Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Assignment #9

"ART THOUGHTZ: GRAD SCHOOL"

Hennessy Youngman explains in his video that many people today feel that they need to go to School to become a successful artist, however this is not the case. Paying $80,000 to $100,000 does not guarantee that you will be successful in your art career. Hennessy compares it to a toaster as if you put white bread (being your art career) into a toaster (graduate school) that it will become toast (success). Art is not like that at all. There are many successful artists that did not go to grad school and nobody needs a special degree to be a successful artist.

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Art 21 Assignment

Robert Adams was a artist who specialized in black and white photography. Robert and his wife work as a team taking photographs as well as publishing books. Robert starting taking photography seriously in Colorado. He quotes "There is no sunlight like the sunlight in Colorado". Some photos taken in Colorado were of some houses, public streets and of the area in general. The reason he loves Photography so much is because each photo is unique in its own way such as being so different from the next one and having its own meaning behind each picture taken. He describes the photos taken by the Colombian river as constantly changing because you will never get the same picture twice. Robert Adams published books of art based on his determination and love for art and thus became successful with his wife.

Saturday, May 3, 2014

Assignment #6 (part 1)

1. Dada artwork originated from artists that were protesting against World War One. The art that was created expressed how they felt about the war. The style of Dada artwork is somewhat rebellious as well has straying away from tradition.

2. Jacob Lawrence was an American painter who was known for his African-American style art. His style was also referred to as "dynamic cubism". This style came from combining two different types of art together creating one unique style. Most of his art was to educate people on how African-American life was years and years ago for educational purposes.