For my second art event, I went to New York City, where I stopped by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. While exploring the museum, time passed quickly, without me realizing that I had spend at least a good three and a half hours there. Unfortunately, that was way too little time to see the whole museum; I merely made it through evaluating work on the lower level. I was a little hesitant to see the museum again; however, I think it was an excellent choice, and worthwhile coming. I think there is so much to see, and so much to learn about each individual object that you can’t see in a single day and with each time going you learn something more from it. The first time I came to visit the museum, for instance, I did not really understand much about the history of these objects; therefore, they were not that appealing to me. When I went for a second time, and because of my art history class, I knew exactly how to identify objects that we discussed in class. Especially useful I found that everything made sense, as far as identifying images, titles, meaning, and purpose. This made me appreciate the works better, because I knew what cultures inspired which, and what the objects are trying to convey. By far my favorite sections of the museum were the 17th-18th Century collections, which had their own replicated rooms. The intriguing wall decorations were especially interesting to me, because of its elaborate designs and visual appearance. After I was finished to explore, I stepped out of the museum with my head spinning full of new inspirations.
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Time Lapse: Iceland Volcano Eruption
Art Event John Gargano Talk/Demonstration
John Gargano grew up Detroit, Michigan, graduated with Magna Cum Laude at the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, and currently teaches at the University of Louisiana, in Lafayette, Louisiana. As an undergraduate, his goal was to vertically challenge himself and produce large scale works. He worked with a variety of different mediums including; photography, glass, and ceramics. He enjoyed searching for objects which were decayed, and that had an antique quality to them which he could then use as an inspiration to reproduce in clay. As a graduate student, he was not afraid of experimenting with color and interacting with brightness and fullness of forms. After graduate school, he moved away from working in a large scale format, and started to worked with more vibrant colors. He also took out a loan, so that he could afford to buy materials and a kiln. After that he took off a year from school, and his work thereafter moved away from the large scale format toward the inspiration of wall hung explosive devices. He also changed the titles of his future works, which gradually became more humorous with age such as; “Drop, Dead, Gorgeous, French Ticker, and Mind Your Own Business. His current works investigate the human form, military equipment, and steel.
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Art Event
Monday, April 30, 2012
Stop Motion
Stop Motion Animation. I absolutely love the idea how she incorporated the eye, and making the eye blink.
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stop motion
Stop Motion
Another Stop Motion Animation. Very cool how he/she incorporated different views and object.
Stop Motion: Flip Book
Stop Motion: Travel
Love this video.This video is by far my favorite. I love how the video is put together. Something i'd like to try in the future
Monday, April 23, 2012
Kinetic Art Installation
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Kinetic Art
Interactive Projection Wall Art
This is a cool interactive projection wall art installation.
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Interactive art
Street Art:Interaction With Space #2
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Grafitti,
Street Art
Street Art: Interaction With Space
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Grafitti,
Street Art
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Speed Painting:A Stencil For Egypt
I happen to stumbled upon this video when the Egyptian Revolution started last year in January. The video was featured as a headline story on CNN last year when the artist published it on YouTube, and received worldwide publicity because of its many views. I love how the video is put together, as a time lapse/speed painting, giving a brief introduction into spray painting art. It captures the emotion of the woman, who probably experienced a loss, or witnessed someone who died during that difficult time. It also captures sensory details that are shown throughout her facial expression and gesture.
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speed painting,
time lapse
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