About to walk to the sky...
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
[concrete poetry]
Students sketched Raymond Duchamp-Villon's Large Horse, surrounding the shape with words describing its appearance and filling it with with descriptions of the subject matter.
[Find out more about Duchamp-Villon's Large Horse]
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[Find out more about Duchamp-Villon's Large Horse]
[See the rest of the poems here]
[video log | group 1]
[filmed by]
Phillip, Alaina, David, Rachel
Tower of Lace, Jean Dubuffet
[initial reaction]
Simplistic in shape, form, and choice of color; intricate in design, visual texture. Small, scattered range of color gives a sort of visual continuity.
[second take]
Size has an impact. (Interesting to note that it went from small to large.) From Native American to childlike; untrained. The primitivism is more evident. It looks like some doodle out of a sketchbook. The simplistic appearance of the work was explained by the artist's interest in "art brut."
[Find out more about Dubuffet's Tower of Lace.]
Phillip, Alaina, David, Rachel
Tower of Lace, Jean Dubuffet
[initial reaction]
Simplistic in shape, form, and choice of color; intricate in design, visual texture. Small, scattered range of color gives a sort of visual continuity.
[second take]
Size has an impact. (Interesting to note that it went from small to large.) From Native American to childlike; untrained. The primitivism is more evident. It looks like some doodle out of a sketchbook. The simplistic appearance of the work was explained by the artist's interest in "art brut."
[Find out more about Dubuffet's Tower of Lace.]
[video log | group 2]
[filmed by]
Daniel, Elisa, Christina, Mary
Spoon Woman, Alberto Giacometti
p.s. Giacometti = "JOCK-uh-MET-ee" :)
[initial reaction]
We see a spoon and a female figure, African, geometric.
[second take]
We were correct about the African figure inspired by a carved wooden spoon.
[Find out more about Giacometti's Spoon Woman]
Daniel, Elisa, Christina, Mary
Spoon Woman, Alberto Giacometti
p.s. Giacometti = "JOCK-uh-MET-ee" :)
[initial reaction]
We see a spoon and a female figure, African, geometric.
[second take]
We were correct about the African figure inspired by a carved wooden spoon.
[Find out more about Giacometti's Spoon Woman]
[video log | group 3]
[filmed by]
Luis, Bianca, Sara, Janelle
The Kiss, Constantin Brancusi
[initial reaction]
Simplistic, symmetrical, shadows, colors, is old but good, organic, tender, solid.
[second take]
Made from cubic block, it's an old piece, engaged, in love. After reading the card, we were basically straight on correct about the piece.
[Find out more about Brancusi's The Kiss]
Luis, Bianca, Sara, Janelle
The Kiss, Constantin Brancusi
[initial reaction]
Simplistic, symmetrical, shadows, colors, is old but good, organic, tender, solid.
[second take]
Made from cubic block, it's an old piece, engaged, in love. After reading the card, we were basically straight on correct about the piece.
[Find out more about Brancusi's The Kiss]
[photo essays | group 1]
I'm interested by the human figure, the sullen and downtrodden expression on the people as well as the rough, unfinished look of the work.
[David]
Rush Hour, George Segal
It looks primitive, basic, and alien. Many shapes were repeated with only minimal changes to produce the desired effect. I love the color and material. What was the fifth commandment?
[Phillip]
Commandment V, Alain Kirili
The idea of putting a room through which one can observe nature, or just the sky, inside of a building is what interests me most. What was the artist trying to portray with this? What is the meaning of the ante-chamber?
[Alaina]
Tending, (Blue), James Turrell
The use of space to convey the matter portrayed is interesting. How was it made? What does it mean to the artist?
[Rachel]
Quantum Cloud XX (Tornado), Antony Gormley
[photo essays | group 2]
The color was the first thing that caught my eye, and all the edges. How does it show destruction and death?
[Elisa]
In Search of the Mountain I, Anish Kapoor
I'm interested by the mixture of textures to create shadows and emphasis. How old was the woman? How did Picasso view her?
[Mary]
Head of a Woman, Pablo Picasso
I'm interested by how it is the same piece repeated that forms a figure. How long did it take? What was his inspiration behind it? What does it mean?
[Christina]
Quantum Cloud XX (Tornado), Antony Gormley
I liked this sculpture because it has a deep meaning and stuff. I think it symbolizes going to heaven or something. Yeah. What inspired him to make it? Was it one of his dreams? How did he anchor them to the pole? Are they real?
[Daniel]
Walking to the Sky, Jonathan Borofsky
[photo essays | group 3]
It's kind of like my concentration. The woman is reaching. Her face: pain. What type of pain did she suffer?
[Luis]
The Tragedy of Life, Boleslaw Biegas
I'm interested by the detail of the clothes and people; the people below questioning.
[Janelle]
Walking to the Sky, Jonathan Borofsky
Everything about this artwork interests me. It's my favorite. I think it's amazing how he made it stay together and look like a human form. Also, I like how once you finally recognize it, you see it from all angles. Where did Gormley get the idea for this? How long did it take for him to complete it?
[Sara]
Quantum Cloud XX (Tornado), Antony Gormley
I'm interested in the shape, how the center goes in, the color, and the inside of it is black. How was the shape made so equal, even on the inside?
[Bianca]
In Search of the Mountain I, Anish Kapoor
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