anyone can contemplate it. Being out in the open the bystander can visually see that the work is tied to the building. The work is painted onto a building without disturbing any of its architectural qualities. Because of its location the building forms a climax to the street. It is seen as the most intense building for the reason that there are no other buildings placed next to it with such art. When a viewer examines the monument it is better to observe it from a far to visually see how different it is from the other buildings. The colors of this monument are lighter and more intense than the other building. This monument encourages viewers to look at it as it stands there in a large open space. Viewers would congregate when they encounter this monument because of the parking lot that it’s located on. It stands out to the drivers leading them to the parking lot where it presents its dominant viewpoint. The monument only presents one dominant viewpoint all other viewpoints will display the same composition.
The great thing about art, is that there are multiple portrayals of one idea but, the artist’s own personal style allows one to feel something that another may not. Early Renaissance painters, Giotto di Bondone and Duccio di Buoninsegna established their own unique style to depict a biblical scene known as, The Betrayal of Christ. Through a close analysis of each artist’s representation of, The Betrayal of Christ, one is able to compare and contrast the artists own understanding of the scene through their attention to detail, character, and space throughout the painting. When examining these two works, one will have a stronger emotional response towards Giotto’s interpretation rather Duccio’s, due to his methods of handling organization, figures, and space.
The world outdoors was chosen because the whole artwork is about nature. When I examine the artwork I feel ecstatic or happy. I feel ecstatic or happy because the surfer is consumed with nature ,and one day I hope to learn to surf and be surrounded with nature. I think the artwork purpose is to show the California landscape and its beauty. Untitled (The bright flatness) is interesting to me because my passion in life is the marine world. In this artwork it shows how that surfer is so small compare to the ocean. I think that we are small compared to the outside world like the ocean. The artwork Untitled ( The bright flatness) is a successful work of art ,and the art work is successful because the artist was a successful by the 1990’s. Surfer art was repeated art for Raymond
Giorgio De Chirico’s art can be viewed one that evolved tremendously over time. However, his artwork portrayed a number of characteristics and traits that differentiated them from the works of other artists in his time. This is probably why his art remains a puzzling factor to many from the 20th Century to date. A wide use themes and concepts can be seen in a number of his works. He has played a huge role in shaping the surrealist works of art.
The first work of art, illustrated by Kehinde Wiley, appears to give a realistic feel to the audience. As the painting of the man, the horse, and the sword appears as neither abstract, nor nonobjective. I can see that the painting is oil on canvas. In the background of his painting, it is dark red at the top, and pink towards the middle of the background, with a shade of white just above the neutral scheme of different brown shades representing the muddy ground. The white in the background probably represents the horizon. If you zoom in very, very closely, you can see what looks like a military cannon towards the right side of the painting, emphasizing the environment of a battle soldier. The horse is painted neutrally as well, white,
On Painting by Leon Alberti is, in essence, a book of guidelines for novice painters. Alberti explains that since paintings are meant to represent things that are seen, they need also be approached this way. In his theory, he breaks up the way of painting into three important components circumscription, composition, and the reception of light. Within these three are guidelines for the portrayal of subjects, spaces and emotion.
One very significant element is the contrast in color, at the center, toward the right there are bright, warm colors such as, oranges, pinks, and yellows. Around that, there are cooler colors for example, blacks, blues, and purples. There is also a line that divides the artwork in half, separating the sky from water and land below. Some wavy lines appear on the water, land and clouds also some straight and wavy
The two works of art that I have chosen to analyze are 1) Jordan Casteel. Miles and JoJo. 2014. Oil on canvas, 54” x 72” and 2) Aaron Fowler. He Was. 2015. Mixed media, 134” x 165” x 108”. The themes that these works of art represent in regards to the exhibit are love, family, and pain. However, they also fall into other thematic categories. The main theme that seems to apply to both “Miles and JoJo” and “He Was” is Human Experience. Additionally, these arts differ in some ways.
In her third chapter of the 2010 textbook Look! The Fundamentals of Art History, Anne D’Alleva argues that when art is examined, it should be seen as a part of society and not just a product of society. By explaining the idea that contextual analysis examines the social, political, spiritual and economic significance she explores the challenge of performing a historical analysis on a piece of art stripped of its original societal and cultural context. D’Alleva’s purpose is to highlight this discourse through examples to provide a better process for interpretation of art. Her audience remains as those exploring art and its impact on culture, namely academically, positioning herself distant from the material exempt when providing examples. The
Francesco used a style that I really enjoy, it is called pittura di tocco and it is a style known for its small dotting in the art work and it's small but clean brush strokes. It's a style that not many artist can lock down it is very very advanced. He started in venice italy when he was passed down a shop from his father who was deceased and he worked alongside his brother to make and sell hand made paintings. His paintings are beautiful painting like the venetian capriccio which is a landscape painting of the molo towards santa Maria. He was born october 1712 and when his father passed away in the year 1716 and that's when he had the shop passed down to him, he was only 4 when the shop was handed down to him and his brother. He worked with