Museum of Fine Arts

Sketches:

A. What was the most enjoyable thing you saw? Why? 
- A Bull Fight by Jacques Raymond Brascassat.  His painting is so realistic, but the eyes are what drew me to it.  They really pop out and look real.

B. What was the most disturbing thing you saw? Why? 
- Reclining Nude by Macirice de Vlaminck.  It looks like her nipples are bleeding.  Also the blue color on her eyes and face makes me feel uncomfortable.

C. What piece in the museum is the most like something you might make yourself, of would like to make, Why? 
- Physichromie 405 by Carlos Cruz- Diez.  I would like to make this because its very eye catching and colorful, kind of how my art work turns out.

BrainStorming List for performance

Color Images

Metaphor Project

Life Mapping...GRADE ME POR FAVOR

Story LINE. Critique and Photos.

The group that did the critique on my project said...
- They felt pain, it made their eye hurt.
- Size was good.
- I should have added something more, could have made it convex like an actual eye.
(good advice!)


Heres some photos of the final project...goes along with my LINE story.

Mark Making Project Critique

1. Overall Composition
- I think my overall composition is good, the use of negative space helps it.  Also the marks created relates the emotion pain very well.  The bow sticking out shows what my story was about. 
The only thing I would change about it is make it convex like an eye is, and the part where the bow sticks in it dents in.

2. Sense of mood/emotion or sensory experience
- The sense of mood is pain/agony.

3 Relationship of mood/emotion to mark
- The mark completely relates this emotion.  The spikey marking, looks sharp and veiny.  Also the shape of the eye with a violen bow sticking in it conveys pain.

4.. Use of negative space
- I definitely used more negative space than marking space.  This goes along with my story because an eye has more negative space.

5. Use or medium/materials.
- The violen bow sticking out, glossy white paint, shape of the canvas all are great.  I would change the way  I did the foam, I could have played with it more creating a convex look.

6. Presentation
- Presentation was nice, hanging on a wall, and the wire behind hide the way it was hung.

New Visual Metaphor.

So Ive been thinking and I dont really care for any of the metaphors I chose.

Here is my new idea...


My memory...
- In middle school I tried to fit in, and I had this friend who was popular and always wanted to do bad things.  I always followed what she did cause I wanted to be popular too.  I gave into peer pressure, one time especially.  We were in a gas station and she wanted to steal some condoms.  So we did, and realized they were discusting things.  My mom later read on my computer that we stole them and went to the gas station and told them. Either we had to work for the gas station for a whole day, or go to jail.  So we both decided to work.  I had to clean the boys bathroom....ceiling to floor.  She just had to clean all the windows.

Giving into peer pressure is conforming to someone, like a condom.. the thing we stole.  And it caused us to get introuble.

So.... Im going to get a doll and put a condom over her head.  And put socially unexceptable things on her... like tatoos, peircings, put slutty clothes on her. And then put handcuffs around her hands showing the getting caught part.

Visual Metaphors.

Here are three that I came up with about when I got spanked when I was little and the paddle cracked.

1.  Ill have a wooden paddle with a crack down the middle.  And some crooked teeth on it with braces.  Showing that spanking is painful but it was for a good cause. Just like braces.

2.  Have a wooden paddle with a crack down it, and a traffic light on it.  Showing spanking directs your way.

3.  Have a wooden paddle with a crack down it, and a one way sign on it.  Showing that spaking directs you in the right way.  Possibly pointing to a light.



Im gonna spend time thinking of some other ones, but this metaphor thing is hard for me to understand.

Lecture Assignment 3/4

(Taken by me, someone I know)

A. What is the purpose of this photo; why was it taken? why do you keep it? why did you choose it for this assignment? What is its significance to you?

- The purpose of this photo was to capture my little cousins personality.  It was taken because she was happy, it was a good time to take a picture.  I keep this photo because I rarely get to see her and it makes me smile.  I chose this photo for this assignment because her expression was priceless.  Its significant because its a photo of family, new family.

B.  What is the emotional relationship between the photographer and the subject? how does that influence the way the picture was taken? How does it affect the way you look at the photo? What is the photographer' atttude toward the subject? What is the subject's attitude towards the photographer?

- The emotional relationship is happy, playful between me and my cousin.  This influences the way the photo was taken, it was taken while she was smiling.  It makes me feel happy when I look at this photo.  The attitude towards the subject is caring and happy.  The subject's attitude towards the photographer is happy.

C.  In what context is this photo intended to be viewed?, by who, for how long? Do you think you will still remember this photo in ten years?

- The photo is intended to be viewed in happy way.  By family members, for as long as they want.  Yes i think I will remember this photo, when she grows up it will be a  photo I will show her.

(Taken of me by someone else)

a. what is the purpose of this photo; why was it taken? why do you keep it? why did you choose it for this assignment? What is its significance to you?

- The purpose was for my mom to capture me, my brother and cousin all together.  I keep it because my brothers face makes me laugh.  I chose it because we all have different facial expressions towards the photographer.  Its significant because it has people I care about it in it.

b. What is the emotional relationship between the photographer and the subject? how does that influence the way the picture was taken? How does it affect the way you look at the photo? What is the photographer' atttude toward the subject? What is the subject's attitude towards the photographer?

- The emotional relationship is a motherly one.  It influences the way the picture was taken, it causes our facial expressions to be different.  It affects the way I look at the photo because I know who took it and what we were doing.  The photographers attitude towards the subject is caring.  The subject's attitude towards the photographer is jokingly.

c. In what context is this photo intended to be viewed?, by who, for how long? Do you think you will still remember this photo in ten years?

-  It is intended to be viewed by family members, by how ever long.  I think that we will because its three people together that normally arent together.

(Taken by someone I dont know, of someone I dont know)

a. what is the purpose of this photo; why was it taken? why do you keep it? why did you choose it for this assignment? What is its significance to you?

- This photo was probably taken to depict who the man is.  I keep it because I think its an interesting black and white photo and I needed it for a class.  I chose this because it interests me, his expression and clothing.  It has no significance to me.

b. What is the emotional relationship between the photographer and the subject? how does that influence the way the picture was taken? How does it affect the way you look at the photo? What is the photographer' atttude toward the subject? What is the subject's attitude towards the photographer?

- The emotional relationship between the photographer and the subject is probably professional.  It influences it because its more serious. It makes me feel contimplative/serious when I look at this photo. The photographers attitutude towards the subject is probably professional.  The subject's attitude towards the photographer is serious.

c. In what context is this photo intended to be viewed?, by who, for how long? Do you think you will still remember this photo in ten years?

- Its to be viewed by anybody, for how ever long its on google. I dont think i will remeber this photo in 10 years.



P1.2 Repetition/Rhythm text studies. 3D square comp translation. (Feb.)

6 Mark Making with Ink 3/6/11

Bottom of Shoe:

 

Hair Grooming Object:

Kitchen Utensil:

 

Stamping Object:

 

Object of Choice/ Method of Choice:

 

String:



Uncomfortable Video

feeling uncomfortable?

Life Mapping Sketch

Here is what I decided Im going to do with my life mapping project:

- The frame will either be wood or metal.

- On the counties in each state I have lived in I am going to place black and white pictures I have taken that remind me of memories in each state.  Im going to write the memory on the picture with white paint, or white out.  The county I used to live in will be raised up and the most importatnt memory will be placed on it.  The states will be made out of cardboard. Painted in the back...black.  Each state will be connected with the way i got there...car or plane.  They will be connected to the frame somehow....metal rod...I will play with things and see what works the best.

Hopefully it works out like I think it will!

And hopefully I come up with enough memories to fill in  the counties...The state I lived in the longest has the least counties...how wonderful.