https://padlet.com/danaeastewart/hfc954ztzwbb This padlet is a research morgue on - Conceptual Art en-us 2016-10-04 09:02:55 UTC 2024-10-28 01:23:16 UTC hello@padlet.com danaeastewart https://padlet.com/danaeastewart/hfc954ztzwbb/wish/128092798 Conceptual Art

Conceptual Art is art without boundaries, art that is un-conventional and also at first, leaves you puzzled with questions of ‘what is this, I don’t get it, why was this made’ but then, once further understanding behind the artist intentions are uncovered, you’re suddenly left enlightened and in awe of the ‘concept’ and alternative methods used.  When looking at conceptual art and on how to dissect it a key point to know is that conceptual art, the movement, was created to give control, significance and power back to the intentions, ideas and concepts that gather when first creating a piece rather than the final outcome. Using pre thoughts and conceptions to create your piece and allowing your vision to become the creator.

Conceptual Art was used to evoke the idea of freedom.  

Conceptual Art was founded during the early 1960s. Conceptual Artist don’t like to play it safe, they have a starting point, but as long as the basis of their idea is clear and solid, they don’t mind the outcome, conceptual artist don’t aim to give the viewers all the answers, it doesn’t matter if you’re confused and if you don’t understand the intentions behind their pieces right away, they know why it was made, they understand the thought process. The conceptual art movement is giving back to the artist and making work personal again rather than simple commercial work that is easy to understand and doesn’t puzzle nor confuse. Art that is made by the artist and has deep personal pieces of the artist imbedded in it, not just viewing art made for the wealthy nor the rich. 

Art for Artist. 

Notable Conceptualist Marcel Duchamp is credited and seen as someone who paved the way for the movement, although Duchamp was around before the true rise of Conceptual Art movement hit it’s peak, his fountain piece was innovative and opened the door for the idea of ‘finding art in non art forms’ and that the vision, concept and also the interpretation of what the artist finds so admirable is art it’s self. Another Notable Conceptual Art artist is, Damien Hirst, his work involving real organisms preserved in formaldehyde through-out 1991,1993, and 1994 that involved A whole great white shark, A sheep, a Mother and Calf cow sliced also sliced in half and preserved in massive glass containers took the art world by storm. It was shocking imposing and at first glance it was hard to understand ‘why’, but that’s the true beauty of conceptual art, the questions; both answered and unanswered.

]]> 2016-10-04 09:10:46 UTC https://padlet.com/danaeastewart/hfc954ztzwbb/wish/128092798 danaeastewart https://padlet.com/danaeastewart/hfc954ztzwbb/wish/128096102  The difference between an 'Art Period' and an 'Art movement'

Art Periods - Art created specifically during a period of History.
Examples - Romantic, Victorian, Ancient Eygptian, Ancient Roman and Ancient Greek are all examples of Art Periods.

Art Movement- Art created with the influence of social and political basis. Taking the impact of world events and using it to create artistic work.
Examples- Dada Movement, 2nd Wave Feminist Movement and Surrealism Movement.

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Klein was famous for using only one shade of blue know as 'Klein Blue' when creating many of his conceptual pieces. Klein developed the idea of using woman as his painting utensils, he'd paint them in his particular blue and get them to lay on canvases, in many cases he'd drag the women across the paper or canvas and the end result, prints of the female form would be his art.

]]> 2016-10-04 10:19:01 UTC https://padlet.com/danaeastewart/hfc954ztzwbb/wish/128105540 danaeastewart https://padlet.com/danaeastewart/hfc954ztzwbb/wish/128121239 Marcel Duchamp

Just because I'm artist, doesn't mean I have to make thing with my hands. The ages had developed and changed, people stop doing things with their hands; black smiths stopped using their hands to create tools, suddenly machines were the face of creation. In 1917 Marcel Duchamp changed the face of art, he placed a urinal in the middle of a art gallery and caused an uprising in a previously,  although opinions on the piece vary and conclusions differ from genius to pointless; I understand. Duchamp was engaging with the world around him, if my world is changing, why can't the way I create as an artist change too. It doesn't have to be pretty, it doesn't have to be easy to understand and it most certainly doesn't have to conform. Marcel could even be described as a person of Sophism, someone one who does to create conflict. In retrospective terms Marcel Duchamp could of hated the piece, he could of looked around and simply picked up the first thing he saw to accompany the concept of the changing world, but the focus point here is the concept. The idea was planned, conceived and thought through, the had a message, he simply found something to present and display but the method that is the Art.

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During the 1960s , at the rise of conceptual art, the world was a very complicated dark place. The conceptual art movement was widespread from North America, Asia ,South America and Europe. At the time of the movement the Vietnamese war, one of the worst wars in history was active, the civil rights movement in the USA, the assignation of John F Kennedy (JFK), The Cuban Missel Crisis. The world in which these artist were living an d the emotional implications would have definitely influenced work.]]> 2016-10-05 07:52:52 UTC https://padlet.com/danaeastewart/hfc954ztzwbb/wish/128400769 danaeastewart https://padlet.com/danaeastewart/hfc954ztzwbb/wish/129437749 3 July 1963 - 

Know for being outspoken and an acquired taste, Tracey Emin is a key example of the voluminous interpretive likeliness of Conceptual Art, love or hate. Emin's work is purgatory, a biographical form of therapy that leaves an equal number of viewers awed and also many who find it pointless, flat, distasteful and unconvincing. Tracey doesn't aim to provide pretty answers but to rather tell a narrative; she uses her life and the lives of others as the source of her pieces, the image below ' My bed' received uneven criticism with many asking 'how is this art?' The key 'Art' signifies for many of Tracey's pieces are the concepts, the thought process, the meaning and the emotional release. My bed was a 'screenshot' from a dark depressive induced period of her life , she found beauty and art in the fact that a moment of time was frozen and personified through this literal non art form. ]]> 2016-10-10 08:51:30 UTC https://padlet.com/danaeastewart/hfc954ztzwbb/wish/129437749 danaeastewart https://padlet.com/danaeastewart/hfc954ztzwbb/wish/129467702  Often officially grouped under sculpture many taxidermy artist fall under the hood of Conceptualist. The ideas and premises behind the pieces often a pre thought concepts and the taxidermys ]]> 2016-10-10 10:53:34 UTC https://padlet.com/danaeastewart/hfc954ztzwbb/wish/129467702