Lynn Hershman Analysis

In art, there are qualities that speak louder than words. It expresses many different messages and emotions and each person has an experience different from the next. In this paper, I will be discussing two artworks I encountered. The piece is a good example of how people can encounter different experiences in one piece. I attended the Orlando Museum of Art a while back with family and overall enjoyed my experience. On my visit, I found the museum quite impressive and felt a deep connection with specific pieces.

Margaret Lazzari (Author),. "Exploring Art: A Global, Thematic Approach 5th Edition." Exploring Art: A Global, Thematic Approach: Margaret Lazzari, Dona Schlesier: 9781285858166: Amazon.com: Books. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 June

Arts sole purpose is to evoke an emotion out of its audience and influence them as well. Whether art makes you feel euphoric or sad, it resonates within every individual differently. In this day in age, artists utilize the internet as a method of sharing their work freely with others. According to Lethem, “The American commons include tangible assets such as public for public assets such as public forests and minerals, intangible wealth such as copyrights and patents, critical infrastructures such as the Internet and government research , and cultural resources such as the broadcast airwaves and public spaces. They include resources we’ve paid for as taxpayers and inherited from previous generations” (222). This suggests the Internet is a creative resource that is invaluable to the art community; however, it should be used with caution. The internet is not a resource that can be owned or privatized, which is why individuals can be exposed to anything at any time. On the internet, many images pop up quite frequently and they evoke little to no emotion from those who see it, because they have seen it a numerous amount of times. This is unfortunate, because the quality of one’s work is being diminished if people have become indifferent towards it. Nelson argues that, “But there are also perils. And one is that in cultural moment defined (by some, for some) by image flow, the question of what one should look at, along with attendant inquiries into nature and effect of images blowing by, has creepy way of overtaking almost all other questions” (304). This infers that image flow is something that alters how individuals are affected by art and the feelings one should have toward it. Although technology has been beneficial to the art community, image flow continues to damage the effect that art is intended to have. Seeing

This source was taken from the New York Post, which is a daily newspaper that is predominant to mainly New York City and its suburbs. The New York Post has been running for over 200 years and is one of the most circulated newspapers in the country. It remains to be a mode of news and information for many citizens.

gallery space. However, it is the aim of a postmodern artist to step outside these

Margaret Newkirk, a regular contributor to the Bloomberg periodicals, discusses the tension between the acute need for labor to clean Houston after Hurricane Harvey and the debilitating stance that the immigration policy of the American government has taken. She observes that while the nation has been witnessing dire shortages of construction workers, the immigration crackdown heightened by Trump’s tough policies has worsened the situation. Newkirk’s article rails against the draconian law that threatens local officials with jail terms and sacking if they fail to enforce it. The article also takes note of the rising wage rates after the hurricane hit the region, and estimates that it they may increase faster than ever. Newkirk’s fundamental

This piece was created during a time of political and social change. Increased political awareness and a focus on celebrity demanded art that was more

Photography is used to capture moments instantly. They can be used to compile memories or to convey a message. Artistic liberty is the ability for the artist to interpret their own message through their work. A creative project is a form of expressing one’s opinion, while also trying to get the viewers to think and also to question. There is always more than one interpretation about a piece of work; the artist may have one opinion but the viewer may form their own.

The author Francine Schwadel states that consumers in poorer neighborhoods are set up to purchase goods at a higher price not necessarily having better quality. As the article states the price difference paid by the rich and poor appears to have widen at the same time the income gap is growing, furthermore although the rich could afford to buy everyday essentials the poor continue to purchase the same goods at as high as 8.8% more or $350.00 more a year for a family of four-than did shoppers of middle class area. In the authors opinion consumers in poorer neighborhoods are set up to purchase goods that they can’t afford at higher prices in some cases they use their food stamps to cover fees that they can’t afford in return they are charged a higher fee. It is apparent that inequality does exist amongst poorer consumers according to the authors findings.

To have an outlook on the rest of this paper, the artists

When I first read about Marina Abramovic, I found her performance art can be both shocking and hold the attention of one. Her work ranges in physical intensity, emotional exposure, and sadness. Marina Abramovic work is about self abuse, self discipline, and unreasonable punishment and great courage. Through the conditions she puts herself and her audience in her performance. In my opinion, I feel Marina Abramovic and my main goal as an artist is not only to completely change the way art is seen by the public, but to push the performance the same line as fine art.

viewer, and helps them receive a sense of emotion through art. Works had “A heightened

Just as other works that reflect art, pieces in the category of fine arts serve the important message of passing certain messages or portraying a special feeling towards a particular person, function or activity. At times due to the nature of a particular work, it can become so valuable that its viewers cannot place a price on it. It is not the nature or texture of an art that qualifies it, but the appreciation by those who look at it (Lewis & Lewis, 2008).

Art is all around us. There are many different forms of art. It can be something created, captured, or it can be already existent. Not a single person is to say what makes something art because there is a different definition for everyone. However, there are a couple factors that come into mind whenever someone decides to declare something as art. In this essay I will be comparing and contrasting four different pieces of art. I will be discussing each art piece’s form, time period of creation, intention or purpose, and value. These four pieces of art are Michelangelo’s Pieta, Fountain by Marcel Duchamp, Mark Rothko’s No.61, and the “Oyster Dress” by Alexander McQueen. These works of art come in all different shapes and sizes but they are valued

In our current technological era, the beauty of art and literature has been forgotten despite its heavy importance in the past. For my Rhetoric-In-Practice project, I wanted to create a product that corresponds with the message of Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven. I created a website that highlights the message of the novel that art has a strong influence in finding a person’s identity. This website is intended to be accessed by a technological literate audience of all ages since this type of audience tends to be the ones who prefer technology over art and literature. The purpose of this website is to introduce Station Eleven, and make my audience realize that the use of art to reflect and express themselves is important for their physical and emotional health. The use of Station Eleven with this project was crucial due to the fact that the novel contains characters, which I used on the website, that are relatable to many types of audiences.