2. Artist's Name - Kang, Hyung Koo

3. Year Created - 1999

4. Media/Materials Used - Oil on Canvas, Painting

5. Dimensions of the Pieces - w2600 x h1940 cm

This piece draws my attention because it shows strong emotion. Where he is clearly seen shedding a tear, however, you can also tell that this man is yet, very strong. Whatever personal issue that has made him feel this way, he is holding himself up in a strong manner. 

This piece is a good example of the overall movement because his painting example above tells a story. We see a man upset, yet holding himself together. The way that Kang captured this image from his own eyes is strongly detailed. With the steady use of brush strokes, to the creation of his facial features, to the features of his hair all connect to one another. Kang applies his skill so precisely that this individuals "appear to be living, breathing individuals, so lifelike one would guess they had blood flowing through their veins."
https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/self-portrait-kang-hyung-koo/IAG7Nw-yGqHTcA

2. Artist's Name - James Torlakson

3. Year Created - 1999

4. Media/Materials Used - Watercolor

5. Dimensions of the Pieces - 36 x 24 in / 91.4 x 61 cm

This piece draws my attention because this similar sculpture used to be present in the downtown San Jose area. I grew up seeing this in the parking lot of a tire shop, while I was driving home everyday. This sculpture was humungous and you couldn't miss it. It brought back some good memories of my childhood. 

This piece is a good example of the overall movement because  you can see the detailed features within this piece. From the hair down to the feet. You can also see the wrinkles on his jeans and shirt. This piece portrays the everyday life of a hardworking man.
https://www.artsy.net/artwork/james-torlakson-babe

2. Artist's Name - Richard McLean

3. Year Created - 1974

4. Media/Materials Used - Oil on Canvas 

5. Dimensions of the Pieces - 54 3/4 x 66 inches (139.1 x 167.6 cm)

This piece draws my attention because the usage of color within this piece really makes the art piece stand out. Its bright colors, along with shadows being shown on the ground make it feel as if you're looking at a life-like person and cow in present day. 

This piece is a good example of the overall movement because  this image is also very much detailed. As mentioned above, the shadows on the concrete ground along with the small cracks on the side of the barn house. You see some dirt on the ground possibly coming from the cow's hoofs. This image seems as if it's a hot summer day and this man is just attending his usual business of caring for his cow. The hair on the cow is very much detailed as you can see the fine lines there. Makes it feel as if you're actually there, rather than viewing an art piece. https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/2873

2. Artist's Name - Chuck Close 

3. Year Created - 1967-68

4. Media/Materials Used - A teaspoon of acrylic paint, airbrush and razor blades

5. Dimensions of the Pieces - 7x9 foot 

This piece draws my attention because it is a well-detailed self-portrait. From the strands of hair around his head, to the cigarette placed in his mouth. His chest hair, as he's seen not wearing a shirt. This man looks like he is tired from his day, and he just wants to relax and have a smoke break to end his day. 

This piece is a good example of the movement because it is carefully detailed on every inch. The painter described this task as "knitting" the image. As he delicately went row by row to achieve this self-portrait. Having to create the softer areas of this portrait, the artist Chuck Close "attached an eraser to an electric drill to really work in those softer areas of tone."
https://www.thecollector.com/photorealism/

2. Artist's Name - Kang, Hyung Too

3. Year Created - 1997

4. Media/Materials Used - Oil on Canvas, Painting

5. Dimensions of the Pieces - w1939 x h2591 cm 

This piece draws my attention because it shows strong emotion. This man is specifically African American and he is portrayed to look as if he is scared of something. He is looking back as if someone could possibly be after him. Or maybe, he could be upset over something. The lines on his forehead portray it as he's thinking hard over a possible issue, and may not know what to do. 

This piece is a good example of the overall movement because of the way this art piece is detailed. He is seen shrugging his eyebrows and putting his mouth to the side, like something is worrying him. The glossy looks in his eyes show fear. The way that Kang detailed out the facial muscles may have you thinking, such as what could be going on in this photo? The vividness of his photos leads his viewers "to feel as though Kang has long been in close relation with his subjects."
https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/pele-kang-hyung-koo/TQEmVrJVcuVVTQ

https://www.artsy.net/artwork/andy-warhol-ladies-and-gentlemen-fs-ii-dot-130-1

 The movement began at a time where it was possibly the most needed since during the 1960’s decades there were so many events happening, the civil rights movements, Vietnamese war, protests and political assassinations. It was a movement needed by many since there had to be a change, a change to express sexual equality.

https://www.wikiart.org/en/louise-bourgeois/woman-house-1994 

Roni Horn
2000/2001
Colour photograph, UV
64cm x 96cm

This artpiece almost reminds me of a window but with the ocean in the background. I wonder if the artist was trying to bring into the light the calm of the ocean, through a window. The artist does not capture a huge wave, but captures the ripple affect of the waves. The different colors of water, the deep blue along with the grey of the waters important to the texture that the artist is trying to create. Overall, a calming essence.

Félix González-Torres
1995
Gold 

This artist seems to use gold to create almost like an exquisite curtain. When I see this I see this display I think of going in back into a time where in that era, making things made out of gold was normal. This display, also reminds me of in the movie to the bone, the art display with the artificial rain; but with gold. I think its unique that this artist uses chains instead of folding the gold into thinner stings. I think the piece has volume because the chains are as thick as they are, and it shines better in the light. Frankly, I have no idea what this artist desired to accomplish; however when I see this art piece I see rich.

During this time in the 1800s, Harlem was meant to be an upper-class white neighborhood, until a few middle-class African Americans moved in during the 1900s. As we know this was not good news to those white families. So as more African American families were redirected to Harlem after World War 1, they fought for their rights and lives that were having so much injustice done to them. But still, they celebrated their lives and their art, music, culture, and more. 

The goals and objectives for this movement had many limits but two important ones were both political change and creative expression. Many activists collaborated with white social reformers and tried to integrate the society and push more laws and policies to help with Civil Rights Movements. This was the prime time of integrating races and becoming one as a nation. This time we were celebrating the African American culture and all that they bring to our world. The artist was encouraged to express themself in ways they couldn’t imagine. They needed to be unique and vibrant to match the theme and genre of that movement and era of time. This was a time to express yourself like no other, a celebration of culture. 

“From the moment I held the box of colors in my hands, I knew this was my life. I threw myself into it like a beast that plunges towards the thing it loves.”, 

to Matisse this art movement allowed him and others to express themselves by painting very boldly, vibrantly, and nonrealistic which is why it was given the name “Wild beasts”. Art was more than just a painted canvas, It was a way for an artist to use their own feelings and passions to create something more than just what a person would see on a regular day to day basis in their own world.

Fauvism’s primary visual characteristics contained multitudes; there were very intuitive colors being used to bring these works into creation, an almost abstract look to them was applied to them as well. Their high saturated colors consisted of warm and cool colors that were often complementary to each other, The brushstrokes brought up textures onto the canvases that were painted on erratically, There are various lines used and form that were expressive, and unnatural. It had perspective as there was scale used to add depth, but these perspectives were often warped and unfamiliar since this movement was not meant to add realism or capture history, or be representational; The fauvism art movement was used to create non-representational art using bold colors and to be painted using the artists feeling rather than depictions of real objects.

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Davis, Charlotte. "Fauvism Art & Artists: Here Are 13 Iconic Paintings." TheCollector, 3 July 2020, www.thecollector.com/fauvism-2/. Accessed 14 Oct. 2021.

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Elderfield, John, et al. The "wild Beasts": Fauvism and Its Affinities. 1976.

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Most of the murals of the Muralismo were commissioned by the Mexican government to boost the morale of the Mexican people. The country of Mexico and its people had just suffered a ten-year civil war (the Mexican Revolution, which lasted from 1910 to 1920), and their newly appointed leaders wanted to remind the Mexican people of the fundamental beliefs that they had fought for during the revolution. The murals also celebrated the rich culture and heritage of Mexico and its inhabitants. Some murals portrayed a bright future for the people of Mexico. Others acted as a memorial for victims of dark periods in Mexico’s history. Nearly all of these murals communicated strong political and social views to all who viewed them. 

 

 

The image above is of the fresco mural (title unknown) decorating the wall around the Polyforum Cultural Siqueiros, which is a part of the World Trade Center Mexico City. Created by David Alfaro Siqueiros (~1970), it features the faces of important artists of the Muralismo movement: (in order from left to right) Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, Guadalupe Posada, Leopoldo Méndez, and Gerardo Murillo Cornado (a key figure in the start of Muralismo, he was also known as "Dr. Atl"). (There are several other works by Siqueiros at the Polyforum as well.) Although I do not know the exact dimensions, the image I chose can allow one to measure the size in relation to other objects around the work of art. I think that this work of art is a great visual representation of the Muralismo art movement because of who it portrays. 

 

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Most of the works talked about were from postwar from World War II, there were also a lot of movements going on at the time such as the opposition to the Vietnam War, Mexican American Activism, Environmentalism, and Feminism. I Think the courage of others fighting back against their oppression encouraged women to speak out in a non-violent way. 

The materials he used was made with oil paint (and an off-white water-based paint) on linen, and is Pollock's largest canvas, measuring 2.43 by 6.04 metres (8 ft 0 in × 19 ft 10 in).The type of art movement of his kind is called Abstract Expressionism.If you ever wanted to see his first artwork his artwork of his first piece is located at The University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art

The History of Graphic Design – IAART105 Graphic Design Process 02. “Art Movement: Surrealism.” Artland Magazine, 11 Aug. 2021, https://magazine.artland.com/art-movement-surrealism/. 

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The meaning of this artwork was to show like the techniques and also the skills of like painting and the techniques he used was mixing he also was using colors like where you can see it in the artwork and he said Also he was describing the Hazel effect between the colorsWork was made in New York City now is located at Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles And his type of artwork is abstract art 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._61_(Rust_and_Blue)

4b) Georges Braque

4c) Salvador Dalí
5) It's a two-dimensional, flat surface of the picture plane that goes against perspective 
6) Artists tried to depict the entire structure of objects in their paintings without utilizing perspective techniques.

Minimalism was inspired by Russian Constructivism, De Stijl, Bauhaus, and Abstract Expressionism, but primarily, it was born out of a rebellion of abstract art and centered around the art for the everyman. Ellsworth Kelly said “I felt that everything is beautiful, but that which man tries intentionally to make beautiful; that the work of an ordinary bricklayer is more valid than the artwork of all but a very few artists.” The idea behind minimalism was that anybody could see the art and appreciate it.  The primary visual characteristics of the movement was creating multiple images of the same shape or repeating the same image. Artists normally used simple shapes such as lines or squares. The artist would try to avoid obvious brush strokes to achieve a clean look and use the most minimal number of lines, hence the name.  The earlier works of art were limited to one color and or related hues a more monochromatic look. Another way you can tell that you are looking at a piece of minimalism art, is the hard borders between colors where there is no fading or blending of the colors. The goal of the artist was to remove the elements of biography and emotion of the work. The work is about geometry and color, not about complex issues or deeper meanings. Minimalist painter, Frank Stella, famously said about his paintings, “What you see, is what is what you see.” Critics were not in favor of minimalism and often called them novelties because they were too basic and did not have enough depth to the art. 

Minimalism was created post World War II. Many artists from the United States were using their GI Bills to travel abroad and study art. During the late 1960’s there was a lot of rebellion against establishment and social norms. Minimalism was kind of a form of distraction from the dark state that the world was in at that time because it has no underlying meaning or interpretation. 

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unknown. “Artists by Art Movement: Minimalism.” Www.wikiart.org, https://www.wikiart.org/en/artists-by-art-movement/minimalism#!#resultType:masonry. 

 

 

 

 

 

      2) 1907

      3) Paris 

     4a) Pablo Picasso

     4b) Georges Braque

     4c) Salvador Dalí

      5) It's a two-dimensional, flat surface of the picture plane that goes against perspective 

      6) Artists tried to depict the entire structure of objects in their paintings without utilizing perspective techniques.