MATERIALITY AND CONCEPTUALISM -Case Study 1- Robert MacPherson: Discuss Macpherson’s material practice (250-300 words): Robert MacPherson’s material decisions in Mayfair‚ Swamp Rats (1994-1995) revolve around selecting and use of materials and pieces of language from his everyday world. For example‚ MacPherson’s has intentionally undertaken a process such as; pre-cut Masonite sheets‚ hand painted typography‚ large scale‚ intentional arrangements‚ specific language‚ a reduced colour scheme and
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of Athens or the Parthenon in their menu or painted on the walls. I think‚ it is all to bring a bit of authenticity‚ to the restaurant or create a sense of ambiance‚ but if you ask me‚ it just creates a sense of gaudiness. It reminds me of Marcel Duchamp and his taking the portrait of Mona Lisa and putting a moustache and goatee on it‚ and now it is called “L.H.O.O.Q.” He is skewering the conventions of what exactly is art‚ and why is it art‚ adding graffiti to
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Investigate the work of artists who have used human parts or bodily fluids‚ such as hair‚ blood or urine‚ in their work. Artists who have used these in their work include artists such as Wenda Gu‚ Julie Rrap‚ Andres Serrano‚ Marc Quinn and Mee Ping Leung. Wenda Gu has used both human parts and bodily fluids in his work. He uses genetic materials such as hair and powdered human placenta to refer directly to the individual as he wants to be involved with the audience and society. Gu uses hair
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THE REVOLUTION IN ART AFTER WORLD WAR I Between 1908 and 1914‚ two young artists—Frenchman Georges Braque (1882–1963) and expatriate Spaniard Pablo Ruiz Picasso (1881–1973)—began a series of artistic experiments in Paris that revolutionized the direction of Western painting. For nearly five hundred years‚ painting in the West had attempted a reconstruction on canvas of a real or ideal world “out there” by the use of three-dimensional perspective and the rules of geometry. This artistic tradition
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Humanites Intro to Art Appreciation Methods of Presenting the Art Subjects 1. Realism * In art‚ this is the attempt to portray the subject as it is. Even when the artist chooses a subject from nature‚ he selects‚ changes‚ and arranges details to express the idea he wants to make clear. * The general attempt to depict things accurately‚ from either a visual‚ social or emotional perspective. * Realists try to be as objective as possible. * The Artist’s main function is to describe
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November 1954) was a French artist‚ known for his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a draughtsman‚ printmaker‚ and sculptor‚ but is known primarily as a painter.[1] Matisse is commonly regarded‚ along with Picasso and Marcel Duchamp‚ as one of the three artists who helped to define the revolutionary developments in the plastic arts in the opening decades of the 20th century‚ responsible for significant developments in painting and sculpture. Although he was initially labelled
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Reading Visual Culture Assignment Three: Essay ------------------------------------------------- Caitlin Williams Conceptualism and minimalism share common aesthetic qualities with the ontological condition of late modernist art. Discuss the aesthetic commonalities of minimalism and conceptualism. Also‚ discuss to what extent these stylistic tendencies are manifestly and intentionally different? Provide details of underlying reasons for the emergence of minimalism and
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Giocondo‚ Lisa Gherardini. The portrait has been written about and discussed in countless books and publications. Artists and more recently film makers have also produced derivative works from the Mona Lisa. Artists like Andy Warhol and Marcel Duchamp produced works inspired by the painting. The film starring Julia
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1.0 Introduction As we all know‚ Surrealism is alike and correlate to abstract art. Indeed‚ they shared similar foundations with DaDa‚ but they separated on the explanation of their meaning to the aesthetic of art. In this essay‚ the researcher will give a better understanding and explain how he applied and combine the Surrealism movement and the Dada movement into his artwork to form a new movement. The researcher will explain the inspiration from the case studies and journal in the following
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Joseph Cornell Artist This internationally renowned modern artist never had professional training. He was first and foremost a collector. He loved to scour old book shops and secondhand stores of new York looking for souvenirs‚ theatrical memorabilia‚ old prints and photographs‚ music scores‚ and French literature. Joseph Cornell was born on Christmas Eve 1903. He was the oldest of four children born to Helen and Joseph Cornell. He had two sisters‚ Betty and Helen‚ and a brother‚ Robert. Cornell
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