Vija Celmins came off as a bit weird when I first watched her section. She was stuck on this one painting and had been for years. It was a painting of space with thousands of little stars. To me, it seemed ridiculous to just paint a black surface with thousands of white dots and on top of that repeat it numerous times. But as I listened to her talk and explain her painting I realized it was an escape for her. She enjoyed it just as much as any of us enjoy our favorite things. Waldemar Januszczak talks about in "What is Art for?," that art is a way people to escape from their dull normal lives. Her space picture does exactly that for her.
Elizabeth Murray struck me as a person who would put graffitti on the side of a run down building. As we looked deeper into her and her art I realized she basically does graffitti. She goes into it with a rough outline but ends up freelancing it. She never seems to be satisfied with her work always trying to find ways to make it better. She uses shapes and colors that are attractive to the eye and at the same time boggle its onlooker. The shapes she uses seem to be polar opposties of eachother but yet they flow together in a way that makes is beautiful. She talks of how painting is so physical with her. The feel of the paint and the way she can shape and form things to make them flow seem to help her loose herself in her work. Again we see and example of how are just seems to relieve the physcial and mental stress of life.
Ann Hamilton was my favorite artist. The way she used the cameras in the mouth to show us speech, if you will. It was incredible. It makes you think when you are talking to people that I could see this person in a whole other way. Her other work such as the lines being drawn backwards as the image is projected onto white sheets gives almost a calming feeling. It allows for ones mind to kind of disappear in awe. Her art seems so out there but yet she is still a grounded individual. Hamilton's work just seems to be relaxing and is able to just take a persons mind and take it somewhere else for a few moments.
Bruce Nauman's work is a little weird but yet extremely intriguing. He takes everyday chores or occurences and somehow makes them art or at least leads you to see them as art. He talks about how some is accidental and some is planned. He kind of proves that art can be anything. It is just the way it is viewed. What I thought was interesting was when he talks about making sculptures that seem to have no function when tried to use the way one thinks but somehow people always find different ways to use it. For example the stairs that form a W does not serve any really helpful purpose but many people have found different uses for it.
Matthew Barney's work is just straight weird. I do not even know what to think of it. I guess it is art in the way he puts everything together so that it expresses a deeper meaning. He uses many provacative things in his films and there seems to be more to it than is implied. Each action has a distinct way of helping tell the story he is portraying. I dont see it as art in the way that it is relaxing and takes your mind away from reality. It is too much involved for that.
Elizabeth Murray struck me as a person who would put graffitti on the side of a run down building. As we looked deeper into her and her art I realized she basically does graffitti. She goes into it with a rough outline but ends up freelancing it. She never seems to be satisfied with her work always trying to find ways to make it better. She uses shapes and colors that are attractive to the eye and at the same time boggle its onlooker. The shapes she uses seem to be polar opposties of eachother but yet they flow together in a way that makes is beautiful. She talks of how painting is so physical with her. The feel of the paint and the way she can shape and form things to make them flow seem to help her loose herself in her work. Again we see and example of how are just seems to relieve the physcial and mental stress of life.
Ann Hamilton was my favorite artist. The way she used the cameras in the mouth to show us speech, if you will. It was incredible. It makes you think when you are talking to people that I could see this person in a whole other way. Her other work such as the lines being drawn backwards as the image is projected onto white sheets gives almost a calming feeling. It allows for ones mind to kind of disappear in awe. Her art seems so out there but yet she is still a grounded individual. Hamilton's work just seems to be relaxing and is able to just take a persons mind and take it somewhere else for a few moments.
Bruce Nauman's work is a little weird but yet extremely intriguing. He takes everyday chores or occurences and somehow makes them art or at least leads you to see them as art. He talks about how some is accidental and some is planned. He kind of proves that art can be anything. It is just the way it is viewed. What I thought was interesting was when he talks about making sculptures that seem to have no function when tried to use the way one thinks but somehow people always find different ways to use it. For example the stairs that form a W does not serve any really helpful purpose but many people have found different uses for it.
Matthew Barney's work is just straight weird. I do not even know what to think of it. I guess it is art in the way he puts everything together so that it expresses a deeper meaning. He uses many provacative things in his films and there seems to be more to it than is implied. Each action has a distinct way of helping tell the story he is portraying. I dont see it as art in the way that it is relaxing and takes your mind away from reality. It is too much involved for that.
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