Hey guys, sorry about how late this blog is, I've been going nuts over a paper in a different class. Anyway, check out Louise Nevelson on page 511.
I loved this article, or at least the first part of it. Nevelson talks about using found objects, specifically wood, in her work. I'm not sure that she's correct in saying that she's the only one who was doing it, but it's a good idea nonetheless, and very relevant to today's society. With more and more emphasis being placed on conserving resources and with battling a recession, it only makes sense for artists to try and reuse the supplies already available to them, even those in dumpsters. I know that few (if any of us) in this class consider themselves above dumpster diving, but wouldn't it be nice if other people got in on it, too?
As for her thing with black being the "total color," she kind of loses me. I've always thought of color as a way to emphasize characteristics of art, and I just can't believe that black is the right choice, everywhere, all the time. It's ridiculous. Also, the first half of page 513 is just a massive love letter to black, and it got to me after a while, so I apologize if I seem disproportionately annoyed by the idea.
That said, I love love love her last line of the article: "I want a lot of quality in a lot of quantity." There's something to be said for details and something to be said for going big, and I love that she's adamant about combining the two. From the projects in the studio right now, I feel like that line speaks to more than a few of us.
What did you think of the article?
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
The Week of February 14 - Article for Sculpture
Hey kids! Grab your books and open them to page 437. We're looking at Douglas Davis this week. (Cheer, it's less than a page!)
Anyway, I'll admit that this article caught my eye because the style it's written in is so drastcially different from the rest of them (you know, since it isn't prose). After reading through the "Manifesto" a few times, I began to really enjoy how the lines in caps all work together seperately from the rest of the poem, reading: "TO FORGET VIDEO IS TO MAKE MIND AND BODY DISCARDING NAMES STOP THE NAMES." I'm not entirely sure where punctuation would fit in that or how that would effect the message, but feel free to experiment with it.
Looking at the rest of the poem, there were three lines that caught me.
1. against against art
2. burn the manuals
3. The Camera is a Pencil
What does it mean to be against against art? Is that "for art" or something different? How many of us would willingly burn all the manuals in our lives and move blindly? Which of us agree that the camera is a pencil?
(And to Prof. Pauls, I hope this meets what you're after. I haven't been able to read any of the previous blog posts about the articles.)
Anyway, I'll admit that this article caught my eye because the style it's written in is so drastcially different from the rest of them (you know, since it isn't prose). After reading through the "Manifesto" a few times, I began to really enjoy how the lines in caps all work together seperately from the rest of the poem, reading: "TO FORGET VIDEO IS TO MAKE MIND AND BODY DISCARDING NAMES STOP THE NAMES." I'm not entirely sure where punctuation would fit in that or how that would effect the message, but feel free to experiment with it.
Looking at the rest of the poem, there were three lines that caught me.
1. against against art
2. burn the manuals
3. The Camera is a Pencil
What does it mean to be against against art? Is that "for art" or something different? How many of us would willingly burn all the manuals in our lives and move blindly? Which of us agree that the camera is a pencil?
(And to Prof. Pauls, I hope this meets what you're after. I haven't been able to read any of the previous blog posts about the articles.)
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