REPLY TO THE FOLLOWING 4 QUESTIONS IN SEPERATE PARAGRAPHS:
1: Imaginative exercise. I want you to consider the below scenario, and write a few sentences about the below inquiry areas:
Scenario: Imagine a world without photography, smartphones, and social media.
Does this impact how you relate to others? How? In this world, what do you feel about yourself? Is it different than what you think about yourself today & in what way?
In this world, how will you know what you look like?
Without photography, what options will a family have to preserve their family history?
2: Since this is an appreciation of art and visual literacy course, I will often be posting artwork for the class to analyze, interpret and discuss. This week we learned about photo + video + digital art on a deeper level and were introduced to a variety of related mediums. I want the class to spend some time considering what we learned this week in application to the artwork below.
see attached image 1, image 2, & image 3
Please deeply consider the artwork below, choose one of her works to analyze, and then write a few sentences about it.
Please elaborate on the artistic medium. This week we completed a detailed introduction to PHOTO + VIDEO + DIGITAL ART. Perform a detailed analysis to include the below inquiry areas:
How would you categorize Gillian’s artwork? Photography? Video? Sculpture? Performance art? Mixed Media? Consider all of the specific types introduced in this chapter: photography (portrait, conceptual/fine art, photojournalism), video, film, cinema, etc. Once you’ve decided, explain how you know based on what you see.
What surface materials do you think were used based on what you see?
Please spend some time thinking about the formal components of this artwork (Chapters 1-6: Line, Shape, Color, Value, Texture, Space, Time, Motion, etc.)
Attached below in the discussion guidelines section, you will find a “visual analysis guide.” Each week, prior to this one, we did a formal analysis of the art through the lens of the chapter’s focus areas. For the rest of the semester, things will be less guided. You will use the attached guide as a review to all the new terms and areas covered, and I want you to choose (2) major areas to focus on and discuss here. Instead of me telling you “analyze this artwork for line”, for example, your challenge will be to understand what elements of art and principles of design are most applicable and interesting when considering the artwork identified for discussion. This will help you transition to talking about art at museums and galleries much more naturally. Enjoy the challenge! This is also great prep for the final exam.
What art category is this and why? Realism, Expressionism, Abstraction, or nonobjective
What is the subject of this artwork (the noun/the what)?
What is the content/concept of this artwork (the ideas and intellectual interpretations)?
[ Hints – The following are additional questions to get you thinking but they do not need to be individually answered: What ideas do you think this artist is trying to express about the subject? What is the intellectual interpretation? What cultural concepts are being expressed? Feminism? Racial identity? Gender identity? Sexuality? Are there historical references – which ones? Is there symbolism or iconography? Think about the subject in relation to the elements of art and principles of design we’ve been learning about this semester.
3: Attached are (4) sculptural artworks.
image4, image5, image6, image7
Jeff Koon’s “Balloon Dog”
Louise Bourgeois’s “Maman”
Auguste Rodin’s “The Thinker” (refer to the video I posted for some clarity on the creative process)
Daniel Chester French’s “The Angel of Death and the Sculptor from the Milmore Memorial”
A. Which of these sculptures are relief sculptures?
B. Which of these are free-standing sculptures?
C. Which artists are working in a subtractive way?
D. Which artists are working in an additive way?
E. Please choose one of these three sculptures to do a deeper dive, and answer the below (3) questions:
Which specific method/s is the artist using? [ Carving, modeling, casting, constructing, or assembling ]
Please describe the materials used by the artist. The text goes into detail on stone, wood, metal, clay, wax, and other materials. If the answer is “other,” please elaborate on what you see.
What do you think are the conceptual concerns of this artwork? What does it make you think or feel? What stands out about it?
4. Please deeply consider the artwork available at the link here
, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnndiUK01kU
then please answer the below inquiry areas:
Please elaborate on the artistic medium. This week we completed a detailed introduction to SCULPTURE + INSTALLATION + SITE-SPECIFIC ART. Perform a detailed analysis to include the below inquiry areas:
Is her artwork most adequately described as a sculpture, installation art, site-specific art, or industrial design? A mix of more than one? If so, which ones? Once you’ve decided, explain how you know based on what you see.
Is this relief or a free-standing sculpture?
Is the artist working in a subtractive or additive way? Which specific method/s is she using? [ Carving, modeling, casting, constructing, or assembling ]
Is this a light sculpture? Kinetic sculpture? None? Both?
Please describe the materials used by the artist. The text goes into detail on stone, wood, metal, clay, wax, and other materials. If the answer is “other,” please elaborate on what you see.
Please spend some time thinking about the formal components of this artwork (Chapters 1-6: Line, Shape, Color, Value, Texture, Space, Time, Motion, etc.)
Attached below in the discussion guidelines section, you will find a “visual analysis guide.” Each week, prior to this one, we did a formal analysis of the art through the lens of the chapter’s focus areas. For the rest of the semester, things will be less guided. You will use the attached guide as a review to all the new terms and areas covered, and I want you to choose (2) major areas to focus on and discuss here. Instead of me telling you “analyze this artwork for line”, for example, your challenge will be to understand what elements of art and principles of design are most applicable and interesting when considering the artwork identified for discussion. This will help you transition to talking about art at museums and galleries much more naturally. Enjoy the challenge! This is also great prep for the final exam.
What art category is this and why? Realism, Expressionism, Abstraction, or nonobjective
What is the subject of this artwork (the noun/the what)?
What is the content/concept of this artwork (the ideas and intellectual interpretations)?
[ Hints – The following are additional questions to get you thinking but they do not need to be individually answered: What ideas do you think this artist is trying to express about the subject? What is the intellectual interpretation? What cultural concepts are being expressed? Feminism? Racial identity? Gender identity? Sexuality? Are there historical references – which ones? Is there symbolism or iconography? Think about the subject in relation to the elements of art and principles of design we’ve been learning about this semester.
