the usual ideas of what was ‘right’ or ‘allowed’. Artists were largely in this group. Marcel Duchamp and Yasumasa Morimura are examples of artists who appropriated other people‚ things and paintings in their work‚ to change their meanings‚ and either rebel against the norms of society‚ make a statement about issues affecting them and their culture‚ or to add humour to a once serious piece. Marcel Duchamp‚ born in France in 1887‚ to an artistic family‚ was an expressive artist who was able to
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Art is an expression of oneself. It’s not just the sculptures or paintings in museums. It can be anything anyone uses to express themselves. It can be writings‚ architecture‚ landscaping‚ and even cave drawings. Cave drawings may have started out as a way to communicate but have become what many consider art now. Though the definition of what constitutes art has been disputed for many years‚ one thing remains certain‚ each person has their own idea of what constitutes art and how it registers
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Marcel Duchamp was an innovative groundbreaking artist who during his lifetime continually pushed the boundaries of the current art scene. Due to his pioneering in art‚ he had a definitive influence upon artistic styles to come. Duchamp is typically grouped in to the Dadaist or Surrealist movements‚ however his involvement in the art world is worth more than just being placed into a category. In particular‚ his work “The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors‚ Even” or “The Large Glass” shows just
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distraining. It seemed that everything was becoming art‚ and that everyone thought they were artists. The art of the world went from beautiful hand painted paintings with detail and uniqueness and meaning‚ and sculptures made of flawless marble to Marcel
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which she then would take a “. 22 long rifle” and shoot at. Using found objects under plaster‚ there is an element of chance in this series as Saint Phalle shoots randomly at the pieces. This element pulls on similar Dada approaches (specifically to Marcel Duchamp’s Stoppages) a movement that according Susan Hapgood in her article “Neo Dada‚” Nouveaux Réalistes (like Neo-Dadaists) explored and imitated. Tirs has
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DOUGLAS HOUSE‚ RICHARD MEIER‚ 1971-1973 The Douglas House was built by Richard Meier in 1971-1973 for Jim and Jean Douglas. The house is gently placed on a steep slope over the water‚ almost as if it is floating amongst the trees. As Meier stated about the house‚ “So steep is the slope to the water that the house appears to have been dropped into the site‚ a machine-crafted object that has landed in a natural world. The dramatic dialogue between the whiteness of the house and the primary blues and
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Like many artists Meret’s work was not originally recognized for what it was worth‚ infact it’s amazing how soon her work took off considering that she was a female artist of of the 20’s in a field that was so consistent of men. Born in Berlin-Charlottenburg‚ Germany on October 6th 1913 and died on November 15th of 1985 of a heart attack. She came from a family background of psychoanalysts‚ which gave her a different level than the other surrealists in how her work affected people and their mind
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Wendell Beavers received his Bachelor of Art where he specializes in somatic based movement‚ experimental in dance/choreography‚ and a creator of developmental technique. Beavers joined the faculty of Naropa University in 2003 as the founding Cahir of the MFA Theater‚ Contemporary Performance Program. “Re-locating Technique”‚ was an article that we wrote about how choreography from the past to present has changed. Meaning in the past‚ choreography was more based from certain modern techniques and
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The idea of kinetic art is getting a bit of a workout at the moment. MIT Museum recently hosted “year of kinetic art‚ including “5000 Moving Parts‚” a kinetic art exhibiton featuring large-scale works by Arthur Ganson‚ Anne Lilly‚ Rafael Lozano-Hemmer and John Douglas Powers. Plus the Kinetic Art Organization has published a digital “International Collection of Essays About Kinetic Art—2013—volume 1.” The two don’t overlap: The MIT show highlights a somewhat different segment of artists working
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Martin Wong was born in 1946 in Portland‚ and grew up in San Francisco. He was a well known Chinese-American painter in the late twentieth century. Wong was a contemporary artist and his artwork is described to be a combination of visionary art styles and social realism. In this paper I will explain Martin Wong’s background and my interpretation of his art piece “Closed” by looking at his choice of elements in the composition and what they evoke. Thus‚ Wong studied architect and ceramics in college
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