The Cannonball Press series are images that are commentary of society past and present. They are intense wood block prints that must have taken ages to make. There are lots of old school vaudevillian images and icons present, reminiscent of old circus posters. The images primarily focus on modern themes of isolation, indulgence and cynicism. No borders. Nothing sacred. Drugs and alcohol, numbing yourself. The celebration and embrace of death.
"Side Show" by Mike Houston and Martin Mazorra is one of the two largest works there, selling for $20000. It's huge, covering an entire wall. It covers just about all of the themes discussed above.
Friday, February 18, 2011
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Assignment Three
Xu Bing
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| American Silk Worm Series Part II |
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| Book From The Sky |
This article talks about Xu Bing's participation in the "Artists Respond" project. This project concern's our changing world and our role in it. Bing visited Kenya for its culture and biological diversity. "As a Chinese artist living in America, I take great interactions between cultures."
http://www.hanshan.com/specials/xubingts.html
This article is more of a general biography, but discusses his project "A Book from the Sky" in-depth.
Xu Bing's art seems to be primarily concerned with communication. In his "A Book from the Sky" project, he created over 400 unique characters in the style of Chinese Kanji, and painstakingly engraved them in woodblock before printing them onto meters upon meters of paper that covered a room in his installation. By using indecipherable unique characters, he makes an interesting point about the nature of communication and language.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Assignment One
1. Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press, a revolutionary new machine that could create mass copies of production material, jump starting both information and art. News, teachings and other information could be shared with all at little cost.
2. These ideas continue to be a part of contemporary art making because the process creates a very unique image, able to be manipulated in many ways to create a singularly individual creation, while at the same time providing a cheap and easy way for an artist to share their work.
3. Photocopier art relates because it is a digitized version of the same process. You are creating copies in ink from a source and through the process imperfections will appear. It is different in that it is no longer a hands on activity - your input variables are limited to the alignment of the image copied and level of ink within the printer.
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cognoscente
- A person with special knowledge of a subject; a connoisseur.
par·si·mo·ny
–noun extreme or excessive economy or frugality; stinginess; niggardliness
- www.dictionary.com
2. These ideas continue to be a part of contemporary art making because the process creates a very unique image, able to be manipulated in many ways to create a singularly individual creation, while at the same time providing a cheap and easy way for an artist to share their work.
3. Photocopier art relates because it is a digitized version of the same process. You are creating copies in ink from a source and through the process imperfections will appear. It is different in that it is no longer a hands on activity - your input variables are limited to the alignment of the image copied and level of ink within the printer.
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| Stefania Ferri "Modern Blue Poppy" |
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| Michel Keck - "Untitled" |
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| Bill Oneil - "Cinema Fantastique" |
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cognoscente
- A person with special knowledge of a subject; a connoisseur.
par·si·mo·ny
–noun extreme or excessive economy or frugality; stinginess; niggardliness
- www.dictionary.com
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