Art reflects life There are many things that reflect life, but who knew art could. Andy Warhol’s are helps connect to the past. In addition, Graffiti helps art connect to the past and it reflected life. Lastly, Karen Kilimnick art pieces reflected life in the 1900’s. Art allows artists to share life and personal experiences from the past and present. Andy Warhol’s art helps connect to the past. His art piece “ Campbell’s Soup Cans” was made in the 1900’s. The art piece connects to the past because it was made in the past, therefore it’s about the past. In addition, his art helps connect to the past since, his art pieces illustrate the past. For example, Andy Warhol created the piece about a box of brillo pads. This illustrates about the past …show more content…
Graffiti was made a long time ago and it started to become more popular (explode) in the 1900’s. This indicates that Graffiti illustrated the past because the people would design pictures of what was happening in their life or how they felt about someone or something, furthermore,Graffiti started to explode because more people wanted to express themselves. In addition,Graffiti reflects life because it is creating more criminals. When viewers see Graffiti, it encourages them to do it as well, but it is subversive. Graffiti reflects the lives of people because when viewers see it, they think it is okay to do it as well, but it is not okay. Graffiti is vandalizing a building or train which is against the law. Therefore, Graffiti is reflecting the people's lives by showing them that is is okay to break the law, but in reality it is not okay. Lastly, Graffiti reflected the people's lives because their artwork illustrated something about their life or their community. Graffiti is a way people can express their emotions towards something or someone. Therefore, Graffiti reflects life and/or a community because it shows them how they are feeling so, a community can identify and then fix the problem. In addition, to Graffiti, Karen Kilimnick helps connect art to the …show more content…
Karen’s art reflects life because her work “ merged popular culture, personal fantasy, history, and current, often violent events and fell under the heading scatter art.” This indicates that her work reflected her surroundings. In addition, Karen Kilimnick art reflects life in the 1900’s because her “ show tours a scrape book's worth of the heroes, star victims and star victims - both real and imagined and from stage, screen, fashion magazine and tabloid.” This indicates that her work shows information about famous people and their life, therefore her work reflected people’s lives. Lastly, her pieces reflect life because in “ Scattered Stories, Shaken and Stirred” it says “ It { the gallery} also makes her efforts into installation art, which encompass materials as various as glitter, fake snow, and blood, stuff animals, ballet, and piles of party drugs, feel of a piece with her painting.’’ this indicates that her art “ shows the contrast between childhood innocence and the loss of innocence.” this example reflects life because it shows the viewers that they need to become innocent, which will reflect life and the people ( “Scattered Stories, Shaken and Stirred” by Karen Kilimnick).Overall. Andy Warhol, Graffiti, and Karen Kilimnick art pieces reflected life and connected to the
Andy Warhol was a graphic artist, painter, and film maker, amoung other things, also associated with Pop Art. He moved to New York, around 1950, where he did his first advertisements as a comercial artist and, later, began showing in expositions. One technique employed by Warhol involved repeditive silk screen prints on canvas. He used this method to produce many series of prints with various, easily reconizable images. Between 1962 and 1964 in his self titled studio “The Factory”(Phaidon 484), Warhol produced over two thousand pictures. One of these, Lavender Disaster, was made in 1963 and belonged to a series of pictures all including the same image of an electric chair.
Known for being the father of Pop Art, and a giant in pop culture, Warhol dominated the art scene from the late fifties up until his untimely death in 1987. However Warhol’s influence spread further then the art world, he also was a major player in the LGBT, avant-garde and experimental cinema movements. Born in 1928 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Slovakian immigrant parents, Warhol came from humble beginnings. Becoming widely known for debuting the concept of ‘pop art’ in 1962. Warhol’s reach grew further when he started experimenting with film, becoming a major player in the LGBT, avant-garde and experimental cinema movements. Warhol’s artist studio, known famously as ‘The Factory’ became a hub for experimentation, and a go-to point for celebrities, musicians and trans folk. During this time, Warhol came out as an openly gay man, challenging the status quo of the day, a time when being homosexual was illegal. While also producing highly experiential films such as ‘Blow Job’ (1964) and ‘Sleep’ (1964) which were highly political and provocative, at the time. As art critic Dave Hickey asserts, “Art has political consequences, which is to say, it reorganized society and creates constituencies of people around it” (Hickey, 2007), Andy Warhol’s art and lived experience created a political constituency which can be best recognised in the function of the “Silver Factory” on
Warhol, Andy. The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: (from A to B and Back Again). Orlando: Harcourt, 2006. Print.
Within the impoverished urban streets arose a youth culture captivated by infamy and self-pride. A youth culture virtually undistinguishable from members of modern society with a passion, setting them apart from the community. The members of this underground subculture could be your next-door neighbor, your son or daughter, or the contractor repairing your roof, yet you would have no idea that they strive to “bomb” objects and surfaces found in everyday life. It is the subtle differences that distinguish a graffiti artist from the average member of society, such as their, mindset, desires, speech and active lifestyle.
The article Artists Mythologies and Media Genius, Madness and Art History (1980) by Griselda Pollock is a forty page essay where Pollock (1980), argues and explains her views on the crucial question, "how art history works" (Pollock, 1980, p.57). She emphasizes that there should be changes to the practice of art history and uses Van Gogh as a major example in her study. Her thesis is to prove that the meaning behind artworks should not be restricted only to the artist who creates it, but also to realize what kind of economical, financial, social situation the artist may have been in to influence the subject that is used. (Pollock, 1980, pg. 57) She explains her views through this thesis and further develops this idea by engaging in scholarly debates with art historians and researcher, and objecting to how they claim there is a general state of how art is read. She structures her paragraphs in ways that allows her to present different kinds of evidences from a variety sources while using a formal yet persuasive tone of voice to get her point across to the reader.
First, we will look at the image information. In 1962, Andy Warhol painted Campbell’s Soup Cans. The soup cans were painted using synthetic polymer paint and mimicked silk-screened images. The painting is a collection of thirty-two canvases, each containing a depiction of different
Throughout history, many artists have made their mark, and left their legacy in the world with their artwork. Their pieces are their stories, their lives, and their life's purpose. However, many times, the modern world may not see these works of art as stories, but instead, as just, art! If one were to take the time to learn about the artist and their life, art would be so much easier to understand, and read. One artist in particular whose life can be reflected in her artwork is Alice Neel. Alice Neel was born in the early twentieth century, a time when women didn't have an opinion. She tells a reporter that she remembers her mother telling her, "I
Graffitists intend their work to be apprehended as art that can communicate feelings and ideas to the audience. For them graffiti is being able to express their self via their painting.
Andy Warhol was a famous American artist known best for starting the pop art movement during the 1960’s. Born in 1928 in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Warhol was a quiet sickly child who spend most of 1935 in his bed due to an illness, during this time his mother would give him colouring books to keep him occupied, this is probably when his fascination with colourful art began. Before beginning his career as a pop artist Warhol did commercial art doing illustrations for shoe advertisements and setting up display windows for various shops, this art gained him some fame especially his illustrations which were done in a loose blotted ink style which people liked
Art is a very important part of humanity’s history, and it can be found anywhere from the walls of caves to the halls of museums. The artists that created these works of art were influenced by a multitude of factors including personal issues, politics, and other art movements. Frida Kahlo and Vincent van Gogh, two wildly popular artists, have left behind artwork, that to this day, influences and fascinates people around the world. Their painting styles and personal lives are vastly different, but both artists managed to capture the emotions that they were feeling and used them to create artwork.
I think the idea of reflecting people needs and life style can in a way be compared to Donald Judd idea of leaving the work to free interpretation without hidden meaning and Warhol straight foreword and clear interpretation of his Imagery. In terms of objectivity about reality I found a similitude in terms of materials as in the end building are made of ma...
Humans find in art a way to study and understand their environment. Reproducing it allows them to study the effect of light on a same surface, the variation of colour on an object of the depth effect. Lascaux’s cave painting, that are considered as the first trace of art in human history (and street art as well), was actually a way for men to manipulate and make sense of their environment according to historian and scientists. As a result, art is for us an excellent way to develop our knowledge of the world. Street art adds beauty to urban environment too. As stated by Bojan Maric, a cultural studies teacher at the University of Belgrade, it is an inevitable element of contemporary art. Painters have the ability to transform plain walls, unoccupied space or abandoned buildings into colorful murals, outstanding sculptures and curious museums. For instance, north-American trains sometime carry Other’s masterpiece, a Canadian traveller and urban painter who leaves its mark on the wagons he takes for his trips. Finally, art develops skills such as creativity, communication and socialization. It gives to people news ways to express themselves and share values and opinions trough the use of other methods. They need to find how to translate words and emotions into colours and textures, giving at the same time a deeper meaning to their work. As a matter of fact, art is a technic used by more and more therapists among traumatized people to help them to communicate their difficulties. On an other side, psychologists agree that using our creativity is what makes us human by increasing our abilities of solving complex problems and being perseverant. All those benefits are an excellent reason to encourage street
Graffiti straddle the line between pure art or pure vandalism. Graffiti may be a challenge to the law and sometime serve as social commentary about the subjectivity of laws. Some refer to graffiti as a violence attractor. Although many consider the spray painted pieces a nuisance, graffiti has been gaining recognition from the art world more and more as a legitimate form of art. Many say the gun inside the drawing will encourage killing and violence. Graffiti is a public good through its expressed social commentary and artistry. This street art beautifies cities by giving them character and making them look unique and personal.
In fact, this single piece transformed Andy Warhol into one of the most famous contemporary artists when it was first exhibited in 1962 in Los Angles. The attention placed on this artwork mainly roots from two things: the subject and the visual qualities of the piece. The subject is an interesting point in this art. Unlike previous artworks which employ subjects such as people or nature, Warhol chose an item which is found right in the pantry shelves and kitchens of millions of Americans and transformed it into high art. This is interesting because people are conditioned to see art as a venue for items or ideas that are “beautiful.” Andy Warhol, on the other hand, featured an item which we encounter every day and yet never gave a second look or thought. The choice of subject is but a challenge to the traditional concept of what art and beauty are. In the same way, Warhol’s decision to use soup cans as his muse may come from the emerging pop art movement. True to the objectives of this movement, pop art embraces the mundane and banal commercialism. And Warhol’s work functions as a subversive critique on consumerism as well as a reassertion of the joy and beauty that is innate in such object (Fallon
Campbell's Soup Cans work suggests a mechanical uniformity that is repeated in the thousands of homes that have a similar object, a banal and common representation of the spirit of our time. Warhol continued to express his ideas about consumerism and kept using repetition in his work. He created several works that involved the same theme of Campbell’s Soup Cans throughout the years.