Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Team 2
To get started, each one of you should pick a new theme--not one of the ones that you chose as a class--and connect your NEW theme to one work of art of your choice. It doesn't have to be in your textbook.
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My theme idea is "tragedy" which we could interpret one of two ways. First, we could base our exhibit with the theme "tragedy" in the sense of the emotion, feeling, and actual tragedies. For example, Graydon Parrish's painting, "Cycle of Terror and Tragedy" which can be viewed at:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.willisms.com/archives/911.jpg
The other way we could use tragedy as our theme would be to base our exhibit on pieces that demonstrate the origins of the word, which is ancient Greek theater. For this, we could use pieces such as Sophie Cave's instillation "Floating Heads" which can be seen at:
http://cubeme.com/blog/2010/03/25/sophie-caves-floating-heads/
Another example is the sculpture "Tragedy" by an unknown artist which can be seen at:
http://litcomp.pbworks.com/w/page/28446161/Tragedy-Unit
Excellent, Katie!!
ReplyDeleteMy theme would be "Identity"
ReplyDeleteThis theme would allow us to explore how artists have used their work to establish their own personal identity, or we could explore how the figures portrayed in works of art search for their own identities. An example of this would be in the piece "Narcissus" by Michelangelo Caravaggio
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Michelangelo_Caravaggio_065.jpg
New Theme: The Female Form & How It's Depicted
ReplyDeleteRelated Pieces:
"Girl Before a Mirror", Pablo Picasso, 1932
http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Girl-Before-a-Mirror-c-1932-Posters_i378542_.htm?aid=576251
"Woman With A Parrot", Eugene Delacroix, 1827
http://themostfamouspaintings.blogspot.com/2007/12/eugenedelacroix-biography-and.html
"After The Bath", Pierre Auguste Renoir, 1888
http://www.renoirgallery.com/gallery.asp?id=3
Sorry, I posted this in another group by accident!
ReplyDeleteHere are some possible artworks for our current self-portrait theme:
ReplyDelete1. Chuck Close, "Big Self-Portrait", 1967-1968. Acrylic on canvas -
p. 762 of textbook and http://collections.walkerart.org/item/enlarge_fs.html?type=object&id=77&image_num=1
2. Frida Kahlo, "Las Dos Fridas", 1939. Oil on canvas -
http://www.fridakahlofans.com/c0290.htm
3. Ilse Bing, "Self-Portrait in Mirrors", 1931. Photography. Museum of Modern Art -
http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/1041
The Basquiat pieces used in this exhibit were:
ReplyDeleteUNTITED, 1983
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Derelict, 1982
UNTITLED, 1982
Cabeza
UNTITLED, 1980-81
Ideas for the powerpoint
ReplyDeletewe need to have wall texts so i put this together, let me know what you guys think!
many artists used self portraiture as a way to document their identity. Some artists however, created pieces that were autobiographical. through the use of symbolic imagery that related to their experiences and struggles through life. we decided to include 3 expressive artists that represented their identity through their style and content of their paintings. Basquiat, Van Gogh and Frida's pieces could stand independently and represent the theme, but together they also create a cohesive collection for this exhibition.