Compare And Contrast Ford And Eleanor Antin

Art21 Humor: Comparing and Contrast of two Artists
Comparing and contrasting of two artists will show how some artists have similar reasoning behind the creation of their art, however; you will also see how the creativity merges into completely different styles of interpretation of their art, and what type of emotion art can be created from. Eleanor Antin and Walton Ford both have different backgrounds to what each considers a work of art, from real life conceptual photographic art to naturalistic animal art. Two very different artists with one thing in common, both of the artists’ work appears to be of movement and look to the humorous and frenetic reality in their art. The artists are diligent in capturing a realistic piece of time in each character they work with. Eleanor Antin and Walton Ford both pull from are world history which seems to be the beginning of their unique creations. Each art piece has a sentiment of historical and present day element when they are creating.
While watching the video segment it seemed the Artist Walton Ford was additionally in tune to putting out the best of his creative abilities.
In viewing his subject matter behind his art, I found myself rewinding the video to look at his works of art. It was vibrant and big and you were able to truly enjoy his work as if the scene was coming to life. Mr. Ford started using watercolors in his earlier pictures and graduated to using them on a large scale in print form, just like the paintings of Rembrandts large scale art work. The background he gave about his research into his own art and the history of his animal characters made the art more dramatic. ‘Mr. Walton, states; he paints from the humor side of things and likes to incorporate little clues of jokes and old folktales often referenced from colonial literature’. (Quoted in Art21 Humor
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Eleanor Antin appears to be physically involved with her works of art, more of a representational/ Conceptual artist. She loves all different types of art and she refers to dancing and acting, sculpting, and painting and photography. She uses live people for most of her current creations including being able to capture peoples individual creativity through photography. Eleanor Antin seems to be able to step back in time with her photos. She has studied history, old Colonial times and Roman times. Eleanor states, “I got this sort of, guess love affair with the past, when I was a kid, I wanted to be an Ancient Greek. (Quoted in Art21 humor video)Which she believes is her humorous side of her personality.
I was enamored with Walton Ford and his prints. They are extreme and on a grand scale and so interesting to look at. It has inspired me to look up some of his print work and obtain some smaller ones for my office. I really like this artist’s work and the grandeur of it. He is my favorite of the two artists.
Eleanor Antin’s creations were not my favorite. If I had to say choose one, it would be her work with Pompeii, only because I like that period in history, she seemed to have been able to capture the vibrant colors of the people and their attire though a lens. She seems to be a busy artist and into everything art. I think if she focused on one type of art her work would be simply amazing, because she is very talented.