Over the break, take another look at the Alternative Exhibition Format slideshow. Think about which artist's work was the most interesting to you in terms of format. Make a post and talk about what the artist does with format, and why you think it is interesting. In addition talk about what you think the focus of your exploration will be in the weeks when you get back from break. Are you going to play with a specific process? Do you want to experiment with materials? Is there a theme you want to explore?

I thought that hidden relief by Sarah Sze was very interesting.  I think that the format s interesting because it looks chaotic but if the viewer stops and takes the time to look closely at each detail then they can recognize the intricacy of the piece.  After considering the details the viewer is can step back and see the whole piece's beauty as a whole.  This process that Sze makes the viewer go through is that makes it so interesting.  You can;t just look at the piece think a quick thought and be done. You are draw in.  You have to see that is making up this chaos.

When we get back from break i want to start working with different types os paper and make a ton of flowers.  I want tot assemble them in the corner of a room.  The flowers will go from the ceiling to the floor and look as though the flowers are bursting from the seem of the walls.  While doing this I also want to start making jewelry.  I collected a lot of shells over break and i want to make them into jewelry.

i thought about painting this on the green to yellow painting but i thought it would be better to draw it.

I originally thought it would look very cool if i could fade really dark purple into yellow.  However i decided that that would be very difficult because mixing purple and yellow makes brown.  So i decided that purple to red would have to work. I ended up liking it a lot.  i wanted to put very different colors in weird designs on top of it, but then i added the blue circle and hated it.  So I'm still trying to figure out what i want to do with it.

Because I didn't know what to do with the purple painting i decided to make this one. Green fading to yellow.  I think i will paint a yellow flower on the dark green part.  not sure yet i dont want to mess it up like idid with the purple.

this is the green paint i used after it dyed.  I like the way it looks

Art and Fear Quotes

"In moments of weakness, the myth of the extraordinary provides the excuse for an artist to quit trying to make art and the excuse for a viewer to quit trying to understand it."

I can relate to this because often when i feel that my work is bad, or does not turn out how i want it to in my mind, which is often far to close to perfect for anyone to accomplish i quit.  i give up on the piece all together. I also so the same the thing when looking the a piece i do not like off the bat.  I stop trying to understand it when if I had chosen to look longer i may have found something amazing that didn't come out at me at first.  These are things i am trying to work on.  The packet goes on to say how to avoid this and i will try to do that.

"Don't look back-

something might be gaining on you"

- Satchel Paige

I can relate to his quote because I often feel that when something is gaining on me, in a metaphorical sense, like something is catching up with me I find it best that if you don't address it but go on to do things that will stomp it out you often out run it.

"We have met the enemy and he is us" -Pogo

i can relate tot his because i am a true believer in that you are your own worst enemy.   I think that you can chose to see things how you do.  You can look at anything and if you chose to find beauty you will.  If you decided a piece you make is bad it will be.  I believe that to stay happy an accomplish what you want in life and in art you must do things for youself and not take your criticism too negatively.  You yourself are the only one that can ruin things for yourself.

The Artist's Studio

What types of things do you see in more that one artist's space?Why do you think these things appear in so many different artists' studios?

I noticed that lots of the studios had atleast some natural lighting, i think this is beacuse natural lighting is more vivid, I like to work in it more than any artifical lighting. Most had different trypes of paint and different things to paint on and put thier paint on I think that they did this so that they would have anythign they would need in thier space and could grab it the second insparation coems to them. They all had art in thier studio, most had atleast some of thier own but they all had some. Clrealy none of them copy other artists work but seeing what has been done, in my opinon, often helps you think of that could be done and what hasn't been done. Originality is key.

Scratching, by Twyla Tharp

Scratching, by Twyla Tharp

What is scratching according to Twyla Tharp and how does she suggest we do it?

Twyla Tharp describes Scratching as the act of finding inspiration in the places you go and things you see and do.  She suggests that people don’t try to scratch but that it will come upon you with you knowing.  Just going about daily life and observing and seeing things from all directions will help scratching to occur.

 

Knowing how you work in the studio, what methods, techniques, or tricks can you see yourself using from Ms. Tharp's suggestions?

I plan on trying to fill my space with things room my room, things from my life and pictures from the places I’ve been and hope to go to help inspire me.  I want to fill it with life so that when I look up I will see something I wasn’t expecting to and find hidden inspiration I was not expecting.  I also requested to be by a window so that I would be able to look out it and see how things are always changing and see the people walking around and find inspiration from the seasons and nature and what people are doing.

She's talking about dance. What would scratching look like in the studio?

Like what I said I wanted to do in my area, scratching in a studio could look different for each artist but I believe it would most likely look like a collection of “things,” such as pictures, different mediums around so they are at hand when you feel inspired.  I really believe that a window is crucial, the view is always changing and you never know what you will see.  Looking out a widow in my opinion is the most effective way to have scratching occur.  The changing and unexpectedness of nature, in my opinion, is the best place to find inspiration.

Artists at work: workspaces & processes

In response to the PowerPoint we looked at in class today (see again below) answer the following question:

How do artists develop spaces and methods for making their most authentic work as part of a daily artistic practice?

I think that each artist found a unique way to create his or her area.   Each one was unique and had interesting aspects that likely played a role in the creation of their work.  While some found it best to have organized spaces others put themselves in serious clutter.  I think that the more cluttered areas were a way for the artist to grab inspiration.   If you take Alexander Calder’s studio for example, he had a mass amount of “things” in his studio.  It is likely that working in all the clutter caused him too see things that he wasn’t expecting and use it as inspiration.  However the clutter did not seem to transfer to his work.  His pieces seem to be clean and organized.  That being said I think it is safe to day that artist do whatever is necessary to make the space handy.  Handy for inspiration through having lots of things to look at like Alexander Calder and Hamlet Dobbins, handy with machines to help them when injured as Frida Kahlo did, handy with open floor space so Jackson Pollock could work on the ground, which he must have found best for himself.  Artists like Carrie Pollack do not need lost of thing in their studios bc what they find handy doesn’t fit in a studio, because its out in the world, therefore these artists are able to have just the minimal things in their studio, yet still create just as wonderful art.