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.

Rembrandt

The color sets a cool tone temperature with the light pale color in the face. Also the dark colors give a warm but more cool with a tint of blue but brown. The intensity shows pruity and grayness, his complextion sets o cool, safe feeling. His cloths and backround have mystery of a dark gray tint. The value of this piece is very strong, the lights and darks bounce off of eachother in a well-built but calm touch.

Rembrandt

Mysterious, cool temperture, royal, washed, smudged, soft, muddy, pale, buttery, intense, flawless, questionable, sets a mood, creepy, deep sea-like, quiet, calm, slight sparkle, emptiness, gothic.

Self-Portrait, Aged 23, Rembrandt

Rembrandt has shown a very strong expressive use of value in this self-portrait. This principle has totally caught my eye. The mysterious look of the painting shows a very soft and subtlety effect. Even with the extreme difference between the bright yellow tinted complexion and the dark, smudged hair under his hat. Also I noticed the wonderful touch of using the same color of his skin in the background surrounding his body in a glow. The blending with a light touch of yellow, burnt umber, and ultramarine blue gives a well-built contrast against his jacket.
This piece shows a feeling of a mysterious purpose. With Rembrandt’s supple burnt umber eyes stare at you but not in an intimidating way but in a feeling of emptiness has come upon him. He appears mysterious for the reason of the dark, cool colors but the bright, warm temperature of his face and the gold decorations on his collar and the brim of the hat. The gold decorations give a sense of money that is being hidden. I feel like Rembrandt wants to tell us something but he is going to keep it to himself. That’s how I would describe this to a blind person.
The painting illustrates intensity; the colors are very strong against each other. The lights and darks POP! Even the smallest bit of gold on his clothing and the washed out gray in his feather stage sharpness of color. Also the aspect of this piece gives a well-built hue spectrum. You can notice the usage of yellow to blue, the blues consist of red and blue, and in the face you see yellow, red, and blue.
Rembrandt has a sense of emotion and obscurity in the color choices he has used. By giving strong tints and shades this piece tells a story. There’s a feeling of purpose going on with him, like there’s a reason for choosing the style and vagueness in this piece.

"Polish Photography Gallery" October 3rd

Andrzej Bogacz had shown his photos that represented nine memories of his grandmother. He seemed to not really want to describe the backround of the pieces, he made it seem to be very personal. He did say that his grandmother had passed away many years ago and that his family didnt want to sell her house. So for his reasons he decided to take pinhole photos in her home at this period. His emotional presence seemed to give off a very uncomfortable, nerve racking feeling, but he was very excited to be in America showing off his work.
The two other spokesmen described how the pinhole camera can be designed and how it works.

Discription of Line

Line is a mark or stroke in a certain proportion. Line can be used in any medium. for example a wrinkle on a persons face that has been drawn with charcoal. Also line defines the contour of a shape. line is any mark formed by one or more points that can either be implied or physical.

Fence

My Ponny

Abelardo Morell

Camera Obscura

When learning about the Camera Obscura it had confused me very much. I had no clue what it did and how it was made. When Abelardo Morell came in to picture, his work totally made me understand the camera. The camera takes an image and mirror images it upside down, the image could be still or in movement. Abelardo's work is very interesting, he takes a landscape with the obscura and shows it in a room. For example one piece was New York City upside down in a bedroom.
When learning about Abelardo our class went into a gallery with a human size camera obscura, which was shooting a still life. We went in and other classmates got to move to still life around which made a very creepy image in the camera. This Camera is very neat, I enjoyed this class very much. I have never heard of this device before and I am definitely going to look more into it.