10/29 lecture- That's pretty good for a girl

the first wave of feminist art

1) Essentials (identity)
- the personal
- body
- sexuality
- vaginal iconagraphy
- affirm female attributes

2) material/ techniques
unique women

3) activist (activism)
performance
sisterhood

4) Distinguishing art
-men vs. women

the feminist art movement shows the uniqueness of the art and how personal it can be, whether it be by poses or using their sexuality. marrianne brandt created the target lamps 1950- women admitted 2 harvard. made very intricate artwork. birth control 1963- equal pay act. NOW founded. they did use much iconagraphy, and showing how women r seen by men. many performance pieces

kulers

http://kuler.adobe.com/#themeID/1085908

gender- boy (top)  baby blues

mood-anger just like a bull

http://kuler.adobe.com/#themeID/1085918

Temp- wouldn't want to be in this weather

http://kuler.adobe.com/#themeID/1085921

Fall- look at the leaves fall down

http://kuler.adobe.com/#themeID/1086001

gardener/lays down grass- all the different kinds of grass

http://kuler.adobe.com/#themeID/1086003

reading summary

reading was about harmony and how its similar images that harmonize and rhythm- pauses between units.
contrast - opposition and through that opposition that areas of an image are emphasized

post minimalism

Richard Serra: Between the Torus and the Sphere  (2003-05)                   Snake (1994-97)

a. shape, texture
b. harmony- they go in order
c. the shapes just seem interesting and i can't think of what to say

                                                                                                                   a. line, shape
                                                                                                                   b. harmony- like calming waves
                                                                                                                   c. they look like soothing waves                          to me.


Bruce Nauman: Green Light Corridor  (1970)               None Sing Neon Sign (1970)

a. color, line
b. harmony- it's orderly and the color green seems soothing to me.
c. a green room that's calming and soothing.                
                                                                                     a. color, line
                                                                                     b. harmony: lines form words, closure, order
                                                                                     c. looks like a red and white candy cane has been separated into two straight lines that create words.

minimalism

Robert Smithson:
 A Nonsite Pine                                                                                  Terminal

a. shape, line, texture.
b. harmony- it has order
c. it has closure and it looks like some sort of symbol to me.
                                                                                                         a. shape
                                                                                                         b. harmony- has order from small to big and back to small.                                                                             c. it looks like a 3-d model of a shape.


Dan Flavin: Greens Crossing Greens                                          Untitled

a. line, shape, color
b. harmony- orderly lines
c. it looks like two ladders crossing                                   a. line, shape, color
                                                                                          b. harmony due to the fact that it is orderly
                                                                                          c. looks like a really colorful party is going on inside.

looking for repetition- abstract expressionism

Abstract Expressionism:
Mark Tobey- Echoes of Broadway 1964
a. color, line, texture, shape.
b. i think this sits closer to contrast, because while there is repetition with the white shapes and lines it looks visually chaotic.

c. to me it makes it look chaotic and yet it makes me focus on the middle were there is an abundance of lines.

(to the right) Advance of History 1964
a. line, color, shape
b. contrast, because the repetition creates chaos.
c. the contrast in color makes me focus on that, but it does look very chaotic.









Lousie Nevelson: White Vertical Water-1972
 (to left)
a. shape, texture, line.
b. seems harmoniously, because it looks like water.
c. the shapes create continuance and seem to flow like water.



                                               Luminous Zag: Night (1971)
                                               a. shape, line
                                               b. harmony- all the patterns in the squares are orderly.                                   c. i really just like looking in all the different squares to see all the different patterns.

10 sketches in class

sadly i don't recall what method i used but i do know they all used more than one pencil.

best 16 of 50 sketches

methods:
opposite hand
100 parallel lines
crumpled paper then uncrumple
fold paper

process write-up- uncomfortable

all i knew is that i wanted 2 talk about something that would creep people out or at least be somewhat nasty. So then i remembered that i had pictures of my grandfathers toe nails and they look really nasty, so i decided i'd talk about that as my video and go into as much detail as i could about the color,thickness, and direction of the nails and that's what i did for my uncomfortable video

process write-up- monologue

ok so for my monologue i wanted to incorporate spanish into it and that's when i remembered all the times people would think that i don't know spanish and they'd say shit about me or my friends and then i tell them off because i know spanish, so i figured i'd talk about that and thats how i came up with my video

human comp.

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