Friday, February 26, 2010
Done at last
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Just cause I can
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Artist Entry 2 Ralph Steadman
Once again I'm drawn to this demented artwork. Like I said before, I'm drawn to the twisted work for some reason. I know his illustrations aren't what you expect from a great artist, the lines are rough but still flow; the work seems like it's a rough sketching or doodles of potential works. You get the impression the person who is doing the work is out of their mind, but at the same time is completely sane. I know when I first saw his work, I thought this guy has to be on heroin because who could image this off-the-wall shit. With his work he challenges the political & social norms of society. I love the fact that it goes to show you don't have to be an amazing artist to make powerful art. I truly admire his work because you can tell he put his true vision to paper.
Art Project 2_ Huffing glue is better than eating it!
"Conceptual Art" Questions
1. Conceptual art was in a way created shock value; so in keeping in shock value the "viewers" reactions & thoughts can give the piece more meaning, good example if the "viewer" did not like Duchamp's ur-anal, they start to apply more meanings to it whether positive of negative, making the piece go even farther than the artist could have imagined it.
2. It was difficult because people had been so used to seeing sculpture & paintings & that's all they thought could be considered art. But when Duchamp put "Fountain" out there, it challenged people beliefs of what's considered art.
3. How can you recognize a piece of conceptual art when you encounter it? A good example of this is in Felix Gonzalez-Torres photograph of an empty double bed w/ crumpled bedclothes on it. The picture has no text on it, so it leaves the viewer to draw their own meaning.
4. A good example of this is with One of Three Chairs, since there was no conceptual art department the museum had no clue where to store the piece. So as the readings put it; they had to break up the piece in to different departments to store it and by breaking up the piece they destroyed it.
5. I like the quote by John Lennon, "God" pg 1.
I found it interesting because in life it doesn't matter what you believe in, like, or your past successes; the only person that can make things happen in life is you. You can have faith in all those things, or play off prior successes but they can only get you so far, it's all up to you to get the most out of life.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Project 2 Idea List
Crayons
Formal Qualities:
small, variety of colors, light weight, round tapered point, cylinder, 3" long, wax, smooth, fragile
Meaning/Content:
colorful, structured, drawing, artistic, youth, simplicity, fun, innocence, transformation, diversity
Guitar Body
Formal Qualities:
Musical instrument, smooth, wood, rounded, heavy hard, grainy, thick, flowing curves, horned
Meaning/Content:
Musical influenced, talented, creative, heavy, passionate, aggressive, emotions, freedom, personal expression, natural(wood)
Drinking Glass
Formal Qualities: clear, can hold things, fragile, retain temperature, random shapes & sizes, gather condensation, round, not very thick, reflective, kind of heavy
Meaning/Content: Fragile, empty, full, everything is transparent, salute, can see every flaw, good can be in glass, see it for what it is (no B.S), purity
Friday, February 19, 2010
Ellen Scott
After looking over Ellen's work again, I still prefer her plexiglas & liminal (where the object is removed from the picture) work. She is a very established artist w/ credentials that span the world and the experience people can only dream of. She works in a variety of medias & dimensions. I not going to bag on her work, obviously she has an artistic eye & an unlimited imagination. I really can't say her other work is bad (Ie: her central station and harmonic videos) because she is worlds ahead of me in the knowledge & concepts of art. What is impressive is she can take a picture of a simple, meaningless moment in time & turn it into something significant; which is truly amazing. A lot of my judgement is based on my inexperience to what art is. A good example of this is in her plexiglas works. I see a group of people walking, that's it; but she sees something greater, I would have never imagined to cut an individual person out of a picture and put them in a plexiglas case. The idea is so simple, but is still powerful & changes the meaing of the image completely; it's gotta be a new idea. Her Liminal prints are also impressive for the fact that she took another simple idea and ripped away the original meaning and created an entirely new identity for the image. There is so much meaning that can be pulled from all her work, a lot of it I don;t understand quite yet. I'm not too big of a fan of her other works now, but maybe with more experience I can grasp her concepts and truly appreciate her work down the road.
Project 1 paper sketches
Nuttin funee bout dis post, jus bidness.
-Knew those ebonic classes would pay off someday.
Here are my 5 paper sketches. They look a little rough since the page rubbered up against the cover. They are not the best but they still work. It was interesting to do this assignment since I'd never drew anything like this before.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Red Eye
The bar had a Mardi Gras party and I never realized how big of a whore a chick would become just to get a plastic bead necklace or a shirt or a beer glass. If you're not aware how they get the beads, all they need to do is show their boobies. The DJ there was hilarious(he sounded like Larry the Cable Guy) and he saw his fair share of boobs since he was giving away free shit, pretty sure the majority of them he wished he would have never seen; usually you have to pay for that kind of service. My wife came home with 30 bead necklaces, I came home with a couple too (yeah right). I shouldn't be surprised by these chicks since booze was heavily involved; these are the same women of course who bitch about not being respected by men. Here is a perfect reason why not to respect them; the bar had a contest to see who could get the most beads; the winner had 35, are you F'ing kidding me did she even wear a shirt all night! God, I think I married the wrong woman; that's the kind of woman you take home to mom & dad. I'm sure this skill looks good on resume; I'm not a misogynist but some women just don't deserve respect & if you're a feminist don't bitch to me, go bitch to your fellow woman, she's the one making you look bad.
Overall the night was fun, I was loooooooaded; bless $2 beers. It's amazing what you do when you're drunk, besides showing your boobs to complete strangers when you're drunk. For some reason I decided to take a picture of a condom machine in the mens bathroom for the hell of it. I really think it's some of my best work considering I was seeing 2 machines at once. Really wanted to buy the horny goat weed, but didn't have any quaters; pretty sure this stuff is FDA approved.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Artist entry 1 John Dyer Baizley
John Dyer Baizley
This is my first artist entry, hope it doesn't suck. I discovered this artist by accident. I had heard this band Baroness a while ago, for some strange reason out of the blue I went to their website & saw they had a new album out, so I picked it up. When I got home I looked at the album art & I was blown away by the artwork(image up top). I looked at the credits and found out the guitarist/singer John Dyer Baizley did all their album cover artwork. So I researched online to find some more of his work.
I was instantly drawn to his work since it's so dark & gritty; I dig that kind of art. All of his work is inspired by something from a dark place, but it still has some sense of demented beauty. I love how he can take something beautiful & take it and twist it into a creepy, medieval mythological place where death is hiding behind the corner with a gigantic axe. When looking at the work you can see so much meaning behind each piece, all his pieces are littered with symbolism and contradicting ideologies. His attention to detail was amazing & the monochromatic color scheme is perfect for this type work, the shading in the color in the work makes it pop. His work truly sets him apart from most works I've seen. The same is said for his music in his band Baroness. If you listen to their music it seems like it's a direct extension from his artwork. They are both inspired by the same things. If his artwork had a soundtrack it would be his music in Baroness
After researching the limited information I could find; I found out he resides in Savannah, Georgia & attended to Rhode Island School of Design. His work is is mostly pens, water colors, inks and some computer work. His work is very underground and has a cult following, I've heard of websites where people bid competitively for his limited edition concert posters. He is also credited for creating album covers for numerous heavy metal bands. Like I said before he is an artist both visually and musically. I wish I had more information on him, I would really like to know more about him & his work.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
A.I.C. Concert
I love going to heavy concerts, but it seems like every time I go I forget that personal hygiene is disregarded at these things. I don't know if I don't get the memo, but it seems like every other bastard who goes to these things smells like he/she hasn't even bothered to glance at a bar of soap in over a week. What makes it even worse is, it's hot as balls in these tiny clubs because their packed with 300 people or so and everyone is all sweaty and moshing. The combination of all the smells creates this vile smell that's a cross between swamp ass, guch(taint), sour balls, marlboro reds & Naty Ice. But yet I still go, I guess I like the smell if I can take it for 4 hrs at a time.
-My only complaint about the night is the mens downstairs restrooms at the Knitting Factory. I've been attending concerts there for over 10 years, I seriously don't think they've cleaned that bitch once since I've started going there back when it was still the The Big Easy. I figured when The Knitting Factory took over this venue they would at least fix this toxic sewage dump they call a restroom, guess not. The stall door has been ripped off as long as I can remember & there is still all the graffiti all over the walls & old ripped band fliers. I know that it gives it character, but God forbid if I ever have to shit in this place I'm not sure what I'd do. I would rather shit in a jail toilet surrounded by a bunch of hardened criminals than shit in that toilet. This bathroom reeks like the smells above but 100x's worse. I swear to God, I probably could leave an upperdecker and comeback 6 months later and it would still be there.
One more horrible thought, I feel sorry for any poor drunk bastard that passes out on that piss, puke covered restroom floor; guaranteed Hep C, herpes or at least a Staph infection.
Done pissing & moaning for tonight.
Friday, February 5, 2010
Why kids need to be spanked!
My Take on this: I know Art is different to each person, fine. I, myself only cared for her Plexiglas work, the videos were too odd for me. But it is still art. What pisses me off is this artist is a person who was invited by BSU as a guest; she traveled across the country to do this exhibit and in the process was heckled by some trouser stain. I don't care if DOUCHE BAG didn't like the work; but you gotta have some respect and keep your stupid opinion to yourself. You don't disrespect another person in the middle of their show like that just because you didn't like the work.
I don't know or care what happened to DOUCHE BAG, but I hope he got gang raped by a bunch dudes on his way home or he got beat up and got Tea bagged by a bum on the street. This example of Douche Bagery shows the lack of respect in this country today and it's about F'ING time people start spanking their kids to show them respect! If that was my kid, I would have beat the hell out of him and made him apologize to Ellen. Sorry, Ellen Boise is not that kind of town. Please feel free to come back anytime.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Alice in Chains & school
I'm starting to get a little excited for the big rock show on Monday! Alice in Chains has been a band I've had on my concert bucket list for quite sometime. Unfortunately Layne Staley died, so I thought I'd never be able to see them. Well, they are back now & kicking ass! I've heard the new stuff, I can honestly saw I'm not a huge fan, but the old stuff is still good enough for me. They still sound killer & the new singer still sounds pretty sweet.
Now to the part where I Bitch.
My grievance is that on Monday night I have a Certain type of History class (it's one where you learn about painting & sculptures) & the Prof is a Gigantic Douche! And yes, a woman can be a douche. I'm thinking about starting a fundraiser so I can raise the funds for her to have the surgery to remove that gigantic stick from her ass! 3 hours of straight lecture from a rude prof gets irritating after a while. I really don't learn a lot from the class & she makes it so you don't want to. Note to Prof: Being rude to your students isn't an effective way of teaching! What really gives me a case of the red ass; I pay this lady to be pissy to me & not teach me anything, I have a funny feeling that I'm wasting my money on this class. If you hate your job that much, do students a favor & QUIT. I have to attend the whole class because she gives the quizzes at the end of class & she doesn't allow make up quizzes either. So as soon as I get out of class at 9pm, I'm going to have to drive from Nampa and go all the way downtown for the show. What a PAIN IN MY ASS! My other Art Teacher is pretty cool and my Engrish Prof is OK, luckily. If they weren't, I would really consider quitting the whole school thing & go into a more lucrative career like working at an Asian spa or working the pole, again! At least it's a honest living, sort of.
God, it feels good to vent; this is better then having a cigarette! I'm done pissing & moaning for today. I hope the concert kick ass, I'd imagine it will.
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