The simple color of the textured circle is contrasted by a blue line that are reminiscent of the sky and nature. The use of repetition and the exploration of texture are present in this piece.
When it comes to using color I do not feel very confident. This piece has allowed me start using color more often in my work. It is important for me to be able to work with different media and incorporate experiment with things that I do not feel comfortable with.
The text that is framed in the back of the piece by the wooden squares is interrupted by the horizontal piece that runs from one side to the other. The barrier makes the reading of the text difficult. Working with text and communication is something that I am interested in exploring. Xu Bing’s installations are a great example of the use of the written word.
Letters to a Young Poetis a series of letters by Raine Maria Rilke to Franz Kappus. Kappus is a young man in the military who wants to be a poet and decides to seek help and advice from Rilke. The advice that Rilke offers in these letters is important, not only to poets but it is important for any individual who wants to create. In one of his letters Rilke tells Kappus to get inspired with whatever he has around him. I think that many times I cannot find an idea ans it is important to just start making.
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The idea to make sculpture came from the first one. I employed the same materials and figure. the difference in this sculpture is the size of the figures and the amount. This piece reflects some of my beginning work where I used traditional connotations and repetition.
The Manifesto allows the collective to create artwork with more liberty and support from the group. However it is important to take this liberty with responsibility and respect towards our own work, and to the collective as well. I will make my best to follow through with the plan established by the collective. I will work and learn as much as I can to become a better, stronger artist.
Happenings are theatrical events that started taking place in the 1960s. This art form was the foundation for performance art. Happenings take place anywhere, are often multidiciplinary, and frequently seek to involve the audinece in some way. Using ordinary objects and avant-garde theatrical techniques, the creators of happenings consciously posed several challenges to the cconventional art world. Happenings were introduced in the art world with Allan Kaprow’s ninety-minute piece 18 Happenings in 6 Parts in (1959) and were identified as a distinct form. The creators were trying to suggest the aesthetic and dynamic qualities of everyday life; as actions, rather than objects, Happenings incorporate the fouth dimension (time).
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The Fluxux Movement emerged in NY in the 60′s, and then it moved to Europe and Japan. Fluxus objects and performances are characterized by minimalists but often expansive gestures based in scientific, philosophical, sociological, or other extra artistic ideas and leavened with burlesque. Fluxus artists are a network of radical visionaries who have sought to change political, social, as well as aesthetic, perception.
Before I started studying art, especially sculpture, I thought of it as something that could be touched or something that was stationary for the most part. After taking a look at the Fluxus movement, where everything is valid in art, my view of art has changed considerably. I believe that the possibilities are endless in art making, from fixed art to performance, video, and sound. The Galerie Ecart is one of those examples in which art takes a very different meaning. The Galerie Ecart is an exhibition in the Getty in which all the pieces are composed of sound. These pieces have to be listened through a pod cast or a phone. Another example is the video performances by Fischli and Weiss, The Way Things Go, where a series of chemical and physical chain reactions take place in an empty warehouse. . The Cremaster cycle, by Matthew Barney, is a recent series of performance in which the artist uses video to create art. I think that a movement like Fluxus has changed the way we see or create art. Artists are taking art beyond things that can be seen or touched, to more abstract ways of expression such as sound, video, ans performance art.
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Looking at this group of artists has made me analize my preferences and inclinations in art making. Many of these artist use repetition in their pieces. I have trying to make pieces composed of many parts of a single material or thing; however what makes these pieces so impressive, such as Tara Donovan’s pieces, is the abundant amount of material used. I also enjoy the way many of these pieces seem simple and effortless and at the same time they are very complicated and time consuming. Another thing I enjoy about pieces of artist’s like Richard Sweeney is the clean and sharp look of many of these works. I enjoy the geometric quality of his designs. Jen Star’s work is also very precise and sharp, which I think reflects my affinity for order. My interest in using food as part of my work has led me to Nir Adar, whose work is very interesting in the way he uses food as his medium. Tim Noble and Sue Webster remind me of the many times artists have to go to the trash cans to collect materials, and the way other people look at artists for using materials that they consider trash.
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