Self Portrait

Below are links to my three inspirational pics. I wanted to post the pictures, but couldn't seem to get it to work.

http://www.googleartproject.com/galleries/31925143/32296017/31372707/
http://www.googleartproject.com/galleries/31925143/32296017/32272038
http://www.googleartproject.com/galleries/31925143/32296017/32299054/

1. I ran into both the Paul and Van Gough paintings earlier in the semester and they really resonated with me, especially the van Gourgh one. I think he looks sad, like a troubled soul that he was. Paul on the other hand looks happy, something that I find amusing in a self portrait. I choose the Rambrandt one merely because I enjoyed it.

2. I am not very good with any kind of art, sketching I at least have a lot of experience with. thought I am happy I wont have to do it again for a blog.

3. None really. My only challenge was really the sketching.

4. I am smiling and happy, which is how I usually am.

5. I tried to establish lines and shading, thought I'm not sure if it worked.

6. I enjoyed researching the portraits, not making one.

7. it does not appear that I have gained any talent with sketching from my first attempt.

Blog Reflection For Peer Review

1. Dark side of Love, A Dog's View, Pop of Life

2. A Dog's Eye View

3.the only real challenge I faced was filling up two pages.

4. Apprehensive. It isn't something I like to do.

5. Yes.
6. 7. I find it hard to sometimes separate what is subjective and what is objective.
7. yes. it is was interesting and a change of pace. 

Week 16

1. I expected to learn a lot more about a subject that I have not had much experience with in my life and I did. I’ve learned a lot about art.

2. While I have learned a lot about art, I don’t think that my definition of what art is has changed.

3. I did not have a favorite artist on my initial post, but I defiantly do now. I really like Salvatore Dali and have since my first visit to a gallery.

 4. I have taken many online courses and this class has not tarnished my image of them. Online courses are great!

Module 15 Video Blog

1. "Greenberg on Art Criticism: An Interview by T. J. Clark" is a video with TJ Clark interviewing Clement Greenberg about art critiquing. some key concepts that I learned is that when discussing art, outside influences like political views should not affect your objective views of the art and that writing about visual art is tougher than that of other media like books or music.

"Greenberg on Pollock: An Interview by T. J. Clark" is another interview with Clement Greenberg by TJ Clark, the topic being Jackson Pollock. Some key concepts I learned were that over the course of his life, Pollock move further and further from more traditional art to the kinds of "splatter" type art he is known for.

2.I think that these videos will help a lot in the next stage of the curator project, critiquing peer work. That is why I choose to watch these videos over the others. I picked up a lot of idea I hadn't previously thought about that I will put to use shortly on that project.

3.I think that these two films, especially "Greenberg on Art Criticism: An Interview by T. J. Clark" give a tremendous amount of insight into understanding art criticism and I look forward to putting that insight to use. 

Curator Project. 

I based my slide show on a theme of movement in everyday events. I tried to organize these slides by the type of movement they depicts, like flying or swimming or animals running. One thing that I found challenging was finding the right works to fit my theme when there was an massive amount of pictures to comb though. 

Module 13 & 14 Video Blog

The Lowdown on Lowbrow: West Coast Pop Art: This video was very informative. It discusses the origins of many things. Some key concepts are how it originally meant pornography and art lacking taste. I have a friend who is a professional artist who makes a lot of cartoon works and just recently got criticized by someone for not making “art”, so I found this video insightful. This video does did not give me much help regarding my exhibit as I do not plan on focusing on this type of art.

Bones of Contention: Native American Archaeology: I found this video extremely informative. I can’t actually believe I have never learned anything about this before. Some key points are that Native Americans are upset over tens of thousands of bones that have bee dug up and collected over the years for scientific study and never returned, this is apparently very different than how other nationalizes are treated. Laws have been passed to protect the burials sites of Native Americans because of this. Since a good amount of this video focused on museums I did learn something about my exhibit and added to the depth of my understanding of museums and exhibits.

An Acquiring Mind: Philippe de Montebello and the Metropolitan Museum:  This video was very helpful to me regarding the exhibition project. I learned so much from it about how a museum works and what directors and curators do and how that job interacts with the end product. Some key points were that a museum is never actually finished and that Philippe de Montebello served as the Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art for over 30 years.

Displaying Modern Art: The Tale Approach:  This was another video that was informative to me as someone who is about to make an exhibit. It was in depth and offered a lot of new insight. Some key points are using white walls and flexible lighting to bring more focus to the works of art on display and the categorizing or art by time period and movement, going from room to room is like switching channels on a televisions.

Module 12 Videos

1.       The two videos I choose were “Abstract Expressionism and Pop: Art of the ‘50s and 60s” and “Andy Warthol: Images of an Image”. I choose the former because it sounded like an interesting topic and the later because I always found Warthol a strange person and wanted to know more.

2.      A key concept of the Pop Art video is that the movement is largely due to the effects of globalization and the merging of different art ideas from around the world. A Key concept I learned about Warthol is that is main focus with art was repetition. This is a theme we learned in this class early on. Many of his famous paintings, like of Campbell’s soup or Marilyn Monroe display this trait of his.

3.      The Warthol video doesn’t relate very much to the reading, considering if focuses solely on him. The Pop Art video related very strongly to the reading. Much of chapter 22 was about the globalization of art and focus on New York City after World War II. Important aspects of this movement.

4.      I always love the videos for this class as they go into so much detail about a topic, I find them much more informative than the reading.