Saturday, August 28, 2010
Writing Exercise #1: Tell Ten Lies and Three Truths
Hello All,
Please click the comments link below and post Ten Lies and Three Truths about the art work you have been creating and your modus operendi. The objective here is to carefully craft these lies. Remember, as we discussed in class, to simply say "I never use red." is a really thin and poorly constructed lie. Sample fabrications can be found here.
All students should post the Lies and Truths assignment as well as comments on the first group of readings by Midnight on Wednesday, 9/1. (To be clear, reading comments go under the "Vincent Price Video"...Lies go here)
The following students will be prepared to present current images of work and 23 copies of your Lies and Truths this Friday, 9/3/10. Presentations will be followed by a discussion of the written and visual material presented.
9/3, Week 2 - Group 1:
1. Brianna Barton
2. Shawnda Beattie
3. Lauren Bergrud
4. Brittany Brennan
5. Mary Carnes
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Brianna Barton
ReplyDeleteAugust 30, 2010
Critical Discourse
Ten Lies Three Truths
My work is about utopia.
I find the world around me boring, so I attempt to create my own environments of interest.
This is my mind on drugs.
I want to revive surrealism. I want to be Salvador Dali.
My work is meant to confuse and disorient, to baffle and overwhelm and to leave the viewer unsure of logic.
The most frustrating aspect of my creative process is that my work, no matter what, will always pale in comparison to the spaces I am drawing from. Because of this, I distort the laws that the land must live by.
I am a mercenary for Mother Earth. My work will make you want to travel the world and you will give national parks your entrance fees and campsite registrations.
As an environmentalist, I see my work as a form of activism and a possibility for dialogue.
I try to imagine a perfect world without problems or struggle, and then I work from there.
My work is a reflection of the world filtered through my subconscious.
My work is about feeling small and remembering what little space we take up in the universe.
I mourn the loss of childhood and the time when make believe and magic was tolerated.
My newest body of work deals heavily with physics, gravity and the space/time continuum.
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ReplyDeleteNatalie Negron’s Ten Lies and Three Truths...
ReplyDelete1. I enjoy painting from life.
2. It would be my dream to go to Europe and discover renaissance paintings and learn traditional techniques.
3. Bold colors and lines distract me.
4. I usually find myself thinking three-dimensionally over two-dimensionally.
5. Generally, I avoid using controversial or stark images because I don’t want to draw negative attention to my paintings.
6. I’ll never revisit a painting because it will show my growth later on.
7. I love working figuratively because abstract work confuses me.
8. I am starting to become move of a mixed media artist because adding another dimension gives new depth and meaning to a painting.
9. Animal motifs, tribal imagery and patterns are omnipresent in my artwork.
10. I pay close attention to minute details and can work for hours on a single painting.
11. I am very influenced by my surrounding environment and I like impressionistic paintings.
12. I prefer to use natural materials such as oil paint and wood.
13. My culture is something that influences my work strongly.
1. Painting is one of my all time favorite kinds of art; I always take my time to paint.
ReplyDelete2. I can focus very closely on one project at a time to get the best results in my work.
3. Most recently, I have become very interested in tribal arts: weapons, the people, their clothing, etc. It inspired me in my latest works.
4. I often start things and never complete them.
5. I am easily distracted and tend to forget a lot of my original ideas, which is why most of my work is done spur of the moment and often turns out to be some of my best works.
6. During my time @ Moore, I have realized that the inspiration in my work is a result of the artists that I am told to read about by my professors.
7. When I am home, I tend to do my best work.
8. The use of many materials excites me because I think of it as my multi-cultural background. I am a result of many cultures coming together to make me who I am, so I think of my art the same way!
9. I can see my work on display in a museum someday.
10. I create art for fun. I do not think of myself being passionate about what I do.
11. When all else fails, I recreate someone else's work!
12. I hate abstract art, I tend to stick to things that make sense and abstract art never makes sense to me.
13. The kinds of work that I have produced thus far are results of me trying to please people and make people understand me as a person. I strive to get along with everyone, so I create art that everyone would like!
Laurel Patterson
ReplyDeleteTen Lies, Three Truths
1. My work stems from my childhood experiences.
2. Joseph Beuys has made a huge impact on my life and my work.
3. All of my sculptures start from scratch; there is never any use of pre-assembled materials.
4. Pop culture has a lot to do with my concepts.
5. My work allows me to control different situations.
6. I rarely find inspiration in the everyday.
7. All of my work has been dedicated to my boyfriend.
8. I tend to create sculpture and performance pieces…but painting is my true love.
9. The dull yellow color I use in the majority of my work comes from the color of the earwax I used to collect as a kid.
10. My work can be classified as post feminism/ activist art.
11. I have been exploring the results of stopping an action. I strive to create the extermination of an event in the most minimal way possible while simultaneously evoking a strong impact on the viewer.
12. I really only do this because my parents want me to, if it were up to me I would have graduated 2 years ago with a bachelors degree in business.
13. I would have absolutely no good ideas if it wasn’t for the show, “Jersey Shore”.
Kelly McGovern
ReplyDelete1 I don’t think much about the surface of my work
2 I design most of my work using CAD and CS4
3 I go to the hospital every year because I get hurt while working
4 I hate color in my work.
5 My subject matter is directly influenced by my social responsibility
6 Modern design has no influence on my work
7 I begin each work with multiple drawings and a great deal of planning and preparatory work
8 I create about 3 pieces for of each completed work I make, disassembling and starting over again and again until I am happy enough with it to let it remain
9 I draw Inspiration from all things digital and new
10 I never use animal products in my work
11 I’m never surprised by what I make
12 Each piece is complete when photographed
13 I want to work more two dimensionally
Sophie Strachan
ReplyDelete1. My imagery is derived from altered states of consciousness, lucid dreams and memories.
2. Hypocrisy is a major theme in my work.
3. My work attempts to mimic the structure of Michael Bay films. The shapes embody the rising action, climax, and falling action.
4. I hate modern architecture because it’s boring and flat and with my work I want to decorate everything!
5. My work is a database of my personal unconscious.
6. I would consider myself a wanna-be fauvist.
7. I am inspired by folk and country art. I often visit craft fairs for inspiration.
8. My work is very focused.
9. I strive to create art reminiscent of Matisse.
10. I use images of cells and viruses as a starting point for creating images.
11. I look for the finite details in life to inspire new creations.
12. While working I think about the evolution of mankind and how I can relay this idea visually.
13. The repetition of shapes is a visual metaphor for the repetition used in advertisements and commercials.
SHAWNDA T.BEATTIE
ReplyDeleteTen Lies and Three Truths
1. My work consist of organic and geometric shapes.
2.My work is considered to be a reproduction of cubist artist Picasso
3.My work is responsive to the sculpture celestial dancer in the Hind art that is found within South East Asia.
4.Most of my work is based on the relationship between feminism and The Italian Renaissance.
5.The concepts of my work comes from confusions and my belief that my art come from higher being only from my own knowledge.
6.Working with zoologist, my work has very strong attributes from animal tribes and prides.
7.My were is heavily influenced by alternative music
8.The process of building and constructing 3D concepts is the bases of why I’m an artist.
9.Drawing insects and incorporating them into my paintings using glue and other adhesive and also glitter to intensify my work.
10.My work includes major color contrast and details of Graphic Design and Illustrations.
11.My work is heavily based on concepts that incorporate psychology of art. Also the interaction between painter and model.
12.My work consist of bold vibrant colors and hues ranging from warm to cool some saturated and blended to create rhythm and harmony.
13.My work is geared toward traditional portraiture with a twist of sensuality within concepts.
mary carnes
ReplyDelete10 lies 3 truths
1.) The human circulatory system, the different capillaries, veins and arteries inspire my work. How they connect and work together.
2.) My work is always well thought out and planned, nothing is ever spontaneous.
3.) My work is very controversial.
4.) My work is a tribute to Chuck Norris. I try my best to capture the essence of him and his roundhouse kick in every piece.
5.) The medium and inspiration for my work changes so quickly that there is no real evidence in evolution. Each piece tends to be unrelated and extremely different from one another.
6.) My work is very detailed oriented. Perfection is not an option and mistakes cannot be seen.
7.) Topographical maps, aerial photography inspire my work along with textures and patterns found among nature.
8.) I have a tendency to discriminate against non-archival material. If it’s not going to last then there’s no point in using it.
9.) My work tends to be very bold and bright
10.) My work represents my emotions. Any negative or positive events from my past or present are visibly displayed, sort of like a personal memoir that only I can decipher.
11.) My work is very trendy. Like fashion I try to keep my work up-to- date with what’s in style while still remaining modern and classic.
12.) My work has become an autobiographical outlet with sources in real life experiences: denied loves, places left behind, and strange events that make no sense.
13.) Through my work I try to evoke reflection on a culture focused on mass consumption and the negative aspects of over indulgence.
1. My imagery is derived from topographical maps, aerial views of cities and traffic patterns.
ReplyDelete2. My work strives to reflect my emotional experience; I paint very freely, only being guided by my emotions and impulses.
3. My uncle is a pilot, as a child I spent a lot of time flying around upstate New York. This sparked my interest in map imagery and aerial views.
4. Before transferring to Moore, I went to North Carolina State University for two semesters, majoring in Civil Engineering.
5. I generally work better when I am collaborating with other people.
6. My next body of work is going to focus specifically on the suburban sprawl, strip malls, and new housing developments.
7. I’m interested in suburban sprawl because of my environmental concerns regarding the immense reduction of natural wildlife.
8. History of a location, as well as personally memories tied to a location as well as the way a location can grow and change over time is at the core of paintings.
9. The city of Philadelphia has been a huge creative inspiration; I could see myself living here for the rest of my life.
10. The process of painting, from building panels and stretching canvas to layering paint, is not as important to me as the final product.
11. Specific location is not really important to me; I generally rely on ambiguous locations as the subject of paintings.
12. Since, I use acrylic and latex paint I can usually complete a painting in only a few hours.
13. I love the digital arts, if I wasn’t majoring in fine arts, I could definitely see myself making performance and video art.
Jamie Moore
ReplyDeleteI transform my fascination with organic forms and materials into sculpture, while incorporating traditionally formal aesthetics.
When I see a piece of slab of clay my mind races with the possibilities, I dream of the ways it can be manipulated or paired with other materials.
Materials and form are simply an after thought and a serendipitous happening through out my process.
Digital video is my medium of choice.
The forms I construct divert the viewer from focusing on the actual forms and materials that create them.
My goal as an artist is to promote anarchist rebellion through sculpture, print and drawings.
From the way an aluminum sign wraps around a telephone pole to the aspiration felt when a weed grows through a crack in the sidewalk, I find inspiration in some of the simplest forms I encounter on a daily basis.
The tension between men and women, such as the young years a of child when gender is far from understood and lines between the two are thin, creates a graceful vibration that simply hums that I translate into work.
My work represents my true love of form, and relationships between materials.
I represent ideas through paintings by pairing raw, grimy or found materials with oil paints and paper.
The different coloration created by the ways the steel has been heated and beaten, the scale and texture that swallows it, and the fact that with a few household products I can change the makeup of the material itself is why I am so drawn to it.
One of the least important elements in my work is connection points, transitions and where the piece meets the ground.
I plan on moving forward with the idea of communicating my admiration of steel and other rigid materials, while elaborating on the reoccurring idea of teenage angst.
Brit Brennan
ReplyDeleteMy work is about the Free Masons and my Masonic beliefs.
“My work is old skool, skool’s old, everything is from the past.”
My works attempts to give reverence to the earth.
My work is an illustration of the mental revelations Led Zeppelin gave me.
My work is full of love, and everything is a self-portrait.
I gain inspiration from watching birds soar in front of the sunset.
My work stems from the blues, the history of the working class, and struggles of marginalized people.
Everything I make is a sarcastic remark about human’s relationship with nature.
Decay and evolution are conceptual components of my work, collaborating with the Earth as my partner.
Hippies disgust me, I’m just trying to make fun of them whenever possible.
The forms I create are abstracted from the shape of a guitar.
I am a pessimist and my work reflects this.
Nothing is relevant, and nihilism fuels the fire of my art.
Jen Robey
ReplyDelete10 Lies and Three Truths
* My work has the tendency to involve bright colors and bold lines.
*I absolutely love the outdoors, so most of my inspirations comes from earth which is why I started to create landscapes.
*The figure is an ongoing source of inspiration for my work, which is why it tends to be more figurative than anything else.
*Family life and the people who are closest to me tend to be the subject matter of my work.
* Having traveled extensively, I try to incorporate various cultures and people into my works.
*My work is usually completed on a scale of 18X24" and is created using various materials such as pencils, pens, and colored pencils.
*Large geometric shapes that overlap one another seem to be a reoccurring theme in my works.
*I've been using self portraits as a form of investigation to improve my ability to create figurative works.
*I have a really strong opinion when it comes to my artwork. Symbolism plays a large role in my pieces, so I feel as though it's necessary to explain what everything in my works mean to me.
*My supports are usually found materials that aren't traditional methods for which paintings are made.
*I try to incorporate several materials in my works at all times. The more obscure the material, the better.
*I try to link my works with my religious upbringing as much as I can.
*Having gone to school to be a pastry chef I try to work painting and cooking together as much as I can. Using different techniques has made my art stand out.
Shannon Toale
ReplyDelete1. I paint completely systematically and every inch of my canvas is planned out.
2. I paint insanely slowly and use brushes that are as small as possible.
3. I paint with specks of my own blood.
4. My work is slightly homophobic and sexist.
5. I am not al all interested in psychology and think it’s a completely boring subject. I would never allow it to influence my work.
6. I think bright colors are disgusting and unnecessary.
7. While I like painting, sculpture has always been my favorite form of expression.
8. I love painting on wood panels and am not a fan of the flexibility of canvas.
9. My work is influence by not only nature but also the battle between nature and the rising popularity of technology.
10. Pastel pink and green are my absolute favorite colors and I feel the need to use them in every piece I create.
11. I bounce back and forth between working abstractly and figuratively and find this is the best way to evolve my painting style in to a more unique one.
12. My extensive world travels influence ever piece of artwork that I make.
13. I start everyday in my studio by reading perezhilton.com to gear up for the day.
Jamiee Cruz
ReplyDelete*I just point and shoot
*Photographing weddings is the easiest job to do
*I want my own photography business and also sell my paintings and drawings on the side.
*Editing my photographs for hours is the best part of it all
*I hate taking pictures of landscapes
*I make sure I have the right exposure and white balance because that way I can get a good photograph every time
*I can fix a bad picture wrong just by using Photoshop
*Cheap cameras and cheap lenses take horrible photographs
*When editing my photographs, it is better to have an IMac computer because my images will come out better then doing it on a PC.
*All my Photographs are just figurative
*The best part while shooting a wedding is being able to get the detail shots
*I don’t need to know the basic fundamentals in order to take a good picture
*Before every wedding I’d fist pump to “I’m a Barbie girl” to get my day started.
Lauren Bergrud
ReplyDelete10 Lies and 3 Truths
1. My work is based on control of materials, subject and the viewer.
2. My work could be used to solve the problems with world peace.
3. My paintings are constructed of discarded objects to create images of a changing vantage, showing glimpses of a fast paced life.
4. My work is meant to invoke the same stillness found in meditation.
5. My work is based on rebirth; how single works and materials can be altered and combined to make a new.
6. Color is manipulative and a distraction to what a painting is really about.
7. My paintings intrude on the space of the viewer and make them question their own presence.
8. The images in my painting are clear only to the mind.
9. My paintings are executed in a single layer meant to place emphasis on flatness.
10. The subject of my work is based on the man made as a celebration of mans’ achievements.
11. My work is based on liberating the individual for social conforms.
12. My paintings are based around the thought of one individual with one view.
13. My work displays the opportunity that awaits us all through the promise of capitalism.
1. My work examines the affects of catholic guilt on the human psyche. Showing the innocence and humility preached through childish fabrics and simple patterns and the pain, fear and distortion of the world through the eyes of those afflicted through the deformed, grisly or non-human featured of the subject matter.
ReplyDelete2. I seek to discuss the many roles that women have been stereotyped in to. I show the wide range from kneeling servant, to mother goddess to brooding monster.
3. I utilize patterns and materials which are meant to remind one of the home craft projects most often expresses in early American pioneer culture. To me the adventurer spirit of the early Americans and their great hope for the future of the nation, truly embodies the delusional ideas of the United States that have been so deeply ingrained in me. I cannot stop being an American and so neither does my work, remembering its outdated roots through gingem and toy-like qualities.
4. My films explore the idea of insanity, visions and everyday misperceptions that sometimes lead to drastic changes in focus and belief.
5. Through my work I seek to show a reflection of the earth, but in a more animated exciting way. It is my hope that such designs can potentially be a part of everyday life, leaving old boring and typical furniture behind and gaining new and unique ways of bringing fantasy into reality.
6. In the end my work is simply about childhood dreams, brought in to existence but never truly brought to life.
7. My work is a devout action meant to honor the mushroom spirits who have shown me, and many others the truth of existence.
8. My pieces are responses to the drug frenzied youth of America, expressing with mad colors and clashing patterns the chaos of a mind clouded by narcotics.
9. My work adheres to many cultural and political ideas of American philosophy. Expressed through the red, white and blue, color scheme and domestic imagery my work examines the beauty of the patriotic people that make up america’s heart land.
10. The art that I create is meant only as a device to express to the world the imperfection that makes something truly beautiful, much in the way of the Japanese idea of Wabi- Sabi.
11. My work is a beacon of hope for the potential joy that an anarchist system will bring all humanity when it finally overtakes the current governments.
12. The loony toon’s and other childhood TV shows had been captured through my work. It comes out in the violent, overly gestural style in which I compose my pieces.
13. The art that I create is a mixed media madness brought about rather spontaneously and ideas which are sustained only momentarily as the piece grows and takes on its own meaning and potential.
Courtney Coolbaugh
ReplyDeleteTen Lies and Three Truths
1. My work is about the feminine role in a male-dominated society.
2. My work is about current events in the media.
3. My work is both violent and vulnerable.
4. I am greatly inspired by the Abstract-Expressionists.
5. My work is contingent on the involvement of the viewer.
6. My work deals with corrupting the power of the male gaze.
7. My work is erotic.
8. My work is a personal narrative.
9. I work intuitively – working from, rather than towards, something.
10. I prefer painting from life.
11. My work is inspired by whatever I’m wearing that day.
12. My work is about addiction.
13. My work is based on songs from my favorite band.
Caitlin Tucker
ReplyDelete1. After being deeply inspired by Jeff Wall’s “cinematographic” style of staging his photographs, I plan to use a more systematic approach to my process and compositions than I have previously done.
2. I’m really interested in painting the backgrounds of my work to great detail, I do everything I can to incorporate a bustling backdrop for my figures.
3. Mural sized work doesn’t really interest me, so I like to keep my paintings small and compact.
4. I paint scarification because it symbolizes tearing back the façade to show a deeper side of one’s self.
5. My figures are never isolated or still, the body in motion is hugely interesting to me as a painting subject.
6. Adornment of the body as a cultural practice or ritual is something I continue to explore and represent in my work.
7. My work is meant to confront and intimidate the viewer first, with less importance placed on an exact understanding of my own thoughts on or intentions with the work.
8. Andy Warhol’s work is a huge influence for me.
9. Because I like a soft, textured surface, I often incorporate foam on top of canvas to add volume to my paintings.
10. I only look at contemporary painters for inspiration when it comes to my own work because I think it helps me keep a fresh eye.
11. When I paint, my work is done quickly in thin layers; I don’t spend much time stepping back from my work until the product is complete.
12. Current media, particularly TV shows and movies really influence the choices I make about what subjects I’m depicting.
13. I prefer to work on well made, rigidly squared off canvases to help contain my imagery.
1. My work has a very deep religious background
ReplyDelete2. I only like using one medium within each work
3. I hate when people touch my work
4. Different colors are symbolic of different feelings in my works
5. I work from a specific plan that is conceived before I start working
6. I often collaborate with others artists and break different work up
7. I must work in silence and any noise interrupts my process
8. My work often has subtile humor to it
9. Ceramic and metal are my two favorite materials but I often use many others
10. I work only from real models and never a photograph
11. I have a very architectural style and approach to much of my work
12. Much of my work hangs on the walls and should be viewed at a specific height
13. I use a lot of repetition making one item, shape, etc many times
Finger
ReplyDelete1 When I first started making abstract work it was an attempt to make work as emotionally satisfying as my figurative work, but now I see it as a very cerebral process.
2 I have painted myself shirtless, drawing a mustache on myself because I often fantasize about being a man and am extremely jealous of men.
3 I have painted myself with cocks around my face because I am ashamed and uncomfortable with being bisexual.
4 I always use colors with purpose and they usually hold symbolic meaning.
5 I have painted myself as a clown because I see this as my alter ego.
6 I started painting tribal masks to remind me of a torrid but brief affair I had with a woman from Africa.
7 My interest in making works of art that are sexually charged and/or creepy stems from multiple sexual harassment charges I have faced.
8 I started to make abstract work to stray away from making autobiographical work that had become too emotionally draining and personal to make.
9 I constantly find myself reworking my art and never consider a work to be finished.
10 I’ve also painted myself as a clown because I see myself as a comedic entertainer for friends and I think that I improve their lives with my upbeat and silly personality.
11 I feel my work is more successful when it involves a great deal of planning and reworking of ideas before it is undertaken.
12 My work can be vulnerable and sometimes humiliating because I really like when people show me intimate and vulnerable side of themselves.
13 I like the vast array of colors in my paintings to mimic my vibrant and multicolored attire.
1. I see my work as an ongoing autobiography or journal.
ReplyDelete2. Some elements of my work are not inspired by anything in real life.
3. I am trying to show through my work how, ultimately, I think all people live in a common reality.
4. My recent work expresses what I see as the artificiality of a city.
5. I think abstraction allows me to explore my own free associations quickly and fluidly.
6. I recycle materials into my work in order to reflect my delight at the unexpected, the accident, and the imperfect.
7. I think of the majority of the content for my work when watching the news.
8. Through my work, I express what I believe to be right and what I believe to be wrong.
9. Collaboration is the most difficult when my collaborator introduces elements to a work that I do not understand.
10. The work is intended for an audience who has had a similar life experience to my own.
11. I tend to plan the composition of a piece first and then to choose my materials accordingly.
12. I produce the most artwork when I am angry at or disturbed by my world.
13. From the way I plan my compositions, I can more or less predict the way a viewer will move through a piece, and this is important to me.
B. Enright
ReplyDeleteT. M. Saulin
Critical Discourse
August 27, 2010
10 Lies, 3 Truths
My work is a series of small experiments to test different materials to see what I would enjoy using together, and what I may use for next time.
My work is a reflection of our Country’s financial crisis in the perspective of the lower classes.
I take family situations to make up most of my works.
I get inspired by the architecture in Philadelphia
I find the way that people interact with each other is fascinating; so I make figures sculptures that create a dialog with each other.
I enjoy using mixed media and I try use mix media in most of my works.
My work is geared toward to feminism and different events during women’s movements
Symbolism is a huge part of all my works.
All my projects in the past year have to do with current events.
I will only use a limited number of materials; wood, oil paint, and paper.
Texture is very important with all my sculptures.
All of my project were are a small scale.
I use only found objects in all of my work.
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