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,
TorusMacroCopula is a sculpture created by, Ernesto Neto. This sculpture is a representation of a large scale environment sculpture. An environment sculpture is a sculpture that you can physically enter into or explore either indoors or in a contained space. This sculpture consists of large plastic balls in netting hung from the ceiling. Tourists are able to enter inside of the netting and physically walk across the gigantic plastic balls. This artwork would be classified as an assemblage because it was the process of brining individual pieces together to form a larger whole. The individual objects that were assembled together would be the large plastic balls and the netting.
Ruth M. Guajardo is a professional painter, working full-time as Arts Program Manager for Centro Cultural Aztlan. She holds a BFA from Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. The implementation of Centro Aztlan’s programs is the primary responsibility of Ms. Guajardo her extensive knowledge and expertise allows her to carry out responsibilities for the effective presentation of the multidisciplinary programs presented and produced by Centro Cultural Aztlan. She is an established artist herself and prior to her employment with us she was director of El Sol Studio for eight consecutive years.
Lauren Berkowitz is a contemporary installation artist. Installation art can be described as a three-dimensional painting, sculpture, poem, and prose work, which is usually transient and site-specific. This very modern art practise makes Berkowitz’s expression of Australian landscape is completely different to the previous two artists, Glover and Drysdale. Her work is made with an almost obsessive attention to detail after painstaking research and, ultimately, total dedication to the moment of making.
According to Michelle Carpenter, Janet Cooke was a former Journalist. She won a Pulitzer prize for a fabricated story she wrote that was published on the Washington Post on September 28, 1980, in Washington, D.C. The story followed the everyday life of an eight year old heroin addict living in Washington, D.C. Janet Claimed she was under pressure to publish a story about a boy addicted to drugs.
Upon entering Tia Chucha’s Centro Cultural & Bookstore, I was instantly mesmerized by the vibrantly colored walls that are painted with Aztec inspired architectural designs, patterns, and colors. My first impression of these bold designs instantly gave me the feeling that I had entered a miniature version of an Aztec temple. While I waited for the other members to arrive for the workshop, I explored the numerous shelves that held
Success! That’s what we feel when artist with roots from Mexico, Elizabeth Blancas, self-identified as a Xicana, expresses her mind on a relevant issue throughout an outstanding display of empowering and freedom in the piece “Women & Two Spirits Are The Backbone Of Every Tribe”, in the corner of Saint Marguerite with Saint-Antoine West streets. In her painting, the artist presents a sexual issue and the cultural role it has in the indigenous tribes. Although the artist expertise relies on serigraphy, she blooms in the mural world hand-brushing distinguished figures by giving voice to protesters against a US company pipeline construction site, near the Standing Dakota Indian Reservation, and in special Caro Gonzales and Lauren Howland.
Throughout history, societies have defined and transformed themselves through their art. When looking at works of art today, a person sees not only the work of art itself, but also the world from which it came from. The same is true for this transformation mask, which reflects the works of art and beliefs of the Northwest Coast Tribes.
Every artist's dream is to create something that leaves a lasting impression. The Last Conquistador follows the story of a sculptor who does exactly that. John Houser spent nearly a decade painstakingly crafted a 34-foot tall equestrian statue featuring the infamous Spanish conquistador Juan de Oñate y Salazar. Following in the footsteps of his father who assisted in the carving of Mount Rushmore, Houser's fantasy of leaving his mark in one of the largest bronze equestrian statues in the world finally became a reality (Valadez). However, what an artist attempts to express and what message is truly received may not be one and the same. While the Hispanic elite of El Paso praised (and funded) the magnificent piece, the Acoma were horrified by the towering symbol of oppression and genocide looming overhead. This film not only provides a window into the conflict and controversy surrounding Houser's work, but also showcases several aspects of Texas political culture and highlights the dismissive attitude toward Native American culture that is still prevalent today.
The most significant number of outdoor mural art in the United States is just minutes away from downtown San Diego, but if you’ve visited the city, you’ve probably driven over it without even knowing it. San Diego’s Chicano Park is hidden below the San Diego-Coronado Bridge. More than 70 vibrantly colored murals adorn the support pylons of the freeway overpass. The walls pay tribute to the history of the surrounding Mexican-American and immigrant community called Barrio Logan. In the 1960s, the community was further separated by the formation of the 5 Freeway and the high on-ramps of the San Diego-Coronado Bridge. City leaders didn’t include tenants in the preparation of these projects that destroyed more than 5,000 houses and local businesses.
Artworks have played an indelible work to the lives of humanity. The creative nature in Artists is a complex matter to define. The uncertainties in the intrinsic nature in art lay difficult aspects that can only be answered by values, themes and skills depicted in an artist artwork. Apart from playing the intricate psychological effect on humans, the artworks have been used as a tool of expression that has been revered and uniquely preserved for future generation. Among some of the most revered modern forms of artwork has included Chicano Art that had a core relationship to Las Carpas, Indigenismo, rascuachismo and other forms of performance art.
Though “Our Lady of Guadalupe” style is softer and more delicate than any other paintings. They create energetic subjects and has a vertical emphasis. The viewer clearly sees a landscape and a tumultuous battle in the sky that curves around the central figure of the Virgin
Salcedo created this piece to show that there is a divider that distinguishes one group from those who do not “belong”. The cracks cause the viewer to twist and contort their bodies in ways that causes them to change their perspective. Although we are all human, we are divided. Unlike, Salcedo, Ai WeiWei commentates on economic and political injustice through his installation of 100 million handmade sunflower seeds known simply as “Kui Hua Zi”. WeiWei was heavily involved in activism despite China’s oppressive government. He wasn’t afraid to express his opinions, he simply wanted to get his message out to the world. In this case, the sunflower seeds were symbols of friendship as well as trust held between those who spent a lot of time together. They represented the people of China, more specifically, the followers. WeiWei recalled, “....even the poorest in China would share sunflower seeds as a treat among friends.” This project was a way to bring the community together and shows that despite the injustice that surrounds them on a daily basis they all have each other. Just as Ai WeiWei used an object familiar to many, Michel Tuffery created a sculpture of a cow
During the 1920’s, many young artists, suck as Diego Rivera, David Alfonso Siqueiros, and Jose Clemente Orozco were commissioned to decorate numerous public buildings with dramatic large scale murals. These were done to try
Initially, when I walked up to this sculpture my thoughts were the name of the piece pretty much sums it up. Approaching the statues, they seem to just be large bronze masses on the corner of McCaul street but, as any art should be looked at, I decided to dig deeper than the superficial. The location is odd to me, mainly because the bronze forms are not alone in the corner of the building, but are not really impacted by its surroundings. The trees behind the statue are dead giving a desolate atmosphere invoking a sense of loneliness. Moreover, almost the entire area surrounding the piece is solid concrete, giving a very penitential outlook. I’m not sure if the sculpture’s initial approach is supposed to invoke miserable emotions but if so it does its job
On Thursday I took my personal field trip around campus to observe the permanent sculptures as well as the ones on tour. I really enjoyed looking at both but I personally felt that I enjoyed the permanent ones better and that is what I will write about in this paper. The permanent sculptures resemble students and faculty at Western Michigan University. In contrast, the sculptures on tour did not relate so much to the students or campus as much but they did relate to the state of Michigan. While I was observing the sculptures, I did have one favorite and that the was Dunes because it painted an accurate illustration in my head when I was observing it. I decided to take my personal field trip in the morning instead of in the afternoon