On our daily commute, we are confronted with issues concerning waste, whether it's walking passed littered debris on the street or incorrectly disposing a plastic bottle in the garbage. These conscious decisions we make every day have effects and a number of artists are currently working with post-consumer material to create new works of art out of something which was deemed unfit for further use and left for dead. By no means is this a new trend, reusing to produce art has been slowly gaining momentum since before the 20th century. The Amish for example salvaged fabric left over from trimmings of fashioned clothing to create quilts. Pablo Picasso first publicizes found objects in art when he pasted a printed image of chair caning on to his painting Still Life with Chair Caning, 1912. Marcel Duchamp’s Bicycle Wheel, 1913 consisted of a bicycle fork with a front wheel mounted upside down on a wooden stool. Although Bicycle Wheel is considered his first, Duchamp’s most well-known ready-made and possibly his most controversial is Fountain created in 1917. Besides for Duchamp’s ready-mades, other art techniques produced from the Dada movement were; collage, photomontage and assemblage. Picasso’s Bull Head, 1942 continues the trend, the artist stated, “Guess how I made the bull's head? One day, in a pile of objects all jumbled up together, I found an old bicycle seat right next to a rusty set of handlebars. In a flash, they joined together in my head.” Artists continued to create art from found objects through a minor movement known as Neo Dada of the late fifties. Robert Rauschenberg as well as Jasper Johns helped revive some of the ideas that rose from Dada, but placed more emphasis on the art produced rather than o...
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To collect is to bring things together. However there is an art to collecting, as it is not simply just bringing miscellaneous things together. There is a common theme for the objects and together they serve as a special meaning to their collector. In both texts “The Museum and the Public” by Stephen Weil and Walter Benjamin “Unpacking My Library” by Walter Benjamin, and in the film “Mardi Gras: Made in China”, the purpose of collecting is to tell a story and to showcase the significance of the objects in the collection.
Pablo Picasso is one of the most famous and well-documented artists of the twentieth century. Picasso, unlike most painters, is even more special because he did not confine himself to canvas, but also produced sculpture, poetry, and ceramics in profusion. Although much is known about this genius, there is still a lust after more knowledge concerning Picasso, his life and the creative forces that motivated him. This information can be obtained only through a careful study of the events that played out during his lifetime and the ways in which they manifested themselves in his creations (Penrose).
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In the 1940s, much was changing in the world due to the effects of World War II, specifically in the parts of Europe. Suffused with dictators and totalitarian governments the artists of the era wanted to escape the environment and embark upon a new journey and a fresh start. America during that time was a capitalist with a culturally and ethnically rich background in music, films and fashion. This was the best opportunity for the artists to visit America. Thus a group of artists with their modernistic approach, went to New York City and started a new wave known as the “The New York School”. To come up with originality, the American designers inspired by the European Avante Grante/Modernistic art, added new techniques and concepts which created a complete new direction in art and design that shifted the world’s attention.
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“The Mending Project” by Chinese-born artist, Beili Liu, is a performance art and installation project. This project was held on February 26, 2011 at the Women and Their Work gallery in Austin Museum Of Art, Texas, USA. The installation consists of hundreds of Chinese scissors suspended from the ceiling in a shimmering cloud, pointing downwards. The project involves the artist sits in front of a small black table beneath the countless sharp blades of the scissors performs an on-going simple task of hand-mending patches of fabric together, which visitors are encouraged to cut themselves near the entrance. This essay will analyse the meaning and artistic intention behind the project and it is also a reflective writing, which expresses my feelings
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The investigation will evaluate to what extent did World War 1 influence the artists of the Dada movement? The investigation will look at primary sources by artists themselves, as well as secondary sources that may evaluate the artists and comment on any influences to the creation of Dadaism and the motives of artists. To be able to determine the extent to which World War 1 influenced the artists of the Dada movement, multiple influences will be looked at and examined to gage the appropriate influence. Given the Dada movement primarily occurred in America and parts of Europe, no sources outside of these areas will be used. Personal accounts and recollections will be looked at for first hand opinions of the artists themselves, but historians views on the era and influences will also be used.
Support action by central and native government, businesses and civil society take advantage of these opportunities (The best recycling programs in US & around the world, 2012)
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have never been to a city that did not offer the usual museum fare, usually in the form of the “Anytown Art Museum”, or the “Anytown Museum of Natural History”. While these types of museums house some incredible artifacts, and I do visit them often, I also like to seek out museums of a more unusual sort.
To begin this discussion, it is crucial to understand what exactly art conservation and restoration is and what it entails. Art Conservation/Restoration can be defined as an array of professions dedicated to “approaching every painting (or artwork) conservatively in that only what needs attention is addressed and nothing excessive is ever performed, all of the materials used are modern…” . This is the process of careful examination, documentation, and attention and treatment of a weakening art object due to age, neglect, and utilization. These objects can range from paintings to architecture to any number of things.
Recycling is extremely important for the environment; in the UK recycling is estimated to save more than 18 million tonnes of C02 a year, furthermore the 1,500 landfill sites based in the UK in 2001 produced a quarter of the methane emissions from the UK (Recycle now, 2014). Recycling is therefore an important aspect to sustainable disposal, due to kerbside collections, recycling has become convenient for the consumer; all recyclable objects can be classed as waste and recycled accordingly. Shim (1995) and Joung (2013) have investigated the links between a general recycling attitude and a consumer’s environmental concerns and product disposal behaviours.
used to make products such as plastic lumber, toys, containers, carpet, fiber fill for jackets