Analysis Of Art By John Berger

The figure 1.120 on page 123 of Gateways to Art depicts a 3 dimensional piece of art called Monogram. Inside the work includes mixed media with taxidermy goat, rubber tire, and a tennis ball. The work was done by Robert Rauschenberg from Sweden. There is strong emphasis on the goat, making it the focal point of the mass. The installation of the tire is wrapped around the goat’s torso, while the goat is mounted onto the center of the wood frame. The size of the work is monumental compared to other works of art. The subordination of the painted half of the work prevents the viewer from looking at the plain pieces of wood. The span of the mount stretches diagonally across the frame. The addition of red paint brings a sense of luminosity to the work. There are illuminated letters printed of the wood pieces that draws attention to the left half of the piece. The text says Rauschenberg created the work “as a symbol of himself as a rebel and outcast.” The goat relates to a religious perspective as goats used to be offered as a sacrifice by Christians to God. This work was so odd at the time because it was not a sculpture or painting, making it unique in its own way.

In the contemplation of art, or rather the conceptually intangible definition it currently possess, it is imperative to be mindful that “art” has been utilized as a promotional device, ceremonial item, aesthetically purposed article or perhaps none of these or all. It is because of this vague term that Carolyn Dean, in her text, “The Trouble with (The Term) Art”, makes a case for the consequences of applying the term “art” in societies that lacked such a notion which also accounts for the Western-centric lens the field intrinsically utilizes when viewing non-Western art. The claim is deftly supported by the utilization of expert accounts in the subject, alternative perspectives for what is considered the current norm, and self-examining questions,

Kehinde Wiley is a New York based artist whose paintings focus on the themes of empowering black men and combining classical and contemporary styles.

Raymond Pettibon art work, Untitled (The bright flatness), on page 535 fig 25-35 shows a tiny surfer in an enormous wave in a California landscape. The subject matter is a large wave that a surfer is riding. The content of the artwork could be how people are a small compared to the big world we live in. I think this piece of art was painted on with watercolor and a type of paper. These lines in the artwork is very loose and free. These lines in the artwork reminds me of Vincent van Gogh, The Starry Night lines in his artwork which are loose ,but the viewer can tell what the meaning of the picture is. In the artwork Untitled (The bright flatness) colors mostly used were the primary colors blue and red. The surfer is red and the waves of the ocean is blue. The wave color could be a local color that the viewers know the ocean color is blue. The blue color has different tints from dark blue to light blue. The wave in the art is three dimensional it represents the wave as if it was being seen in an ocean. In the picture, there is a highlight where the ocean has lighter white spots throughout the wave. Another highlight would be

The two that I have chosen for this specific topic would be John Adams, and Howard Baker because they had both seemed to catch my eye. I would say that both of the artworks are about medium, however, John Adam's painting seems a little bit smaller as the height comes out to be 29.3 inches, and Howards comes out to be a total of 49.5 inches. I would say the most dominant of art in Howard Bakers artwork would be texture, and also shape and form. The color of his suit really makes the entire picture stand out very well and neat, compared to the background it has a almost "glowing" effect to it. John adams most dominant artowkr would be the form and shape of how it was portrait. The black coloring looks constantly repeating because almost half

The abstract expressionist whose work I admire the most is the work of Jackson Pollock. He was born on January 28, 1912 in Cody, Wyoming. “He was an influential American Painter, and the leading force behind the abstract expressionist movement in the art world” (Barbara Moore). When Pollock was 8, his father, who was an abusive alcoholic, left the family, and Pollock's older brother, Charles, became like a father to him. While the family was living in Los Angeles, Pollock discovered his passion for art.

The piece that I am analyzing is an untitled work of pin striping on aluminum by two local artists, ModKustoms and Tanner Leaser, who signs his pieces simply as “Tanner”. As with most artists in this genre neither goes by their real or whole name. ModKustoms created the textured aluminum panel that Tanner used as his form to display his pin stripping. This piece was created in 2014 for a charity art auction benefitting the Scottish Rite Hospital (ModKustoms). The piece is a two-dimensional, rectangular work of art meant to hang vertically on a wall. This piece was created using aluminum, translucent candied enamel paint, and 1-one shot lettering enamel (Tanner).

“Remembrance” by Annette Kuhn is basically about Annette examining a six-year-old version of herself. In the picture, to someone else, would just show a six year old with a budgerigar, but to Annette there is so much more. She pays attention to detail and the surroundings in the background. She talks about how she feels about photographs and what they mean to her. Then she begins to go into detail about the content of the infamous photograph. Annette recalls when and from whom she got the bird, Greeny, from; as well as what she was wearing and where she was when that photo was taken. Continuing she explains the inscription on the back of the photo, trying to figure out the meaning of the difference between her caption and her mothers. She then

Jackson Pollock was born in Cody, Wyoming, in 1912, the fifth and youngest son of an impoverished family. His father abandoned the family and he was raised by a strict and tough single mother. In 1928 they moved to Los Angeles, where Pollock enrolled at Manual Arts High School. There he came under the guidance of Frederick John de St. Vrain Schwankovsky, a “painter and illustrator who was a member of the Theosophical Society, a group that promoted metaphysical spirituality” (O’Conner). Schwankovsky provided Pollock with basic training in drawing and painting, introduced him to European modern art, and encouraged his interest in theosophical literature. Those theosophical ideas prepared Pollock for his later interests in Surrealism and psychoanalysis.

The two works of art that I have chosen to analyze are 1) Jordan Casteel. Miles and JoJo. 2014. Oil on canvas, 54” x 72” and 2) Aaron Fowler. He Was. 2015. Mixed media, 134” x 165” x 108”. The themes that these works of art represent in regards to the exhibit are love, family, and pain. However, they also fall into other thematic categories. The main theme that seems to apply to both “Miles and JoJo” and “He Was” is Human Experience. Additionally, these arts differ in some ways.

The artist lecture that I went to was a session of colloquium that centered around the art of three graduate students. Matthew Mauk, the artist I focused on, is a graduate student at UW-Madison that focuses on metalworking. He began as a tattoo artist with a background in drawing and working on silicon. Today, he has moved on to metal sculptures and ornamental objects. Inspired by the religious iconography of Caravaggio and how his paintings contain hidden propaganda, Mauk creates intricate metal pieces masked with subliminal messages. Through his art Mauk tries to rebel against social standards and the rules many places in society has established. For his talk, he discussed his MFA Exhibition. In the show, the metalwork is colorful, intricate,

Shepard Fairey’s piece titled Pay Up or Shut Up is a representation of the role that money or your role in society dictate the power of your speech. This piece of art by Fairey was released in May of 2015. It is a screen print on cream speckletone paper.

Berger, the author of Ways of Seeing, offers a new perspective on how to analyze art while reading the image for what the artist is trying to convey. Berger strongly believes that every person interprets art differently, which means there are infinite possibilities when it comes to describing arts effect on not only a person, but on society as a whole. Your perspective is influenced by your upbringing, education, beliefs, and the generation you belong to. Berger also believes that we can not only gaze at a painting, in order to fully grasp the meaning of the events that are taking place, one must situate themselves in that place and time. The person viewing the painting must examine it for clues and try to dig beyond the surface due to the

Art by Yasmin Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton and directed by Luke Sutherland was performed at the Warwick Campus on Friday, October 13 at 7:30 pm. Art is about the ambiguity of modern art. The play Art raises many unsolved questions how it’s viewed and treated in modern time.

In the twentieth century, the views of orthodox Marxism spiked a discussion that addressed the socioeconomic contrast between art history and social art history, revolutionizing the process of how art history was researched and interpreted. Until this time, Marxists believed that traditional art historians merely touched surface of the artwork’s background by identifying the artist, the medium, the time period it was created in, and how the piece was a product of its society. From there, they come to a conclusion as to why the details in the paintings hinted toward these cultural normalcies and traditions of whatever specific society they were researching into. However, Marxist art historians dug much deeper than that, researching particular cultural customs and