Monday, November 21, 2011

Modern Art Episode 3

From this video I learned that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Beauty can have a different meaning to different people and artists. In the video Matthew Collings does a great job discussing different artists and giving you an inside scope of what beauty means to them. Here is five questions I have from videos:
1. Why would Ofili add something criticizing to the beauty of his artwork?
2. Why was Matisse's main theme beauty?
3. Why does everyone like beauty?
4. Why was Olitski considered one of the greatest living painters?
5. Why was he obsessed with painting landscapes?

Art Project



For my art project I would like to do something about Ana Mendieta. Specifically
Imagen de Yagul, from the series Silueta Works in Mexico 1973-1977. Why was she obsessed with creating female silhouettes and why was she so often focused on a spiritual and physical connection with the Earth?