1. What were you expectations for this course and where they met? I had no real expectations for this course. But I could not have *dreamed* up what this course was. The whole idea of having fellow students evaulate my work is NOT what I would have expected. Had I known that would have happened I would never have taken the course. There needs to be another option - some people won't mind this, some will mind but will get through it. Others will find it traumatic - I am of the latter bent, my art is for me alone, I don't share it in real life for a reason - it feels like exposing my soul and while I kind of agreed to allow the teacher there and expected the teacher to grade it I found it horribly intrusive and hateful.
2. Now that you've been through this course, What is art? How would you define it now compared to your intial posting?
This is what I wrote in my intial posting
" I don't think art is just what academics hang in galleries...art is that quilt that someone made,the fiddle piece that John Scott Skinner wrote and others have changes as they played it, the Ode to joy, Star Wars and Lord of the Rings, that cross stitch that someone took the time to do, the meal that some one cooked. The crochet piece or so many other things. I firmly believe that if you limit your vision of Art to the stuff that hangs in Gallaries you will loose so much more to that adds beauty to our lives.
My definition - Art is that which a person made and that adds beauty to someone's life."
I stand by that completely
3. Who was your favorite artist in your original posting and who is your favorite visual artist now? If there is a difference, why do you think so? If you have the same favorite artist, why do you think so?
My intial Posting
"I could not possibly choose just one.
from the ones that most folks would "qualify" as artists.
Painter Vangogh or Monet
Architect Frank Lloyd Wright or Louis Sullivan
Photographer Ansel Adams"
And they are still my favourites. They have been since I wasa kid and they will likely remain so til I die. Although I have seen some others that I would never have looked at, that I now enjoy because of this class.
4. Now that you've completed this course, how do you feel about taking an online course? Is your answer the same as it was in your first posting? How is it the same or different?
I have another class online this semester - I would take another class online if it were not designed that other students grade me. I will not take another art class for a grade again - on or offline
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Art Criticism Project Blog Response
1. Which projects did you review? The first three I came to that were handed in on time
Through the eyes of Women - had very few pictures as she linked them rather than downloaded, ect. I could not even form an opinion because there was nothing tobase it on...too bad because from the blog entry it looked like one I would have liked.
Horses in Art- What a fun project! from toys to an impressionistic view this was a joy to view a lot of thought and effort went into it :)
Violence in art - no description of the pieces or why they fit in or were chosen and this commentary would have made a good deal of difference. Interesting none the less. Some of the
2. Why did you select the Exhibit you critiqued? I looked through all the submissions and found the one I wanted to write about. I chose it because I like hockey.
3. What challenges did you face in writing the critique article and how did you overcome them?
None, other than I don't think this is quite "kosher" we should not be elvaluating other people's work - nor should our work be being given to other people. It's our intellectual property, and we should be the one's deciding to share our work, not anyone else.
4. How do you feel about critiquing your peers work? I hate it...this is not my job as a student that should be solely up to the teacher.
5. Would you like to read the critique your peers wrote about your Art Curation Project? Not at all. It is demeaning enough to have to have my peers review my work, but I have no desire to see how they ripped me apart. Nor do I give permission for my work to be passed on to other people to read.
6. On a scale of 1-10 how would you rate your finished article and why? Not sure. I don't know the rubric you use. I'll give it a 9 because no one is perfect.
7. Did you enjoy working on this project? I hated it.
Through the eyes of Women - had very few pictures as she linked them rather than downloaded, ect. I could not even form an opinion because there was nothing tobase it on...too bad because from the blog entry it looked like one I would have liked.
Horses in Art- What a fun project! from toys to an impressionistic view this was a joy to view a lot of thought and effort went into it :)
Violence in art - no description of the pieces or why they fit in or were chosen and this commentary would have made a good deal of difference. Interesting none the less. Some of the
2. Why did you select the Exhibit you critiqued? I looked through all the submissions and found the one I wanted to write about. I chose it because I like hockey.
3. What challenges did you face in writing the critique article and how did you overcome them?
None, other than I don't think this is quite "kosher" we should not be elvaluating other people's work - nor should our work be being given to other people. It's our intellectual property, and we should be the one's deciding to share our work, not anyone else.
4. How do you feel about critiquing your peers work? I hate it...this is not my job as a student that should be solely up to the teacher.
5. Would you like to read the critique your peers wrote about your Art Curation Project? Not at all. It is demeaning enough to have to have my peers review my work, but I have no desire to see how they ripped me apart. Nor do I give permission for my work to be passed on to other people to read.
6. On a scale of 1-10 how would you rate your finished article and why? Not sure. I don't know the rubric you use. I'll give it a 9 because no one is perfect.
7. Did you enjoy working on this project? I hated it.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Self Portrait Post
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| Charles Willson Peale - an innovator in art and in American Museums. He was ahead of his time in many ways and when this assignment was posted I wanted to do something like this for the project....I don't think I would have gotten away with it |
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| Drawing Hands by M.C. Escher - I love this piece but I don't draw this well...so I looked for something else |
And that I will submit to the prof privately.
Here then is the reflection:
1. Why did you select the inspiration pieces?
Because I liked them
2. Why did you select the media to create your self-portrait?
drawing -graphite and paper - because I like working in those
3. What challenges did you face in creating your self-portrait and how did you overcome them?
I hate having my photo taken and I don't like having to do pictures of myself. Talked to the teacher about it.
4. How does this piece represent you? It's a drawing of me from memory
5. What elements and principles of art did you apply in this work? shape, line, mass, color, space, form, value
6. Did you enjoy working on this project? not really. I would have preferred to be able to follow my own imagination and not need inspiration pieces. I could have done so much if I were not tied to "needing" those piece.
7. What do you think of your final artwork? I actually like it. I would have preferred that you give us this at mid term and let us work on it for that length of time - I could have had some real fun.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Art Critique Blog or the post where in I fail
1. Which projects did you review? The first three I came to that were handed in on time
Through the eyes of Women - had very few pictures as she linked them rather than downloaded, ect. I could not even form an opinion because there was nothing tobase it on...too bad because from the blog entry it looked like one I would have liked.
Horses in Art- What a fun project! from toys to an impressionistic view this was a joy to view a lot of thought and effort went into it :)
Violence in art - no description of the pieces or why they fit in or were chosen and this commentary would have made a good deal of difference. Interesting none the less.
2. Why did you select the Exhibit you critiqued? I looked through all the submissions and found the one I wanted to write about. I chose it because I like hockey.
3. What challenges did you face in writing the critique article and how did you overcome them?
The only challenge I faced was the idea of critiquing others work and then having my intellectual property ( the paper) being given to someone else. I simply can not wrap mind mind around that this is ok.
4. How do you feel about critiquing your peers work? I hate it...positively hate it.
5. Would you like to read the critique your peers wrote about your Art Curation Project? Not at all. It is demeaning enough to have to have my peers review my work, but I have no desire to see how they ripped me apart. Nor do I give permission for my work to be passed on to other people to read.
6. On a scale of 1-10 how would you rate your finished article and why? Not sure. I don't know the rubric you use. I'll give it a 9 because no one is perfect. I had a hard time writing it not because I didn't have anything to say but that I don't feel right about saying it, in this format. It is one thing to go to a museum and say you enjoy a show and why or why not it is entirely another to do this to someone else and have it affect their grade and yours so very greatly.
7. Did you enjoy working on this project? I hated it.
Through the eyes of Women - had very few pictures as she linked them rather than downloaded, ect. I could not even form an opinion because there was nothing tobase it on...too bad because from the blog entry it looked like one I would have liked.
Horses in Art- What a fun project! from toys to an impressionistic view this was a joy to view a lot of thought and effort went into it :)
Violence in art - no description of the pieces or why they fit in or were chosen and this commentary would have made a good deal of difference. Interesting none the less.
2. Why did you select the Exhibit you critiqued? I looked through all the submissions and found the one I wanted to write about. I chose it because I like hockey.
3. What challenges did you face in writing the critique article and how did you overcome them?
The only challenge I faced was the idea of critiquing others work and then having my intellectual property ( the paper) being given to someone else. I simply can not wrap mind mind around that this is ok.
4. How do you feel about critiquing your peers work? I hate it...positively hate it.
5. Would you like to read the critique your peers wrote about your Art Curation Project? Not at all. It is demeaning enough to have to have my peers review my work, but I have no desire to see how they ripped me apart. Nor do I give permission for my work to be passed on to other people to read.
6. On a scale of 1-10 how would you rate your finished article and why? Not sure. I don't know the rubric you use. I'll give it a 9 because no one is perfect. I had a hard time writing it not because I didn't have anything to say but that I don't feel right about saying it, in this format. It is one thing to go to a museum and say you enjoy a show and why or why not it is entirely another to do this to someone else and have it affect their grade and yours so very greatly.
7. Did you enjoy working on this project? I hated it.
Video Posting week of Dec December 4 - 10
1. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.
Greenburg\art - the sound on this was beyond awful. even with headphones it was hard to understand. The main stream can only be found in retrospective. And that personal prefrences do play a part in art criticsm even if it should. he places limits on nothing and relevance is merely a guideline
Greenburg\ Pollack- Pollack's paintings were not what he wanted them to be.."he did like easel paintings, but that's what he painted, even the long ones" according to Greenburg. Some times Pollack painted on unstretched canvas. "don't ask anything from art except that it be good"
Critics...Critics get people to think and get the most from their money..and that they want to have their readers love the mediums as much as the critics do. again comes the idea that one's prefrences can get in the way...
Italian REnaissance _ I learned the correct words for some of the techniques, and how Florence was organized in the Middle Ages and Renaissance ( fascinating, btw), That the Guilds trained may of the great artists and that artist learned from the past and built on it.
Colonialism - This was an "expose" of Western societies views of Africa at the end of the 19th and early 20th century versus what the African view of their culture and art. I think judging cultures of another time by today's standards is a dangerous things after about 9min 20 seconds the script repeats itself. In fact, this happens at various points in the video. This just adds to the uncomfortablleness of viewing pictures that degrade the subjects. The art is used as a justification for colonization of other nations, as the colonizers use the arts to claim moral and intellectual supperiority over the colonized.
Pollack/Fried/Clark- This is a conversation between Fried and clark about the importance of Pollack to the art community of the late 20th century. It shows how critics differ in their view of art from those in other disciplines (Clark is a historian) a big point in this was that that Pollack has historical siginficance beyond the art world - that it communicates in a historical context too, that that context is needed but the communication can't be seperated from the visual either.
2. Do the videos relate to the creation of your Art Criticism project? If yes, explain how. If no, explain why not.
Kind of - the first two served more as warnings against letting one's prefrences get in the way of what the art was supposed to be/do.
3. What is your opinion of the films? Do they add depth to understanding of art criticism?
I think the films could be better chosen the sound qulaities and the scipting issues really interefered with any learning that could take place. Others were a rehashing of stuff I learned in another class this semester.
For many I am sure they did - however as a museum studies person I haave seen similar stuff before and was familiar with a lot of the concepts. I really liked seeing some of them, tho,
Greenburg\art - the sound on this was beyond awful. even with headphones it was hard to understand. The main stream can only be found in retrospective. And that personal prefrences do play a part in art criticsm even if it should. he places limits on nothing and relevance is merely a guideline
Greenburg\ Pollack- Pollack's paintings were not what he wanted them to be.."he did like easel paintings, but that's what he painted, even the long ones" according to Greenburg. Some times Pollack painted on unstretched canvas. "don't ask anything from art except that it be good"
Critics...Critics get people to think and get the most from their money..and that they want to have their readers love the mediums as much as the critics do. again comes the idea that one's prefrences can get in the way...
Italian REnaissance _ I learned the correct words for some of the techniques, and how Florence was organized in the Middle Ages and Renaissance ( fascinating, btw), That the Guilds trained may of the great artists and that artist learned from the past and built on it.
Colonialism - This was an "expose" of Western societies views of Africa at the end of the 19th and early 20th century versus what the African view of their culture and art. I think judging cultures of another time by today's standards is a dangerous things after about 9min 20 seconds the script repeats itself. In fact, this happens at various points in the video. This just adds to the uncomfortablleness of viewing pictures that degrade the subjects. The art is used as a justification for colonization of other nations, as the colonizers use the arts to claim moral and intellectual supperiority over the colonized.
Pollack/Fried/Clark- This is a conversation between Fried and clark about the importance of Pollack to the art community of the late 20th century. It shows how critics differ in their view of art from those in other disciplines (Clark is a historian) a big point in this was that that Pollack has historical siginficance beyond the art world - that it communicates in a historical context too, that that context is needed but the communication can't be seperated from the visual either.
2. Do the videos relate to the creation of your Art Criticism project? If yes, explain how. If no, explain why not.
Kind of - the first two served more as warnings against letting one's prefrences get in the way of what the art was supposed to be/do.
3. What is your opinion of the films? Do they add depth to understanding of art criticism?
I think the films could be better chosen the sound qulaities and the scipting issues really interefered with any learning that could take place. Others were a rehashing of stuff I learned in another class this semester.
For many I am sure they did - however as a museum studies person I haave seen similar stuff before and was familiar with a lot of the concepts. I really liked seeing some of them, tho,
Monday, November 28, 2011
Week 14 Video response blog
1. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.
The Lowdown on Lowbrow-I learned that some of these artists consider this to be a reaction against the "highbrow" art that they feel doesn't welcome them One artist commented that someone with out a background in Art History would not understand it with out the artist commentary, that may be true in many instances but not all
Displaying Modern Art...I learned that there are things that should nto be grouped together, that they are too much of a stretch together. And that art and history are bound togther for many
I also found the attitude of the curators toward museum visitors to be disconcerting to say the least
Bones of COntention _ this is not a new concept for me, Having a relative who is an anthroplogist this is old news and I followed the debate closely in the 1980's. The results are still being felt in many museums, not just art museums
2. Do the videos relate to the creation of your Art Exhibition project? No If yes, explain how. If no, explain why not. My project would be very different if not for the lowbrow art one,,, but it did take a bit to digest
3. What is your opinion of the films? Do they add depth to understanding of the art concepts you practiced while creating your curation project?
Mt first reaction to lowbrow was not good...I had to have a few days of digesting it to appreciate it
Tate taught me that art displays tend to have a theme.
Bones - not really since my project will have nothing to do with Bones, but it was interesting
George Eastman - were it not for him we would not be having the pictures we have seen and displayed in this class, he was not the inventor of the camera - but he made it easy and affordable for the masses.( The Brownie),also that themes sometimes can be represnted with in themes
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Notes on the videos for the projects
Art Curator...tells the story of the work, interprets the artist's perspective;
Josh Yiu...his job is to increase the collection and inform the public about Chinese Art I really liked this one, speaks about themes and how they can be tenous or not. And also borders and working intuitively
Wayne - speaks about respecting the other curators he works with
Felicity - these shows don't just happen, they start with a proposal that needs to be approved and a LOT of work; curator works with the artists many times ( if they are alive)
Peter - he does everything and anything
The Lowdown on Lowbrow-I learned that some of these artists consider this to be a reaction against the "highbrow" art that they feel doesn't welcome them One artist commented that someone with out a background in Art History would not understand it with out the artist commentary, that may be true in many instances but not all
Displaying Modern Art...I learned that there are things that should nto be grouped together, that they are too much of a stretch together. And that art and history are bound togther for many
I also found the attitude of the curators toward museum visitors to be disconcerting to say the least
Bones of COntention _ this is not a new concept for me, Having a relative who is an anthroplogist this is old news and I followed the debate closely in the 1980's. The results are still being felt in many museums, not just art museums
2. Do the videos relate to the creation of your Art Exhibition project? No If yes, explain how. If no, explain why not. My project would be very different if not for the lowbrow art one,,, but it did take a bit to digest
3. What is your opinion of the films? Do they add depth to understanding of the art concepts you practiced while creating your curation project?
Mt first reaction to lowbrow was not good...I had to have a few days of digesting it to appreciate it
Tate taught me that art displays tend to have a theme.
Bones - not really since my project will have nothing to do with Bones, but it was interesting
George Eastman - were it not for him we would not be having the pictures we have seen and displayed in this class, he was not the inventor of the camera - but he made it easy and affordable for the masses.( The Brownie),also that themes sometimes can be represnted with in themes
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Notes on the videos for the projects
Art Curator...tells the story of the work, interprets the artist's perspective;
Josh Yiu...his job is to increase the collection and inform the public about Chinese Art I really liked this one, speaks about themes and how they can be tenous or not. And also borders and working intuitively
Wayne - speaks about respecting the other curators he works with
Felicity - these shows don't just happen, they start with a proposal that needs to be approved and a LOT of work; curator works with the artists many times ( if they are alive)
Peter - he does everything and anything
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Project 4 Blog Entry.
I decided to do my project with both high and low art because I think I think a lot of what most curators would term "low brow" or even - not art- is more meaningful than "highbrow" art. Granted, I love "highbrow" art, but in looking up some of the things referenced in the videos (because for once those did not make things clear to me) I was seriously confused when I finished watching it. I do think the term "Pop Surrealism" is more meaningful to me than "lowbrow": which comes off as an insult.
Further, I think the process of jurying art is demeaning and degrading to those whose art or works are determined to be not good enough ( Thinking here of the Impressionists at the Paris Salon and how they were often rejected). While I understand there must be a selection process for what will be included in the confines of a specific museum or exhibit; I firmly believe that is where it should end and that the curators who do this should be very conscious of the fact that someone's heart and soul went into these works and choose their wording very carefully when rejecting submissions. I hope that if I ever get to be a curator or a director, I am willing to take chances on new and different types of art rather than rejecting things because it does not fit into established molds. If I do reject it, I hope I remember how I felt during this class and being forced to share my art with people to rip it apart and to judge me, and act with compassion rather than callousness.
As a museum studies student I find the ways people and cultures in different museums develop fascinating. The art museums have a very different culture than that of, say, a true science museum or a natural history museum or even a historical society. While I understand that this culture has a value for the people invested in it, I think some things about every museum culture needs to change: whether that museum be one like the MOMA or the Albright - Knox or the tiny one in Upton Hall. Each has ways in which they could be more responsive to the humanity of those who are trying to enter the culture.
On that note - this project has been quite a journey and has taken several forms before getting to the final submission. Even that had an evolution in what and how I was searching for images. The process took a long time. I worked for 7 days for a varying number of hours ranging from two and going up to almost 10 in a single day. It was exhausting both mentally and emotionally. I took some liberties with my definitions of the genre because those pictures seemed to work well with in the broader definition of the genre. I hope that's ok.
This project is the second hardest I will do for this course. The next one will be the worst, as I do not believe it is my place to judge the work of my fellow students and I don't not believe we should be grading each other. I realize that curators are often reviewed and critiqued for their shows; but they are not graded on them and their jobs rarely ( if ever) are dependent on what their peers think of one show (The media might have an impact on their jobs, their bosses definitely, their peers, not so much). I also find the "peer review" degrading and demeaning and I hope I never have to go through it again. I have lost sleep (and weight) over this already.
I wish I could say I enjoyed this assignment but I can't. If my anthropology prof is correct, I have a gift for words; but I have no words to describe how I feel about this assignment.
Further, I think the process of jurying art is demeaning and degrading to those whose art or works are determined to be not good enough ( Thinking here of the Impressionists at the Paris Salon and how they were often rejected). While I understand there must be a selection process for what will be included in the confines of a specific museum or exhibit; I firmly believe that is where it should end and that the curators who do this should be very conscious of the fact that someone's heart and soul went into these works and choose their wording very carefully when rejecting submissions. I hope that if I ever get to be a curator or a director, I am willing to take chances on new and different types of art rather than rejecting things because it does not fit into established molds. If I do reject it, I hope I remember how I felt during this class and being forced to share my art with people to rip it apart and to judge me, and act with compassion rather than callousness.
As a museum studies student I find the ways people and cultures in different museums develop fascinating. The art museums have a very different culture than that of, say, a true science museum or a natural history museum or even a historical society. While I understand that this culture has a value for the people invested in it, I think some things about every museum culture needs to change: whether that museum be one like the MOMA or the Albright - Knox or the tiny one in Upton Hall. Each has ways in which they could be more responsive to the humanity of those who are trying to enter the culture.
On that note - this project has been quite a journey and has taken several forms before getting to the final submission. Even that had an evolution in what and how I was searching for images. The process took a long time. I worked for 7 days for a varying number of hours ranging from two and going up to almost 10 in a single day. It was exhausting both mentally and emotionally. I took some liberties with my definitions of the genre because those pictures seemed to work well with in the broader definition of the genre. I hope that's ok.
This project is the second hardest I will do for this course. The next one will be the worst, as I do not believe it is my place to judge the work of my fellow students and I don't not believe we should be grading each other. I realize that curators are often reviewed and critiqued for their shows; but they are not graded on them and their jobs rarely ( if ever) are dependent on what their peers think of one show (The media might have an impact on their jobs, their bosses definitely, their peers, not so much). I also find the "peer review" degrading and demeaning and I hope I never have to go through it again. I have lost sleep (and weight) over this already.
I wish I could say I enjoyed this assignment but I can't. If my anthropology prof is correct, I have a gift for words; but I have no words to describe how I feel about this assignment.
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