The Cupcake Queen
and
Her Villain
Sunday, March 9, 2014
Friday, March 7, 2014
Week Seven Reading
Vanessa Beecroft
Epitomizing Biography- Single White Female
(224-229)
By the end of this reading I was overall kind of confused. I started off trying to defend her work and the idea of using female models as an art piece, but I just ended confused by the article's contradictions and her own. Mostly it just made me think about awareness in art, and how aware is she of what she is doing? How aware am I of my own work? How aware is any artist? Sometimes we start off aware, or throughout a project we become more so. Often times I think critiques are going to make artists out to be much more aware of what they are doing than what they actually are. People strive to have a meaning to everything, especially in art. They crave a deeper meaning than what is often there. Or if they don't agree then they will create a new one, or say that the artist isn't aware, or has no meaning. When an artist admits they are doing something just to do it, or for pure aesthetic value, people get upset. But I think everyone is more shallow then they are willing to admit, and they assign meanings to make themselves feel better for not liking things on a pure aesthetic level. Or if there is a concept, they don't appreciate the aesthetic level, or certainly not in the same way. Basically, people are never happy with anything.
Epitomizing Biography- Single White Female
(224-229)
By the end of this reading I was overall kind of confused. I started off trying to defend her work and the idea of using female models as an art piece, but I just ended confused by the article's contradictions and her own. Mostly it just made me think about awareness in art, and how aware is she of what she is doing? How aware am I of my own work? How aware is any artist? Sometimes we start off aware, or throughout a project we become more so. Often times I think critiques are going to make artists out to be much more aware of what they are doing than what they actually are. People strive to have a meaning to everything, especially in art. They crave a deeper meaning than what is often there. Or if they don't agree then they will create a new one, or say that the artist isn't aware, or has no meaning. When an artist admits they are doing something just to do it, or for pure aesthetic value, people get upset. But I think everyone is more shallow then they are willing to admit, and they assign meanings to make themselves feel better for not liking things on a pure aesthetic level. Or if there is a concept, they don't appreciate the aesthetic level, or certainly not in the same way. Basically, people are never happy with anything.
Thursday, March 6, 2014
Week Seven
Inspiration:
(This song more than the video. I found a mix pop-punk CD from a friend and now I'm on a Title Fight kick.)
Work Made:
(This song and video. Lovvveeee.)
(can you tell my music was quite varied this week?)
(Michael showed me this and I kept listening/watching. It's so great!)
Work Made:
Sunday, March 2, 2014
From Other Classes Worth Showing On This Blog
So I have two separate shoots with the saran/bubble wrap, one with pizza one without for two of my classes, and I loved how they turned out so I'm showing them on here as well. (Also I did a photo/painting combination for photography due to popular demand, yay!)
(All of the pizza ones are not up yet, but they will be soon!)
(All of the pizza ones are not up yet, but they will be soon!)
All Wrapped Up
Painting/Photo Combo
(not sure if this is "done" or not yet)
All Wrapped Up With Pizza
Friday, February 28, 2014
Week Six Reading Response
Nan Goldin
Disclosing Biography-Unabridged and Uncensored
pages 198-205
"'The camera is as much of my everyday life as talking or eating or sex,' she explains. 'The instant photographing, instead of creating distance, is a moment of clarity and emotional connection for me.'" I completely understand and agree with her quote here. Personally, even when I don't have a camera on me, I am constantly seeing life in moments of "stills". My mind runs like a camera, sometimes a still camera sometimes a video camera, constantly trying to capture every little detail. But I see the world in a very particular way, and I have this sense of relief when I can actually photograph life, and especially when it matches what I am seeing in my head. The article goes on to describe the camera as similar to a diary to Nan Goldin, and I can understand that analogy. Even when I posing people or situations it's still my view, similar to a diary. I think I am connecting to this reading and her work because it is all so personal. She wants to hold on to everything, much like I do. I find myself agree with most of her quotes and direction, even though there are obvious aesthetic differences to our photographs. The article made me realize that in my photographs (although I don't choose to highlight it) there is still the underlying interest in mental illnesses, be it my own or my subjects. I just don't photograph it in such an obvious way. Overall, this article was inspiring, and really made me think about my own work.
Disclosing Biography-Unabridged and Uncensored
pages 198-205
"'The camera is as much of my everyday life as talking or eating or sex,' she explains. 'The instant photographing, instead of creating distance, is a moment of clarity and emotional connection for me.'" I completely understand and agree with her quote here. Personally, even when I don't have a camera on me, I am constantly seeing life in moments of "stills". My mind runs like a camera, sometimes a still camera sometimes a video camera, constantly trying to capture every little detail. But I see the world in a very particular way, and I have this sense of relief when I can actually photograph life, and especially when it matches what I am seeing in my head. The article goes on to describe the camera as similar to a diary to Nan Goldin, and I can understand that analogy. Even when I posing people or situations it's still my view, similar to a diary. I think I am connecting to this reading and her work because it is all so personal. She wants to hold on to everything, much like I do. I find myself agree with most of her quotes and direction, even though there are obvious aesthetic differences to our photographs. The article made me realize that in my photographs (although I don't choose to highlight it) there is still the underlying interest in mental illnesses, be it my own or my subjects. I just don't photograph it in such an obvious way. Overall, this article was inspiring, and really made me think about my own work.
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Week Six
Inspiration
THESE ARE SELF PORTRAITS by Andy Alcala
THESE ARE SELF PORTRAITS by Andy Alcala
OH MY GOSH HIS ENTIRE WEBSITE
http://andyalcala.com/
And two more of Andy's because seriously, these are amazing
My Work:
Before/After (Still in Progress?)
Friday, February 21, 2014
Week Five Response
94-101
Imposing Corporal Punishment
Arnaldo Morales
"Miraculously, Arnaldo Morales's brain did not explode after an attacker held a loaded gun to his head and fired." EXCUSE ME WHAT? I immediately stopped and knew that this was the reading for the week after this sentence. I get a little confused reading this in the beginning, because he talks about being more responsible with life...but he moves into a violent neighborhood to study these people? Isn't that a little contradictory? (I do think it's super cool what he did, though. The whole anthropologist/artist lifestyle. I would love to do something like that. But I'm a white female.) I love the concepts behind his sculptures. I like how his studio is described more as a laboratory of a mad inventor. This entire section just made me see the connection between art and science and anthropology even more, all things that I am interested in personally. This artist used his experience to bring psychology and art closer together, but they are already so intertwined. He is highlighting this aspect, that science/psychology and art go together so well. Human experiences and reactions are linked to art, so he literally made it a part of his art. I love it!
Imposing Corporal Punishment
Arnaldo Morales
"Miraculously, Arnaldo Morales's brain did not explode after an attacker held a loaded gun to his head and fired." EXCUSE ME WHAT? I immediately stopped and knew that this was the reading for the week after this sentence. I get a little confused reading this in the beginning, because he talks about being more responsible with life...but he moves into a violent neighborhood to study these people? Isn't that a little contradictory? (I do think it's super cool what he did, though. The whole anthropologist/artist lifestyle. I would love to do something like that. But I'm a white female.) I love the concepts behind his sculptures. I like how his studio is described more as a laboratory of a mad inventor. This entire section just made me see the connection between art and science and anthropology even more, all things that I am interested in personally. This artist used his experience to bring psychology and art closer together, but they are already so intertwined. He is highlighting this aspect, that science/psychology and art go together so well. Human experiences and reactions are linked to art, so he literally made it a part of his art. I love it!
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