Posted by: sj7g09 on: December 29, 2009
I found it interesting that art, particularly of the avante garde, has been described as an aggressive dialogue with another force, a reaction against something. Personally, I’m left wondering whether art is able to exist in this form in a society where art and ideas can be censored if the government is opposed to them [...]
Posted by: sj7g09 on: December 29, 2009
International Perspectives on Art – Lecture V image by Piet Mondrian Mondrian was part of the De Stijl movement, which stripped art to its basics, focusing on line and colour, and making a point of not relying on other media. This was intended to create a pure visual experience, resisting the mass media and ‘kitsch’ [...]
Posted by: sj7g09 on: December 28, 2009
Perspectives on International Art – Lecture V – 7/12/2009 Modernism as a reaction to changes in society. Breaking inheritance from past was important to reflect society. Art began to express the emotions of the artist, giving their own subjective world view – rather than just showing the world, it began to give cues as to [...]
Posted by: sj7g09 on: December 28, 2009
I have a lot of notes to consolidate, and an inability to concentrate, which has caused me to give up on working all together. Quite a problem, considering that my assessment is looming and I still have so many things that I want to do, and nothing’s getting done. I guess I’ll just pick a [...]
Posted by: sj7g09 on: December 24, 2009
I’ve tried to gain a bit of distance from all the things that have been happening, to try to get a bit of clarity on it and work out how to interpret and move on from the recent reception of my work. So, I haven’t blogged in the last few weeks, because it was at [...]
Posted by: sj7g09 on: December 10, 2009
When I got home, I made a video to document how I was feeling about all of this, but unfortunately can’t upload it to my blog as of yet, because I’m not brave enough to put it on YouTube first. I don’t usually work in video because I don’t think I really have the skills [...]
Posted by: sj7g09 on: December 10, 2009
So, an even more depressing and intimidating tutorial. The story has changed since yesterday – if the university has any evidence to believe that I’m doing anything illegal, they must report me to the police. They’re also still trying to persuade me that my ideas are worth continuing with, but that it must be in [...]
Posted by: sj7g09 on: December 9, 2009
One of the things discussed in my tutorial was in regard to the self-shot portrait, and whether it can be considered sexual, and why. The view expressed by the member of staff was that it was sexual, because she was naked, she was wearing the long socks, the way her legs were crossed one over [...]
Posted by: sj7g09 on: December 9, 2009
Further delving into the mess that is the “infantilisation of women”, I started looking at specific examples that some sites were giving, mostly focusing on the clothing and appearance of women in advertising. Some prominent examples were white socks, black maryjane shoes, tartan skirts and pigtails. I also found a raging debate on Halloween costumes [...]
Posted by: sj7g09 on: December 9, 2009
