This essay will be studying the artwork of the Canadian artist Robin Collyer; known for his remarkable work in sculptures, subjected photography, and subject experimentation in architectural form and text. His work consists of a subtle, clean, geometric forms, and also takes inspiration from taking away. He challenges society, and the Mass-media industry’s role in producing the culture of representation. He explores a concept of societal media as a skillful creation of illusions of representations, and its dominion over the public realm and commodification of the private. His work as a Canadian artist, represents his keen focus on the small elements of the city of Toronto that condition the society to see from a centred single view.Through
In the etching, most of the people are unaware of the others. At the center, a partially dressed woman raises her arms and leans forward as if to display her body; in the foreground, another woman is reaching out to the clothesline, and right above her head shows a male figure’s silhouette, facing the windows across away. “Its subject is certainly voyeurism, but who is the voyeur? The man on the roof, the artist, the picture's viewer, or all three?” ( Zurier, 281) Looking at the work, it is hard to determine who is the spectator and who is being spectated, as the relationship between them is intricate and interactive. Here, Sloan not only portrays his observation, but also critiques the action of urban watching
Willa Cather writes the story of The Joy of Nelly Deane, describing Nelly’s joy as “unquenchable,” especially, Nelly’s joy attracted all the Baptist ladies who admired the prettiest girl in Riverbend, Nebraska (Cather, p. 225). Nelly fluttered from one social event to another, parties, picnics and dances, and sings like a “prima-donna” in the Baptist Church choir, where she met Peggy, the narrator of the story.
Having such an image before our eyes, often we fail to recognize the message it is trying to display from a certain point of view. Through Clark’s statement, it is evident that a photograph holds a graphic message, which mirrors the representation of our way of thinking with the world sights, which therefore engages other
The notable French-Canadian abstract expressionist Jean-Paul Riopelle is known for his signature large-format mosaic composition to establish explosive engagement. The monumental Chevreuse II (Figure 1) in his Mosaiques series was created during 1953 to 1954, measured in 3m x 3m. This work is currently on exhibit at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO). The AGO decided to put up a co-exhibition of Riopelle and his romantic partner Joan Mitchell’s works, and titled the exhibition Nothing in Moderation.
For this short analysis, I will consider Collier Schorr’s “In the Garden (Karin in Grass),” a photograph, for how it appears concerned with the (potentially) manmade confusion between what is real and natural, and what is artifice. At stake is the claim that humans are quite responsible for the rigid distinctions used to separate, identify, and qualify gender and, more poignantly, beauty.
Throughout the book Chris McCandles appeared to me as a selfish young man, it annoyed me that he would attempt such a risk when he had many people who loved and cared about him. Chris was so close minded causing my slef to look at him as very conceited and like a know it all. Yes, he was open to learning but every time someone reached out to him and tried to help he did his best to decline and run away. However, with a peculiar mental state I feel like Chris may have had some issues of the mind that go unspoken through the entireity of the book and the thought of Chris going into the wilderness purposfully unpreapred corssed my mind. I feel maybe he wanted to die becuase with some of the issues that were unearthed wiyth Bill Marcia and walt
Francis demonstrates he is not a hero through his words, thoughts, and actions in the story Heroes by Robert Cormier.
Transgression suggests operating beyond accepted norms and radically reinterpreting practice by pushing at the boundaries of both what art is or even what it could be. Transgression opens up a wide range of possibilities for the artists which I will be showing through the first part of this essay. I will be showing and discussing the work of Carolee Schneemann, Rick Gibson and Gunther von Hagens.
Sarah Thornton has described, in detail, various people during her experience in the art world. Her description of each individual is supposed to be of an unbiased opinion. While reading, it is shown that such writing is not always presented; leading the readers to have a biased opinion formed for them. This is shown as she stumbled on Hans Ulrich Obrist; an art curator, historian, and critic. Thornton quickly jumped to a conclusion of Obrist’s attitude towards the art world; making her “nonjudgmental participant observer” (Thornton 256) hard to come by.
Works of Sophie Calle has appeared in several media across the US and Europe (Yve-Alain Bois, 1). Her works have been described to leverage on the use of constraints which is reminiscent of the French literary cult Oulipo of which she was a member. Sphie’s works are are a reflection of her personal life, where she tries to create a link between her intimate moments and her art (www.egs.edu). Sophie employs a unique and unconventional form of photography that has made her standout in the art circles. Her natural tendency to be contentious has made her works what they are. From mode of execution to exhibition Sophie marks a different role for her kind of work.
I have chosen question 2 for my essay. I plan to discuss the history and appearance of the Art Deco style. In my essay, I will discuss the work of Adolphe Mouron Cassandre. The artworks I have chosen to analyse are ‘Normandie’ poster, 1935 (Fig. 1) and ‘Dubonnet’, 1932 (Fig. 2). I will discuss why his graphic design should most definitely be considered as Art Deco. I will compare Cassandre with another famous Art Deco designer, Paul Colin.
Artmaking practice has significantly evolved to reflect the changing nature of contemporary society. In the prescribed artists Brett Whitely and Damien Hirst, there is evidence of these contemporary artists redefying and challenging the boundaries of art-making practices. This being achieved by making very controversial artworks and using artmaking practices. The artists have used these to present the artworks in a manner that not only enables the audience to engage with it also lets the
Art is used in mass media to influence people, especially people in the generation and culture we live in today. The majority of art young people receive in our culture is through television and in particularly popular culture networks, like MTV. The television show on MTV called The Hills is an example of a show that promotes dominant ideology to young children/ teenagers. Slightly opposite of that would be another show on MTV called Jersey Shore, which is an example of a show that partly reinforces and partly challenges dominant ideology to the same type of audience. The two shows are looking at people who are in their 20s and there life as they live it in their current situation, they both claim to be reality television with no scripts. The Hills follows the life of one main girl and her friends, partners, and career however, all the actors in the show come from wealthy parents, and live a wealthy life style. Jersey Shore however, is a show about eight people living under the same roof, and following their lives as middle, working class people while they live together for the summer and also embracing there Italian culture. The difference for the Jersey Shore cast is that they do not come from wealthy parents and are only living together for the summer, until they part their own ways again. The paradox between art and social justice would be that art can be shown to fight for and against social justice. In this essay we will be comparing how The Hills is showing the dominant ideology of an upper white class structure that fights against social justice, while Jersey Shore is fighting for social justice by not showing the dominant ideologies of upper class, instead showing working class Americans. The essay will compare the two p...
A well-renowned theorist, Diana Trilling, was a cultural and social critic for over 50 years (Norman). She lived through the Great Depression, the rise and fall of Fascism and Communism, World War II, and Prohibition; Trilling clung to her old-fashion values (Norman). Her writing expressed her interest in esthetics, society, moral values, and the political issues of her day (Norman). Her work, which was published in many ...
The exhibition of ‘Reflection!’ will be discussed in the essay to demonstrate curator’s role in making an exhibition. This exhibition is a group exhibition based on a theme of “to construct point of convergence for reality and fabricated imagery through installations, sound and vision” (Oi!, 2014). The exhibition presents Leandro Erlich’s Bâtiment, Meta4 Design Forum’s Façade and Kingsley Ng’s Luna Park.