Homework Due 11/18

For this week your homework is to decide on a topic that you would like to research for your paper & presentation.

Your topic could be also be a question that have come up with in the class and that you would like to try and answer through research. For you blog post, provide the topic/question and any images that might relate to the topic.

Here is the rubric I will be using to grade your lessons:

Art Investigation Project

For your final project you are to research an artist or topic that we have covered in class so far. If you would like to choose another topic ok it with me first. You will research your topic and present a short 5 minute lesson about your topic you will also turn in a 2 page paper that shows your research and supports you ideas.

These are the areas I will be looking for while grading your projects.

Have you formulated your own ideas and opinions about the topic that you chose?

Is the lesson taught in a creative/effective manner?

Have you researched your topic sufficiently?

Presentation and ideas are organized and clear

Have you presented the cultural and historical context of the artist/artwork as well as a formal analysis?

Homework 11/4

I woud have gone with the lion but someone had done that already. But this piece by Trenton Doyle Hancock is kind of touching in a way it tells a story about... color and how life is with color all in just one image.

Home work Due 11/4

For this week's blog home work I would like you to do some quick research on an artist from the following list (choose 1)

Julie Merehtu

SUH SE-OK

Trenton Doyle Hanckock

R. Crumb

Once you have familiarized yourself with their work, choose one piece to discuss in your post (it will be helpful to upload an image to your post) Focus on how the medium of drawing is important to the artist's work and how it functions in helping the artist convey their meaning. Remember to prove all of your claims with physical descriptions of the work.

IMPORTANT 10/21 CLASS

Don't forget!!!!! We are meeting at the menil collection on Friday 10/21 at 11 am
menil.org (bring something to write with) If you can't make it at this time email me so that I can send you a worksheet to complete during your visit for your quiz grade.

Also, make sure to ch. 9&10 for the following week.

P. S. If you would like the extra credit opportunity, The following link - http://www.txcontemporary.com/tix/student-lsc can be used to redeem comp 1-day tickets good for Friday, Saturday or Sunday at the art fair at the george r brown convention center this weekend. (bring back pics and a paragraph about what you saw)

For your blog assignment watch episode 3 of "This is modern art" on you tube and post a response as well as 5 questions you have about the arists in the movie.

HOME WORK (due Friday)

HOME WORK (due Friday)
Think about the site specific art of Andy Goldsworthy, Gabriel Orozco, and Jessica Stockholder.
Try to look at your environment in the same way they do and look for ways to create lines, emphasize space, or distort they way things look as you drive, walk, or just do your daily activities.
Create 3 different site specific art works with any found material and document them with a digital camera.
Post the images on the blog and describe your thinking behind each piece.

Jessica Stockholder Video Link:


Gabriel Orozco Link:
http://video.pbs.org/video/1237723563

9/23-9/30 HOMEWORK

For this week's blog home work I would like you to do so research on an artist from the following list (choose 1)

John T. Biggers

Frida Kahlo

Laylah Ali

Takashi Murakami


Once you have learned more about the artist write a response to their art. Try to use what we have learned so far to get the meaning of a work (it will be helpful to upload an image to your post) and give a personal response. Remember to prove all of your claims with physical descriptions of the work.

First class post

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.