Friday, September 30, 2011
Thai Phien Art Nude !!!!!
Fine Arts Museam
Laylah Ali
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Homework Due 9/30
I did my research on Frida Kahlo and I learned the purpose behind her weird looking self-portraits. Throughout her life she wnt trhough several different hardships. Frida’s self-portraits express these hardships through wounds and bloody scenes. Frida once said that she painted self-portraits because it was herself the subject that she knew best.
Frida Kahlo
Frida Kahlo An Empowering women
She empowered me the most when I read the story about her coming to her art show in Mexico when she was bedridden, and was taken there by ambulance, and enjoyed the show in her bed in the gallery. This was very empowering and inspirational, because she was so weak, but made her self be strong enough to go enjoy something she truly enjoyed in life... Art. This was a message to me to never let anything stand in the way of my passions and joys in life... not even a illness. I loved her art and the meaning that stood behind it.
Dr. John Thomas Biggers- An Inspiration to Cultural Art
Frida Kahlo
Mexican born artist, Frida Kahlo, inspired me by her art and life events. Her art is influenced by Aztec culture such as in the top picture o the self portrait. The portrait shows a monkey on her right shoulder and what looks like a black panther next to her left shoulder; both animals are symbols of Aztec culture. The monkey was used by Aztecs as a symbol of lust which I believed Frida was able to relate to by her sexual preference. Frida was bisexual, which her famous artist husband, Diego Rivera, approved of Frida having sexual relationship with woman, but disapproved of Frida sleeping with men. The top picture also demonstrates how Frida was interested in painting self portraits, she once said "I paint myself because I am so often alone and because I am the subject I know best." Most of her art work revolved around her personal life events. The bottom pictures shows; Frida Kahlo in a bed full of blood. She has multiple umbilical cords extending to different objects. The objects that are being wrapped by the umbilical cord demonstrate her suffering and desires from her point of view. The woman laying in the bed looks like Frida Kahlo, the blood is showing her inability to have a baby. The baby that the cord is extending to is her desire of an offspring. During Fridas’ teenage years, she had a traffic accident that led to many health problems and the inability to conceive. Her art is very emotional and that is what mostly interested me. Her artwork is culturally influenced, more than anything by the Aztec culture; she uses many of the Aztec symbols and animals which is clearly evident from her art. For Fridas artwork it is important that we remain open-minded to culture and very observant to better understand Fridas Art and life.
Takashi Murakami
Takashi Murakami
TAkashi Murakami
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Frida Kahlo
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Takshi Murakami
Learning about the life and art work of Takashi Murakami made me learn something new that i did not know about. One thing that I've learned is that fashion and art where two separate ideas or things that where seen differently, but thanks to this wonderful artist Takashi Murakami, he has brought this two things together. The whole idea of bringing fashion and art as one, actually made fashion more interesting and admired more than when it was just plain fashion. Born in Tokyo, Murakami as a young child wanted to be an artist, particularly interested in animation and comics, and he felt that studying art would help him improve his drawing and skills which it really did now that he is a very well know artist and for most people a celebrity all over the world. It all started when he created in conjunction with designer Mark Jacobs, who was working on a clothes line for Louis Vuitton, Murakami's idea of design for the handbags made a whole new ball game for such brand. For example the fist picture shows the design brought by Murakami to this hang bag making it limited edition and very expensive. Looking at some of his art work for example on the second picture you can see how this new type of fashion came up to be associated with art. I mean just by the different bright colors and animations is what help this new fashion come to life. With Murakami's brilliant idea of bright, fresh colors and incorporating some of his signature images, like wide-open cartoon eyes and smiling blossoms is what made this new era of fashion become very well admired. His paintings of such characters are like something that you would watch in a cartoon on television, which reminds me of how I use to admire such shows when i was a kid. Now for some people who where fans of such cartoons as a child and are now adults have something new to admire, which are this hand bags with different figures and caricatures with the collaboration of Takashi Murakami in this new kind of fashion. Here is a link to a video over how celebrities have a high regard for Murakami's art work and designs that he has manufactured for Louis Vuitton. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgtCuBXkIKw