Modern Art

The artist only express their thoughts and feelings. There are many others that feel that this is a way to express their most enter thoughts. These works of modern art is not excepted by the churches. Their work change over the years, because of freedom of speech and expression is one. They have the right to express their selves. I don't feel that public funds should support this kind of art. The people should choose for themselves if this modern art is offensive or not. This type of art is offensive to me. I would not have chosen to see this type of art. It really have no meaning or relate to anything to me. corathomas

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.