Think about the video "This is modern art" that we watched in class. Were you already familiar with the artists that Matthew Collings discussed (Picasso, Pollock, and Warhol)? If you were how has your opinion of their art changed after watching the video? If you were not, what planet are you from?! (just kidding of course) DId you have any other response to the video or the work that surprised you? Why?
What interested me was how much the myth of these 3 artists has affected how I have viewed their work. How much of their constructed characters made me like their art more than I would if I knew nothing about them. It made me think about Kanye West whose life story and persona is so tied to his music. I love his music but it helps that I also love his crazy pop star role that he plays. In his day Picasso was the equivalent of a rapper baller and I think that is another reason why people loved his work all the more. He gave them a window into a world of pleasure and luxury that they could imagine themselves in.
P.S. Feel free to give links to other images or videos to explain your answers. Remember these post must be around 100-150 words long.
***********Here are all of the videos for episode 1 (5 in total) which you will have to watch by next week.
I was aware of the artists(Picasso,Pollock, and Warhol)but before the video and before this class I really wanted to get into art just never had a reason but after watching the video and explaining and takin g the time to actually learn I kind of "appriciate" it now because its apart of everyday life. But as far as after the video or for me during the video it was life it was beauty unfolding like a flower. It was amazement
ReplyDeleteI was aware of Picasso’s greatness, but after viewing the video Modern Art I have now learned about Pollock and Warhol; two interesting artists. Picasso, Pollock, and Warhol have opened my mind to new ideas and how modernization of art has changed our interpretation of art over time. Focusing on Picasso, I use to only think of him as an artist whom painted woman and distorted the eyes. I didn’t really think much other than the fact that he is a famous Artist. All my thoughts have completely changed. He was a starting point to the type of art that I am more common with, not from nature but from the Artists mind. He allows the viewer to enter the mind of the painter, and this is the art that we, I believe, are more common with. We want to break the puzzle and try to understand what the artist was thinking when creating the piece. Modern Art by Matthew Collings gave me a better idea of how artists have changed our taste for Art. It has changed in a way that I ask myself, “Is this really art?”. But from what I have learned, is that not all art is understandable through just viewing but actually trying to fully engage with the art work and try to find a reason of why it is considered art.
ReplyDeleteI am afraid to admit that I did not know much about the artists discussed in the video or any other artists. It does make me feel very ignorant, but I do believe that is why it is a requirement to take this class. If it would have been my choice, perhaps I wouldn’t be here posting this blog, and I would have been missing out on a lot. When the video started discussing what modern art is, I questioned it. To me, many of those “creations” were not really art. It seems like I did not pay attention to the word “modern”. I always thought of art as an old man painting a nude lady or other famous paintings such as the Mona Lisa. As the video progressed, however, I began to appreciate what modern art really is. The distorted figures and patterns began to make sense. It does not necessarily mean that I like it, but I did realize that art is an expression of the artist’s emotions and experiences. Art is something personal, something unique to each individual. For example Picasso, even if he started his career by using other style, eventually he created his own and became a “genius” and he switched back and forth freely. That is another aspect that I learned about art from this video; that art is a form of freedom.
ReplyDeleteDifferent people have different meanings to the things they see. They put their own imagination or thought to what the human eye seeks. Modern Art in this case is seen in different prospective from famous artist as shown on these videos. Each had their own meaning to modern art; Picasso was known for cubism which made the painting more important than the picture itself. Jackson Pollock was not aware of what he was doing and had no fear of making a change to his creativity because he believed his painting had a life of its own. These two artists viewed their art according to what they saw in it and what people thought of it or saw in it they could care less. Andy Warhol was known for his pop art, being different using creativity and inventiveness just like the other two artist mention. These artist were famous because of the way they created their art, they saw more than the eye can see. Yet we do not the real meaning of modern art, each and every one of us sees something another person can completely ignore and that is what makes modern art unrecognizable. Everywhere we look there is art “Modern Art”, “ because we do not know what it is, and that is the reason it keeps changing, to make sure we never do”, as Mathew Colligns pointed out during the video.
ReplyDeleteI know very little about not only art, but also many other figure/role models that many people look up to. Picaso for example was first introduced to me during my high school years, he was praised very mu h by my art teacher, but I really didn't understand what made him so "great." I appreciate much more the marvelous work of Michael Angeli with his paintings/sculptures that capture the beauty of humanity. In Picasos art I feel like he hardly had to thing about what he was painting, and I guess this is why he is a great example of modern Artists. After viewing this episode, I learned that modern art is nothing more then an artist way to break away from the traditional "normal/down to earth" art of the before times. They want to just make what makes them feel good to express how they see the world. They want to see how they can turn and twist realty in such away that they can say..."yep, that's what life looks to me, no one said life always works to perfection." What they try to express in their work is that life is just not what it is perceived to be. Maby a woman is not a nurturing birthgiver of life, perhaps she's. some deformed twisted figure who just causes pain to man.
ReplyDeleteI never considered myself to be a very artsy person, and I still have almost no clue about what to think or how to feel when it comes to it. I feel like modern art is a raw thought took straight from the brain without a second glance and put directly onto paper. When I first started watching the first video, it almost looked like I was watching a 1960's rock video, but as they started to show the painting's it confused me. I had heard of Picaso before in high school, and how his art was captivating, but all I really saw was a bunch of of eyes, distorted body parts, and colors that made no sense to me.
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