Week Fifteen- Art Gallery Visit #3: Self-Portraits Art Making/Material Exploration

The three photos of inspiration 

My Snapshot photo

The Artwork

The Questions

1. Why did you select the inspiration pieces?
I chose those inspiring pieces because they were the only three photos that spoke to me and show interest to me.

2. Why did you select the media to create your self-portrait?I decided to use a computer in order to create a media of "cartoon" like features because I got tired of using paint and charcoal/pencil in order to create art; art should not be limited to using paper on.

3. What challenges did you face in creating your self-portrait and how did you overcome them?
Honestly I did not have any problems with creating a self-portrait. I asked my friend to take a photo of me and he did, then I knew I wanted a cartoon effect, so that's what I did.

4. How does this piece represent you?
This piece represents me because the artwork is me looking at my television while playing video games and the effect of this artwork is "cartoon" like and that's what I was playing at the time

5. What elements and principles of art did you apply in this work?The elements that I used for this artwork is variety because there are many different shades of grey in this artwork.

6. Did you enjoy working on this project?
I honestly did not enjoy this art project because I don't like to take photos of myself at all.


7. What do you think of your final artwork?
I believe that my artwork came out okay because the computer did it for me, rather than myself. If I were to do this the same way the computer did, it would come out horrible and no one will be able to recognize it.

Project #5 Art Criticism Article

1. Which projects did you review?
Out of all the projects I reviewed, the ones I reviewed was entitled Equality at its Finest by Dianne Incorvia, Made of itself by Elias Taveras and Welcome to Wonderland by Linda Baez. 

2. Why did you select the Exhibit you critiqued?The one I chose out of the three was Linda Baez powerpoint; the art work she showed really got my attention because it was really unique such as the picture regarding an elephant and gravity which shows the elephant’s nose holding up its whole body. Even though this artwork is odd because elephants cannot do something like that, it still raises our imagination. Another work that Linda chose that astounded me was the head on cai guo quaing 2004

3. What challenges did you face in writing the critique article and how did you overcome them?The challenges I faced while writing this critique was trying to find which power point to choose from my peer. All of them were great, but it was hard to find one that would give me a lot to talk about from the images they have chose

4. How do you feel about critiquing your peers work?
It feels really good that I am critizing my fellow peers work because I get to see what others themes and  artworks people have chosen besides my own. I am able to see many new sculptors or painting that I have never seen before; also I will assume that I am getting an idea of the person’s personality based on their theme and images they choose. 

5. Would you like to read the critique your peers wrote about your Art Curation Project?Yeah if anybody wrote about my powerpoint I would enjoy to read what my peers would have to say about the images that I have chosen. It would be nice to know others opinions telling me what should I do to make it better; if there are any animals they would have liked to see or if they would recommend any others works of art that are animal related. It would be nice to even hear the negative things such as what I should not have added, what is wrong with my descriptions or reasoning for choosing the image. 

6. On a scale of 1-10 how would you rate your finished article and why?If I were to grade my own project, I would give it a 8 out of 10 and the reason for this is because I did a lot of research to find the most interesting images of animals. Whether it was horses, dogs, cats, birds or any other animal any artist who drew beautiful images of animals would be put into my power point. 

7. Did you enjoy working on this project?
Since this project was based on my choice of a theme, choosing images that looked the best to me based on my theme is only natural instinct that I will give myself a high rating for my own work. This is why I enjoyed this project. 

Week 16: Reflections of AED200

1.) What were your expectations for this course and were they met?

My expectations for the course were met because it looks like at the route I am going, I will be receiving an A in this course when I thought I would get a B or something. I thought there wasn't going to be as much work as I had to do though.

2.) What is art? How would you define it now compared to your initial posting?

In my first post of the semester, I put the definition of art as "Art to me is images drawn by someone with a lot of there time and effort" Now my definition of art is "art is a symbol of emotions and expressions of a particular person.

3.) Who was your favorite artist in your original posting and who is your favorite visual artist now? If there is a difference, why do you think so? If you have the same favorite artist, why do you think so?

In my first posting for the semester, I did not have a favorite artist because I did not like art, but now I still do not have a favorite artist because I honestly still do not like art. If I had to pick an artist, it would have to be Andy Warhol because he created Pop Art which in my opinion seems to be unique in a certain way.

4.) How do you feel about talking an online course? Is your answer the same as it was in your first posting? How is it the same or different?

I feel that taking an online course is great because I can stay in my room and do the assignments rather than going to the actual class; there would be sometimes that I do not want to go to class, but I will have to regardless, but for this class all I have to do is click the week's folder and do the assignment. My view is the same because I will always enjoy an online class over a physical class.

EXTRA CREDIT (FINAL CHANCE!) - Questions about the course

1. Which assignment did you ENJOY working on the best? Why?

The assignments I enjoyed working on the most were the art projects because most of them were easy to do and fun to do as well.

2. Which assignment did you ENJOY working on the least? Why?

The video blogs because I honestly found most of the videos to be really boring and informative

 

3. How did you like using ANGEL?

I like ANGEL because I do not have to step foot into a classroom which is a plus and I already knew how to use it beforehand.

4. If you had the opportunity to change this course:

What would you keep? I would keep all of the art projects that we have worked on over the semester

What would you remove? some of the video blogs because sometimes the work became too overwhelming to do especially if you have other classes to do work for

What would you add? Nothing, because there were many extra credit opportunities which is a good thing. 

5. Would you recommend this course to your peers?

Yes because in general this was a very easy class, just too much work

6. Please list any other comments you would like to share.

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Week Fifteen - Video Review Blog

1. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.

The key concepts I learned on Greenberg on art criticism an interview by T.J. Clark video is Greenberg believes that writing on the subject of visual art is more difficult than writing on the subject of music and literature. Greenberg also states that the best criticism he read is music from Tovey and whenever he wants to bring his sprit up he reads Tovey work to help remember to stay relevant.

The key concepts I learned for the critic’s stories from the inside pages video is Method man expressed himself saying there is no use for critics and they were only helpful for his first album when they exposed it. People like Tom Moon discusses what makes a good critic which is when someone reads what you have to say and you inspire them to go and listen to the song  or read that book you have talked about. David Sterritt is another who discusses what makes a good critic when he says a good critic gives you fresh ideas and gives you a fresh way of looking at things.

2. Do the videos relate to the creation of your Art Criticism project? If yes, explain how. If no, explain why not.

These videos that I’ve chosen do relate to our art criticism project because both videos talk about how people view and feel about critics and our project is Criticizing one of our fellow peers. The videos are our guides which will help us complete the project.

3. What is your opinion of the films? Do they add depth to understanding of art criticism?

The videos do give me a great understanding of art criticism; they show me what makes a good critic and what should be the person reaction to our criticism. According to the videos good criticism is helping the reader come up with new ideas and motivating others to see what you criticize if I can do this then hopefully I can do a good job on the project.