VC 11- Favorite photography

I'm very drawn to images with words or slogans, some people dont enjoy they because they feel the distract you from making your own mind up about the image, I feel that the slogan is just as much a part of the image and the concept or the pose.

In this image I found on a website named "tumblr" I was moved by the slogan/tattoo "art never comes from happiness" It was an interesting concept to think about, do we as artist pull everything from a deeper darker place?.

I thought about my own art and my own appearance and decided that I agreed with the slogan, I draw my artistic nature from a darker place, not to be morbid but to be strong I feel strong emotions are what drive art and what is stronger than the darker emotions, even love is a dark emotion.

I wish I knew who this was by, its the culture of this time to have billions of anon images floating around the internet.

2011

everything from this blog up is 2011's work :)

"The feminist art movement refers to the efforts and accomplishments of feminists internationally to make art that reflects women's lives and experiences, as well as to change the foundation for the production and reception of contemporary art. It also sought to bring more visibility to women within art history and art practice. Corresponding with general developments within feminism, and often including such self-organizing tactics as the consciousness-raising group, the movement began in the late 1960s and flourished throughout the 1970s as an outgrowth of the so-called second wave of feminism; its effects continue to the present"

-Wikipedia

I like how feminism stands up for the rights of women, race or sexual orientation. But I think that people have taken some of the ideas of feminism and twisted it, there are a lot of feminist stereotypes but not all of them are true.

Feminist art is still not as well known as other art types but they are paving their way with the help of groups like the gorilla girls, who are a group of unknown women who go by the names of other feminist artist. They put a humorous spin on the feminist stereotypes.

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I did not like this photo, kingdom, at all, it seems to me like he's trying to be sort-of grunge and "druggie" but it feels too staged, everything around him is placed, and new looking. I’m not sure why, I just really don’t agree with this photo.




I really adore this photo, the focus is the eyes and they are really lovely to look at, I love the carefully balanced whites and the hair is a wonderful colour and cut, all together lovely photo.

AWM - War Photography

Photography captures the stills of war; it can freeze and hold that one moment of conflict. One of the 1st war photographers was Roger Fenton, he took still images of the Crimean war, which was difficult with the bulky technology of the time, they could still not yet take moving objects with cameras.

Photography is a more realistic take on war, I believe because it’s taken at the time, unlike a painting or drawing.


We have advanced in the technology of cameras which means that more and more images are being taken, we have more understanding of the destruction of war, cameras are becoming very portable, even the use of iPhones has changed how we view war.

Things also like aerial photography; we can get a better view, different angles.

American Abstract Expressionism.

American Abstract Expressionism, born as a post WWII art movement in New York, it has been said that Abstract Expressionism is what made New York one of the main art center next to Paris.

To make things clear, American abstract art is a league all of its own, it was America’s way of showing the world how "fantastic" and "powerful" it was, it was America being a show off and sticking it in the world’s face that it is a force of freedom.

Whilst the war was on a lot of European artist and teachers of art fled to America to flee the Nazi strangle hold. They worked their way into the American culture and the American student developed their teachings.

It was a utopian time for art in New York, it created artist like Andy Warhol, and Jackson Pollock. Two of America’s favorite artists


Honestly, I dislike them both, Andy was vague and Jackson thought he was too big for his shoes, I love abstract art, I just find American abstract art too self rightious, to show-y, too up its self.

National Gallery Of Australia.

1957 # 20
[Black,brown on maroon' or 'Deep red and black' are alternative titles'] 1957
New York, New York, United States of America
Painting, oil on canvas
Primary Insc: signed and dated verso u.l., maroon oil paint, "Mark Rothko / 1957"
Tertiary Insc: '1957 # 20' inscribed on crossbar on back of stretcher.
233.0 h x 193.0 w cm
Unframed 233.0 h x 193.0 w x 4.5 d cm
Purchased 1981
Accession No: NGA 81.729
© Mark Rothko. Licensed by ARS & VISCOPY, Australia



As soon as I saw this painting I knew it would be my favorite, the balance and space, the colours, all work so amazingly. I am a "sucker" for Abstract art, I don’t get a "dark" feeling from this painting, It reminds me of a desert sunset, Mark Rothko at his finest.



Untitled (vertical flanking diptych - red) 1966-74
Painting, oil on canvas
Primary Insc: not signed, not dated
canvas (each) 244.0 h x 172.7 w cm
overall 244.0 h x 376.0 w cm
Purchased 1973
Accession No: NGA 73.819.A-B

Normally I am really partial to a good piece of abstract art, but I find these two canvases [..yes I wouldn’t class them as painting] very disappointing, I expected a bit more from abstract art, I'd like it more if it had a blue dot or some lines I just don’t class a canvas as art, tell me I'm wrong if you like, but I'm sticking to this, Its plain & It lacks effort and purpose.


Refurence.
http://nga.gov.au/Home/Default.cfm