Assignments

 Perspective Project Ratings

1.  Cake/Baker (Great concept! Great composition. Best overall)
2. Cigarette (Very interesting idea. Not something I would've thought of. Great use of digital tools.)
3. Car Kidnapping (Framed well. Great composition. Innovative idea.)
4. Stage/Dancer- frame 3 (Frame three was the best overall. It captured the perspective of a dancer or stagehand behind the main dancer. It worked really well and the composition was beautiful.)
5. Trippy Peephole- "the mind" (Interesting concept. Creative way of carrying out the photo. I'm surprised it worked.)
6. Boyfriend/Flowers (Probably the best conceptually. Definitely stands apart from the others.)
7. Sandwich (Very detailed in the way it was carried out. Very thorough. Well done.)
8. Soccer Game (It seems like a lot of work went into this piece!)
9. Pandini's Employee (Really good conceptually. Great idea!)
10. Studying in Library (Framed really well. Bright, vivid colors.)

 Claire Sherwood Post Skype Thoughts

This Skype session ended up being really good. As a feminist, I really feel like I identified with the artist and her artistic vision. The way she combined construction equipment, traditionally masculine tools, and domestic/feminine textures is a really interesting concept. It reminded me of old movies when a woman goes to a camp of men and adds her "feminine touch." I definitely see what Professor Horvath meant when he said there's a level of irony in her work. The fact that she had children and felt inspired by them was a really cool thing to hear. In her words- "Mom art is not a bad thing."

 5/5 with Claire Sherwood

Qs:

• Where do you draw inspiration from for the work that resembles food?
• What tools do you use? Anything culinary?
• Is the work baked or do you use a gloss for the shimmer?
• How did you sculpt the rock pieces?
• Did you bend the wire into place or was it welded into place?

Os:

• When she uses lace her work takes on an organic component.
•  In a lot of her pieces she manages to make things that are structured and man-made and make them organic by adding.
• The "blued" sculptures are shaped like glass but their dull appearance makes them look plastic.
• The "vessels for change" seem to symbolize rebirth.
• The "up in blue" pieces are basically concrete cupcakes. That's a really interesting idea.

 Jason Hackett Post Skype Thoughts

 The Skype session with Jason Hackett turned out to be just as interesting as the one with Tim Roda. My favorite part about it was probably the fact that Hackett works with sculpture, which I wasn't very familiar with. I really liked the answer he gave to the question about how he made money from his work. He said that even though he's only sold a couple pieces, his work landed him a teaching job with a school. I also really liked his style of working which was just putting pieces together that look and feel right as opposed to aiming for a concept.

5/5 Skype with Jason Hackett

 Qs:

• Where do you search for objects that you choose to incorporate into your work?
• What makes an object stand out to you?
• Do you start projects with an idea of how it will tun out? Does it grow from there?
• Does your work have origins in personal history?
• To what extent does color play a role in your sculptures?

 Os:

• A lot of the work is religious themed.
• The iconic stars on plates remind me of plates of the collectable Royals from the UK.
• A lot of the works are fragments of ceramics.
• Classic Hollywood icons play a large role in the work.
• I wonder if any of the objects are created rather than found and remixed.

Tim Roda Post Skype Thoughts

I genuinely enjoyed skyping with Tim Roda. It's one thing to learn about an artist on the internet or through a textbook but it's another to have a chance to speak to them. He provided really great insight and I think the rest of the class was interested as well. Putting the style of his photographs into perspective was really cool. I think the thing that stuck with me the most were his comments about his odd childhood. After reflecting on his childhood in his art he has been creating new memories with his family.

Caption The Image

            The picture includes hundreds of thousands of products that appear to be in a grocery store. The aisles are packed full of various goods that range from vitamins to soda. Also, there are two individuals shopping present on the third aisle on the far right hand side. The people pictured appear to be a male and female, the man’s body is cut off at the right and the woman is wearing an orange cap. There is an array of colors that make the picture seem cluttered even though grocery stores are very neat. This image makes us feel confused and stressed because the aisles are very jumbled. We can identify with the people in the photo because they are the only items not for sale. Since the people are facing the opposite direction, we are unsure of their emotional state. Right before this photo was taken we feel that that the people walked into the doors of the store to browse the aisles and buy necessary items for their home. The employees of the store had stocked the shelves before their arrival. We feel that the shoppers will continue shopping, checkout and go home. The photograph is trying to depict consumers lost in a sea of advertisements and products.

5/5 Skype with Tim Roda

 Qs:

• Why do you choose to make some of your photos black and white or monochrome?
• Are the kids yours?
• Why are children so prevelant in your work? 
• To what extent do you stage the photos?
• What is your personal favorite series?

Os:

• In the more recent work colors and subject matter seems to pop more.
• The website seems very complimentary to the work. (Something I rarely see.)
• The work touches on the mutation of human bodies.
• Backgrounds are very cluttered and sometimes mechanical.
• The same group of children are used throughout the photos.

Color Assignment

-bubblegum pink

I was really intrigued by bubblegum pink all of last year and it made it's way into some of my artwork. I would describe it as a cross between a hot pink and a pink pastel. I think I respond to it because for me it really embodies the POP movement. It has connection to POP music, POP art, and POP culture, all rooted in the 60's. We see Warhol, often called the master of color, use it frequently in his work. Just for fun- here's one of my paintings that uses it prominently.

 50 Sentences

1. Shaped like a crescent moon.
2. Peel is smooth.
3. The skin seems waxy.
4. It has ridges on the outside.
5. It bruises when you touch it.
6. It's firm but fragile.
7. It is yellow.
8. It has green splotches.
9. It is not ripe.
10. It has brown bruises following contours.
11. The ends come to a point.
12. There are 5 ridges on the peel.
13. Not all the areas between ridges are the same width.
14. It is not flexible.
15. It's more green at the top than at the bottom.
16. It smells clean.
17. One end is more stubby and one is pointed.
18. The stubby end is circular.
19. The ends are brown.
20. The ends are stalky.
21. It's crisp when you break it open.
22. The peel makes a sucking sound.
23. Strings fall while you peel.
24. The top of the banana comes to a point.
25. The inner fruit has a texture.
26. There are still strings stuck on the inside of the fruit.
27. The inner fruit is a pastel yellow.
28. There is a seed at the bottom near the stubby end.
29. The seed is black and brown.
30. The inner peel has a texture like the inner fruit.
31. The inner peel leaves a sticky residue.
32. When you break the fruit it segments along the texture.
33. The inner fruit has a darker center.
34. The inner fruit has a star shape to it.
35. The split fruit is slick.
36. The split fruit leaves even more sticky residue than the inner peel.
37. The inner fruit is softer than the peel.
38. The peel gives the fruit it's structure.
39. The inner fruit is mushy.
40. The strings break apart easily.
41. The bruise on the peel is also on the inner fruit.
42. The bruise is softer than the rest of the fruit.
43. The bruise is brown.
44. The bruise reflects more light.
45. The inner fruit breaks along texture.
46. The seed comes to a point.
47. The seed is hard.
48. The banana browns faster when it's peel is off.
49. The peel splits along the contours.
50. The inside of the skin is soft.

 Elements of Art Observations

Megan, Liz, Kofi

1. Shape picture looks too 3d to be effective.
2. Color photo does not show all colors.
3. Harmony example is very effective!
4. The movement photo is very effective.

Orlando, Connor, Erin

1.  Movement idea is the greatest in the class!
2. The unity picture is clearly staged. 
3. The emphasis photo is not obvious enough.
4. The line example is not defined. (unclear)

Jennifer, Wendy, Andrea

1. The line photo is definitely thinking outside the box.
2. The photo with the canvases in NW might work better as color over space.
3. Using the tree as texture was a great idea!

Peter, Ben, Micaela

1.  The picture labeled space would have been more effective as texture.
2. The movement photo is lacking. There are better examples on campus.
3. The proportion photo should probably show more depth.

Alex, Morgan, Jeslin

1. Using carpet as texture was a great idea. Very effective.
2. The color photo is almost monotone. There are only 3 colors represented and one main one.
3. The unity example is lacking.

Berkley, Spencer, Elizabeth

1. The white wall example is a great example of texture.
2. The emphasis example doesn't really work. Our eyes are drawn to the overpowering street light over the Spartans sign.
3.  Not all colors are represented
4. The proportion photo is cool.

Stevie, Frank

1. The pizza picture was the most effective example of shape in the class.
2. The photo showing texture is way too blurry. 
3. The fruit photo might be more effective as harmony over balance.
4. The cubes do not convey balance within harmony.

Elements of Art Project

Line: Here is the gate to the parking lot in front of North Walker. It is an uninterrupted (continuous) line with width and height.

Shape: This is a portion of a piece of art in the Sykes building. It features several ovals and cylinders defined by line and color. 

Color: These flags in the Sykes building contain the entire visible light spectrum and all combinations. (red, yellow, blue, green, purple, orange, black, and white)

Space: Space is present both in the area around these framed pictures and in the colorful matted portions of the frames. These areas are defined by the thick black frames and the pictures themselves.

Texture: This ornate frame in the lobby of the Sykes building shows an obvious tactile quality in it's gilded edges.

Emphasis: This Spartan statue, supported by it's own pedestal, in the athletic center is surrounded by red trophy cases, making it the focal point of this area.

Balance: This photo shows plants and light arranged around a focal point (fountain) displaying a "sense of visual equilibrium."

Harmony: Harmony is present in this photo both in the texture of the bricks and wood that cover the walls and in the balanced architecture itself.

Variety: This photo in the athletic center shows variety in the different sports present, the alternating uniforms of the players, and in the heights of the players themselves. The players, gear, and uniforms contrast each other.

Movement: This soccer player's photo is taken mid kick, preserving the motion he makes when his foot comes in contact with the ball.

Proportion: These soccer players stand at a distance from each other, suggesting depth. We realize that the player in white is in the foreground and the player in yellow is behind him.

Rhythm: By looking at this soccer goal, we realize it is made up of individually threaded white squares. The white squares are repeated throughout the goal to form the net.

Unity: The perspective of these two buildings suggest that they are united. Further inspection shows this to be false but their proximity to each other and the fact that they stand on the same campus shows wholeness.









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