Response to a contemporary artist

Art created after World War II.

Andrea Zittel

- American sculptor, installation artist, and realist artist.

- creates functional objects that fulfilled the artist’s needs relating to shelter, food, furniture, and clothing. 

-She believes function of art has more to do with facilitating new forms of perception. Art helps you to perceive things in a different way. 

- She sees design as a pursuit to shape the way that these things look and function in a more practical sense... and craft delves into production and the way in which they are made.

- Thinks that all three areas can be components of a single object.

She creates crazy imaginative places that are also functional. They all seem very homey and i kinda just want her to design my bedroom..yeah.

Research of personal interest

lnews.yahoo.com/crazy-sculpture-opens-buenos-aires-art-center-165501606.html


"Knitting furiously with 30 helpers for two months, Neto filled a vast space in a former grain mill with colorful crochet netting, one knot at a time. Then he filled the nets with thousands of plastic balls to create swaying pathways for people to walk through, and suspended it all from the walls and ceiling. The result is a huge organic form that seems to float high above the floor, like vines spreading through the canopy of the Amazon jungle."


- This is crazy! I had never thought of knitting as an artwork until i saw this. A sculpture?! I couldn't imagine walking through this. 


He says that "People fear instability, thinking it's a crisis, but instability is the natural state of things," 
- He accomplished this point by making his sculpture out of something like netting so that you can climb all through it, while it being safe but it feels unsafe. So he is in a way showing them that instability can be good! It can prepare them for what they have to deal with in everyday life. 

Report on art career that i am interested in

Art therapy

- the therapeutic use of art making, within a professional relationship, by people who experience illness, trauma, or challenges in living, and by people who seek personal development. 

- Through creating art and reflecting on the art products and processes, people can increase awareness of self and others, cope with symptoms, stress, and traumatic experiences (enhance cognitive abilities; and enjoy the life-affirming pleasures of making art.)

- Art therapists are professionals trained in both art and therapy. 

- They are knowledgeable about human development, psychological theories, clinical practice, spiritual, multicultural and artistic traditions, and the healing potential of art. 

- They use art in treatment, assessment and research, and provide consultations to allied professionals. 

- Art therapists work with people of all ages: individuals, couples, families, groups and communities. 

-They provide services, individually and as part of clinical teams, in settings that include mental health, rehabilitation, medical and forensic institutions, community outreach programs, wellness centers, schools, nursing homes, corporate structures, open studios and independent practices.

- It is well suited for my personality because it seems very interesting, and i am very interesting! It also requires constant attention, which is good because i wouldn't want to get uninterested in it. 

Response to an artist

M.C. Escher (:


- Most known for tessellations and illusions
- Had great mathematical influence in his artwork
- is understanding of mathematics was largely visual and intuitive
- Also did woodcuts, lithographs, and mezzotints
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Response to a historical artwork

The persistence of memory


- 1931 painting by Salvador Dali 

- Suggest that he is trying to incorporate Einstein's theory of relativity
-Persistence of Memory employs the "exactitude of realist painting techniques" to depict imagery more likely to be found in dreams than in waking consciousness.
- used oils on canvas

Research of personal interest

R.S. Connett

http://boingboing.net/2010/12/16/the-incredible-art-o.html

All of his work is very imaginative and creative. Not only that they are very in depth with so much detail. You can tell he doesn't just throw it together.

(Response to an artist)

Response to an artist. This can be an evaluation of an artists style. You will probably 

want to include more than one image to discuss the artist’s effectiveness and body of 

work. 

Claude Monet 

 - born in 1840 on November 14 in Paris. He grew up in LeHaver, near the sea

- Part of the impressionist movement

-Monet usually did landscape and leisure activities of Paris and its people as well as the Normandy coast