Valero is an award winning Spanish illustrator who has an amazing series of prints. His collection Aerofauna is an interesting take on the nature technology clash, not to mention just plain cool to look at. We built planes and discovered flight, but in doing so the birds lost their wonder, their mystery as for the first time we become able to look down upon them. Instead of making technology and nature clash as one would expect, Doval makes the two work harmoniously creating an almost fantasy like creature. The colors are just stunning and the designs are simple yet elegant. His other works also exemplify his printmaking skills showing off his finesse with pen designs.
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Put in a sort of blueish-purple cloud like thing to fill up some space and add some contrast to the orange
Final product, tried to add a rugged 3d texture to the blue thing, and added some other colors to the orange for flare
George Ferrandi's lecture was phenomenal, she seems like a very free spirit who can turn an everyday experience into a work of art. Many of the works she presented stemmed from accidental run in and a spark of inspiration, such as her circus performance piece. Her Prosthetics of Life piece was probably my favorite, especially since it was so rich with hidden details such as using a balloon to imitate a snapshot of a kid's floppy hair. Alone, I would have thought the picture was a great piece, but once she explained the story behind it, the depth of the picture finally stood out. I also thought that her social experiment on the subway was a pretty cool idea. Simply by slightly relaxing her muscles she was able to send a message to whoever she was sitting next to.
After World War II, the U.S amassed a large amount of wealth while the nations of Europe were nearly bankrupt. With all its wealth, America became the shining beacon of Democracy and began spreading its influence throughout the world I the form of financial aid in order to combat the rising communist popularity. Rather than a war of weapons, the Cold War became a struggle for influence, and in order to secure authority in against the soviets, America had to change the fundamental culture of the conflicted states by instilling a sense of art completely counter to the Socialist Realism of the U.S.S.R. One such art style which was brought upon by several European refugee artist was Abstract Expressionism.
Though Abstract Expressionism became the poster child of American “freedom” art, I believe it never really was meant to be so. The movement is based on the ideas of the individual genius, the elitist artist who expresses himself however he feels. Such ideas contrast with the soviet ,share the wealth and the government controls art mentality, but does it truly belong as an anti-communist superweapon. Artists of the 1930’s were often low paid and thus switched from creating public art to creating a more elite oriented art in order to interest potential buyers. The movement itself is really geared towards those who are willing to take the time and really dig deep into the message rather than wall art to brighten up the hallways of some estate. Regardless of its origins, the CIA and affluent businessmen such as Rockefeller seemed to believe that the art should find its way back to the masses who often simply glance at the canvas, adore the pretty colors and walk away. The style really doesn’t fit with the mass unifier of the free world, rather it acts as an individual art movement designed to rebel against the notions of naturalism and realism in order to redefine the parameters of art. As the article mentioned, many artists were horrified at the results of the popularization of Abstract Expressionism. To wallow down on the level of Time and Life magazine was considered a shame by artists such as Bart Newman. Several artists, such as Rothko, committed suicide over the unwanted success of his paintings that apparently,” howled their opposition to bourgeois material.” The ideas of those artists were taken away from them and shifted by curators and galleries which turned the solitary artists into superstars, completely against the ideas which they stood for. In a Machiavellian sense, the CIA and Eisenhower might think that the ends justify the means, but did they truly have the right to twist and turn and art movement, which they themselves believed was best separated from politics? |
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