Kurt Cobain
Elizabeth Peyton (America 1965)

This Painting is about an incredible singer that died in his prime. She realized how much she related to him. She was also an artist in her prime trying to find the right subjects and methods to make her own unique career. The close up view and the warm and vibrant colors really help us understand her point here. The contrast gives this painting a lot of impact and drama. You can really imagine yourself at the concert watching such an incredible singer perform.

Urinal
Marcel Duchamp (French 1887-1969)


I thought that this was one of the strangest things that I have ever seen in my life. Instead of making art Marcel Duchamp bought a urinal signed it “R, Mutt 1917” and declared it art. I think that even though he only bought it and signed it, it is art. It is only art however because he was the first to have this idea and it is the idea that is unique and makes it art. If anyone else were to do this it would not be art because this idea cannot be altered and is unoriginal.

Wall
Andy Goldsworthy (English 1956)



Andy Goldsworthy is one of the most original artist I have ever heard of. His greatest work was his wall at the storm king arts center in New York. It was a stone wall that ran two thousand two hundred and seventy eight feet. The most amazing thing about the wall is the way that it looks different every season. The seasons make a profound difference when viewing the wall in the winter it is covered in snow and weaves around snow-covered trees. In the fall brightly colored leaves surround it. The light also always changes the shade of the wall. Two-dimensional objects however can only be lit from one direction. Two-dimensional objects can’t change with the light of our world the way three-dimensional objects can. The shadows really contribute to the beauty of the wall.

Class Reflection

I am now completely caught up in this class. Just recently today I handed in all of the rest of the homework I owed. If I could redo a project It would probably be the story collage. I was absent for most of the class time we were allowed to work on the collage so mine isn’t very good. I also enjoyed it so I would not mind doing it over again.
Of all of the artists that I researched I think that Henri Matisse was my favorite. I like his style of artwork. I especially liked the work he did later in his life when he just painted pieces of paper and glued them onto a bigger piece of paper. I also liked his painting red studio. I liked it because of the symbolic ways that he used the color.