Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Mod 12 Videos

1.     Explain why you selected each of the TWO videos you choose from the selection listed above.
Abstract Expressionism and pop: Art of the 50s and 60s- I chose this video because I really seem to have a hard time connecting with abstract art.
Andy Warhol: Images of an Image – I chose this video because of things in an earlier piqued my interest in Andy, mainly because his art is things that I recognize.
2.     For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.
Warhol was a lot more complicated the he lead on. For example in his work the Ten Lizes. It is based on the same image, but each of the image is different in each instance, additionally it is such a large painting that you are forced to move around, because of the type of paint that is used it changes depending on the light that reflects off of it.
For the abstract painting to me I learned that you just paint what you feel, and because it is a completely objective thing you could have 50 paintings of the same thing look different because the emotions are attached to a particular artist.
3.     How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?
It shows a technique that is commonly used and described in the book but is shows that it is not limited to just these techniques. Andy Warhol used the unpredictability of silk screening to his advantage whereas others may think of things as mistakes he did not.  
      4. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the readings and art                       concepts?

          I thought the information given in the films was very informative but in the end it did not get me to                   understand abstract painting any more than I did before which may be exactly what it is which is                   whatever you make it. 

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