Quiz Make-Up #2

            One of the art works that I really love from Art 21 was David Altmejd. His artwork was very creative. I love how he said she didn’t have to draw or sketch anything out. He would just get to work and put what he wanted to create. There were two artworks that I really liked.

One of the artwork I liked from David Altmejd was called “The Vessel”. I liked this piece because of how it looks. It was so creative. And in the other of Altmejd did it was impressive. This type of piece is good to look at. The see crystal looks amazing. Representing different way of art, Altmejd establish to show us how you don’t always have to draw first. Building up is the key point to what you really want.

            The other piece of artwork that I like was Conte crépusculaire (Twilight Tale). This art work is related to “The Vessel” but I like this one way more. This type of artwork is great to look at. Because it’s made of crystal, the light gives it an amazing look to it.

 

            Overall  I really admire Altmejd artworks. It’s so creative. His type of artwork would really look like in a dark room with the light reflecting onto the crystals.  Bluring distinctions between interior and the exterior is what Altmejd do with crystals. I love how he relies on the making instead of drawings. In the video he said that it’s the making that builds up the generate meaning of the artwork.  

David Altmejd. "The Vessel". 2011

David Altmejd. "Conte Crepuscularie (Twilight Tale)". 2011

Reminisce Childhood thru the Work of Art

          For my project #5/field trip#6 i was told to take a role of the curator. The theme of my exhibit is reminisce childhood thru the work of art. I have chosen artworks from different sections with different artistes from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. When I got to the museum I was still undecided of what my theme should be. It took me a while to decide what I wanted. I took a lot of pictures of different things.  When I saw pictures of families it quickly reminded me of my childhood and how it was like when I was younger. I gather up all artworks from different artists that related to my theme. However, there were three in specific that really related to my theme.

             The first artwork was Mary Cassatt’s “Young Mother Sewing”. Back when I was younger my mother used to sew to make clothing and sell them. She would sit in her chair and sew till she finished her clothing. I remember always being with her when she sews. I never wanted to be apart from her. Another artwork that reminds me of my childhood was William Sawaya artwork called “Calla" Side Chair. This chair somewhat looks like the little chairs I used to sit on in daycare. This chair reminded me of my days in daycare. My days’ being in daycare was amazing play, eat, and sleep. I loved being at the daycare. Looking at this chair made me reminisce those days. Even though I don’t quite remember all I have pictures of me being in daycare.  The other artwork that really related to my theme was Pierre Bonnard “From the balcony”.  I love how Bonnard drew kids playing around in a backyard or garden place.  This artwork relates to my theme in a way because it reminds me of how when I was younger I would always be outside playing with my siblings. My mother would always yell out the balcony to be careful, or to come inside already.

            My childhood was amazing and seeing these pictures made me actually want to do back in time and live those moments once again.  All of these three artworks tend to have the same purpose/meaning which is remembering how childhood looked like. How it was being kids. Looking at these artworks made me love my childhood. When I looked at these works I would stare at it and smile. Remembering all those good times I had. That’s why all of these three artworks relate to my theme. I feel like one of the meaning of these artworks to show viewers a similarity of how their childhood was like. These artworks from different artist had the same significance which was to show how childhood was like. After looking at these artworks I really wish I was back in my childhood again.

Mary Cassatt. "Young Mother Sewing".1900. The American Wing.

William Sawaya. “Calla” Side Chair. 2001.Modern Design 

Pierre Bonnard. “From the Balcony”. 1909. Modern and Contemporary Art.

Seymour Joseph Guy. "The Contest for the Bouquet: The Family of Robert Gordon in their New York Dining-Room", 1866.American Paintings and Sculptures.

John Hoppner. “The Sackville Children”. 1796. European Painting.

Edgar Degas. “Dancer, Pink and Green”.1890. European Paintings

Pierre Bonnard. “The Children’s Meal”.  1895. Modern and Contemporary Art

Maurice Brazil Prendergast. “Picnic by the Inlet”. 1918-1923. American Impressionalism

William Merritt Chase, “At the Seaside”. 1892. American Impressionism

Édouard Manet. “The Monet Family in Their Garden at Argenteuil”. 1874. European Painting. 

Marcel Breuer. “Armchair”. 1922. Modern and Contemporary Art.

Pierre Bonnard.“The Checkered Tablecloth”.1916. Modern and Contemporary Art. 

Pierre Bonnard. “The Family of Claude Terrasse”, 1899. Modern and Contemporary Art.

Andrea del Sarto. “The Holy Family with the Young Saint John the Bapist”. 1922. European Paintings

Bessie Potter Vonnoh. “A Young Mother”.1905.The American Wing 

Quiz Make-Up

One of the art works that I really love was Elizabeth Murray’s work. After I watched her video I really fell in love with her artworks. She was very unique. I love how she was open-minded when it came to drawing her artworks. Her artworks were cartoony. She would cut shapes in triangular, circles, or even zigzags and paced them all together to create her artworks. She then used vibrant colors which made her artwork stand out.  She said “my mind let my arm do the decision”. In other words meaning whatever she had in mind she drew it. To be honest I love all her drawings. There’s wasnt a single one that I didnt like. The reason why is because most of her artworks are very colorful, creative and unique. I myself would buy her drawing and hang it up in my house. I love artworks that are colorful. It captures my attention right away. No matter what the drawing is I’ll fall in love with it, just by the colors. I like how she uses different kind of shapes like cartoony and makes it into a something. Like in the video where she states that the triangle is the representation of the roof. After seeing Elizabeth Murray video I came to a conclusion that to be an artist you don’t have to be a great drawer. You could draw anything you want and still become famous with it. You don’t have to be prefect. You just draw whatever comes to mind. I really enjoyed Elizabeth Murray artworks.

Chelsea Galleries Reaction

For our fifth trip we assigned to go to Chelsea Galleries located in downtown Manhattan. Unlike other museums I’ve visited where all the galleries were located all in one building, these galleries were separate. I had to go around Chelsea in order to see all these galleries that not only were being displayed for pleasure but for luxury. The gallery that I really like and found interesting was Greene Naftali located on 508 West 26th St. And the gallery that didn’t quite caught my attention was David Zwirner Gallery which was located in 533 West 19th St.

I found that exhibit of Greene Naftali by Rachel was very interesting. Her art works were very creative. I love how she created pieces which we normally wouldn’t place together into an artwork. This is what I call an art work unique. What I also love about her artworks is how she tends to be so colorful. I would definitely buy her art works. I’m the type of person that loves to see bright colors in my house instead of dark. This leads to why I don’t like Yan Pei-Ming artworks in David Zwirner gallery.

Yan Pei-Ming artworks such as “All Crows Under The Sun Are Black” is creative in the way he only used black oil-paint to create his artwork however, these are the type of drawings that causes me depression. I definitely wouldn’t buy his art works. I wouldn’t waste my money on something that I know I wouldn’t be happy. Furthermore I do believe his art works are very creative in the way that you had to stay focus on the piece in order to figure out what’s really in the art work since he only used black to draw everything in is art work. I just find it too dark to have it hung up on the wall in my house. I’m the type of person who loves to see everything colorful. I just don’t like anything that has to do with black.

Among these galleries there were many more that I liked and didn’t like. Each of these artist had their own form of art that was different from each. Their creativity made each of these art works very unique. Some could be invested but other just isn’t worth it. Walking around in Chelsea Gallery I experienced it different compared to the others museums I visited. Chelsea Gallery is very interesting. For those who are willing to invest good go to these galleries. Maybe you’ll find something you like ;)

Rachel Harrison

"Lay of the Land"

2008

Rachel Harrison

“Zombie Rothko”

2011

Yan Pei-Ming

"all crows under the sun are black"

2012

Yan Pei-Ming

"Gadhafi’s Corpse"

2011

Art:21 History Reaction

Out of the 3 artistes from Art 21 I liked Glenn Ligon the most. He showed how he became an artist. He didn’t have a role model. His mother bought him books written by African American writers. So his artwork he showed more of an African American history in his work.  He used oil crayons to make his painting colorful. Through his painting he wanted to slow it down because he thought the world was too fast. He also started using lights in his work. He was interested in what other people had to say and that he didn’t write his own words. He used quotations and text from literature in order to bring it out to the world. In other words his work was based on description of America.

Dulce de Coco

Dulce de coco (Coconut and milk fudge) is a desert we Spanish people make for any type of holidays.  It’s one of my favorite desert I love making. It’s simple and has a good taste. Dulce de coco is a very popular dessert in Dominican Republic. It’s a type of desert that we truly love. It’s delicious. Every time one of my family member travels to my country I ask them to bring me a Dulce de coco because the Dulce de coco made in Dominican Republic has a better taste. Below are the ingredients and procedures to make this famous traditional Dulce de coco.

Ingredients

*1 coconut

*4 cups of evaporated milk, or 6 cups of full milk

*1/2 cup of sugar

*4 cinnnamon sticks

*1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

 Instructions:

1. Crack the coconut in half

2. Peel the coconut completely not leaving a dark spot from the cover of the coconut.

3. Cut the halves into slices or cubes.

4. Wash and pat dry.

5. Put the slices of coconut in a food processor until it is cut into little tiny pieces. (If you would like your coconut in bigger pieces stop the processor if not continue the processor)

6. Mix all the ingredients in an iron pot and boil it in a very low heat.

7. Stir regularly to avoid it from sticking onto the pot.  

8. When it reaches a yogurt-like thickness remove it from the heat for approximately 45 minutes let it chill before serving.

&& WAH-LA Here's YOUR DULCE DE COCO ! ENJOY IT !

Sculpture Center Reaction

For our 4th field trip, we went to visit the Sculpture Center down in Long Island. I must say this visit was beyond different compared to the other museums i've visit. This museum was small however the artworks had hugemuget space. Here i saw  "Bill Bollinger: The Retrospective" exhibit in which focused on the space & architectural of its artwork. I've chosen 3 works of art that i liked and caught my eyes in the Sculpture Center.

One of the work was the rusty "Wheelbarrows". Filled with water in front of a big garage was what made this particular artwork was very interesting in the way it was placed and loaded with. It showed how the work was to pick up water into for work or for any needs in a farm of warehouse. If this artwork was to be placed in a different place it would still have the same effect. When I saw this in the sculpture center i just smiled. This artwork reminds me of my childhood when i lived in DR. I remember how my siblings and I would carry plants, platains, animals and sometimes we would ride in it. The wheelbarrow was my favorite. 

The second work of Bill Bollinger was the "Cyclone Fence" which was twisted 180 degree Once i walked in the place this was the first thing that caught my attention. Maybe because of how it was installed or maybe because it was right in the middle of the floor. In other words it was an eye catcher to once you enter. It had a unique architecture. Since the place was a builidng that look like a warehouse and big space it gave thsi artwork a better view. If this particular artwork in put in different museum in which is smaller, it doesn have the same affect it has in the sculpture center. I find that the way its installed in the sculpture center was a site-specific work.

The third work was the "Droplight". This artwork was simply a wire and a lightbuld. When i saw this laying on the floor it quickly reminded me of my father. My father had this type of artwork at his job. And while he was working underneath a car i would quickly grab it to help my father see underneath the car. This artwork is very unique. I've never seen this type besides my father's shop. In addition this type of artwork shows that it was a type of item used in a warehouse.

All of these 3 artworks were very unique and creative. These artworks all seems to interact in a way becasue they all seem to be part of the warehouse. Because of the installation of these artwork the space around them make them stand out more. Instead of being all cluttered together, like in some museums, they are widely spread out allowing us to focus on one particular artwork at a time. 

Bill Bollinger

"Untitled"

1970

Bill Bollinger

"Cyclone Fence"

1968

Bill Bollinger

"Drop Light"

1969

Illustrate a Story

Joseph Lutrario Story

I found this story really interesting. The re-tired cop saved all the kids that were inside the World Trade Center. The last time he went in to try to save other people, the building collapsed. He was under all the pieces of the building and he thought to himself that he's dead. However, moments later firefighters helped him get out of the bricks that were on top of him. In other words he's really lucky to be alive today to tell this story.

Design in Our Lives

For our third trip we visit the MoMA museum once again. This time we went to see different kinds of art design galleries. In the Architecture and Design Galleries, I saw many type of unique designs. Unique designs in which I was surprise to be once used by us human being. In our visit to the MoMA I was told to find two piece of work that I thought had a high functionally and two with a low functionality. Below you’ll see the 4 pieces of functionality I’ve chosen.

For one of the high functionality I’ve chosen the objects from “Out of the Box: Italy 1960s-1980s.” I find the objects of “Out of the box” so unique in which we today could afford to use it. What makes it so ergonomic is in the way that you could have everything you need in just only a box. For example, the image below, you have your bed, your couch, your desk and your drawers where you could fit anything you want to put in. This is really helpful especially for those who live in a small studio. It doesn’t take up so much place and you have everything in 1. The second work I’ve chosen to be High functionality was the “Nature-City." “Nature-City” is a sketch on what a group of artist believes what an ideal neighborhood would look like. What makes it so ergonomic is the way everything runs on water instead of using power. The reason why I’ve chosen this to be High functionality is because of its environment. Where the urban life has health benefits  and access to agriculture of country living. It’s a great way to live especially because of its nature.

For low functionality I chose “Forks”. The type of forks I saw were very different compared to the once we use today. It was weird in the way it was bent and shaped. I looking at the fork I find it very dangerous. I don’t even think you could even eat with that kind of fork because you could end up poking yourself. It looks so strange that I don’t think you could even pick up your food. I think these types of forks are mainly for design and not for using purposes. Compared to the forks we use today I believe that those forks can’t be used. Another work I found that is low functionality is the “Experimental Plywood Recliner.” Even though it’s designed beautifully I don’t think anyone would like to be seated on it. I myself wouldn’t sit on a wood chair. The fact that it’s hard I know it’ll hurt to be seated for a while on it. That’s why I believe it’s a low functionality.

In my opinion I believe I believe that functionality is determined depending on how the art/design fits our necessities of our daily basic life. An object can be low functional in a creative and uniqueness way and still assist our needs. That’s why I believe that an object doesn’t have to be highly functional to be good design. In conclusion these were the 4 works that I've chosen for high and low functionality. Some in which can be use as a decoration and others can a daily use of everyday life.

Name Not Given
"Out of the Box Italy"
1960s-1980s

Amale Andraos, Dan Wood
"Nature City"

Bruno Munari 

"Forks"
1958


Herbert Von Thaden
"Experiemental Plywood Recliner"
Plywood
1947

Art:21 Transformation Reaction

In my opinion I think Cindy Sherman is a great example of an artist who can transform herself and set a unique transformation in a particular drawing. Her works are very unique. She uses herself to transform into different kinds of people in society we see in the world. She would take pictures of herself where she put tape on her face to bring her face back so her rinkles wouldn’t show and then add things such as wigs to transform herself. In other words her works of transformation makes us think of what shes trying to present in it. Such as rich people, clowns, and how people looked back in the days. So she uses herself to make these type of transformation.

MoMA PS1: The Good, the Bad, and the Misunderstood

On our second field trip we visited MoMA PS1. Here I saw different type of arts I’ve never quite seen before. There were arts different from each other on different floor levels. Some of the arts I seen at the museum didn’t catch my attention at all and some did. I’ll briefly describe the type of artworks that I liked, disliked, and quite didn’t understand.

The one piece I really liked was Janet Cardiff’s "The Forty Part Motet”. Once I walked into the room I felt like I was in heaven. It’s a stunning sound installation that features 40 different speakers with each speaker playing a single individual’s voice. I found it amusing when I got to the center of all speakers. This is the type of art I like that really caught my attention. Being in the room made me feel very calm and in peace. Such thing like that helps me release my stress. I don’t know but to me this is what I call a good art.

An art piece I didn’t quite understand was the room where there was an iguana and croissant. I had a puzzled face while I walked around the room. What does a croissant has to do with the iguana? In that room there was also an oven with a pizza pie. An addition to my confusion of the visual art I was looking at.

The art piece I disliked was Frances Stark “My Best Thing”. This artwork was extremely boring. All I saw where these two avatars having a conversation. I only stood there for 5 minutes and I had to leave. It just didn’t catch my attention at all. This is the type of art work I call bad. It didn’t have any meaning to me at all.

In conclusion, each one of us has our own thoughts of what is bad or good art. These were the piece I believe to be good or bad art. The artworks I chose made me questioned myself what was the artist thinking when they created the artwork? To them this art but to me it leave an undecided option.

Janet Cardiff

"The Forty Part Motet"

2001

Darren Barder

"Iguana and Croissant"

Frances Stark

"My Best Thing"

animation

2011

Art and Identity: The Museum of Modern Art

During my trip to the museum of modern art I viewed a couple of artworks from “Cindy Sherman” and the “Contemporary Galleries: 1980-Now” exhibitions. Even though Cindy Sherman exhibits had nice arts I really didn’t find anything that caught my caught. The artworks that really caught my eyes were the artworks from the “Contemporary Galleries: 1980-Now”. These artworks were from Martin Kippenberger and Ashley Bickerton. This artiste explores the ideas of historical, personal individual and cultural identity in their artworks.

The first piece of artwork that caught my eye was an untitled piece from the series Dear Painter, Paint for me by Martin Kippenberger (1981). Here Martin explores the idea of historical identity in the way how he’s sitting in the corner of an urban city on a couch where you barely see anyone on the sidewalk compared to how it is now in our era. Today urban city is crowded with over population of people and traffic. In this image it seems that this guy has time in his hands. He sits and wonders. However now a days we don’t due to how fast everything has become. Everyone today seems to be in a rush to get to where they want to get to.

The second piece of work that caught my eyes was when I walked into a room and saw a man standing with his hands on this back facing the wall. This was an artwork of Martin Kippenberg "Martin, Into the Corner, You Should be Ashamed of Yourself" (1992). The guy wearing a white shirt had a globe printed on it making it look like a cultural identity type of artwork. The globe seems to represent where the guy came from or where he’s been trying to go to but got caught and punished.

Last but not least the third artwork that caught my eyes was Ashley Bickerton, Tormented Self-Portrait (1987-1988). This portrait was a great way of showing a person’s individual identity. When I saw this portrait I stood there figuring out what is this portrait really about. I was so confused with all those logos on the portrait until I read the information about Ashley’s portrait. Each one of those logos represented her day to day choices. Instead of just drawing it out she used logos to describe it and make it clear. The logos showed her favorite things such as her hobbies as in surfer and her cigarette brand. This portrait was a great way of showing a person’s individual identity.

All of these contemporary artists really amused me in the way they showed their type of artworks. It expressed ways of communication seen through his historical, personal individual, and cultural identity. I love how each one of the artworks vary showing demonstrating people type of art works that we never thought it was art.

Martin Kippenberger
"Untitled"
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas
(1981)

Martin Kippenberg
"Martin, Into the Corner, You Should

be Ashamed of Yourself"
Cast aluminum, clothing and iron plate
(1992)

Ashley Bickerton
“Tormented Self
Portrait”
Synthetic Paint,
bronze powder and lacquer on wood, aluminum,
rubber, plastic, leather, chrome-plated steel and canvas.
(1987-88)

Narrative Digital Collage

This image specifically shows how i would like to get married in the future. Ever since i was little i always dreamed of getting married at the beach. Its just a beautiful sight and amazing feeling the breeze hit you. I've seen so many weddeings at the beach and i must say its beyond beautiful. Hopefully in the future when i get married I've accomplish my dream which is to get married at the beach.

Good Art vs. Bad Art

Good art is something that engages you. Something that you see and be amused by it. Other wise good art is something that inspires you. For example the 5points building. The 5 points is a building fulled with graffiti. All the graffiti on the building didn't have any tag or gang names. There were paintings such as cute little babies, smiley faces, peaceful words and other beautiful graffiti. The graffiti of the babies on the wall show some type of happiness because of the way they look. To me that's good art. Another good art are pictures of wonderful admiring pictures of ancient peoples.

In other hands bad art is something that doesn't gets your attention. The type of art that doesn't engage you. Some type of bad art is arts like pornography. In other words crude drawings. Arts where guys and girls are doing their business. There's arts where men and women are drawn naked. To me that's not pleasing at all. To some other people it may be but i still consider it bad art. Other types of bad art are pictures of bad actions. For example pictures of people killing other people, people holding guns and doing other illegal activities.

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