...if I didn't major in art, I would have majored in Chemistry
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Dia:beacon
Louise Bourgeois was born in Paris in 1911. She attended various art schools such as the College de Sorbonne (presently known as University of Paris). She moved from Paris in 1938 to New York City, where she lives now. Earlier in her career she wasn't very successful, she only had a few shows in the mid to late 1940's and from then on remained quite stagnant until the 1970's when both her husband and father past away.
From then on her work took on a very "dark" tone; her works were forged from her feelings of seclusion, anger, and most of all fear. The loss of her father and husband sparked her creativity and inspired her to create some of her sculptures that she is now famous for today. Her most famous series, known as the Mamans, are massive, dark, and scrawny spiders standing as high as 35 feet tall.
She also created her own style that she named "cumuls" which were very organic and round objects...
From this point out Bourgeois' career remained very steady, and very successful. Her sculpture s are on display in museums internationally.
Louise Bourgeois was born in Paris in 1911. She attended various art schools such as the College de Sorbonne (presently known as University of Paris). She moved from Paris in 1938 to New York City, where she lives now. Earlier in her career she wasn't very successful, she only had a few shows in the mid to late 1940's and from then on remained quite stagnant until the 1970's when both her husband and father past away.
From then on her work took on a very "dark" tone; her works were forged from her feelings of seclusion, anger, and most of all fear. The loss of her father and husband sparked her creativity and inspired her to create some of her sculptures that she is now famous for today. Her most famous series, known as the Mamans, are massive, dark, and scrawny spiders standing as high as 35 feet tall.
She also created her own style that she named "cumuls" which were very organic and round objects...
From this point out Bourgeois' career remained very steady, and very successful. Her sculpture s are on display in museums internationally.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Chapter 2
Chris Skae
Digital Imaging
February 19. 2008
Chapter 2
Digital Art has many different characteristics that can be used to describe it. So, unlike traditional art, two completely different pieces made of completely different materials can all fall under the same classification. One of these forms of digital arts is the installation. Installations in digital art can range from creating an environment that the viewer can interact with or be a part of. One such example would be Jeffrey Shaw’s The Legible City. In The Legible City Shaw created a city completely structured out of large three-dimensional words and sentences that the view navigates through while peddling on a stationary bike. The viewer that is riding the bike is able to control how fast they navigate through the virtual city by how quickly they peddle. In this way, Shaw combined the physical world with the digital world by giving the viewer the ability to control where and how fast they go through this city that is projected onto the wall in front of them. This is known as relationship architecture.
Another completely different form of digital installations uses light as the primary element to create an environment. Erwin Redl would take LED lights, normally as vast curtains, and have them spread throughout the room, covering walls and doorways. The LEDs would sometimes slowly change colors as well. Unlike Shaw, who brought the physical world to the virtual realm, Redl is bringing the virtual realm to the physical world by using the LEDs to create a giant bit-map on the walls of the exhibit.
Digital Imaging
February 19. 2008
Chapter 2
Digital Art has many different characteristics that can be used to describe it. So, unlike traditional art, two completely different pieces made of completely different materials can all fall under the same classification. One of these forms of digital arts is the installation. Installations in digital art can range from creating an environment that the viewer can interact with or be a part of. One such example would be Jeffrey Shaw’s The Legible City. In The Legible City Shaw created a city completely structured out of large three-dimensional words and sentences that the view navigates through while peddling on a stationary bike. The viewer that is riding the bike is able to control how fast they navigate through the virtual city by how quickly they peddle. In this way, Shaw combined the physical world with the digital world by giving the viewer the ability to control where and how fast they go through this city that is projected onto the wall in front of them. This is known as relationship architecture.
Another completely different form of digital installations uses light as the primary element to create an environment. Erwin Redl would take LED lights, normally as vast curtains, and have them spread throughout the room, covering walls and doorways. The LEDs would sometimes slowly change colors as well. Unlike Shaw, who brought the physical world to the virtual realm, Redl is bringing the virtual realm to the physical world by using the LEDs to create a giant bit-map on the walls of the exhibit.
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