a) Explore Diego Rivera's famous fresco about Industrialization and laborcalled Detroit Industry. Watch a few of the 2 minute videos on the "4 walls" of this site: http://www.dia.org/diego/walls.html# Links to an external site.. Share one that moved you. Links to an external site.Rivera is reflecting on an industry nearly 100 years old. As designers for the future, how will you think of the workers and landscapes that harvest, process, and deliver your designs to consumers? There are systems within systems that give us our materials and labor. Diego Rivera’s north and south walls represent people working in unison. This interdependence, rather than independence or codependence, allows for workers to work together in a healthy way. The same …show more content…
when he said that Design is Not a Neutral Act. Read the NYT article "The Fab Mind" and reflect on the different modes of 'design' - how might you see your future of design. Design can be anything. Dance, song, furniture, installation--all of these are applicable. Yet, design isn’t the look, it’s the feelings that come from it. That’s what makes great design. Studio Swine’s stools, for instance, are using aluminum cans and vegetable oil to create chairs. It provokes thought from viewers as to where the metal would have gone if it weren’t repurposed (likely a landfill). This gives these resources new life, and a utility. And if a chair breaks, it can be melted down again, thus, giving the piece a long life cycle. Another example of this is Alvaro Catalán de Ocón’s lamps. These are repurposed plastic bottles and waste materials. These lamps don’t look like trash, they are art now. They have their own personality and design, making each one a unique and special experience. That’s the other important thing about design, it is personal. It gives viewers a look inside the artist’s mind, and see a glimpse of their world. And I think that’s …show more content…
It isn’t here yet, subject to trillions of possibilities. Although Adam Smith may be right. Taking note from science fiction, perhaps the worst may be true. There used to be a debate between Aldous Huxley’s and George Orwell’s prophecies with our society succumbing to pleasure-seeking world, or a censored one. Considering the endless clickbait articles, the constant updates we must supply to social media, and the amount of stimulation we have available through digital and technological means, Huxley is the winner here. I do have anxiety about the future--where we’re going, or what we’re even doing with our society, and planet. Yet, that’s the best part. We don’t know which way the world will shift. We have plans for one-hundred years in the future, but we can’t predict where we’ll be then. If it weren’t for the spontaneity, then life would become a boring, predictable chore. The uncertainty is absolutely terrifying, yet reassuring. Even when the world seems to be a horrible place, it can change at any moment. Because of this, I can find ways to make the future anything I want. Since the future hasn’t done anything, then I shall work for
The theme of aestheticizing waste material is consistent across all of the works on display, and forms a central tenant of the artist’s practice. I admire the dedication and craftsmanship of her work but is the exhibition labouring the point with the same concept governing all the pieces? Perhaps that is the point; the artist is also duplicating the work, invoking mass production albeit in a painstakingly slow fashion.
The Painting I chose is called “Mixtec Culture.” And it was painted by Diego Rivera in 1942, Mexico. It’s a Fresco style painting, which is “a wall painting technique that has been used for large scale murals since ancient times” (Getlein 159). This entire painting is an homage to the culture of Mexico, specifically the Mixtec people, and that’s what I love about it. The Mixtec people were renowned for their artwork so it’s fitting that Rivera depicts a peaceful community of artists such as mask and jewelry makers. This painting celebrates the artistic culture of the Mixtec people and that theme is directly linked to the political influences of the time, “Mexican government commissioned artists to create murals about Mexico itself- the glories
I am helping animals and I am helping dogs. The mentally challenged who give Marc Ching donations are supplying the funds for Dog butchers paid vacations, so how is that helping dogs? Please tell me exactly how Marc Ching has helped stop the Dog Meat trade? He has done nothing, in fact he has killed more dogs than he has saved... FACT! He has no transparency as to where spends the money that he has received in donations. Since the last IRS 990 form on record is for fiscal year 2014 we have no idea how much he is paying these slaughterhouses to temporarily close, in fact he has not even proven to have closed the 10 slaughterhouses down, which was reduced to six and has shown one 1 minute video with a banner inside the slaughterhouse... so tell
Diego Rivera was a Mexican painter and muralist who greatly changed the art world. He didn’t care what other people thought about his art and he painted what he saw, not what others wanted him to see. It was his’s creative manner and approach that set him apart from other artists; it was what made him one of the most renowned artists that existed during his time period. This paper will present the
(2005). In D. Bjelajac, American Art: A Cultural History (pp. 37-129). Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, Inc.
I partially agree with Pangloss’s statement because we never know what the future holds for us and we can never predict our fate therefor what happens to you today (now) or what you have is the best you can get or have in your live. For example, considering
The idea of the Chicano community muralism as a requirement for the “art of place” shows that the practice is specific to an area. Even though they are understood in the context of the history of a location, they rarely remain to be a still symbol of a certain moment or a place in the record of events from the past.
Rivera wrote a short exposition; but we observe the drastic impacts of the new world on the characters. Watching the characters deal with the juxtaposition of before and after chaos ensuing is very engrossing. Some resist the change and others deny it. In response, the characters must find their way through this world and can only survive by revising their mindset. However, the story is surreal and disoriented because it lacks definition of time and space. Elapsing time is only understood with the present of a new character within the scenes. Also, the staging of this production amplifies this feeling of confusion. Metal walls—one with a sliding door, a gated
Discontented and disheartened, author Aldous Huxley accentuates what’s to come in the future based off present events in his novel, Brave New World (Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World. New York: Harper & Bros. 1946). Although satirical, Huxley’s message is somber and warns people towards the loss of total freedom and individuality as technological advances continue to develop. People in today’s society consider oppression and social restrictions as a negative way of living.
Propaganda is a very useful tool to spread a message to influence people to support an ideology. That is what the NSDAP, Nationalsozialistiche Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or National Socialist German Workers’ Party in English, utilized to spread their message and gain support for their views of German nationalism, supremacy of race, and volkgemeinschaft meaning people’s community. Hitler saw propaganda as a way to pave his way to power and to indoctrinate the German people to follow him, to see him as a hero and a savior to the master Aryan race, and support the racist, and radical views of the Nazi ideology cult.
Not only were the murals aesthetically pleasing works, these public art (displays) serve an important vehicle to express grievances (against oppressing forces) and an opportunity to display “collective beliefs” of Chicanos.
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley depicts a future that seems happy and stable on the surface, but when you dig deeper you realize that it is not so bright at all. People almost autonomously fall in line to do what they have been taught to do through constant conditioning and hypnopædia. Neil Postman’s argument that Huxley’s book is becoming more relevant than George Orwell’s 1984 is partly true. Huxley’s vision of the future is not only partly true, but it is only the beginning of what is to come.
Artworks have played an indelible work to the lives of humanity. The creative nature in Artists is a complex matter to define. The uncertainties in the intrinsic nature in art lay difficult aspects that can only be answered by values, themes and skills depicted in an artist artwork. Apart from playing the intricate psychological effect on humans, the artworks have been used as a tool of expression that has been revered and uniquely preserved for future generation. Among some of the most revered modern forms of artwork has included Chicano Art that had a core relationship to Las Carpas, Indigenismo, rascuachismo and other forms of performance art.
This tent promoted trash, but with adding, love, imagination, effort, commitment, and innovation. These organization wants to turn trash, into amazing pieces of art. When I was reading their flyer it said, “‘They want to inspire people to take actions to “close the loop” and create sustainably.”’ I really like that they turn something bad for the environment, and turning it into incredible, art pieces. While I was there, I decided to something, out of the supplies they had out. They had cardboard, wire, tape, rubber and more. I decided to make a butterfly. I made it out of two supplies, cardboard, and wire. Also next to their tent, they had a few statues of pieces of work they had, some were bigger than others but it was a cool way to see a different pieces of art. While, I was there I was glad I learned more about how trash can be recycled into something new and
Paul Rand, a top influence in the field of design brought America into the modern era of design. This study will give a background to Rands life and how his upbringing impacted his future endeavors. It will then cover his primary works and discuss work that became a defining part of his career and the industry. Following that, it will discuss how Rands work in advertising and Corporate Identity set the groundwork for today design thinking. Finally, the thesis will examine modern designers that sought out Rand as a source of inspiration. This thesis will look at why Paul Rand is said to be one of the most influential graphic designers in history, and why his principles translate into good design that resonates for generations to follow.