Post #11

The artist that I chose to research was John Baldessari. He was born June 17, 1931 in National City, California. He is currently still living. I chose to research him becasuse his work catches your eye. He paints black and white pictures then adds color to certain places in the picture to make his work noticable. I also chose to research him because of his creativity. He paints pictures that would probably look beautiful if he didnt add anything else but he still adds circles of color to block out faces such as he did with the woman in the picture. Overall I think his work is unique.

Post #10

    A cliche an overused expression or a predictable treatment of an idea. A visual can be effective at first nut after a while it just gets worn out. For example, this picture above can be viewed as a cliche because this is a visual that you see over and over again. You see this on shirts, cars, jackets and a lot of other items. When seeing this for the first time it has an impact on you. You start to get tired of seeing it over and over again. It looses its impact on you after a while.

Post #9

One post modern visual strategy that I see clearly in the painting is appropriation. This artist takes an original painting and puts a twist to it. Instead of using the regular picture the artists adds some flavor to it. He make the lady blow bubbles which also makes the picture comical.The photo is also a surprise because it goes against the normal picture. If this was the original picture it wouldn't really stick out to to anyone but since this one has a different aspect to it it catches people's attention.

Post #8

During this first quarter of art I have learned a lot of useful tools that will help me throughout the year and beyond. In the beginning of this quarter I wasn't really excited to start art 1. But as time went on I became more and more into the class. When we first started the elements and principals I thought that it was going to be boring but then as we started to apply the principals and elements it was more interesting. All of the articles we have read has made me understand art a little more in advance. I hope next quarter gets even more interesting.

Post #7

The elements and principals accordion book has by far been the best art project we have done so far. It really helped bring out the "inner art" in me. I didn't know that I  could create such a design that had good results in the end. When we first began I really though that this was going to be a hard process. I thought that it was going to be challenging to include all of the principals and elements. But as I began I i did't even notice that I was using all of the elements and principals. My book turned out actually very good. I was impressed with my work.

Post #6

                            



I found this art book very interesting because of the picture on the front. I love coffee so I found this very interesting. I can see the pattern of the coffee beans and the lines from the steam of the coffee. The actual coffee cup is emphasized. This picture also represents unity because all of the designs on the book relate to coffee. The colors also relate to unity because the colors are brown beige which all has to do with coffee. This is why i find this handmade book so interesting.

Blog Post #5

                                     


This is a painting of the earth that uses lines, shapes, pattern to make a complex designs. There are two colorful shapes of what I interpret to be eyes. There are also different colors and designs all over the picture.  The patterns and colors also create a rhythm to the drawing. I think this is a drawing of the earth and it is making a happy face. Inferring that this is a good planet we live on and we should treat it right.

Post #4

The artist included the elements of shape and color. I believe so because in the picture there are squares and circles. They are all surrounding each other also. I can also see the different colors that are in the picture. The colors gives the picture life and makes it stand out. The two principals that are being displayed are unity and rhythm. The shapes and the design for the unity. The circles surrounding the squares displays rhythm. 

                                                                                                                                                                                                    

Post #3 "Bloom's Taxonomy for Art"

Knowledge- There is a picture of two dove birds and it looks they are flying in the night sky.
Understanding- The meaning I got from this picture is peace. When i think of doves it always remind me of a peaceful setting.
Application- If I got an opportunity to interview the artist the questions I would ask are:
 1) What or who inspired you to design the work?
  2) Why did you use doves as a symbol?
  3)What message do you want people to get when they see the painting?

Post #2 "Race and Gender Critcism"

After reading this article, I think that the work of women and people of color is really over looked. I never really paid attention to how people's art work was valued because I though art was just art no matter who made it. There is no specific way to judge some ones art so I think that the discrimination is wrong. I personally believe that no ones work should be over looked because at the end of the day art is what you think it is. Every one has there own definition of art so there are going to be multiple expressions of it. I think all art work should be looked at and valued based upon the work and not the creator. As time goes on i really do hope that this does not continue. A lot of good talent is going to be over looked if so. No matter what gender you are or what race you are your art work should not be discriminated against.

Post #1

I remember my first art experience occurred while I was in the second or third grade. We were given an assignment to make flower pots. I used clay and sculpted the clay into the best flower pot that I could possibly make. After the clay was sculpted we got to take the clay home and my mom helped me to put the flower pot in the oven. I let the flower pot bake for a few hours and when i took it out it felt like glass. Then I painted the flower pot and put all kinds of designs on there. After that my flower pot was ready to be used. That is how I remember my very first art experience.