Art

Art is arranging elements in a way that appeals to the senses or emotions, so therefore I think anything can be art and everything is art because everything appeals to our senses, both good and bad.
Roxelle Tran

DIsappointing Final Friday - Emily Ritter

I was very disappointed with this month's Final Friday. I didn't see anything new and exciting, just the same old stuff.

I did however like the sculptures at the Fiber Studio. I forget the artists name, but they were fabulous. I always enjoy sculptures of the human body.

I have noticed a lot lately that I have been becoming more and more abstract with my work. I have no idea, but it is happening. Here is an artist I found, who is starting to grow on me, that does abstract work and the human figure (which I love).

www.antonygormley.com/

Satoshi Kon

Satoshi Kon has become one of my favorite animators. He has created movies such as "Paprika" and "Tokyo Godfathers" and also a series called "Paranoid Agent". I'm fascinated with Kon's work because of the creativity that he has used for his projects. Although they seem to be just cartoons, they are quite not the average cartoon. These stories and the characters are filled with mystery and surprises; they keep the viewer's attention and have the viewer wondering "what's going to happen next?". I have to admit, I am one of those viewers.

Carlos Aquilino

At trying to find a work of art for our next project, I found an artist called Carlos Aquilino. Aquilino's work is mainly based on life's subjects. Aquilino's artwork is conform of surreal and geometrical compositions. What makes his art interesting is that he creates paintings or sculptures according events, and emotions that he perceives. Well if any of you are interesting on seeing Alquilino's artwork feel free to check more information about him at the following sites.





http://www.kunstaspekte.de/carlos-aquilino/





http://www.artfairsinternational.com/?p=824

☺Victor Villanueva ☻

Art for Someone

About a week before, USA Network startsthe campaign called "Character Approved: 2010 Honorees". That intruduces the people who does significant culture work in different fields, for music, art, fashion, film, and so on. And today, I saw the short program that forcused on the Designer,Yves Behar. Most of his works are very simple, but have distinctive and useful shape for user. The products I am most impressive in all of his designs is the $100 computer. He designs this for the kids. The design, using plastic matelial for exterior and light green and white colors makes this a toy computer, butI thinnk that appropriate design for kids. Thinking about the costermars, audiences, or viewers, that is we are doing in previous and this assignment in the class. So, I chose to write about him for this week.

http://www.usanetwork.com/characterapproved/index.html

Have a good weekend, everyone!!!!

Ichie Kawasumi

The Power of LIne

I just spent the hour studying Lasansky's Nazi Drawings, and despite feeling a little raw from such brutal images, I am blown away by the power of the simple lines that the artist used to convey such horrendously cruel atrocities. Seeing these drawings in person must be overwhelming because most of them are so big, and imagining how the artist must have felt while making this art reminds me of Mel Chin's recent comments about having to be compelled to create his art. Lasansky's spiral mark making reminds me of piles of unfriendly and cruel barbed wire, perfect for depicting the clothing of both executioner and victim. If anyone else is interested in anti-Nazi art, check out the Berlin Dada artists of the twenties and thirties. Lasanksy's drawings remind me of George Grosz's paintings and John Hartfield's collages.

Also, I really enjoyed seeing everyone's work at Critique this week. It is clear that everyone has very interesting ideas and lots of talent. All the different approaches to the same assignment were marvelous, and I am please to be included in such a great group of artists. ann

lasansky, hemingway, and evening cereal

Retrato de Emilia.

I've been looking through Lasansky's work this after noon. I found one of the most beautiful pieces of art I had ever seen. (shown above)

writers are artists too
Recently I have been on a Hemingway binge. Reading all of his short stories and then the Garden of Eden, and now I'm working through For Whom the Bell Tolls.
If any of you fellow bloggers haven't gotten a chance to sit down and read a Hemingway novel then you're missing out.

-benjamin