Blog#20

 When you look at this photo of a bicycle wheel on a stool you can tell that the Dada artist somehow wanted to get a message across dealing with beauty and the world war 2. Many people disagreed with this war and therefore wanted to protest against it. To express what they had been inspired by they rejected the cultural ways of social organization and beauty through art. One of the leaders named Marcel Duchamp decided to make this artwork which he considered  an aesthetic form. This relates to the Dada movement because these artist made meaningless work to express how they feel about the senseless war. The word Dada meaning "hobby horse", was the title these artists went with because it related to what they stood for. From the quote"we'll have no part of it or its traditions. Including...no, wait!...especially artistic traditions. We, who are non-artists, will create non-art - since art (and everything else in the world) has no meaning, anyway.", you could tell that these artist were upset about the war and wanted to show it through art. I believe this was a great way to protest against the war without actually resulting to violence.

Post # 19

 Creating my own portraits was a very difficult, interesting, and fun experience. I thought the project would be easy because I assumed we would only draw heads of people. Finding my 12 inspirations whose portraits I would create was easy, but later I learned it had to be drawn on a very small sheet of paper, I changed my mind about how effortless this would be. Soon after the project got easy because the boxes of the grid helped separate things and make them more accessible to draw to scale. The fact I could draw a bigger or smaller picture with a grid made it fascinating to me. Learning about portraits, portrait artist, paint mixing, and drawing out people on grids I really wanted to try painting something new. Mixing the paint to make the portrait my own creation was a very enjoyable learning experience.  I’m not quite finished with all my portraits, but it was a learning experience in which I experienced creating something that was done long ago.

Post # 18

Many colors can be referred to different meaning based upon alternating perspectives, so this photo is in black and white for multiple reasons. One reason is because black and white to me shows a sad mood. These colors can mean multiple things, but in this photo one can see that it shows a sign of depression. I believe the artist was trying to convey the message of distress to the public by not only using colors but also using his body language. From the looks of his face people can assume that he was very miserable and some people turn to liquor or cigarettes when they are looking for comfort from stressing. From the words" Jim, if you choose to accept, the mission is to land on your own two feet.", you can see that his mission is too hard for him to land on his feet so he makes this bad decision instead. Along with the colors and body language used in this photo, these words show that he is taking the wrong route through hardship. The colors are the main part of this artwork because without black and white to top off the photo it would have possibly been interpreted in another way.

Post # 17

Considering the fact that this picture has all the sprite elements,  this is also one of the up most astonishing, eye catching, and breathtaking portraits I've ever seen. It's shows a father embracing his sleeping new born baby girl in his hands. For a man who would pay for this picture to be drawn represents that he really loves his daughter with all his heart. This could also imply to all fathers that they should grasp every moment they get to have with their children. If anything this should be the way of life of all fathers, for God has blessed you with an amazing gift. Fathers who don't utilize every second they have with their children should learn from this photo that it is an opportunity of a lifetime that they shouldn't miss out on. Using a camera to capture this moment would be great but a portrait is even better because of the details it displays. All of these sprite elements help me understand the importance of the relationship between father and daughter.

Post # 16 Carrie Mae Weems

I know you are probably thinking I'm using these to artworks because it's something I'm going through, but although I'm not going through abuse of a boyfriend I can relate to this in many ways. The artwork on the left shows a mother holding her daughter saying"I'd rather my man should hit me,than for him to jump up and quit me. It's a joke girlfriend.",meaning you should want him to leave rather than beat on you and he should hold and love you like your mother would. From the quote on the right stating "She had: a broken nose, a displaced jaw, one black eye, three fractured ribs, a mild concussion, and a man who said he was sorry. But sorry didn't do it! You did!", you can tell it was too late for her to get out because her alcoholic boyfriend,I assume, beat her into a concussion.  I have heard of stories about people going through situations like this and I tend to feel sorry for them. To hear about these helpless women who are physically or even verbally abuse by men angers me to the fact that some women won't get help. Even from watching television and surveying this behavior, certain women make excuses for abusive men and keep running back only to find themselves getting hurt again. Love is so blind that women keep putting themselves in situations such as the one on the right and nothing good comes from it. The real reason I choose these two artworks is because I wouldn't want anyone to experience this including myself. I would want people to be smart about the decisions they make and get away from this kind of misery while they can. Anyone can go through this but only the effective ones gets help and leave.

Post # 15

    This stencil design is the definition of street art because it would be considered territorial graffiti, vandalism, or corporate art depending upon the perspective and if the artwork was placed on private property or not. This artwork was done by an unknown artist who go by the name Meek but has no farther information. This artwork was in a train station in Melbourne, Australia and consist of what some people think is Meek begging for change. But the message I think Meek is trying to convey is he don't want coins but he want a change to happen for him. I think that the quote" keep your coins, I want change", is saying that he want his life to change for the better. To me, street art is more of an unpaid hobby people do for fun to get a message across to the public. Artwork displayed in museums and other places like that are paid for and they sometimes doesn't refer to the public with a message. No matter what or where it is, this work would be considered art for the fact it relates to some people and has a message for the world to see.