Conceptual Art Activity

Everyone draw a different line on a sheet of paper and put them together. When the whole piece finished, I was so surprised seeing that all the random shape form into a organized, logical and order piece. It is way beyond my expectation to see the result, because originally I thought it just wouldn’t connect together during the process. Organized and ordered piece could be developed by disorder random thing.

Performing Art

Instructions:
Two participants bounce the ball without looking at it, and go around within a circle.

The Response:
Originally I was thinking about an idea that how people can involved within the space. Are we living in space or are we dominating the space? During the time Lindsey and Pavlos performed my assignment, I observed the new thing which is the speed of bouncing ball, performers walking in circle and space dimension work cooperatively together.

Cortlandt’s project:
It’s a fun activity that traces my hand and Lindsay’s hand with closing eyes. I accidentally try to stab Lindsay’s land for finding her hand without thinking.

Tyson’s project:
It’s hard to tie a knot with one hand. I wouldn’t thinking myself as a string to tie a knot.

Gutai

The Gutai group was an artistic movement and association of artists founded Jiro Yoshihara. It considered to be akin to Abstract Expressionism, were pioneers of later directions in art such as "Happening" performance art, "Environmental Art" and “Conceptual Art”. In 1955, an artist Murakami created his reportedly stunning performance Laceration of Paper, in which he ran through a paper screen. (Image)

By studying Gutai’s art achievement, it offers me a unique perspective on the international dynamics of postwar. It also gives audiences a fascination with the beauty that arises when things become damaged or decayed. The process of damage or destruction is celebrated as a way of revealing the inner "life" of a given material or object.

It would be fun to witness any performing artist’s work at the frist place to see their development.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gutai_group
http://www.tate.org.uk/collections/glossary/definition.jsp?entryId=130

Kaprow

In this shadow activity, we need to be silent and use rock to communicate. One person follows leader’s shadow, and if you stepped out of the shadow, we make a noise by hitting the two rocks. I had a hard time to follow Kayla’s shadow; she skipped, jumped, and made several sudden movements then I was totally out of the track. Sometime I even forgot to the hit the rock. This assignment makes me understand more about performing art when I involved to it. Art could be a silent communication to connect artist and audiences.

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Logo

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A logo is important to attract customers’ attention with the product’s symbol. In order to remain the strong impression to customers, the logo must be easy to recognize with the font, color and frame. The logo also demonstrates company’s reputation, history, royalty and admiration.

M&M’s logo have various different colors refer to its colorful chocolate.

A sign - a thing whose presence or occurrence indicates the probable presence, occurrence, or advent of something else

A symbol - a material object representing something, often something immaterial

An icon - a sign or representation that stands for its object by virtue of a resemblance or analogy to it

A logo - a graphic representation or symbol of a company name, trademark, abbreviation, etc., often uniquely designed for ready recognition

(Dictionary.com)

"The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even"

When I first looked at Duchamp’s “The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even”, I immediately felt confused about those irrelevant object on the painting. Until we read Duchamp’s note, I can finally realized about the concept and meaning that artist define. The painting has a horizontal line divided the piece into two panel. Everything connects to each other as a sequent motion. In order to see bride and bachelor, we have to analyze the notes deeply with the space and theme deeply. The top rectangle is known as the Bride's Domain; the bottom piece is the Bachelors' outfit. Duchamp profiles them into mechanical abstract object. The composition's most dominating feature of physic and dimension. It is an unique and thoughtful piece.

Patterns in Repetition

Islamic patterns form of geometric shapes, and mostly pentagon. They expand their pattern by spreading the petals. Islamic art mainly pertain to religion purpose. The meaning beyond the repetition of element is to gorify Islamic art as the transcendent, indivisible and infinite nature of Alah.

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Composition & Value

Gestalt

Gestalt is a German word that can be translated into English in various ways:
- as shape, form, guise or likeness
(e.g., in Menschengestalt: in human form)
- as figure or as a synonym for person
(e.g., eine dunkle Gestalt: a sinister figure)
- A collection of physical, biological, psychological or symbolic entities that creates a unified concept, configuration or pattern which is greater than the sum of its parts.

String

String project is a fun activity to experience the line dimension. We often interpret that line is a form traced on the surface. In this String project, I realized that the line can create the space amazingly into an art.
There was some painful positions we have to get through the negative space of strings. In the end, we all entangled in strings of untangling it.

Line>Shape

1. b and c are lines

2. a,b,c,d are all shapes

3. line is a form developes freely of straight/curved, thin/thick, long/short mark

4. shape is a 2 dimension figure formes by line

Titian's Venus of Urbino

Describe:
The woman is the center of this painting.The image of her leaning elegantly on the bed formed a triangle shape.Line above her left hand divided the background vertically into two themes.
The black background on the left side made her stands out like a portrait painting.On the other side, viewers can easily distinguish woman from room clearly.

Interpret:
Tone of this piece is tranquil. The use of color of whole piece is warm.
Woman is Venus who had the attractive face and plump figure and she looked fascinated straightly to viewers.
Her two servants were busy on back preparing the cloth for her.
Sleeping dog also created a peaceful relaxing mood.

Evaluate:
I think it is a great piece illustrated Venus’s character beautifully.
Venus is the main focus of the painting; the white quilt also implied her purity.