Post # 14

I like this note because it is not likely that a man would be this trustworthy. For a man to actually turn off your lights and lock the door to your car without stealing anything is surprising. When most people see an opportunity like this they just eagerly steal what they want. There are people in this world who do cruel things just to satisfy their greedy needs. The most surprising part about this situation was that this unique individual took time out of his day to write a note to that person and tell them of what he did. He isn't a selfish man who was all for his self and wouldn't have did like everybody else who was ignoring it. It is nice to see that it is people in the world that would help others out without dishonesty. If I would have found this note on my car my day would have been brightened automatically because of this good deed. I would be glad to know he didn't steal anything and his intentions was to actually help me out. This letter was the most inspiring because it is among one of those one in a million situations that would gladly astonish someone

Post #13

These are images of cartoon characters from different old cartoon series. On the left is Jerry the cat and Tom the mouse. I remember when I couldn't wait to watch them when I got done with my homework. I was anxious to see what these two mischievous animals was going to get into. On the right it display Bubbles,the blue eyed blond, Blossom,the pink eyed red head and Buttercup,the green eyed girl with black hair. They were my favorite cartoon characters of all time especially blossom. They were my favorite because me, my niece, and my cousin had this special bond. We would watch this show together and pretend we were the characters and act out some of the scenes. I was blossom, my niece was bubbles and my cousin was buttercup. These two cartoon brings a feeling of nostalgia because when I look at it I stroll down memory lane. It brings back the childhood memories and bonds I had then. I can smile and laugh at the good times which will still remain those good ole days.

Post #12

Many artist would be postmodern artist without even knowing it. Barbara Kruger was one of those people who often used juxtaposition through most of her art. This is the process where she place words side by side vertically or horizontally. She also has a picture of a woman in the background with a blindfold on. She would be considered postmodern because she is recycling what has already been done. People already have put words and pictures on a poster in something we called text and image. The difference is she make it her own story. This would be considered appropriation because she took what was already done into her own matter.This is the same as a rapper using someone else's beat from their song to rap off of. This art work would also be considered as representin'. She has  used this concept through all of her art works with her words and pictures to make a point. Her point in this art work is if you are confident one minute and you let someone or something else make you doubt yourself then you will be going back and forth. But this isn't a bad thing because you have to be open to both in order to be a sane human being. It's a crazy slogan but if you think about it more then you'll get it later. Even though Kruger uses what has already been done she makes it different from what you would expect, she is considered postmodern since what she has done was technically done earlier.

Post #11

 Barbara Kruger has done a lot of art work that inspires people, such as the one above that says" It's a small world but not if i have to clean it."  Born on January 26, 1945, in Newark, New Jersey, where she early developed an interest in graphic design, poetry, writing and attended poetry readings. She attended Syracuse University in 1965, the School of Visual Arts, New York City, and studied at the Parsons School of Design in New York with graphic artist Marvin Israel and the famous photographer Diane Arbus. Her connections to her got her in the game of going big because Arbus introduced Kruger to many big shots. Even so she has inspired many people with her work. I have not found out if she has died or not because many websites doesn't say it. Alive or dead she has use her artwork to speak for the people which were mostly women. That is why I choose to discuss Barbara,being the fact that she spoke for mostly women issues made me even more curious.

Post # 10 Gender Stereotyping

 This picture has a man and a woman in it but are shown in two different ways. Under the man is the word masculine and under the woman is feminine, so under these circumstance the artist was trying to show people the difference between man{masculine} and woman{feminine}. The man is very muscular and strong because as you can see, he has big muscles and abs. He is wearing a lifeguard shirt, whistle, trunks and a boating ring. we can all predict from these details that he is a lifeguard possibly on a boat. I would predict that they are trying to say that men are saviors of the human descent and the most dominant. But if you look at the woman then you would see a whole different perspective. The woman is holding a pot with baby bottles in it. In another hand she is holding a math test that has a F on it. It could mean that either the woman failed the test and possibly flunked out of school. I know none of her nine kids couldn't have gotten that F because they are still just babies. I can tell by her belly that she is pregnant again and by her hair that she is stressed by working hard to raise and provide for her crying babies. They are trying to say woman are nothing but uneducated people who have a lot of babies that they can barely take care of. This is a stereotype because woman are also smart, beautiful individuals that can overcome anything no matter how big of an obstacle and not all men are in shape hero's like the man in this picture.

Post # 9 Postmodern Art

 This is a painting by Leonid Afremov. It shows of a woman and her significant other, I assume, walking down the street holding an umbrella. It looks to be raining by the water you see on the sidewalk and street. I also know that it is night because the street lights are on. This picture displays your everyday typical couple walking up the street with an umbrella because it is raining. This could be and happen to anyone, so this picture is representin' people in the situation of a rainy day. This picture can also represent layering. How?  If you look closely at the sidewalk then you can tell it was raining by the way it was painted. When a artist use representation then he or she is trying to show what can actually happen in real life if it hasn't already. Black, white, a yellowish orange and bluish purple color was layered on top of each other to make this look more real. It looks like they are actually walking on a wet sidewalk. Small details he used really brought out the picture's realism.

Post # 8 Reflection

Quarter 1 was very interesting to me because of the different experiences I had. Even from the first day I learned about cool and hot colors and exquisite corpse, but in a fun way. There was also tasks where we had to draw things that come to mind when given a word, free sketch days, drawing techniques learned, and creative ways to write your name as a bellringer. But we also had days where we just wrote definitions,took Cornell notes on things like art and race or gender criticism ,and talked about things that wasn't that interesting. With both the fun and boring ways I learned more about art then I did in my whole entire life. For example, I didn't even know that there were seven principles and elements of art. I applied them to my drawings without even knowing it then. I even used all of these in my outer space abstract book. I now see the subject of art differently because I didn't know that there was so much things going on and meanings behind the piece. I just thought you just draw and paint for the fun of it. Now I know it's more to art then that