Modern Art

The only artists that I was familiar with while watching the video were Warhol and Picasso. Never heard of or knew anything about Pollack. Picasso's art was interesting because he was able to transform shapes and colors into objects with meaning (abstract). I really liked Picasso's courage to paint the taboo subject of sex. I believe he helped some people view sex in a more accepted and beautiful exploration as oppose to something that should be shunned from. Picasso's art inspired great change for modern art. Pollack's art was very mysterious and abstract to me. I liked how Pollack had the ability to create wild but graceful art. His art had much sophistication to it even though it was wild. His desire to paint on the floor was really cool because it really made me feel as if his art was raw, unrehearsed and spontaneous. Pollack's art really reflected his mental state as mentioned in the video. Warhol's art was probably my favorite because a lot of his work was iconic art. Through his work at times it seemed as if Warhol was trying to document important figures in our society through art. Warhol had a very free living vibe in his art and life as well. His vivid and versatile art gave his work a real "pop" to it.

Questions:
1. What inspired Picasso to paint sexual images?
2. What made Pollack such an angry person?
3. Why was Warhol infatuated with being a star?
4. Why did Warhol like to create surface art as oppose to deep art?
5. How would Pollack critique and explain one of his paintings?

"Modern Art"

After watching all the videos, my meaning of art and the way I see it has totally changed. I was not familiar with the artists that Matthew Collings discussed, but I really did learn a lot about them. I finally realized that every artist has a true meaning behind every work they make. I was surprised at Picasso's work of art because he made me see the world in a different way. Every picture he did was full of creativity that no one else could of thought of. He really open my mind and that's where I started seeing art in a different way. Pollock was one of the 2nd artist that Matthew Collings talked about. I never heard about him, but I got to see a lot of art through the video. He was a wild painter and I never understood why he always did crazy splatter lines all over the place until I learned his meaning behind it. I learned that Pollock art is deliberate sophisticated art, but good art. Every image he makes is full of tendemess. The art of Warhol is very popular. I never thought he could take something so small and make out of it something really creative and meaningful like the soup cans and Marilyn Monroe pictures. The video made me see Warhol's glamour behind his art work. Watching all this videos made me realize that art does not have to be pretty, and that art has different meanings to each one of us. Like Picasso once said, " I don't find, I seek."

Questions:
1. What was Pollock reason for doing wild paintings?
2. Why did Warhol said that, "art was dead," to him eventhough he still did art?
3. Did Picasso had a reason why he changed his art from beauty to ugly?
4. Was there a reason why Pollock dranked all the time and acted the way he acted?
5. Did Warhol do glamour art because he never get to live the glamour life like he wanted?

I was familiar with the artist Picasso but this video made me see his art different with creativity something that no one else could of thought of. He made me see the world in a different way. Pollock was an artist I never heard about but got to see some of his art ,yet I never imagine were it started from. He became the art he never got to see who he really was his art was mystery, anger, wild, and just new to all human eyes. When I first saw his art to me was just a lot of paint, but with learning behind the art it shows that it had a meaning to it feelings and a lot of hard work. The art of Warhol is very popular I always saw as just a picture a drawing of someone famous until this video made me see that he was really showing the glummer behind it he took something small to make it very sarcastic. This was really my big respond on the part of Pollock I didn’t know much about him I just thought it was creative of him but to him there was so much more then just lines. It hade all his feelings in the art his anger just about anything that went thru his mine. I just never thought that someone can really become the art and let go of he was one day.
Questions
1. Why did Picasso think of changing the art the way he did?
2. What was Pollock purpose of drawing wild?
3. Was Warhol ever him self during the time he was drawing?
4. What made Picasso change beauty to ugly?

First class post

Think about the video "This is modern art" that we watched in class. Were you already familiar with the artists that Matthew Collings discussed (Picasso, Pollock, and Warhol)? If you were how has your opinion of their art changed after watching the video? If you were not, what planet are you from?! (just kidding of course) DId you have any other response to the video or the work that surprised you? Why?