Balance + Contrast

Hockney and Warhol This week were given a choice of whatever two videos we wanted to watch. This week I chose to watch Hockney on Photography because I personally prefer the medium of photography when it comes to making art. I also had a bit of background knowledge of David Hockney as I had a photography project that focused on his style of photography.  But the video was rich with so much more information. It was such a deep insight into the personality behind his work. For instance, it was interesting to find out his philosophy on photography itself, and whether it is an art or not. This was an often debated topic at the time of Hockney's work, however Hockney himself said he didn't pay attention to whether it was art or not, he was just interested in what he was creating. I also had no idea about his love/hate relationship with photography. How he would get frustrated and leave photography for a while and go back to painting; which was his first medium as an artis

Exhibitions This week we had our choice of videos we could watch. I chose to watch  The Impact of Cubism.  Which talked about the Cubism movement and how it impacted the art world, and the backstory of how Pablo Picasso was a mentor and inspiration for the artist Gris, as well as was Paris and it's many influential artists and creatives at the time Gris was creating. I also chose to watch Matisse and Picasso because I felt I didn't know much about their relationship and that it was a crucial thing to understand in this field. I was surprised to learn that they were such different people, they had very different views on art and its creation and the meaning it could hold, as well as having vastly different personalities. However; they seemed to have a mutual respect for each other and often traded their works. We were also tasked with visiting an Art Gallery. For this I chose to visit the Albright Knox again.  Step 1: The Exhibition Questions about the exhi

Masks and More... Videos This week we had a choice of the videos we could watch, I chose to watch the Chinese Art: Treasures of the National Palace Museum videos. I chose this video because I felt as though Chinese art and culture was not something I knew a lot about. In this video I learned that the most popular medium for art was ceramics. And that pale colors were often used in their works as they were favorable in Chinese culture at the time. However, tea bowls were ofter glazed in black to better show the pale color of the teas they were served. Details were very few and far between on many pieces as simplicity was viewed as more beautiful, however the details that were included were very well constructed  and refined exquisitely .  I also watched African  Art because it was another culture I felt I didn't  know much about. I learned through this video that the most popular medium was  ceremonial art. This mainly consisted of statues and masks. The most common materials