Art21 #3

I watched Transformation with the artist Yinka Shonibare. I did not enjoy his art that much. He made sculptures of bodies transforming into a character. He added clothing, motion and objects to the sculpture. The part that I found interesting was how he did not have a distinct race to the body. He did not have them be black nor white. The purpose was so it is impossible to base his work off of race. Yinka Shonibare also did sculptures of animals and paintings. He wanted to go back to the basics and start with flowers when he did paintings. I liked his paintings more than his sculptures.












The second person I watched was Carrie May Weems on Compassion. She is a photographer. She takes pictures of Africans and prints them out in red. Then, she puts a piece of glass over and adds writing to the picture. The point of her images are to display Africans past and oppressive past. I am not a huge fan of her work but I like how her photos tell a story and have a meaning behind them.

    

Art21 #2

I am watching Jessica Stockholder right now. Her art is very interesting to look at. It has many things going on and is extremely colorful. I really like how she uses color and different types of paint. Her process is really cool to learn about because it is not typical paint, it is more of a paper paint (i think that is what she said). With the paint she uses, you can have it dry and then peel it off to put it onto a different piece of paper. The paint has a different type of texture as well. I would love to be able to try that type out and see the difference because that and acrylic paint. Jessica Stockholder also uses 3-D materials to make sculptures. The materials are things that you would not expect to see in a sculpture or piece of artwork.

The second episode I watched was stories with Kara Walker. She did a nice job of telling her story through her painting. She painted a lot
about slavery and wanted her work to have feeling and emotion. It was cool to watch this one specifically because in my math class I am doing a project on South African art. A lot of the paintings I see are like this because they tell stories through pictures and a lot of them are about slavery. Also, Kara Walker said she uses illusions to make it seem like she is talking about a past historical event. I can not relate to this one as much because her artwork is mainly in black and white and I enjoy seeing color.

Visiting artist: Hamlett Dobbins

I really like this piece of Hamlett Dobbins work. I like how it has many shapes and has a modern feel to it. Also, looks 3D in a way because the zig zag likes are getting smaller as they move backwards. Another thing that caught my attention was the yellow rhombus. The detail within it is very interesting and unique. The color choice in the painting is very good too. It is good that the zig zag lines are pink and red because the colors go together. Also, having the rhombus yellow makes it stand out more. This painting fits into his others because all his pieces of artwork have something to do with shapes and colors.

A question for Hamlett Dobbins: What inspires you to do the type of artwork you do? Why chose this over realistic drawing?