net.art

I'm still very confused about the idea of net.art. I think it is a novel idea, but at the same time it has not been executed in a very great way. The few examples I did see of web art were very random and not very well proposed.

What I'm really confused about in particular is what tools we can use for this project. Is it video, photoshop drawings, sound?

With this in particular I think I would like to implement sound by remixing some of my music (so that it voids copyright huzzah) and then maybe dealing with an idea that is cyclical. I have an odd idea on religion and general ideas after life, so I want to play with those.

FREE WEEK!

Huzzahhhh! The end of another week (or technically the beginning since this is Sunday). So, all three of my photoshop projects are now complete which is awesome and all I have to do now is begin the cd writing process.

Update number 1 DONE.

Secondly, I went to this really sweet Zulu art exhibit in the art museum this weekend (it was the opening reception) and holy cow the Zulu people knew how to throw down!!!! At least in the art sense. Statues and other three-dimensional works were among my favorites, ESPECIALLY THE MASKS!!!

Regardless, it was a slow weekend for art besides working on my final copy of my self portrait "Unwrap Yourself and Bloom"(I'll explain the title when I post the picture) and other homework.

Happy Critique to everyone tomorrow!

I forgot...

TO PUT UP MY LAST PICTURE!!! Here ya go!




I wish I could've filtered it and played around more. :(



AHHHH AND THIS ONE! check it outttt.

Art Informel, Cubism and Mondrian and Modglianian Art

ABSTRACTION IS AWESOME


In the past I was never really into abstract art but in this past year alone I have become increasingly fascinated by everything abstraction can achieve. From emotions to imagination the art of abstraction really requires more thought than simply moving pieces of an object around. The message portrayed by that act is almost too simplistic that it is unimportant.

Above I have listed art from Martin Jansen, Piet Mondrian, Wols, and Pablo Picasso. Each has a different form of abstraction and each manages uniqueness.

To begin, Mondrian's Red Tree is not much of an abstraction in terms of shape but in terms of color and style it definitely is. It interacts with the background simply by contrasting with the cool unnatural blues. Layering brush strokes is also a great way to achieve the effect.

Moving on, Picasso's Femme En Pleurs above utilizes a range of geometric shapes and colors to fulfill abstraction. In a more interesting way than man of his predecessors in my opinion. The style he uses allows for a great range of emotion to be felt. They also usually tell a great story. Guernica for example is a great story told through cold colors and blocky portraits. In Femme En Pleurs there is an especially poignant spot that is monotonous pointing towards emphasis on the woman's mouth.

The next painting probably my favorite of this batch, Wols' Blue Phantom is just great. It runs with the idea of Art Informel. The use of colors and the vagueness of his shape lead to endless interpretation. The colors mesh well together creating a sort of conversation with each other going back and forth back and forth.

Martin Jansen uses an abstraction of the human figure for his subjects but really makes use of his imagination to either create within the subject a new sense of motion (through use of varying shapes and fluid objects within) or by creating surroundings that seem surreal. His work above, One Second has multiple figures though they are disguised in color, tell an interesting story of oppression I think.

The Deadline

Well, I'm almost completely finished with my digital composite and I'm really excited for the self portraits we are going to be doing for the class. Call me narcissistic but I love playing with images of myself, it's so much fun.

I'll be posting once again tomorrow when my project is finished so I can actually put the piece on here. I will probably filter it after I turn it in or make another copy so that I can play with it and present it on this site too.

In other news, photoshop can be really helpful for minor things. I have been using it for freaking ever I swear and I'm really excited to use it in the business place and just for flyers for local events, shows and favors. I took so much time away from it because of other school stuff (lame) that getting back to it is sort of inspiring me.

Random ranting aside, I bid everyone adieu until next post.

Dion