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Her life was marked by the misfortune of suffering a serious accident in her youth that kept her bedridden for long periods, she had up to 32 surgical operations. The painting "the bus" is an entrance to what for her it was a misfortune since she suffered many things for not being able to move her works were turned in her biography and her own suffering, she made 150 works mainly self-portraits in which she projects the difficulties in her lifetime. She and her husband (Diego Rivera) shared a taste for Mexican folk art with indigenous roots and she inspired other Mexican painters of the post-revolutionary period. Kahlo said that the trend of that time did not correspond to her art since she did not paint dreams but her own life. She became a multi-purpose symbol for the struggle between the will and the pain of an unconventional but authentic beauty of the pride of being a woman.

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Evidence of fulfilling the PP assessment criteria...what should it look like?

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Evidence of fulfilling the PP assessment criteria...what should it look like?

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This chart gives some excellent suggestions for how to approach each of the criteria.

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This is "The Red Tree" by Piet Mondrian created using oil paints in 1908. This painting was created when Mondrian was a budding artist at the beginning of his career and portrays how he was breaking free from the conforms of traditional art, continuing to develop his own unique style. In this part of his career, although he still influenced by other artists he begins to come into his own through abstraction. I choose this piece because I enjoy how Mondrian depicts nature and his ability to connect people through his philosophical concepts of spirituality illustrated in his artwork. I like how Mondrian uses contrast and the foreshadowing of his future works in the hints of red, yellow, and blue. To me this piece represents Mondrian's paradox and chaos in his journey through art, and for this reason it's one of my favorites. It's like through the paint you can feel the intensity in his conflict of style and I can relate to that frustration of wanting to keep to your roots but needing to break away.

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The Flower Thrower was created and found by the public in 2005. The image shows a masked man throwing a handful of flowers, hence the name!  The piece is a mixed between spray paint and stencils. The reason i choose this piece is because i really enjoy the backstory and meaning behind it all. The artwork before it WAS an artwork was actually based on a violent protest. Adding the bundle of flowers was actually an attempt at creating hope for one day peaceful protests and understanding. I really enjoy most of Banky's artwork, I first saw of it last year in Mrs Huntmans classroom and i found myself instantly hooked! I think down to the point of it all is Banksy art usually has the purpose of spreading a message through all who stumble upon his art. All his art has meaning and this one is no exception.

I hope i did this correctly! if not ill make changes to it!
https://publicdelivery.org/banksy-flower-thrower/

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https://www.renemagritte.org/the-son-of-man.jsp
The Son Of Man was created in 1946 by René Magritte using oils. It is a symbolic self portrait.
In a previous art class of mine, I had a project where I had to combine two famous pieces of art together. And so, I chose The Son Of Man and The Scream by Edvard Munch. Munch's masterpiece pulled me in right away, but Magritte's, his most famous work, gave me a complete different appeal. Which is why I chose his sensational art to talk about.
His work looks very simplistic. Just a basic man with a coat and hat and a pretty view of the beach and cloudy skies behind a stonewall. But, with a catch! There's a bright green apple in front of the man's face. Which is why I like it so much! It's not simple, or even basic. Any person that walks by would see something completely original all because of that great green apple. It's so eye popping and makes the piece unique and symbolic!
This piece shows human's curiosity. If you look closer. you can quite clearly see that the man's eyes appear above the apple. Did you also notice that his left elbow is bent backwards? Curious now?
The fact that we can't see the entire face and the interesting features you really need to look closer for is meant to grab your attention and make you question: What is that supposed to mean or why did the artist do that?
This beautiful art shows what's clearly visible and the hidden. We can clearly see the eyes, and the apple. But what about behind the apple? The artist's trick everyone. He wants people to comment on it, question it. Why? Because it proves his main message of his masterpiece. This happens all the time where people visibly see things, yet their curiosity leads them to question more which can be sometimes devastating or dastardly.
Curiosity kills the cat.

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I was really thinking about what kind of art I'm actually captivated by. Firstly I thought of what I wanted to achieve in graphic design then searched for multiple artists who painted using anatomy and movement in their works. Suddenly I came across this artist Karina Llergo. Unfortunately I couldn't find the exact date it was painted, but according to: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/fire-karina-llergo.html
I was able to find out that it was up for sale on November 2011.
The reason why this picture captivated me was because of the movement and grace it displayed. Personally I love flowy, fluid, and extended colors that just look hypnotizing. Along with that, there's the beauty of the movement of people. I've recently been interested in learning the anatomy of humans when it comes to poses, be it dancing, sports, or simple motor skills.
I think Llergo is trying to convey emotion through oil painting and how fun it can be to manipulate acrylic, water, paint, and oil. She has many artworks and mentions her purpose for creating fluidity. I also think she uses movement to prove that it is important in the art world. Movement can represent what's going on and elements in a piece such as fire (like in the painting), water, and air. I definitely recommend you check her out because she is phenomenal!
Here's her website: https://karinallergosalto.com

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Winter 1946
I think the art is about how the man is just running to something or from something
I like it because he uses the colors to create a mood of dreary.

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Andrew Wyeth

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Andrew Wyeth

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Instructions for your first "Have You Seen This?" post

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Instructions for your first "Have You Seen This?" post

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Choose one work of art that you like.  Please post an image of the work.

Include the following:
Artist's name, media, date
What do you think this artwork is about?
Why do you like it?

Share a link to information about the work and the artist. (No Wikipedia, No pinterest)

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Need contemporary artists, here are some resources:

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Need contemporary artists, here are some resources:

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This is Colossal
Juxtapose Magazine
New American Painter
Art Basel
Pinterest
Art in America
ArtForum
Art News
Dwell (modern architecture)
Blouin
ArtLtd
Aesthetica
Hi-Fructose

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From Art of Ed

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He is a British artist who works with  oil paints. His theme in many of his paintings reflect the relation between myths and legends and human nature. However, he also shows themes of warfare, beekeeping, alchemy, and others. He takes influence from not only myths, but from horror films, allusions and symbols as well. In the series I looked at "Field Work", he took a trip to  South Korea and visited the "Haunted Mountain " where a woman is said to have committed suicide to escape her husband. This myth is part of a now taboo religion, Muism.

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Complete the following by Tuesday, 2/20. Please complete this in Google docs and share with Mrs. Snook.
Visit the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft and take note of the curatorial choices for one of the exhibits.
1.   Consider the presented works for exhibition. Explain the ways in which the works are connected.
2.  How have the artworks been presented?  How has the curator thought about the way the audience will interact with the work?  Give a specific example.
3.  Please take pictures of the exhbit that would showcase the nature of the exhibit.  (very similar to the photos you will take of your own exhibition for submission to the IB) These photos should show a viewer who is not present exactly what the experience is like.

Choose 2 works of art to describe and analyze specifically in terms of media and method of presentation.  How have these two things contributed to the artist's fulfillment of intent?  Photograph the works.

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What about these methods and media? How can media impact your message?

Oil on panel

Oil and charcoal on canvas

Acrylic on aluminum

Encaustic on panel

Encaustic and mixed media on panel

Gouache and ink on paper

Encaustic and oil on canvas

Oil paint, paper collage, glitter, map pins on linen

Plaster - poured, carved, plaster gauze

Clay - Slab construction, pinch pot, draped pieces, slip mold production

Assemblages

Relief

Resin

Modular construction

Paper Mache

Soft Sculpture

Carving - soap, foam

Rubbings

Wax Resist

Monoprints

Linoleum Prints

Silkscreen print

Subtractive Charcoal Drawing (Drawing with an eraser)

Drawing with bleach, coffee, any other liquid

Collage

Sun Print

Pin Hole Camera compositions

Painting with a non-traditional tool

Weaving

Cut Paper

Quilting

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Inventive surfaces for 2-d work

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Last Updated on April 2, 2023

Sometimes even highly able Painting students feel stuck in a rut. If your IGCSE or A Level Art Coursework project feels stagnant, repetitive, or downright boring, you may benefit from increased experimentation with media, techniques and processes (the ideas listed below are also perfect for using in an A Level or GCSE Art sketchbook). While it is important to remember that art-making mediums should be used in a way that supports your ideas, there are times when a dash of unpredictability and thinking-outside-the-box can help.

Paint on something interesting

Time and time again I see students who paint or draw on white cartridge paper and nothing else. There is nothing wrong with cartridge paper. Some cartridge papers - especially thick, gutsy, wetstrength ones - are beautiful. Sometimes, a thin, flimsy sheet (the kind that warps at the mere hint of moisture) is all you need. But, often, experimentation and creativity with media brings considerable advantage. There is a joy -a wonderful aesthetic discovery - that takes place when you paint on something unexpected: a surface with history that brings with it colours, textures, marks and irregularities of its own.
Draw on coloured paper
The first thing you can do is embrace papers of other colours. Select those that integrate seamlessly with your coursework project (creams, browns, greys and blacks are likely to be more appropriate than psychedelic pink, for example).

Dark colours can be great for drawing on with light mediums; mid-tone papers (those that are a 'medium' tone - not too dark and not too light) are also excellent. As in the Juan Gris example above and the Indian ink work below, the colour of the paper acts as the mid-tone for the drawing; dark and light areas are added as required (this results in a piece that appears three-dimensional very quickly).
Embrace textured paper
There are lots of textured papers available. Some are machine made, pressed with a uniform mesh of bumps or grooves; others are handmade, with flecks of fibre, thread, tissue and other items intertwined within the paper pulp. If you don't have access to textured papers, you can easily find or make your own. Tear apart packaging or disassemble things you find in the trash. Source whatever scraps you can and draw on them, or cut, tear and glue them into a painting.
Discover the beauty of drawing on tracing paper
Many people don't realise that tracing paper is not just useful for tracing - it is an exciting drawing surface in its own right (see examples below by Debby Kaspari and Mercedes Baliarda). Tracing paper can be used to make translucent overlays or glued onto white backing paper (be careful when gluing, as some tracing papers warp hugely when in contact with moisture). The shiny surface creates rich, glossy images that love to smudge and blacken your hands. Permatrace - a thick, waterproof drafting film - is particularly exhilarating: it produces some amazing outcomes with ink.
Use ripped, scrunched, folded, ripped, or stained paper or tissue
Tissue paper can be scrunched and glued onto a painting (shaping as required) to create a textural surface that can be painted over. As with other textures, dry-brushing will exaggerate them and make the fine web of creases more visible.
Paint or draw on patterned or textured wallpapers or other decorative surfaces
Care needs to be taken when integrating patterned items; it can be easy for the pattern to dominate and overpower a work. When appropriate imagery is selected, however, patterned items can provide excellent drawing surfaces or collaged material.
Integrate newspaper cuttings
If you experiment with drawing on newspaper, remember that the text becomes a part of your work; this needs to be an intentional and considered decision. If the words are legible, the message contained within the writing should be relevant or, at the very least, not distracting.
Draw on book pages, pieces of rubbish or other text-based items
Many artists are achieving great popularity for their drawings upon found, text-based materials.
Draw on cardboard
While MDF or hardboard is a great surface to paint on, those who have to send away work to CIE are limited by weight restrictions. Cardboard is a suitable, lightweight replacement. Card can provide a sturdy base for a painting and, when cut-outs are glued into a work, can create elevated surfaces that segment a composition, adding depth and shadows.
Paint on linen, hessian, canvas or fabric
While stretched canvases are unable to be posted to CIE, pieces of fabric can be cut and glued onto paper and painted upon. The fine mesh of woven thread can be left as is or hacked at and unravelled, fine threads spiralling into the artwork. It is also possible to 'stretch' canvas yourself over a sturdy piece of cardboard, with the canvas edges folded behind the back of the card and stapled.
Example by Tony Fomison: Go wild with modelling compound
Modelling compound - used for creating thick, sculptural elements in an artwork - often becomes a Painting student's best friend. Whether used with masking tape to create straight edged areas, or slapped on and scratched erratically with a stick, modelling compound is the stuff of magic. Items can be pressed into it and carefully lifted out when dry, revealing an indented pattern and form; it can be sanded and cut with a craft knife when dry.
Example by Amiria Robinson (left) and Jessica Fong: Throw in everything else
If all of the above fails to inspire, create an assemblage of objects not normally associated with making art ( example by Robert Rauschenberg). If you have to send your work overseas for moderation and/or assessment, bear in mind that your options are limited by what is able to be shipped through customs (for example, not organic matter, such as bark or leaves) and by what is small, light and cost effective to post (i.e. not steel sheets). Even with these limitations, however, there are many possibilities.

When you shape or create a painting surface, there is something of you invested in the work, before you even begin.

Did you enjoy this article? Please read PART 2 of this series: Painting on Grounds

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How to make your Art Project exciting: creative mixed media

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Sometimes Painting students can feel stuck in a rut. If your Coursework project seems boring, experimentation with media, techniques and processes...

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Ron Mueck is an Australian sculptor who is based in London. In most of works, Mueck uses resin, fiberglass, silicone, and various other materials to construct hyperrealistic depictions of human beings, typically concerned with people’s unspoken thoughts or feelings. With his sculptures, Mueck also plays with scale. When seeing an image of his work, most people would think the sculptures are small, but in reality are huge in size. Mueck claims that he alters the sizes of his subjects because it makes his viewers notice the subjects in a different way. In this exhibit, Mueck created 3 foot tall skulls and distributed them throughout a gallery to convey a somber reality, as well as to show what physically relates and connects each of us.

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Ron Mueck, an Australian artist known for his hyperrealistic figural sculptures, has created his largest work to date. His installation Mass contains 100 human skulls which are scattered and stacked throughout a gallery at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia.

The individual forms are created from fiberglass and resin, and when stood upright, rise to approximately three feet tall. In some areas of the installation piles reach five skulls in height, while in others visitors can approach individual works resting on the gallery's floor. Placed amongst gilded paintings the works offer a somber reality, a morose peek into what physically relates each of us.

Mass opens December 15, 2017 as a part of the inaugural National Gallery of Victoria Triennial. Mueck is one of 100 international creatives that has contributed work to the exhibition which will run through April 18, 2018. (via Designboom)

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100 Fiberglass and Resin Skulls Fill a Room at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne

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See the connection to personal work (last sheets)

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Anne Lomberg- Just a forewarning, this artist definitely focuses on the human body, and it’s sensual attributes, or sensuality. Anne Lomberg is a German based film photographer and poet, who likes to explore the intimacy that is present within the natural human body. She was born in 1982, and currently lives in Berlin. Lomberg is influenced by the monochromatic style of black and white and the stories that each created or had behind each photograph.The monochromatic color schemes allow the viewers to connect with the very harsh and contrasting colors of black and white, allowing the pure feelings that are felt by the mood of each piece to connect with the physical components within anyone. 

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Anne Lomberg- Just a forewarning, this artist definitely focuses on the human body, and it’s sensual attributes, or sensuality. Anne Lomberg is a German based film photographer and poet, who likes to explore the intimacy that is present within the natural human body. She was born in 1982, and currently lives in Berlin. Lomberg is influenced by the monochromatic style of black and white and the stories that each created or had behind each photograph.The monochromatic color schemes allow the viewers to connect with the very harsh and contrasting colors of black and white, allowing the pure feelings that are felt by the mood of each piece to connect with the physical components within anyone. 

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https://www.widewalls.ch/artist/anne-lomberg/

https://www.anne-lomberg.com/i-am/

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http://anateresabarboza.blogspot.pe/p/crecimiento.html

Ana Teresa Barbosa is a Peruvian textile artist who uses tradition wool and yarn to replicate images from nature. In her work, she depicts impressions of waterfalls and forest canopies through lose thread
In her collection Increase, she focuses on the movement and growth of a plant through her depictions of its change in shadow.

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Mrs. Shorin is a Russian artist who, in this case, specializes in mixing Russian history with its passion. In her most recent exhibit she focuses on blending human aspects into Russia's iconic greatness.
https://wsimag.com/art/3839-dmitry-shorin-i-believe-in-angels

https://www.artsy.net/article/erartagalleriesnyc-dmitry-shorin-at-erarta-galleries-new-york

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Relating your own work to the comparison artworks in the comparative study (see slides 17-19

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Relating your own work to the comparison artworks in the comparative study (see slides 17-19

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Artist: Yosman Botero

How does he do it?

He uses multiple sheets of acrylic and paints on each individually, creating layers that show depth in his artwork. He uses acrylic paint and in some of these pieces he puts scratches or indentations on top of it.

What does he do?

He creates depth and puts humans into scenes where they are perceived to be interacting within the piece.  He usually takes art forms and artworks to use them in a new way. (Series Monstrualies)

Artist: Conor Backman

What do they do?

He shows “reproductions” of some artworks that has his own twist to it. He creates artworks that questions the reality of artworks.

How do they do it?

He creates a painting with photographs and then in one series he places plexiglass over the image to give the illusion of a computer screen. He does the same with photorealistic oil or acrylic paintings. It gives an illusion of something it is not.

What am I going to do?

I am going to use Botero’s materials and ideas in a perceived truth. Using the idea that there are inner truths that one might not know initially.

How am I going to do it?

Using three pieces of plexiglass and creating a triangular prism, I will show images that show different truths about one subject.

“View From Monks' Garden," 49 x 37", Oil on canvas over panel, tinted Plexiglas in artist's frame, 2007-2016

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David Levinthal

David Levinthal
"Untitled, from the series IED"
2008
Archival Pigment Print on Polyester Film
20 x 24 in

What do they do?
- David Levinthal explores the topics central to American history, identity, and consciousness- such as WW2, the myth of the American West, romantic and sexual desire, the Holocaust, racial stereotyping, the heroism of sports, and space. In this piece, Levinthal focuses on the American military. He would like his audience to feel familiar with his photographs, as if the subjects are true experiences rather than false memories absorbed by pop culture.

How do they do it?
- Levinthal uses photography to convey his many topics relating to American history, identity, and consciousness. He explores his themes through the iconography of toys, dolls, and other mass-produced figures, staging, lighting, and focus. In this piece, Levinthal incorporates an interesting composition with focal point and angles. For example, Levinthal puts emphasis on the subject's face and blurs the background.

Jacques-Louis David

JJacques-Louis David
"Oath of the Horatii"
1784
Oil on canvas
329.8 x 424.8 cm
Louvre, Paris

What do they do?
- In this piece, Jacques-Louis David stresses the importance of patriotism and self-sacrifice for one's country. David creates the piece as a symbol of one's loyalty to their country.

How do they do it?
- To convey and put emphasis on the theme, David creates a highly structured composition with the use of lines as a mean of focus and emphasis. David also uses dull colors to set the mood of the piece.

What will I do?
- In my piece, I will convey the idea of identity being influenced by childhood items and experiences. I would like my audience to reflect on the objects from their own early lives, and feel a sense of nostalgia for their childhood. Like David, I will create a piece with a narrative or topic of importance, that can be universally understood.

How will I do it?
- I will convey my theme through photography. Like Levinthal, I will photograph toys that can influence an individual's identity later in life, and make them appear as more of an icon. I will pay close attention to lighting, angle, focus, and positioning to create a visually appealing composition. Like David, I will use different elements to create a central point, as well as use duller colors to set a nostalgic mood.

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He is a 77 year old man from Japan and he creates digital paintings with the use of excel. He shows beautiful landscapes that have a lot of ties to traditional Japanese paintings and many cultural motifs.
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2017/12/tatsuo-horiuchi-excel-artist/

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Fintan Whelanhttps://www.kingandmcgaw.com/inspiration/post/in-the-studio-with-fintan-whelanFintan Whelan has been to Germany, Spain, and Ireland but was born in Dublin, Ireland. Whelan has a meticulousness when choosing certain pigments and the materials to combine them with. For example, he chose different varnishes and oils while experimenting with these different pigments. He is considered an abstract artist and, his work mainly highlights the changing details with light and texture. He pays close attention to the interplay of certain colors and differences in space; this can be seen with techniques like tilting the canvas, pouring the medium(s), or even scraping with different sized/shaped spatulas. Whelan’s work is mesmerising due to his use of color and space. However, Whelan does not state a clear artistic purpose, he mainly uses his pieces to evoke emotion and start an immediate conversation; with people being able to identify human figures or landscape forms.http://www.see.me/creators//fintan-whelan Into The Deephttps://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Into-the-deep/327735/203482/view

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Fintan Whelanhttps://www.kingandmcgaw.com/inspiration/post/in-the-studio-with-fintan-whelanFintan Whelan has been to Germany, Spain, and Ireland but was born in Dublin, Ireland. Whelan has a meticulousness when choosing certain pigments and the materials to combine them with. For example, he chose different varnishes and oils while experimenting with these different pigments. He is considered an abstract artist and, his work mainly highlights the changing details with light and texture. He pays close attention to the interplay of certain colors and differences in space; this can be seen with techniques like tilting the canvas, pouring the medium(s), or even scraping with different sized/shaped spatulas. Whelan’s work is mesmerising due to his use of color and space. However, Whelan does not state a clear artistic purpose, he mainly uses his pieces to evoke emotion and start an immediate conversation; with people being able to identify human figures or landscape forms.http://www.see.me/creators//fintan-whelan Into The Deephttps://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Into-the-deep/327735/203482/view

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David Levinthal is an artist who lives and works in Manhattan.

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In 2009, Camilo Ontiveros, a Mexican-born American artist, had become enamored with the pickup trucks he'd seen driving from Los Angeles to Tijuana, their beds piled high with a jumble of belongings and tied down with rope. A graduate art student at UCLA at the time, he used the inspiration for his final thesis: "Temporary Storage" was a sculpture made up of the contents of his home - an old TV, a smushed mattress, a bicycle - bound with rope and set on two sawhorses.

That was the piece the curators of "HOME-So Different, So Appealing," a Museum of Fine Arts Houston (MFAH) exhibit of 39 Latin American and U.S. Latino artists exploring the theme of home, were expecting when they reached out to Ontiveros to include his work in the show. But what they got instead is a different jumble of possessions, one that's a punch in the gut in light of our political moment.

"Temporary Storage: The Belongings of Juan Manuel Montes" is a re-creation of Ontiveros' earlier work, made with what Montes, the first known DACA recipient to be deported under the Trump administration, left behind in his Southern California bedroom. A twin bed, complete with a blue plaid comforter, is wrapped up with a flat-screen TV, boxing gloves, a basketball. There's a tae kwan do uniform with blue, yellow, orange and white belts. A photo of a young Montes peeks out from behind a full-length mirror. Several dress shirts are still on their hangers. It all balances precariously on the sawhorses, an allusion, says Ontiveros, to the lives of immigrants, "for whom home is a moving target or temporary condition."

The sculpture is one of the first things you see when you enter "HOME," on display through January 21. The exhibit first ran at Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and was jointly curated by the MFAH's Mari Carmen Ramírez (whom the wrote about in March), UCLA Chicano studies expert Chon A. Noriega and Pilar Tompkins Rivas, director of the Vincent Price Art Museum in Los Angeles. The work in the exhibit spans seven decades and includes artists from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Puerto Rico, the United States, Uruguay and Venezuela.

"It was this simple act. It was just inspired by saying, 'I'm here. We exist.'"

The show ties together themes of the physical space of home with the concepts of homelessness, identity and leaving home behind. Much of this is inherently political. A series of photographs by Livia Corona Benjamin from her work "Two Million Homes for Mexico" depicts Mexico's public housing boom, in which millions of homes were built for farmworkers who were pushed into urban centers during Vicente Fox's presidency. The photographs show cookie-cutter homes with little or no access to schools, public transit or stores. "These are not the neighborhoods of a 'Home Sweet Home' dream fulfilled," the artist writes, "but are ubiquitous grids of ecological and social intervention on a scale and of consequences that are difficult to grasp."

As viewers walk beyond the front room, the show's focus shifts to blueprints and architectural elements, which can seem impersonal next to a sculpture like "Temporary Storage." But there are examples of how focusing on form can provide a much deeper sense of what home feels like. In Carmen Argote's "720 ft. Household Mutations, Part B," the artist removed carpeting from her childhood home, painted much of it white and hung it like a canvas. Argote, who talked about her work at a November 16 press preview, mapped the origin of each piece of carpet. "This was the room my sister and I shared," Argote said. "And this was the kitchen - you can see the stains of grease showing through the paint." The overall effect makes for an unexpectedly visceral understanding of the recorded memory of home life.

Abraham Cruzvillegas' "Autoconstrucción" continues the theme of imbuing feeling into the form of home, and serves as one of the show's centerpieces. Modeled after the shantytowns of the artist's youth in Mexico City, the large sculpture incorporates wooden crates and makeshift structures, which mingle with a shopping cart, sweaters tied into something like a clothesline and an old TV showing performance art. Co-curator Ramirez spoke about the widespread shantytowns throughout Mexico and Latin America. "Although it looks chaotic from the outside, it's just the opposite. They have their own organization, their own systems of government," Ramirez said. "And the house, the house is never finished."

Puerto Rican artist Pepón Osorio's installation, "Badge of Honor," explores the feelings between an incarcerated father and his son back at home. Osorio traveled between father and son and filmed their questions and responses to each other. The son's video plays in a re-creation of his room, which feels like a time machine to 1995 - the "athletic baroque" of the son's room includes trophies, playing cards and posters straight out of the '90s. In the adjacent room, the father's video plays in a re-creation of his cell, with an empty pair of shoes, a few packs of cigarettes and a bucket. At one point the father cries; the son says, "I would be willing to give up anything for you to be home."

Finally, on the back wall of the exhibit, are some of the most powerful images in the show. Ramiro Gomez is a former nanny who takes glossy spreads of perfect homes from magazines and paints in the invisible laborers. The women are faceless, often with their backs turned, mopping floors and playing with babies. Gomez that he was inspired by looking at copies of Architectural Digest laying around the house he worked in while the kids he cared for took their naps. "It was looking at these environments minus all the people I was working with. It was an erasure of us. So it became very clear what to add," Gomez said. "It was this simple act. It was just inspired by saying, 'I'm here. We exist.'"

Taken as a whole, the exhibit is a commanding exploration of the ways in which home forms our identity - and how a lack of home ruptures it. "Home can mean many things," said Ramirez. "A chair, a smell, a remembrance. A house, a neighborhood, a city. A homeland."

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Houston Art Exhibit Explores How for Immigrants, Home is 'a Moving Target'

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In 2009, Camilo Ontiveros, a Mexican-born American artist, had become enamored with the pickup trucks he'd seen driving from Los Angeles to Tijuana, their beds piled high with a jumble of belongings and tied down with rope.

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Get access to files anywhere through secure cloud storage and file backup for your photos, videos, files and more with Google Drive.

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Check out this information about the photographic work of David Levinthal

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Check out this information about the photographic work of David Levinthal

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David Levinthal stages photographs of toys and other objects to bring viewers face-to-face with themes of American history, identity, and consciousness.

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Check out this information on the MFAH exhibition, "Home".

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Check out this information on the MFAH exhibition, "Home".

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U.S. Latino and Latin American artists use the universal concept of "home" to view socioeconomic and political changes in the Americas over seven decades.

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Irem Yazic is an embroidery artist born in Istanbul, Turkey. When she was a child, she would often spend extended periods at her grandmother's house who was a seamstress. From this time in her youth, Yazici now works in small scale embroidery that has a strong motif of pattern, repetition, and texture. Most of her work is inspired from her imagination and time from her youth.
https://www.textileartist.org/irem-yazici-embroidery-miniture/

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Leonardo Drew is an interesting artist to investigate because he is a modern artist, born in 1961, makes art with a true meaning. Drew's art is not necessarily visually attractive although it is extremely rich in meaning. He uses urban debris to make his art which signifies the reuse of things and his most famous art work is Number 77. Most of his art works reflect his background as a young African-American male growing up in the time he did. Most of his materials are ones that would be found in the trash or just things he purchased and put through an aging process. https://sitesantafe.org/artist-spotlight-leonardo-drew/

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I decided to experiment with spray paint, since it is the chosen media for my piece. I practiced blending the pink, red, and black spray paint together in order to parts of the image less defined. In result, the spray paint appeared hazy, and I decided that the haziness would work well as a base layer and I could then add more defined details on top. I also practiced making shapes similar to those in my source image. I created the pink shapes as the base and then plan to define and paint on top the details that appear in the original image. I noticed that the pink spray paint was easier to control than some of the other paints, like the black and light pink spray paint. I will use the paints that are easier to control when I add more details.

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Skill Development of Projecting:
I first looked into how the projecter would operate with an HDMI cable and though the resolution was clearer I would need a DVD player. I then decided to use the USB cord, the picture not as clear. Further experimentation allowed me to find that a landscape view of the video worked better. As shown in photo 3.
Skill Development of Filming:

I took 4 videos of various nature scenes, one being an area damaged by fire, and the other of a butterfly. The videos were taken on my iPhone at 1080p HD at 60 fps. This allowed for a smoother video during movement. I found that the lighting needs adjustment as well as stability. When projecting it, the image was very pixelated but as I mentioned before, the picture was clearer in landscape mode.

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I researched different genres of film, from art film to "pure cinema". Upon finding those techniques I found projection mapping. Finding inspirations from Rebeca Mendez, I also looked at the set up of the piece and how it would look later on the end exhibition.

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Tyler- perspective

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Text above mickey mouse.

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Documentation of cutting out images from vinyl, making values, shapes, and details on a vinyl shape, and creating something visually attractive and souvenir like but also meaningful and purposeful.

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Chris Dorosz is a San Francisco-based artist, originally from Canada. In his pieces he uses traditional material as a unit of measure to create unidentified sculptural portraits. When the viewer first looks at his three-dimensional paintings, they appear as abstract compilations of shapes; but when looked at head-on, the portrait finally begins to appear as a human figure. As mentioned in his artist statement, Dorosz considers the paint drop to be “a form that takes shape not from a brush or any human-made implement or gesture, but purely from its own viscosity and the air it falls through, as analogous to the building blocks that make up the human body (DNA) or even its mimetic representation (the pixel).”

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Rather than considering paint as a liquid medium, San Francisco-based artist Chris Dorosz uses the traditional material as a unit of measure to form anonymous sculptural portraits. At first glance, the three-dimensional paintings read as abstract compilations of shapes, and only once the viewer looks head-on at the portrait does a human figure begin to emerge.

As he writes in his artist statement, Dorosz considers the paint drop to be "a form that takes shape not from a brush or any human-made implement or gesture, but purely from its own viscosity and the air it falls through, as analogous to the building blocks that make up the human body (DNA) or even its mimetic representation (the pixel)."

Dorosz is represented by Scott Richards Contemporary Art. The suite of four busts, entitled Rosh, is on view November 18, 2017 at the Muriel Guépin Gallery in New York.

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Three-Dimensional Portraits of Suspended Paint Strokes by Chris Dorosz

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Rather than considering paint as a liquid medium, San Francisco-based artist Chris Dorosz uses the traditional material as a unit of measure to form anonymous sculptural portraits. At first glance, the three-dimensional paintings read as abstract compilations of shapes, and only once the viewer look

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"The Influence of Digitalis On Vincent Van Gogh's Artwork" Is the overwhelming presence of yellow and halos in Vincent Van Gogh's artwork a direct correlation to his use of the pharmaceutical drug Digitalis

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John lee works with digital painting and is mainly focused on narrative storytelling without words, using action and movement in the piece to convey a story. he is based out of los angeles but was born in southern korea, and lived in korea and america for his childhood; with his early childhood in korea and later childhood and teen years in america. This divide in his childhood resulted in him having a fantasized vision of his time in south korea being akin to a child's imaginary land.

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Graphite Pencil. Practice control over light and form in Graphite medium to be able to more effectively shade a stylized picture in a realistic manner

Narrative work. Continue to practice storytelling without words through using movement and variety in the work to create action amongst characters.

Stylization. Continue to refine my ability to stylize a picture in a consistent manner

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-Digital Manipulation. Making an image on a computer from scratch
-Transferring Physical Image into digital. Learn how to sketch an image on paper and then transfer it onto the computer
-Photoshop skills. Learn how to use photoshop and edit images into something useable in order to make a digital artwork.
-Combine different layers of vinyl in order to make a multi color decal/sticker in order to add complexity to art work.
-Learn how to accurate cut out images with an exacto knife.
-Learn how much vinyl will be needed in order to complete one artwork as this artwork will focus on making art available to the masses.
-Learn the proportions of artworks in order to fill the acceptable amount of area on each bottle.
-Learn how many numbers make something to be considered avaible to the masses.
-Find out how to convey meaning to all people even those to those who are not educated on how to decipher and infer meaning and purpose from artwork; make it understandable.
-Learn how to combine something visually attractive to an average person with something that has meaning and purpose.

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Investigate DNA/cell form in composition, both scientifically and artistically

Analyze the effects that DNA/cell form causes (ex: emotional effect, what idea it brings to mind)

Include information on components of DNA or cells

Relate scientific components to artistic elements (ex: flowing texture or lines in microscope image)

Include information on Georgia O’Keeffe and how she enlarges her subjects to abstraction)

Investigate different medias and techniques that can be used when making the piece (ex: acrylics paint, textiles, etc)

Experiment with different magnifications on microscope to find desired look and effect

Investigate composition of the piece: experiment with layout and which part of microscope image to capture

Include information on subject in relation to identity (ex: enlarging our identities, we are made of DNA, etc)

Include multiple thumbnail sketches of different subjects that can be used in piece

Thumbnail sketches will be done in different medias

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Let's talk about abstraction , the method, outcome and meaning created in a piece.

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http://www.philipbarlow.com/paintings/
Phillip Barlow works with oil paints, creating images of people in everyday life. Taking mostly images of observations in the city he creates works that are blurred as if looking through a lens. His meaning delves into taking away the line between "the physical and spiritual realm." however, he does not want people to see his works as surrealistic rather he wants it to be seen as realistic and familiar. Light is the most important part of his pieces because it is what reveals reality. His landscapes, cityscapes, and people are based in South Africa where he lives.

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In this project I will  do an embroidery on top of a photograph I have taken myself. In my project I will refine:                                                        - My skill with embroidery. In this piece I will not do one large embroidery, but several small ones
-My photography skills. I have very rarely taken professional pictures with a composition I have set up myself. In order to show sustained experimentation I will take k
-My photographic editing skills. I find the use of photoshop extremely daunting.
-My experimentation with connection to meaning and the separate elements of my work. I do not want there to be a disconnect between my embroider and my imagery.
-My definition of my theme. In this project I will explore different ideals that are more conducive to a larger audience. I will explore my idea in my visual arts journal.

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1. Investigate the different types of film and determine which one to do. ex: documentary, short story
2. Experiment with different types of filming techniques, styles
3. Brief history of film, why I would use film as my media
4. Investigate my theme of what people want to hear, the harsh truth vs what we want to hear
5. Composition and angles, lighting
6. Sketch scenes if I use a short film and experiment with setting and storylines
7.Look at other resources, other film artists

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Skill-building...what does it look like?  Where should it occur?

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Skill-building...what does it look like?  Where should it occur?

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Process Portfolio - Examples of Criterion A - Skills, Techniques and Processes

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First Collection titled "Pink Safari"- http://sabstance.com/art-gallery/pink-safari/

Sabrina Rupprecht is a mix of Silician and German and visited eleven different countries in Africa, leading her to love the culture of Southern and Eastern Africa. Rupprecht's father was also very ill which created a very dark and grey childhood, but she focused on using bright colors that were always in her imagination. Many of her paintings or drawings are incredibly realistic and incorporate bright and vivid colors like pink, and blue. These bright and vivid colors represent the energy and emotion that Rupprecht has experienced in the African culture. In particular, in her collection titled "Pink Safari", Rupprecht focuses on capturing the spirit and emotion of the animals that she observed while at wildlife reserves. Rupprecht is also very passionate about raising awareness towards Big-Game Hunting, and she personally condemns the practice through her work.

Second collection titled "Queen Africa"- http://sabstance.com/art-gallery/queen-africa/

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Check out @MuseumModernArt’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/MuseumModernArt/status/917836786830905350?s=09

Here's commentary of a Magritte painting that addresses your idea about truth.

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“To me, it says something about truth. About what a painting can give us, and what it can’t give us.” | 🎨: “The Menaced Assassin” #ArtSpeaks

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“To me, it says something about truth. About what a painting can give us, and what it can’t give us.” | 🎨: “The Menaced Assassin” #ArtSpeaks https://t.co/7jv8RmQszd

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“To me, it says something about truth. About what a painting can give us, and what it can’t give us.” | 🎨: “The Menaced Assassin” #ArtSpeaks https://t.co/7jv8RmQszd

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“To me, it says something about truth. About what a painting can give us, and what it can’t give us.” | 🎨: “The Menaced Assassin” #ArtSpeaks https://t.co/7jv8RmQszd

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“To me, it says something about truth. About what a painting can give us, and what it can’t give us.” | 🎨: “The Menaced Assassin” #ArtSpeaks

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Exhibition Text for Image Below

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Exhibition Text for Anna Von Merten's' Arrangement in Grey and Black's Aura

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Melissa Zexter is a Rhode Island Native who strives to connect the traditional skill of embroidery with the modern and mass reproducible process of photography.In using embroidery, Zexter believes she takes otherwise reproducible photography and make it truly unique. Zexter also uses acrylic paint in order to blur out certain parts of the photography before she sews into them. Her portraits often focus on the topic of identity, memory, and technology, and she only uses female models to create a sense of femininity.

(http://www.textileartist.org/melissa-zexter-interview-embroidered-photography/)

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Criterion A in pink, Criterion B in yellow and Criterion C in Blue

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Evidence of Criterion A in pink, Criterion B in yellow, Criterion C in blue, Criterion D in green