Modern Art-Shocking and Scaring

            I was scared and shocked exactly as how the instructor had named the homework assignment. I was always questioning "Is it really art?" and forcing me to believe that it was while I was watching the videos. I saw those pieces of arts as where the artists could express their crazy thinkings. They used their works to prove what they could do even though it was forbidden or disapproved by the Bible and societies. Certainly, not all of those works broadcasted on these videos were embarrasing. They could be really shocked at the time it was published, but when the time went on, audience have changed their perspectives due to the influences of time and society, of what are norms and not norms. For example, the book containing of shocking and scaring pictures discribing the sorrows that people must have suffered from may trigger waves of condemnation from the society. However, nowaday, audience may understand how horrible lives people at that time must have experienced because of the work.
            Nevertheless, coming from Asian culture, pieces of art of extreme sexuality are highly unacceptable to me. Therefore, my feelings were strongly affected.
            The artists mentioned in those Modern Art series fulfilled two roles of art. First, they help the audience look at the world in new ways, such as the model of human body. Second, they recorded what was happening at their places and their time, such as the book consisting of horrible pictures talking about the war.
           Whether the public fund should go to funding the making of those shocking art? To answer that question, the question "Who is able to decide those pieces of art are approved or disapproved?" should be first considered. Those artists love creating art with their own purposes and creativity. They should better receive the rewards for their efforts. You may not like their works, but some other may. Therefore, people  who desire to contribute, let them do. Who are able to force you to enjoy the ones that you naturally really dont want to?

homework for 2/6/12

in watching some of these videos, what i saw did not really disgust me or freak me out because i feel like in today's society people are exposed to a lot more worse things than that of what was shown in the videos. however, for those particular time periods, those may have been considered as more of unconventional art. when i was watching the video talking about the art of the spainard fransico goya i thought to myself where did these ideas come from because today if we see a modern artist create paintings such as goya we wouldnt really make a big deal out of it because we see things like that all the time on television and movies, but for an individual to create paintings such as his with almost pure imagination was a bit surprising to me. personally i feel that some of goya's paintings were perhaps the way he viewed particualar people in an abstract manner. the other videos showed not so much of horror but of disgust. i really found it interesting though that people truely consider stuff like that art. i always use to think as a kid that art was a landscape picture or drawing on paper, but now i am being exposed to other traditional and untraditional types of art.

One person yet so many difference appearances

I love this painting by Andy Warhol because I think it represent a person with many difference personalities and appearances. This picture kind of relates to me because I have many personalites and I always change up my style. I just think this picture is cool.

Shock! Horror! (blog #2)

For this week's homework watch the second episode of Matthew Colling's " This is Modern Art: Shock! Horror!" But be warned that the video contains explicit images of art meant to disturb and possibly offend. And because of this I want to hear your true gut reactions to the artists  and art that you see even if you are disgusted. This is work that is not about being beautiful, its about something else entirely. Some questions you may want to consider while you watch. Why do you think these artists choose such subject matter, and what role do this work fulfill? How does the meaning of this work change over time? Also should public funds go toward paying for art that is offensive to some (and if it it who decides what is offensive or not?)

Abstract Human

I titled my entry 'abstract human' because Jackson Pollock was a very abstract person. From his "illness" and the things he battled with in life, we got great paintings. Struggle and hardship to me makes the artist easy to relate to. I can enjoy paintings like these from Mr. Pollock, for the simple reason that you can gather so many thoughts about what the picture is saying. I read that he said he never knew exactly how he wanted any particular piece to come out, and because of that we get so much raw emotion. I love it!

Jackson Pollock

Jackson Pollock, one of the most influential artists known today in all of the United States for his massive pieces of artwork and a very abstract style. Pollock a very abstract man himself was a much tormented individual because of his alcohol abuse and short temper but that did not impede him from becoming the artist and creator of the art we see today. Due to his “illness” the best of him got to be expressed onto the canvas and not only did he amaze us with many different styles and effects but he gave us a style of developed and step by step art. His art was a complete masterpiece; the process itself was a an astounding technique that many cannot imitate, but everyone can appreciate.

Andy Warhol had a very distinct look at art. I've always seen his art work but never did actually look into the artistic view. I always just saw a can of cambells soup. I enjoy how he took everyday house hold supplies such as the soup can, or a coke can and decided to paint it on a canvas called it art and made him very famous. He expressed the world as an american consumer. Glamour seemed to have been another one of his favorite topics. That explains why his paintings were all very bright. He believed that everything was on the surface. He saw women as art because of how they put on make up.

Pollock Jackson-"A Mess" or "Not A Mess"?

Pollock Jackson is the most interesting artist to me. His art works reflect the idea that the artists just draw what come to their heads. Pollock Jackson freely expressed his ideas and his life through his paintings, which made him become the leading innovator of modern painting. Pollock Jackson was the most influential painter of his generation in America. In the video, the narrator said that nobody could define what modern art was, but by looking at Pollock Jackson's paintings and at himself while he was creating them, most of people may have an idea of what modern art is. He said "When I am in my painting, I am not aware of what I am doing. . . .I have no fears about making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own. I try to let it come through. It is only when I lose contact with the painting that the result is a mess. . . ." The audience may say his works were "a mess" at the first look; however, when they keep investigating the paintings, they can figure out what he were drawing: his depression, his upset and his losing. By Pollock Jackson, I developed an open-minded looking and investigating at modern art works.

Poor Little Rich Girl

When Pop Art is introduced in any class the first thing one sees is the iconic array of Campbell's Soups created by Andy Warhol. However, up to that point, every student has been meticulously programmed to look for meaning  in every single aspect of a work, but Warhol's works are the antithesis. His works reflected the values of his audience, America, mass produced and superficial. Warhol did not wish to instill a deeper meaning to his works beyond the surface, so what you saw is what you got. In doing so, he opposed the idea that art had to be this serious thing, but there was meaning in that. His art was a reflection of the American people, and in its meaninglessness spoke volumes. The vanity and obsession with fame and glamour that Warhol so cleverly portrayed was, and still is, consuming us all. We are constantly bombarded by images that lack in substance and in meaning, but it is all we want to see. The latest magazines, movies, and music— the majority of which is completely deprived of usability or depth— govern our daily lives and we stand idly by while they devour our nation's intellectual future. 

THE BIG THREE; POLLOCK, JACKSON

 

Out of the three Artists, I found Jackson Pollock the most interesting. His paintings were just a mere expression of his insecurities, depressions and anger. He was often the subject of abuse and sarcastic criticism. For example, in 1956 Time magazine called him `Jack the Dripper. His paintings were influenced by Mexican muralist painters with characteristics of surrealism. Like surrealism his style and manner of painting was described as a direct expression or revelation of the unconscious moods of the artist. (Ibiblio.org)   He didn't use the traditional paint used by other artist, instead he used expensive household paint. He didn't use paint brushes, instead he used dripping and splashes from the paint can. He used knives and sticks, broken glass or other objects to alter his paintings. On the floor I am more at ease, I feel nearer, more a part of the painting, since this way I can walk around in it, work from the four sides and be literally `in' the painting. -- Jackson Pollock, 1947. Unlike the other artist that used and easel, he put his canvas on the floor or on the wall. Jackson Pollock paved the way for expressionist painters of today.

Pablo Picasso

Sex and death was one of Pablo Piccasso famous work of art. I seen Picasso work of art before. I think  he is one of the best artist there has been in the time. Usually his work of art was abstract. The picture shown above caught my eye because he painted his friend who died tragetically. His friend committed suicide in a restaurant while trying to shot a woman first. This was a tragic death for Picasso's friend, and Piccaso had an affair with the women who his friend shooted himself for.Picasso's work of art always portrayed the quilt he felt for.

Home work on the big three

Looking at the big three Picasso paintings was more abstract like "The Style," from the painting of Picasso and Braque ,which the elements of the real world were put into a vocabulary of geometric forms his paints was of many of the same colors of shades which were to have profound effect on the development of modern art Picasso interested me the most because he liked to paint a series of landscapes based on thier formal innovations after decades he joined other artists to create movement known as cubism which made other artist follow his lead and now the impact on art is felt a over the world what I liked about Picasso is he was opened minded to differ things that made him eho he was I'm not that into art but each day I learn a little more and each I'm becoming more interested in something I knew so little about. Thanks for opening a whole new world for me and now I'm starting to appreciate art better.