‘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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Art censorship and obscenity People in the United States of America are allowed to express themselves in many ways. One of these ways of expressing yourself is through art. Although we have this freedom‚ it is not completely accepted or viewed as right. What makes the many different forms or art acceptable or unacceptable with censorship? Why should creativity and artistic abilities be censored from other people or artists? “According to Plato‚ ‘because art has the power
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Women Artist BSA0706 - ART206: Art History August 1‚ 2011 The purpose of this research paper will be to briefly tell about some of the extraordinary women artist from the 1950’s to present. Team Louvre has chosen the following women artists: Audrey Flack‚ Helen Frankenthaler‚ Nancy Graves‚ and Alice Neel to share briefly their story as women artist. Audrey Flack was born in 1931 and is one of the founders of photorealism painting. During the Abstract Expressionist fifties‚ Audrey
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Most forms of art-theater‚ film‚ dance‚ architecture‚ music-are inherently collaborative. With rare exceptions‚ all involve the participation of more than one individual. Only those forms of art-such as literature‚ painting‚ sculpture‚ and musical composition-that we think of when we speak of the author‚ artist‚ or composer are generally taken to be the work of one extraordinary human being. But in fact‚ this was not always so. The concept of the isolated genius emerged in the Renaissance along with
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meaning any number of things‚ it is up to the reader to make sense of what he is trying to say‚ the same goes for art. Art is not made to be some commercial poster to be hung on a dorm room wall‚ art is far more than that‚ and it is the window into the imagination‚ the truth of an artist. My thoughts on Warhol’s quote is that he is trying to say that everyone has the ability to create art‚ art is the imagination creating things on paper‚ if you want a portrait of someone‚ take a photo‚ if you really want
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From realism‚ to abstraction and from sculptures to literature‚ it is all art. Some say that we have our various forms of art because our brains are large and need stimulation. Our curiosity and our constant communication need a release‚ and in many cases this release takes its form through the different mediums of art. Art allows us to demonstrate whatever it is we please‚ and to express what our heart desires. Unfortunately‚ we don’t have every artist’s interpretation of their work‚ our job
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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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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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The Visual Arts in the Philippines Art had a vital function in pre-colonial society. The early native artists showcased their talent and skills in making of pots‚ bamboo containers‚ shell and bead jewelry. They ornamented it with various designs derived from their agricultural mode existence‚ such as‚ symbols of the fields and streams‚ clouds‚ sun and stars‚ lightning‚ bird or animal shapes. These designs acquired a social meaning and name to express authority‚ social position or identification
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Fortunately I was given the opportunity to study abroad where I learned about tools to express the things that had piled up in my mind. Weather it was storyboarding‚ animating and seeing how my drawings come to life‚ or creating characters and environments‚ art became the medium I chose to follow my greatest passion‚ the possibility to explore. I have discovered that all the places I have seen so far and the experiences that I have been through influence a process of transforming ideas from imagination into
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