Project #4: Art Curator Exhibition Slideshow

Project #4: Art Curator Exhibition Slideshow

This was definitely an interesting project. My theme was showing the different REALISTIC ways women are depicted in art.

I looked for images that showed our sensuality, our sadness, our body image issues and the love we have for our children.

I included some below, even some I did not add into the slideshow just because I could not find any information about the artist etc.

13 and 14

1. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.

I liked the digital artistry and also the out of the box style of the I Dream of Jeannie artwork. I also laughed at the definition of LOWBROW: a person regarded as uncultivated and lacking in taste. 

The "Tate Modern" video has been removed off YouTube so I wasn't able to watch that.

2. Do the videos relate to the creation of your Art Exhibition project? If yes, explain how. If no, explain why not.

I think the videos related in showing how much work goes into preparing art curation and museums are.

3. What is your opinion of the films? Do they add depth to understanding of the art concepts you practiced while creating your curation project?

The films don't help me too much. They just draw out a already long assignment.

Twelve

1. Explain why you selected each of the TWO videos you choose from the selection listed above.

Abstract Expressionism and Pop: Art of the ’50s and ’60s

The Power of Art: Rothko

I picked the first because I enjoy pop art, or at least so I thought. I misread thinking that I saw Pop Art I assumed it would be along the lines of Andy Warhol. Which that video clearly is not. The art that they showed in this video is actually the type of art I really dislike. Drawing a couple lines on white canvas in my opinion is not art and is not talent.

Similarly, with the second video on Mark Rothko... I do not find that to be art. 

2. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.

It was interesting to hear their backgrounds and how passionate they were about their art.

2. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?

Everything goes back to elements and principles.

3. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the readings and art concepts?

I think the videos are a bit long and drawn out.

The Mask

To design and make my mask I used elements such as Line, Shape and Mass, Color, Texture, and Space. I also used principles such as Balance, and Scale.

These four masks gave some ideas to go off of. I love cats an wanted to make a mask with that theme. I loved the cat themes and styles that they came up with and ended up using the same type of elements.

When making my mask I decided to do a paper mache technique which is a mixture of flour and water soaked in paper. I then used acrylic paint to paint it and draw on the face of the cat.

I enjoyed the process of making the mask, I haven't used the mache technique in so long so it was fun giving it another try.

African Art and Buddhism

I selected these two videos for personal reasons. I love African Art and wish I more of an opportunity to look in to my Nigerian heritage. I also have studied Buddhism religion and find that I agree and naturally follow a lot of the beliefs that they have. So I have come to have a love and respect for their art as well.

One of the interesting things I learned from the African Art video is that the drawing of the animals was sometimes to show appreciation to the spirits of the animals that they killed for food. African art are a mix of magic and religion. In the video on Buddhism it showed the great dedication to detail the builders must have taken in order to make such masterpieces that gave step by step images of the Buddhas life.

The videos are the most frustrating things to watch. They are narrated by the most painfully slow speakers and are unnecessarily long.

HAND DRAWING

1. What was it like using your hand as subject matter for a drawing?

I ACTUALLY HAVE HAD TO DRAW MY HAND AND FOOT BEFORE SO I WAS COMFORTABLE WITH IT BUT I DID NOT HAVE TO DO IT WITH MY NON DOMINANT HAND BEFORE.

2. What media did you select - pencil or charcoal? Why?

PENCIL, I KEEP TRYING CHARCOAL AND I HATE IT, I AM NOT VERY GOOD AT GETTING THE SHADING RIGHT. IT ALWAYS COMES OUT TOO DARK.

3. How did it feel to create a drawing with your non-dominant hand?

IT FELT LIKE I WAS TRYING TO USE SOMEONE ELSE'S HANDS TO DRAW. IT DID NOT EVEN FEEL LIKE IT WAS A HAND ATTACHED TO ME.

4. Compare and contrast your final drawings. Do you think they are successful studies?

THEY BOTH LOOK GOOD TO ME ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING HOW HARD IT AND OUT OF BODY IT FELT TO USE MY NON DOMINANT HAND I THINK IT TURNED OUT OVERALL PRETTY GOOD.

5. Would you consider using your non-dominant hand to create artwork in the future?

ABSOLUTELY NOT.

Michelangelo and Da Vinci

The videos I picked were  The Drawings of Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci: The Mind of the Renaissance I picked these two because the two artists that were the topic of the videos are the classic artists that everyone knows and look up to. They are famous for their talents and for their history.

Michelangelo and Da Vinci both are so talented and yet have completely different tastes but sometimes similar styles in art. With having an age gap between them it makes sense that they would have different styles and paint and draw different things because they came from different generations. An interesting fact that I did not know is that they had met before and did not get a long very much. Michelangelo drew nudes all the time but Da Vinci never painted them.