George Grosz

Hitler

George likes to relate his art to political issues. This piece has captured the issue at this time during the holocaust. I like the fact that he shows this horrible emotion on Hitlers face, he looks like he is sweating and taking a seat after what he has done as if he is satisfied. There is movement with the skeletons climbing up his pants,I like how he shows this strong emotion of these skeletons almost begging and it makes the viewer upset about what Hitler has done.There is a sense of depth from the shadow like figure dead on the ground, his feet are bigger than his head towards the back of the canvas.

Response to Oral Presentation

Romare Bearden
He was born 1911-1988 was born in North Carolina, moved to New York to start his art work. He was driven to the African American culture and the music behind it. Most of his pieces there were lots of movement of musical instruments and African Americans singing or playing music. His work had a collage look to it with cut outs and just painterly collage.

This piece of Bearden's Folk Musicians shows the music culture and black background. But the painting its self has a very geometric look to it even though it symbolizes collage work. I like the mood it gives to us the viewer, there is emphasis, from the expression in the faces gives a strong feeling of the music and who is playing it. Also the colors are very bright with warm colors gives a strong mood.

Pema Rinzin

Pema tought me about pigments made from stone, the colors are your primary colors. He likes to do his work copying his cultural background. Tibetan artists painted with these stone pigments which give this bright vibrant color. All their paintings had to do with their Gods and beliefs. First they stretch animal skin to make their canvas and then they geso it. To get their paint they used these stones, The softer the stone, the lighter the color it shows and the harder the stone, the darker the color. For expense perposes the richer the color of the color the stone gives, the more expensive the stones sell. Also green is the most expensive color.

Kidrobot

My immediate response to Kidrobot art is the smoothness of the piece and the urban culture style. All of his work shows geometric-like objects, mostly circular shapes. His art is ironic because of this toy made of plastic collaborates with background urban culture, which is not the typical toy for a child. Like the speaker head figure has this smooth modern look to it and the colors of it are so bold. The smoothness of this art isn’t just the texture of it but also the whole symbol of it too. It’s sarcastic that that the city life mood is always to be cool and smooth with their style and kidrobot has captured this mood in his artwork.
Kidrobot toys have a smooth texture to them. They also have this pop art color to them, bright neon-like; some are glow in the dark. The speaker head toy has a hip-hop look and feel to it. It’s giving off an impression of a music culture, such as rap and hip-hop. These pieces of art are defiantly not a toy you would buy for your little sister, especially if it represents hip-hop music and unacceptable clothing. This art has captured the humor of teen and adult life.
This piece of art has a concept; it’s obvious the viewer can notice the urban background they encounter. There is an underground grudge feeling to it with graffiti and drugs. The texture of kidrobot is very smooth plastic, the shape has a roundness which shows a off a smooth concept. The colors are chromatic and symbolic. They are chromatic because kidrobot uses so many hues together which are always bright, the bright colors are to catch your eye. The colors are symbolic since it reflects graffiti art and urban color. Graffiti artists tend to use neon-like colors and candy colors; hot pink, lime green. All the colors are bold primary and complimentary.
The story it tells is the aura of city environment. This speaker head figure symbolizes hip-hop art and culture. This figure is standing in a simple position with its hands in its pockets of the jacket just bobbing his speaker head to the music. Just like a rapper with headphones on dancing his head all around to the beats. His cloths tell an urban, city story, his jacket is below his knees looking like a gangster.