Art reflects life There are many things that reflect life, but who knew art could. Andy Warhol’s are helps connect to the past. In addition, Graffiti helps art connect to the past and it reflected life. Lastly, Karen Kilimnick art pieces reflected life in the 1900’s. Art allows artists to share life and personal experiences from the past and present. Andy Warhol’s art helps connect to the past. His art piece “ Campbell’s Soup Cans” was made in the 1900’s. The art piece connects to the past because it was made in the past, therefore it’s about the past. In addition, his art helps connect to the past since, his art pieces illustrate the past. For example, Andy Warhol created the piece about a box of brillo pads. This illustrates about the past …show more content…
because he saw this art piece in the past. Lastly, his artwork is philosophical. This indicates that his artwork is related to the study of the nature of knowledge, reality and existence. Philosophical is about back then, therefore his artwork connects to the past. In addition to Andy Warhol’s art, Graffiti helps connect to the past ( Andy Warhol, Pop Artist, Dies by Douglas C. McGill in February 23, 1987). Graffiti helps art connect to the past and it reflected life.
Graffiti was made a long time ago and it started to become more popular (explode) in the 1900’s. This indicates that Graffiti illustrated the past because the people would design pictures of what was happening in their life or how they felt about someone or something, furthermore,Graffiti started to explode because more people wanted to express themselves. In addition,Graffiti reflects life because it is creating more criminals. When viewers see Graffiti, it encourages them to do it as well, but it is subversive. Graffiti reflects the lives of people because when viewers see it, they think it is okay to do it as well, but it is not okay. Graffiti is vandalizing a building or train which is against the law. Therefore, Graffiti is reflecting the people's lives by showing them that is is okay to break the law, but in reality it is not okay. Lastly, Graffiti reflected the people's lives because their artwork illustrated something about their life or their community. Graffiti is a way people can express their emotions towards something or someone. Therefore, Graffiti reflects life and/or a community because it shows them how they are feeling so, a community can identify and then fix the problem. In addition, to Graffiti, Karen Kilimnick helps connect art to the …show more content…
past. Karen Kilimnick art pieces reflected life in the 1900’s.
Karen’s art reflects life because her work “ merged popular culture, personal fantasy, history, and current, often violent events and fell under the heading scatter art.” This indicates that her work reflected her surroundings. In addition, Karen Kilimnick art reflects life in the 1900’s because her “ show tours a scrape book's worth of the heroes, star victims and star victims - both real and imagined and from stage, screen, fashion magazine and tabloid.” This indicates that her work shows information about famous people and their life, therefore her work reflected people’s lives. Lastly, her pieces reflect life because in “ Scattered Stories, Shaken and Stirred” it says “ It { the gallery} also makes her efforts into installation art, which encompass materials as various as glitter, fake snow, and blood, stuff animals, ballet, and piles of party drugs, feel of a piece with her painting.’’ this indicates that her art “ shows the contrast between childhood innocence and the loss of innocence.” this example reflects life because it shows the viewers that they need to become innocent, which will reflect life and the people ( “Scattered Stories, Shaken and Stirred” by Karen Kilimnick).Overall. Andy Warhol, Graffiti, and Karen Kilimnick art pieces reflected life and connected to the
past. Art allows artist to express themselves in new creative ways while they get to share their personal and life experiences from the past and present. Artist uses different mediums to express their feelings toward an object or person. Andy Warhol used bright colors to illustrate his pictures. Graffiti is used by spray paint to illustrate their art pieces on a building or train. Lastly, Karen Kilimnick mostly used dull colors to illustrate her art pieces.
Within the impoverished urban streets arose a youth culture captivated by infamy and self-pride. A youth culture virtually undistinguishable from members of modern society with a passion, setting them apart from the community. The members of this underground subculture could be your next-door neighbor, your son or daughter, or the contractor repairing your roof, yet you would have no idea that they strive to “bomb” objects and surfaces found in everyday life. It is the subtle differences that distinguish a graffiti artist from the average member of society, such as their, mindset, desires, speech and active lifestyle.
Andy Warhol was a graphic artist, painter, and film maker, amoung other things, also associated with Pop Art. He moved to New York, around 1950, where he did his first advertisements as a comercial artist and, later, began showing in expositions. One technique employed by Warhol involved repeditive silk screen prints on canvas. He used this method to produce many series of prints with various, easily reconizable images. Between 1962 and 1964 in his self titled studio “The Factory”(Phaidon 484), Warhol produced over two thousand pictures. One of these, Lavender Disaster, was made in 1963 and belonged to a series of pictures all including the same image of an electric chair.
Known for being the father of Pop Art, and a giant in pop culture, Warhol dominated the art scene from the late fifties up until his untimely death in 1987. However Warhol’s influence spread further then the art world, he also was a major player in the LGBT, avant-garde and experimental cinema movements. Born in 1928 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Slovakian immigrant parents, Warhol came from humble beginnings. Becoming widely known for debuting the concept of ‘pop art’ in 1962. Warhol’s reach grew further when he started experimenting with film, becoming a major player in the LGBT, avant-garde and experimental cinema movements. Warhol’s artist studio, known famously as ‘The Factory’ became a hub for experimentation, and a go-to point for celebrities, musicians and trans folk. During this time, Warhol came out as an openly gay man, challenging the status quo of the day, a time when being homosexual was illegal. While also producing highly experiential films such as ‘Blow Job’ (1964) and ‘Sleep’ (1964) which were highly political and provocative, at the time. As art critic Dave Hickey asserts, “Art has political consequences, which is to say, it reorganized society and creates constituencies of people around it” (Hickey, 2007), Andy Warhol’s art and lived experience created a political constituency which can be best recognised in the function of the “Silver Factory” on
Warhol, Andy. The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: (from A to B and Back Again). Orlando: Harcourt, 2006. Print.
The identity of a graffiti artist is hardly ever known unless they want to tag their art with their name or a nickname. Graffiti writers as a subculture are trying to express their political views through civil disobedience by painting pictures that speak out against the government. This subculture developed because they were tired of being oppressed by the government. Graffiti is one of the most enduring acts of protest. It is an important tool for the resistance movement as a way to publicize their protest. It is a visible and powerful form of protest that is going to promote change in the social justice by allowing oppressed groups of people express their viewpoints without being penalized by the
Art is a very important part of humanity’s history, and it can be found anywhere from the walls of caves to the halls of museums. The artists that created these works of art were influenced by a multitude of factors including personal issues, politics, and other art movements. Frida Kahlo and Vincent van Gogh, two wildly popular artists, have left behind artwork, that to this day, influences and fascinates people around the world. Their painting styles and personal lives are vastly different, but both artists managed to capture the emotions that they were feeling and used them to create artwork.
The article Artists Mythologies and Media Genius, Madness and Art History (1980) by Griselda Pollock is a forty page essay where Pollock (1980), argues and explains her views on the crucial question, "how art history works" (Pollock, 1980, p.57). She emphasizes that there should be changes to the practice of art history and uses Van Gogh as a major example in her study. Her thesis is to prove that the meaning behind artworks should not be restricted only to the artist who creates it, but also to realize what kind of economical, financial, social situation the artist may have been in to influence the subject that is used. (Pollock, 1980, pg. 57) She explains her views through this thesis and further develops this idea by engaging in scholarly
Andy Warhol was a famous American artist known best for starting the pop art movement during the 1960’s. Born in 1928 in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Warhol was a quiet sickly child who spend most of 1935 in his bed due to an illness, during this time his mother would give him colouring books to keep him occupied, this is probably when his fascination with colourful art began. Before beginning his career as a pop artist Warhol did commercial art doing illustrations for shoe advertisements and setting up display windows for various shops, this art gained him some fame especially his illustrations which were done in a loose blotted ink style which people liked
First, we will look at the image information. In 1962, Andy Warhol painted Campbell’s Soup Cans. The soup cans were painted using synthetic polymer paint and mimicked silk-screened images. The painting is a collection of thirty-two canvases, each containing a depiction of different
Campbell's Soup Cans work suggests a mechanical uniformity that is repeated in the thousands of homes that have a similar object, a banal and common representation of the spirit of our time. Warhol continued to express his ideas about consumerism and kept using repetition in his work. He created several works that involved the same theme of Campbell’s Soup Cans throughout the years.
Throughout history, many artists have made their mark, and left their legacy in the world with their artwork. Their pieces are their stories, their lives, and their life's purpose. However, many times, the modern world may not see these works of art as stories, but instead, as just, art! If one were to take the time to learn about the artist and their life, art would be so much easier to understand, and read. One artist in particular whose life can be reflected in her artwork is Alice Neel. Alice Neel was born in the early twentieth century, a time when women didn't have an opinion. She tells a reporter that she remembers her mother telling her, "I
Modern art serves to immerse us more thoroughly in a scene by touching on more than just our sight. Artists such as Grosz, and Duchamp try to get us to feel instead of just see. It seems that this concept has come about largely as a way to regain identity after shedding the concepts of the Enlightenment. “Philosophers, writers, and artists expressed disillusionment with the rational-humanist tradition of the Enlightenment. They no longer shared the Enlightenment's confidence in either reason's capabilities or human goodness...” (Perry, pg. 457) It is interesting to follow art through history and see how the general mood of society changed with various aspects of history, and how events have a strong connection to the art of the corresponding time.
I think the idea of reflecting people needs and life style can in a way be compared to Donald Judd idea of leaving the work to free interpretation without hidden meaning and Warhol straight foreword and clear interpretation of his Imagery. In terms of objectivity about reality I found a similitude in terms of materials as in the end building are made of ma...
Graffiti is a form of art that people use to express themselves and to convey various messages to people in a particular community. In the movie "Graffiti Verite':. One of the graffiti artist explained that his purpose in doing graffiti is that it allows him to "express his anger' on the wall. Another kid by the name of "Jipsie" said that graffiti is a "form of growth". There were several different explanations that artists shared as well as several different reasons why they like graffiti. The common theme among the graffiti artist and taggers was that graffiti is simply a form of self-expression (Bryan). At the end of the film one tagger made a comment and said, "graffiti is not vandalism, but it is a beautiful crime". This comment did not make sense to me. Committing a crime, a hideous act, is not a beautiful thing to do by any means. Graffiti does not mean people can go around and draw and spray paint on other peoples property. Regardless of what types of graffiti are being expressed by the tagger, this type of self expression is considered vandalism when people decide to draw, destroy, or violate any persons property without consent. As a result of taggers committing the crime of vandalism, property owners, concerned citizens, and law enforcement officers spend too much time, money, and energy trying to put an end to the unlawful act of vandalism.
In fact, this single piece transformed Andy Warhol into one of the most famous contemporary artists when it was first exhibited in 1962 in Los Angles. The attention placed on this artwork mainly roots from two things: the subject and the visual qualities of the piece. The subject is an interesting point in this art. Unlike previous artworks which employ subjects such as people or nature, Warhol chose an item which is found right in the pantry shelves and kitchens of millions of Americans and transformed it into high art. This is interesting because people are conditioned to see art as a venue for items or ideas that are “beautiful.” Andy Warhol, on the other hand, featured an item which we encounter every day and yet never gave a second look or thought. The choice of subject is but a challenge to the traditional concept of what art and beauty are. In the same way, Warhol’s decision to use soup cans as his muse may come from the emerging pop art movement. True to the objectives of this movement, pop art embraces the mundane and banal commercialism. And Warhol’s work functions as a subversive critique on consumerism as well as a reassertion of the joy and beauty that is innate in such object (Fallon