‘What I like so much about contemporary art now is its ambiguity‚ its uncertainty. It is precisely this quality that engages and unsettles us’ – Benjamin Genocchio‚ art critic. How does this view challenge traditional ideas about art? Discuss particular works such as installations‚ happenings and site-specific works. Audiences make pretentious judgements on artworks due to their ambiguity and uncertainty. However‚ traditionally site-specific art was created to exist in a specific place‚ rather
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Read carefully Reading 2.6‚ ‘Works of Art from Benin City’‚ in Book 3 Chapter 2 and look closely at Plate 3.2.27‚ Plate showing four sixteenth century brass plaques from Benin’‚ in the illustration book. With close attention to both‚ discuss reasons why the ownership and location of the art of Benin have been controversial and continue to be so. The Places which home the artwork of Benin have and continue to cause controversy. They did not always as they did in the late nineteenth century languish
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in cultivating the arts and media scene in Singapore‚ many local talents are seen going abroad to make a name for themselves there instead. A few factors would seem to contribute to this phenomenon – 1) Singapore is too small a country 2) There is not much support for local talent 3) There is too much restrictions and double standards. By double standards‚ it means that talents are restricted in the content and methods they can explore or put out‚ which defeats the purpose of “art”‚ which is expressing
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NON OBJECTIVE ART Composition with red‚ yellow and blue‚ composed by Piet Mondrian from 1937-1942 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: * The art movement that Composition with red‚ yellow and blue was created in was Surrealism. * After returning to Holland in 1914‚ Mondrian was fascinated by abstract paintings. * With the war outbreak in Holland‚ Mondrian was forced to stay in Holland‚ where in 1916-1917‚ he helped form the Neo-Plasticism movement. Neo-plasticism impacted and brought out the
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The Revolution of Art Art is the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination‚ typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture‚ producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power. Art was originally used to refer to a skill or mastery and was not differentiated from crafts or sciences (“Art‚” 2013‚ para. 1). Around the 17th century‚ a shift in modern art began to develop into fine arts‚ where aesthetic considerations are paramount‚ are
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Academy of Fine Arts DFA2102: Investigating Art II (History Component) "Art is a form of description. Discuss and elaborate. What is your understanding for the abovementioned statement?" Muhammad Rahimin Bin Misnam F13FA0154 [FA2C] Lecturer: Mr Chua Poh Leng 14 - 16th October 2014 Art is no doubt a form of description. In a way‚ it can describe a situation‚ an era‚ a story‚ a person ’s life and so on and so forth. If we put it as such‚ then yes‚ art is definitely
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Creating Conceptual Art Inea B. West ARTS/230 June 1‚ 2015 Jamie Welch Creating Conceptual Art Many artist have used the past work of other artist as inspiration for new art. Eduard Manet’s Olympia was the inspiration for Yasumasu Morimura’s portrait Twins. Eduard Manet’s Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe was inspired by of Marcantonio Raimondi’s The Judgment of Paris. The motivation behind paraphrasing other artists’ work varies. The artist could be making a religious‚ social or political statement. Maybe
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Graffiti Art There are many different forms of art‚ from paintings to photography and sculptures to graffiti‚ and many historical‚ famous artworks relay a message to the world. For example‚ Edvard Munch’s painting‚ the scream‚ shows fear‚ Vincent Van Gogh’s painting‚ the starry night‚ expresses a more whimsical and elegant feeling‚ while Grant Wood’s artwork‚ american gothic‚ has a serious yet awkward tone. Many kinds of art can send messages and even graffiti. Graffiti is “writing or drawings
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Analyze a work of art (for instance‚ a painting or a song‚ which you clear first with your instructor) using one article you’ve read for Core 1 (for instance any of those written by Foucault‚ Thomas‚ Berger‚ Sampson‚ Hebdige‚ Lipsitz‚ Johnson Sheehan‚ Didion‚ Muir‚ Snyder‚ Lakoff & Johnson‚ or Steingraber) and write an essay that carefully assesses the artwork’s significance. Apply the article to the interpretation of the artwork; demonstrate your understanding of the article and employ some of its
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According to the dictionary the word mural means a painting or other work of art that is directly executed on to a wall. The mural started out as what is known as graffiti‚ which comes from the Latin word graffio‚ meaning scratching or scribbling. Murals are in existence in almost every city across the world. More specifically‚ I want to zero in on cities such as Philadelphia‚ Los Angeles‚ and Belfast and Derry Ireland. An individual may believe that murals are there to beautify the city‚ however
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