Chapter 6 Artists

Gary Simmons and Paul Noble.

I enjoyed looking at both of their work, while reading this chapter six. Most of the other paintings seems so complicated even though it somewhat looks like chicken scratch. Paul Noble did a sketching called the Nobspital. This work was done by a "birds eye" perspective, and is 8 feet in height. But those two factors aren't the only reasons why I chose his work. The building itself looks very creative and nice, kind of makes you want to go visit the building. And the picture doesn't look anythings that's complicated and that there isn't much going on, which makes it simple and right to the point.

Gary Simmons also did a huge work as well, but instead he used chalk to portray his work. His artwork is called Boom, and just like Nobspital I thought that it looked very simple and to the point. The artwork is very pleasing to the eye and imagining that this work is actually much bigger in person makes me really want to see it for myself. It looks like the the sketch is going to pop right out to you, and looks very life like.

Campus Art Lecture Analysis

On this lecture, instead of us sitting down like any other normal class would Glenn made us walk around the campus, in search of art. We were all put into groups of three and were told to put a tape around a certain piece that is art to us. Our class had a bunch of interesting choices of what we thought was art. I especially liked the two near our school's entrance, the Rock Tree as well as the tall pillar like thing near our office. The group who chose the pillar had a really good story behind the artwork, it might have sounded like it was stretched a bit, but it was still a great choice. The Rock Tree was great as well, the group who chose that said that the rocks in the ground represented all of the students and that as we go on in our school years, we're going to have to face certain obstacles. This was by far my favorite lecture during the whole year, because it was so full of imagination and made it so that we weren't really in a class, but just enjoying art itself.

Chapter 5 Artists

My favorite picture in chapter 5 was the Deer's Skull with Pedernal, done by Georgia O'Keeffe. This picture is about symmetrical balance. I am kind of a perfectionist, everything has to be done perfectly before I can stop thinking about it or even move onto to something else, making it hard on me whenever I'm asked to do something such as cleaning up or even test questions. It bugs me when something is out of order and makes it seem like I have to fix it so that I can get my mind off. The good thing about the Deer's Skull with Pedernal is that it is very symmetrical on both sides. Making it look so perfect to be, it doesn't look like one side is going to tip over the other, if I were to put a point in the bottom middle portion of the picture to hold up the painting.

Another picture that I thought was amazing was the Delusions of Grandeur II, done by Rene Magritte. This is a sculpture of a body with a background that shows a sky filled with clouds. This sculpture is very unique because everything is out of order the sky looks like its out of balance but the clouds seem perfectly fine which is pretty unique. Not the mention that the body of the woman changes as it gets higher in altitude, making it smaller. This work is very creative and beautiful by how it is all set up to change as you look around the picture.

Chapter 4 Artists

The first portrait I found very appealing to me was The Raft of the Medusa, which was done by Theodore Gericault. Before The moment I layed my eyes onto this picture it was breath taking, the picture to me looks so dramatic. Many things are going on at once and the weather looks dark and serious. The colors that were used in this picture fits right on and everything matches so well together. There is also a lot of movement in this picture which eventually leads you to the top right part of the portrait. The direction in which the people are facing as well as the direction their arms are pointing at, is the reason for why it makes your eyes move. I think that the way the artist thought of using this kind of drawing was nice because it allows people to see the whole picture in detail in a very slow pace following the movement the people are pointing towards.

The second picture that I enjoyed was Chanter, which was done by Emmi Whitehorse. Chanter looks like a simple picture that was done by a person doodling on a paper out of boredom. The reason why I thought this picture was great was becuase of the color that was used in it. The blue color makes it look so refreshing and takes your mind off. It looks like a person's daydream and confusing. Some figures looking like it is upside down and other being unclear of what the figure actually is. The mystery that was in this picture makes you think about what the artist is trying to state, making it a work of art.

Graffiti Lecture

Last weeks lecture was done by Glenn showing the class a video about different types of graffiti and basically the history of it as well. Well before I go any furthure I always thought that grafitti was just a crime and was fully against it. This video has taught me about graffiti in a totally different perspective that I had on graffiti before this lecture. This doesn't mean that I'm totally for graffiti and agree that it is fine to do, but I'm now more tolerant about it as well as more understanding about it as well.

Graffiti is done in many different areas in the world, from the United States all the way to Japan. Graffiti artists see their work as bombing the city, basically meaning that they are fighting the "system". This is surely a rebellious act towards the rules that govern our everyday lives. I think that graffiti is done to show that the world is in chaos and that no one is able to totally take charge of other people. By breaking the rules, graffiti artists may think that they are making their own decision in what they want to do, meaning freedom.