Jene Highstein amazes me. Her ice construction, called Oblong Voidspace is beautiful. The ice pieces looks like bricks. If you touch the piece it looks as if it will break, it is so fragile looking. Its neat how the outside is a square tower, but the inside is circular. If I were to walk on the stairway I feel like I would slip very easily. Also the sun shines directly into where the center circular room is, which makes you wonder why doesn't the piece melt? I question this though. Is this piece of work architecture or structure? Are the two the same? You have to design an architecture and you have to design a structure. I feel like this piece is more architecture. It brings shelter and could be a purpose. Living in Maine, I still don't think I could make such a beautiful piece of artwork.
Monday, March 31, 2008
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
March 12, 2008
Reading through Art in America I saw an advertisement for paintings of Terence La Noue and no offense, but it looked like he threw paint onto the paper and I could have done that in 5th grade; however, for some reason, it is so beautiful. I love the colors ad the blended, along with the texture. I just find it so odd that I have these mixed feelings. In class we watched two artists films. The first artist used fire in an explosive way. He made fire look so beautiful, yet when I think of fire in reality I think forests or buildings burning down and people getting hurt. I had a twisted emotion. I found myself fascinated with his piece of the cars in a variety of positions. It looked like a real life comic strip.
Monday, March 10, 2008
March 10, 2008
In today's class we discussed project two. One (of the many) things we discussed really interested me. It was graffiti art. Melena talked about how there is no graffiti in Charlotte. I agreed with this because I wanted to do it for my accumulation project; however, I could not find any. Also she stated that graffiti is good because it makes us look at art and I agree with this and also my art history teacher does to. Just this morning she stated that although art museums have several positive the negative is it made art become seperated from the rest of daily life and only the elite could look at it. I found this connection interesting.
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