Hey Hermione, I didn't do one specific artist, but rater a statue in down town Cardiff that acts as a medium for many artists in the San Diego Area. It's a site where a lot of artists will work on a public display for a couple weeks and then in the middle of the night they run out and set it up so by morning the Kook has been transformed. Some artists take a lot of time in planning their piece, while some just use it as a decoration. It pops up on the news a lot when a particularly extravagant piece has gone up. Here is a link of some of the pictures http://www.google.com/search?q=cardiff+kook&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&prmd=imvnsa&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=YDdgT-_TI8_OiAK01vCRDQ&ved=0CEMQsAQ&biw=1229&bih=674, they are pretty cool to check out!
Sunday, 25 March 2012
from Haley --
From Kathleen:
I stumbled upon some links that are fun examples of performance art. They're old videos so I'm pretty sure the class has seen some of these. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwMj3PJDxuo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MBBr-a2KnM The Improv Everywhere YouTube channel has a bunch of other videos. These were two of my favorites.
Christopher - Ai-wei-wei
The artist I choose was Ai-wei-wei. I stumbled across an image on the internet one day about an artist that was arrested and all I remembered was an overweight asian man almost naked jumping in the air. When you told us to pick an artist, I just searched up controversial asian artist and Ai-wei-wei poped up. I was actually interested in his works because I found out he was Chinese, and I have never really been exposed to many asian artists at all. What I found out was about how he is openly critical about the Chinese government. Through my VIS classes, I have began to admire people who stand up for their beliefs, even more so if it is controversial, and show it through expression, whatever that expression might be. One of his works that drew me in is "Sunflower Seeds" as it shows me just how powerful such a simple idea can be. It was was one hundred million hand painted little porcelain beads, but the message behind it of about mass consumption, chinese industry, and famine just made so much sense. It really inspires me to use art to show my underlying messages as well.
Monday, 12 March 2012
your artists pt2
Sean:
Allan Kaprow Here's a link to the MOCA's reenactments of his happenings in 2008. http://www.moca.org/kaprow/
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Mandy:
Krzysztof Wodiczko
Friday, 9 March 2012
your artists pt 1
Janise: Niki de Saint Phalle "Sun God" and countered Jackson Pollock's drip paintings (and other abstraction expression artists) by shooting canvas/objects with paint
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The artist I chose to present today was Robert Irwin because of his sculpture: "Two Running Violet V Forms." I chose this artist and sculpture because of its random presence within the Muir forest, and the stories that it has sparked throughout campus. I like the idea of making something that doesn't seem to belong, and yet, it does. People have said that the fences were meant for catching giraffes, but it's actually meant to capture light and amplify the changes in nature. I was also interested in Terry Allen's "singing/talking/silent trees," because of what stories they've sparked. People on campus talk about how at night we can hear the trees sing and talk because the forest might be haunted or enchanted, but it's actually because of Terry Allen's trees. From these two artists, I want to create something out of the norm and set it within the forest or within the canyons and perhaps my sculpture will go unnoticed, or perhaps my sculpture will be noticed and stories will begin to form. -April Shen-----
Deanne: Tara Donovan
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My artist is Roman de Salvo, someone who is very familiar in public art in San Diego. I don't remember quite how I stumbled upon it, but I chose to focus on his work "Crab Carillon", located on the 25th street bridge in San Diego. As with most of de Salvo's work, "Crab Carillon" makes light of the every day objects, and changes or upgrades them in a delightful way. The bridge's fence separating the road and the sidewalk is actually a series of chimes, which when struck accordingly, create a tune! The tune was written by Joseph Waters specifically for the work, and is a palindrome! The same tune is played forward and backwards along the fence. This dimension in the work really stuck out to me, as de Salvo intriguingly makes the work more complex in construction, but more simple when interacting with the work (similar to "Legway"). "crab Carillon" also holds a special place in my heart because its a childish gesture; running alongside a fence dragging a stick along the surface of the fence. Placing this work on a freeway walkway overpass awakens the space with a juvenile virtue. And how simply awesome is it that you can run back and forth, back and forth with the same tune playing each way! This work also stuck out to me because I've become increasingly more interested by the use of sound as an art medium, and possibly other senses.
- Rachelle
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Minsi - Kimsooja
Wednesday, 7 March 2012
manifestos
http://www.generation-online.
http://www.stuckism.com/
http://www.terezakis.com/
http://www.daaq.net/folio/
http://www.
http://mediebol.stu.cofc.edu/
http://www.freemedialibrary.
https://www.google.com/search?
http://www.stuckism.com/
http://www.terezakis.com/
http://www.daaq.net/folio/
http://www.
http://mediebol.stu.cofc.edu/
http://www.freemedialibrary.
https://www.google.com/search?
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