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David Altmejd's sculptures changed my view on abstract art. There is something about actually watching the process unfold in front of you that can helped me understand him so much more.Altmejd does not add   complexity to his work, he simply lets it flow. His choice in material and color are driven by current moods. At any given moment he can feel clean and attracted to pastels but then he needs to add some sort of "dirt" to it to make it feel alive. Also from what I can tell, Altmejd does not adhere to the traditional meaning behind art. He sees life and rebirth, where many will see decay and death. 
 I can't really say I liked or disliked his work after watching the way he makes it come to life. He has so much passion for the senses, that anything he sculpts seems to strike a cord with me. His sculptures are not meant to be interpreted or have meaning. They are meant to have you feel his process. I can tell he wants to display his process with the amount of layers he adds. While watching him, I also came to notice how much he enjoys ever single step. He touches the plaster in a way I've never quite seen before.  Its almost as if the material itself is alive for him. I do find his creating process very unique. He does not make a sketch of what he wants to do, but simply lets the materials lead him where he wants. He states that he likes how surprising the material can be and can change his result. He works with small mistakes and find the beauty in them. Inadvertently his process parallels greatly with trying to embrace the perfection of the imperfection. He likes those mistakes and knows they are part of everyday life. Again, he simply lets his art take control and nurtures its stubborn nature. 

Chelsea Galleries

While I was at Chelsea’s galleries, I saw very interesting art. many of which I liked and many of which I didn't like in my 1st post for this class this writing assignment plays on one’s opinion, in which case there is no right or wrong answer. In the first gallery, I when to I saw I art piece named “The Island Bird”. Created in 2012, by Ernesto Neto. This piece is very intriguing its vibrant colors makes it an instant eye catcher. If I could I could see myself buying this piece i see this as an instant ice breaker, can you  imagine in the middle of a room or a hall a person were to walking on this piece one word stunning. Another piece that I really caught my attention was again by Ernesto Neto and named "Slow iss good sound Way." created too in 2012 this piece made me think of childhood this piece remind me of the past where i would play on playgrounds with my friends and family. This piece really hit home.

 As I said before there were many piece in which I really liked and other a didn't an example of the pieces that I didn't like come in the form of Anish Kapoor's "Ga Gu Ma." created from 2011-12, this piece. In my opinion lacks a wow factor something that would make me remember it for a good reason, not because of any dislike, the reason for me not liking this is because is looks so plain, when first saw this it didn't inspire any feeling what so ever. I guess I didn't care for it. Another piece which didn't suit me either was Richard Avedon's ""Mural & Portraits.", created in 1970 this piece is just what looks to be a family portrait nothing special. I mean how many of these types of portraits can a person before not liking them. I guess this is what happened with this art piece for me at least. In a business standpoint, I don’t see this piece worth getting. it’s not original which is was I thought it was lacking. 

In conclusion going to the Chelsea Galleries was a great experience and I would recommended it to anyone there is many interesting art works here to be found. You’ll never know what you'll find if you pay a visit to these galleries       

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In the website http://www.pbs.org/art21 there are many artists each with their own individual styles. Out of the many artists that are shown "Ai Weiwei" was the artist that caught my attention. I have heard about "Ai" during the time of his arrest in china for being an outspoken human rights activist. Once released, he was prohibited from traveling abroad, engaging in public speech, and was subjected to continued government surveillance. he infuses his sculptures, photographs, and public artworks with political conviction and personal poetry. "Ai" often makes use of recognizable and historic Chinese art forms and a host of contemporary Chinese political and social issues in his art to get his point across. 

  Because he is limited on what he can say because of his government he uses his art works to get his point across to the public. they are many art works that i liked one of them called "Study of Perspective - Tiananmen" (1995-2003), this is a photo-shot taken by Ai of the Chinese government building while he points (for lack of a better word) a "provocative" symbol at them. Aka sticks the middle out at the building. I like this piece a lot because Ai speaks his mind, even though there might be consequences he still strives to get his point across.

Although like I said before I find most of Ai work very good one of them that didn’t really catch my attention is called “Circle of Animals / Zodiac Heads” (2010). There is really much one can say about this piece honesty, in my opinion it’s just a couple of the zodiac signs sculpted in bronze. For that reason, I don’t find anything appealing in this piece.

Hence, Ai Weiwei’s art can be controversial but he does it with the intention of helping the public by exposing “truths” about his government. As with all artists his work may be loved by some and hated by others. Personally I think his art is very well put and has its own uniqueness

Sculpture Center Reaction

In this field trip our class was taken to the Sculpture Center, its location is very near of that to la Guardia cc (were I currently study). This center is a non-profit organization that has been around since 1928, its keep running by the donations that people make throughout the year. During this field trip we had to observe the artwork of Bill Bollinger: The Retrospective, where we discuss how does the work is viewed from its location. During our trip there were many interesting pieces, and the way they are set up and where they’re displaced greatly influences the way one sees these artworks.

The first art work that intrigued me is titled “Rope Piece”. This piece consists of two ropes that are parallel to each other. Half of them are jogged into the wall, and the other half is connected to the wall and the floor. as simple as this work may seem, it really isn’t, it casted a shadow that when cooperated with the art it looks very work well under the building lighting. The scene that is around the art work looks very appealing because of how the shadow is casted from the ropes. This makes this art piece very attractive to those who understand it. For this piece the artist makes good use of the positioning of the lights and space provided.

The second piece of work that i found very interesting is called “Water Pipe”. This piece is basically 4 common pieces of water that are placed against a wall. When a person 1st sees this he/she may think "well I don’t see how this is in anyway interesting" when in reality this piece brings us a unique feel of how the artist must’ve seen space. His creativity is clearly seen when looking at this piece seen it shows how he can take ordinary pipes and turn them into art.

The 3rd and final piece that moved me was one titled “Boston Common”. It consists of steel barrels with water inside them while being entangled with rubber hoses. The 7 rubber hoses that are placed on top of the barrels are entangled in such a way that it almost seems as you are looking that petals from a rose. So it makes it so that you can think of the water inside the barrels as watering the “flowers”. In conclusion I hope that the Sculpture Center keeps on running since it provides a different twist and what me can call art. In the works presented at this time the artist Bill Bollinger uses space and other art elements to make his art come to live. I hope everyone can take their time to stop by this center and support their cause

Rope Piece 2011

  Waterpipe 1970
 Marzona Collection

Boston Common 2012

all of these piece were originally created by Bill Bollinger

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Art:21 History Reaction

recognized for her art since a very young age of 12, Marina Abramovic uses her own family history and their contradictions as tool in the creations of her work. her work ranged from drawing trucks to drawing clouds. this stage of her work didn't last since during a revelation she realized that she didn't want to paint anymore instead use everything around her to make her art. she uses sound mostly uses sounds in her work were she manipulates sounds to effect the viewers senses. she uses the history of art and her own art experiences to help transfer her knowledge to the younger generations of artist. but not only that, she also uses  her own experiences to help develop them. since younger people have different views of the world today.

“Design in Our Lives”

       Whether we realize it or not design art is very influential in our everyday lives. For this field trip we were to go to the MoMa and study the topic of design, but because no design is perfect, people’s opinions range in whether; if there’s any use for a design. So while in the MoMa I saw various galleries of artists and designers whose designs range from highly functional and can be used in society to; objects that are less practical and really have no place for people to use it.

       Well one may consider the question what is a highly functional design? To fact is that there is no right or wrong answer, but in my opinion a highly functional design is a design where it’s comfortable to use and it fulfills its job at maximum capacity. While at the MoMA is found 2 different artistic designs that I found fit the criteria of a highly functional design. The 1st one that I found was a work called “Puma Bike from the Puma Tribranded Collection”. By Jens Martin. this bike folded up in 3 different places and based on it was made from solid  aluminum making it a light weight and  compact bike. The fact that this bike can fold also makes it a bike in which is easy to travel with thus making it consumer friendly and “ highly functional”. A other design that I thought as highly functional was a piece created by Joe Colombo named "MiniKitchen" this piece created in 1963 was made so that people could create more space by replacing a standardized kitchen with this mini one. This would be highly effective if you go with the assumption that some people don’t use their kitchen as much so they really wouldn’t need a big one, and this design can be a good alternative.

       While these examples are there for highly functional objects; while at the MoMa there were also low functional pieces mean I personally thought they were ridiculous. Personally I consider low functional designs to be something where it wouldn’t make common sense to created something like that or in other words it would be very difficult to use for example if a person made a remote for a tv the size of your bed, it would be a low functioning object. For example of low functioning objects were seen throughout the MoMa. Like the piece named "Paimio Chair" by Alvar Aalto's this chair looks very uncomfortable being that it has no padding and it’s just made from wood. A piece like this will make you consider, why set there when there are other more comfortable places. Another piece that I found to be a low functional one “Carna Folding Wheelchair.” This wheelchair which looks like it has red bubbles on it doesn’t seem as something people would good out of their way to attain. Can you imagine if for any reason you were given a wheel chair and that’s the only you could have. In my opinion it doesn’t look very comfortable. Taking into consideration how much people in today’s day value comfort I don’t see this wheel chair as being functional.

        In conclusion whether a person finds something  highly functional or low functional all comes down to preference. I believe that art and design goes hand and hand since every design is made to seem appealing to people, but one should remember that theres no such thing as a perfect design  

 Alvar Aalto
"Paimio Chair"
1931-1932

 Joe Colombo
"MiniKitchen"
1963

 "Carna Folding Wheelchair."

   Kazuo Kawasaki

 “Puma Bike from the Puma Tribranded Collection.

   Jens Martin

project #3 "Illustrate a Story"“I learned from her, and that's why I can pass it on to you guys.”

This short story describes how a son, now father, credits his mother with the way he ended up being. the story says how when ever he goes into the kitchen she would always be drinking coffee, so now as an adult every time he makes a visit to his mom he always shares a cup a coffee with her. My photo shop art tried to depict just that. the dark man figure is meant to represent the son while the womanly figure is meant to be his mother. since there both looking at each other. this is suppose to demonstrate a conversation, and the coffee obviously shows the drink they have when they"re together.       

Art:21 Power Reaction

Power is defined in modern society as the ability to do or act; or show strength; might; force. The artist Cai Guo-Qiang demonstrates the strength/destructive side of art by using an array of fireworks and many sharp objects. In his works he uses fireworks to create imagines that can depict force while as he says “still maintaining its beauty”.  He also has many are pieces where he uses many sharp objects coming in and out of his art, for instance in the art work where there are many tigers where they looked to be stabbed shows us the negative /destructive side of power. For me that piece personally shows how humans use their power in the hunting of animals. Cai Guo-Qiang also uses modern fears in his art to display power. In his other piece he creates a plane out of confiscated sharp airport objects to show us how the destructive power of terror now influences the public’s views in flying.  Although Cai Guo-Qiang art can be viewed as something that shows us beauty it is still centered in the characteristics of power.

MoMa ps1 good art vs bad art

       After a second trip, this time to MoMa Ps1, I was assigned to continue the pasted topic of good art vs. bad art. While witnessing many different pieces of art; there was 3different works that inspired different emotions within me.
First starting with art that I didn’t understand was one created by Darren Bader the name of this piece escapes me but looking at the art in an analytical point of view I don’t understand how what looks like burn old pizza in a dish wash can be considered art. Considering that I don’t understand what the artist is trying to convey it makes it really difficult to appreciate his work.
From an art that I didn’t understand to an art work that I didn’t like; the art piece name "Chicken Burrito, Beef Burrito" by Darren Bader was an art where in my opinion there was no point. As a said in my 1st post of “Good art vs. Bad art” I consider bad art something that doesn’t give me any sense of emotion whether that being good or bad. This art work did just that I consider this piece to be something that a person doesn’t really look twice at since there really nothing to captivate you in. In other words this piece is missing a “wow” factor.
Despite there being art work that I didn’t like, there was some that really intrigued me and that caught my attention. An example of this is the art piece named “The Long Jump” by Carl Lewis. This painting depicting what seems to be a man representing the United States in the Olympics in the middle of a jump. This paint stood out to me because of my relationship to athletics. Since I myself have play sports throughout my life it is easy for me to see a painting like this can appreciate its meaning. In many cases “Good” art is something that people can relate to, as it is for me in this case.
Whether I understood the art work or not o whether I liked the art work or not, I had a pleasant experience visiting MoMa ps1 and I would recommend anybody to go and witness their many different are works and exhibits.

“The Long Jump”

 by Carl Lewis.

2010

Darren Bader

"Chicken Burrito, Beef Burrito"

Darren Bader

Art and Identity: The Museum of Modern Art

            While visiting the MoMa in class there was 3 works of art that stood out the most and each in their own different perspectives. The 1st piece of art work that intrigued me was a painting in the “Contemporary Galleries: 1980-Now” exhibit called “Japanese culture of the post war years” by Tadanori Yokoo. This painting expresses the sorrow that the nation of japan may have experience after the Second World War. Looking at this painting from a historical stand point, in my opinion this shows the grief the japan people had after the atomic bombing of their cites of Nagasaki and Hiroshima. The tears that are shown in this painting may be to depict the people morning the loss of innocent people that died on the day of the bombing.
            While this painting may use history to portray a feeling, when looking at a painting in a perspective where you are looking for personal identity, the art work from Cindy Sherman titled “untitled *479” fits such a criteria. In this art work she takes a series of photographs where she slows makes a change in her. In this series of pictures she starts off with a more enclosed dull look and slows progresses to a more outgoing style. In this case her work may be an example in showing the changes that people can experience during his/her lifetime.
            While looking at art in historical and personal perspectives one can’t ignore the cultural significance in art. In work like Mark Bardford’s “Giant” in my opinion gives up a sense of a more American modern art. His abstract works looks like those done in the pass by other artist but with a more of a modern spin to it. Modern being this piece doesn’t give you the feeling of pasted work.
            Whether cultural , personal or historical there is many ways this works can be viewed, in many cases you can view a work of art in more than one perspective, for instance in the mentioned before art work named called “Japanese culture of the post war years” you can consider this a cultural piece while also being historical. In conclusion art has many ways you can view it and everyone is entitled to their own opinion it’s just a matter showing it.

“Japanese culture of the post war years” by Tadanori Yokoo.

Cindy Sherman titled “untitled *479”

  Mark Bardford’s “Giant”

           

               

Reliving One Of My Greatest Sport Moments

   This digital collage depicts one of my greatest sport moments. when I was 16 years old my summer league team was in a playoff hunt with one of the better teams in the league. Going in as an underdog my team and I went head for head against this them and forced a game 5. We were down by one run in the last inn, it was my turn up to bat and I hit a home-run to tie the game which we later went on to win.  

"Good Art" vs. "Bad Art"

   What is good art ? What is bad art ? I believe that most people consider "good art" as something that they can relate and build a connection too. I also believe that people consider "bad art" as art that they don't understand. As for me I can honesty say that I like many different types of art works. This can range from art created during the Renaissance like, Michelangelo's David, to Pablo Picasso's abstract work like,Guernica, to work from Vincent  van Gogh like Starry Night or Wheatfields with Crows. What attracts me to this art is the history behind it. what I mean by this is was happening to the artist when he created this piece? What inspired this person to create this? When I understand questions like these it makes it easier to appreciate their work. also i consider good art to be art that inspires good or bad feelings from you.
   Now as for "what is bad art" ? I don't believe that any art can truly be considered "bad" but if one had to describe "bad art" I would say that bad art is art that doesn't stand out or doesn't give you a reason to appreciate what your seeing. Whether good or bad I believe that all art should be able to spark one's creativity.
    here are examples of what I consider "good art" :

here is an example of what may be considered bad art :