Friday, May 24, 2013

5-24 Interdisciplinary Arts Lab Work

Part 1: By the end of the lab session, produce a response (as a comment here) that includes a discussion of the various art and artists whose work you peruse today (the 3 linked below). 

Check out Julian Beever and Kurt Wenner, two artists whose choice of media includes sidewalk chalk.
It would be difficult to find a more impressive modern sculptor than Kris Kuksi. Click here.


Part 2: Virtual Scavenger Hunt: Find the answers to at least 5 of the following questions. Any additional responses will receive additional credit.

1. How many windows are in Andrew Wyeth's "Master Bedroom"? What medium does Wyeth use?
2. Identify the figure depicted in a boat in Michelangelo's "Last Judgement".
3. What pachyderm is distorted in the background of Salvador Dali's "One Second Before Awakening from a Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate"?
4. What time is it in Vincent van Gogh's "Night Cafe"?
5. Monet and Manet are both Impressionists and have similarities beyond their names. Compare and contrast these two artists.
6.. Who is Camille Claudel? Examine her "L'Age Mur" and identify the 3 figures depicted.
7. Identify the works stolen during the infamous Gardner Museum heist. Identify and describe your favorite piece.
8. Summarize the "legend" behind the man with the top hat in Eugene Delacroix's most famous painting.
9. What is David Mach's "Gorilla" made of?
10. Describe your favorite Ron Mueck sculpture.
11. Paul Rahilly is one of my former professors. a) What breed of dog is depicted in his "Girl in a Paper Dress"? b) In which of his paintings does one find a chili pepper? c) a brioche?

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

Allison Goldman

I thought the pavement drawings were really cool. They were so realistic. I liked "A Slight Accident on a Building Site" were a construction worker is falling. Also, I like "Rescue" because its so different from anything I've seen. It's upside down and from where everyone is standing, it looks so real.

Anonymous said...

Mike Abdelahad- My thoughts on what i perused today was that this type of art(3 dimensional)is mind blowing. The way perception is used and the amount of time, detail, and dedication these pieces took is amazing.

Anonymous said...

Dylan Colpritt

Kris Kuksi is my favorite artists out of the three choices. I love is dark themed artwork and some of his sculptures is amazing. “Capricorn Rising” is my favorite sculpture by him and I honestly found it to be darkly beautiful.

Scavenger Hunt

1: Andrew Wyeth has one window in the “Master Bedroom” and he used watercolor.

2: In Michelangelo’s “Last Judgment,” the figure in the boat appears to be a horned man who is wearing underwear. I’m guessing that he is a demon of some sort.

4: It is 1:15 in Vincent van Gogh’s “Night Café.”

9: David Mach’s “Gorilla” is made out of coat hangers.

10: one of Ron Mueck’s sculptures is what looks like a young boy in his underwear, who seems to be cowering or crouching.

Anonymous said...

Seth Killingbeck
The amazing manipulation of perspective by the street artists, Julian Beever and Kurt Wenner is absolutely breathtaking. Beever’s Arctic Street Conditions with Soft Drink is especially intriguing because eof how well it complements the man made cityscape with a very impressive arctic ice flow with a playful little seal poking out of it. Another piece of a similar nature Oh Crumbs! depicts a similar scene except with a whale instead of a seal. It features the same playful nature that contrasts with the scene around it with a playful image of the artist hooking a whale on a fishing line. There is something about the purity of arctic settings that send, for lack of better terms, chills down my spine. I find the biome and its creatures very unique and intriguing. Wenner’s Reflections is particularly fascinating due to its use of real life actors to stand over the reflections. It shows an allotment of creativity and emphasizes the temporary nature of the work.
Kris Kulski’s work quite simply eradicates all sense of logic. His emphasis on Greco-Roman themes such as in Saturn Devours His Son or Neo-Dioyonism, show depictions of famous mythological tales in very active and monochromatic sculptures. The attention to detail on such pieces as Saturn and Dionysius, who are large central figures, surrounded by smaller more mortal forms gives a really powerful image of violence and oppression. Some work’s like Alpine Equestrian, which is a very abstract tank, gives this feel of military presence and oppression that is almost Orwellian in nature.
1. There are Three windows “in” Andrew Wyeth’s Master Bedroom. One is only physically visible in the piece, however if it is observed closely there are two rectangles of light on the bed suggesting at least two more windows in the room.
2. The boat within Michelangelo’s Last Judgment, hosts devils throwing the damned into Hell.
3. An elephant is distorted in the background of Salvador Dali’s One Second Before Awakening From a Dream Caused By the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate.
4. It is 12:15 in Vincent Van Gogh’s Night Café
5. David Mach’s Gorilla is made out of coat hangers.

Anonymous said...

Mike Abdelahad-
1.) 1, Tempera
2.) Styx
3.) An elephant
4.) 12:15
5.) Coat hangers

Anonymous said...

Danielle Puopolo

Kris Kuksi’s sculptures are unbelievable. It is incredible that someone can sculpt things this small and this detailed with their hands. Every single part of his pieces is incredibly intricate. Julian Beever does very amazing 3D pavement drawings. My favorites are “The Leaning Slice Of Pizza” and “Back Off, Creep!” because it really looks like the snail is crawling on the bench. I personally think Kurt Wenner beats her because a lot of Beever’s proportions are off for some pieces. Weener’s pavement art is scarily realistic. The “Herald Square Celebration” is my favorite because of how the center is glowing. It really looks like you’re looking down at the street from a skyscraper.

1. There is one window in Wyeth’s watercolor painting “Master Bedroom.”

2. The figure depicted in a boat in Michelangelo's "Last Judgement" is Charon, a mythical boatman of Roman and Greek mythology.
4. It is 12:15 in Vincent van Gogh’s “Night Café.”
9. David Mach’s “Gorilla” is made of coat hangers.
10. My favorite Ron Mueck sculpture is “A Girl” because it looks so realistic (all of them do) and it really portrays a new born baby. There’s even a shine on her skin from just being born and her eyes are hardly opened. I like the creepiness of this sculpture and how the wrinkles are exaggerated.

Anonymous said...

I thought that the chalk drawings were so intriguing to look at. They were mind blowing and it is a type of art that is so different but, i consider it one of the best types because its not on a paper or large canvas, its on the sides of streets and blank walls. The 3D concept of chalk drawing is so complex that you'd be impressed from a first time view. The most intricate drawings i've ever seen

Greg Kennedy

Anonymous said...

mike abdelahad-
number 5 is actually number 9, woops!!!

Anonymous said...

Ashley Cibotti
Julian Beever- Batman and Robin
It interested me because it looks like it is underground. It is a view looking upward from the civilians at Batman and Robin. But from our view it looks like the drawing in halfway in the ground and halfway in the air. The drawing is very interesting in that sense.
Kurt Wenner- The Big Lunch
This drawing interested me because it looks so 3D and the people around the blanket really look like they are sitting around it. The food on it looks so real and it pops out a lot.
Part: 2
1. There is 1 window, he uses Tempera
10. My favorite Ron Mueck sculpture is the baby that looks like it was just born. The details on it are very intricate and looks so real.
9. Coat Hangers
4. 12:15
3. It looks like an elephant with spider legs

Anonymous said...

Allison Goldman
1)There's one window. His medium is watercolor.
2)In the boat you see a Christ figure.
4)1:15
6) Camille Claudel is a French sculpter and graphic artist. In L'Age Mur, it's a man, a woman, and a second woman pulling on the man's hand trying to pull him to her.
9)It's made out of coat hangers.
10)My favorite sculpture from him is Two Women because they look so real.

Anonymous said...

Ethan Thomasson
Part 1
I liked the artist Julian Beever the most because of how awesome his chalk drawings are. It completely blows my mind that he can figure out how to draw these scenes and make them look 3-D from the right angle but when you look from the other side it looks completely distorted and very weird. My favorite drawing was the Batman and Robin drawing.

Part 2
1)He has one window in the painting “Master bedroom”. His medium is watercolor.
2)Charon is the person in the boat.
3) It is an elephant.
4) It is about 12:15.
5) It is made of coat hangers.

Anonymous said...

Luke Kane
Part 1
My favorite artist was Julian Beever and his 3D pavement art. I was truly amazed on the perspective it would take to complete a piece of art like the ones he does. Also I like it because to do art like that, you know it’s going to disappear when the rain falls. My personal favorite was the one of Batman and Robin just because I enjoyed the Batman movies and I also think it was interesting how he incorporated a side wall with the drawing.
Part 2
1. There is one large window in the painting. His medium is water color.
2. The figure depicted is of Christ in the moment preceding his final judgment. The guy in the boat is Charon.
3. The pachyderm is an elephant with super long legs.
4. 1:15 is the time.
5. Monet and Manet are both French impressionists. Manet also did realism along with impressionism but Monet was the most prolific artist in the time of the movement. Manet was one of first artist to approach modern life subjects but Monet was the most consistent artist.
6. She is a French sculpter and a graphic artist. In the painting there is two women and a man. The man is with one and the other is pulling at him.
7. The stolen pieces were “Storm on the sea of Galile”, “Chez Tortini”, “The Concert”, “Gentlemen in Black”, Landscape within Obelisk”. I really like “Storm on the sea of Galile” because its looks really cool with the background.

Anonymous said...

Ashley Cibotti
Julian Beever- Batman and Robin
It interested me because it looks like it is underground. It is a view looking upward from the civilians at Batman and Robin. But from our view it looks like the drawing in halfway in the ground and halfway in the air. The drawing is very interesting in that sense.
Kurt Wenner- The Big Lunch
This drawing interested me because it looks so 3D and the people around the blanket really look like they are sitting around it. The food on it looks so real and it pops out a lot.
Part: 2
1. There is 1 window, he uses Tempera
10. My favorite Ron Mueck sculpture is the baby that looks like it was just born. The details on it are very intricate and looks so real.
9. Coat Hangers
4. 12:15
3. It looks like an elephant with spider legs