Stark Museum of Art

Minimalism, Maya Lin and Vietnam Memorial Discussion “Minimal art is characterized by its simplicity in both form and content, where personal expression is removed in order to achieve this. The intention of minimalist artists is to allow the audience to view a composition more intensely because the distractions of theme etc. have been removed”. Minimalism can be detected as early as the 18th century where the artist Goethe constructed an Alatar of Good Fortune that consisted of a stone sphere and

viewer to consider their statue on industry’s that strive of animal cruelty and the act of consuming animals themselves. Is animal protest art truly affective and enlightening through the (usually) graphic images? In 2014, an American contemporary artist, Rocky Lewycky held an exhibition entitled Genocide: Is It Necessary? The

Pablo Picasso in life and art Biography: Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso is widely considered the most famous and influential artist of the 20th century. What is so unique about Picasso is his scope: he is not associated with a single artistic movement (along the lines of Jackson Pollack's association with Abstract Expressionism or Salvador Dali's association with Surrealism); rather, his career spanned a wide range of styles and aesthetic philosophies. Picasso's style was very realistic at the

painted in 1967. Breaking away from tradition, this was one of many portraits Andy painted in his artistic lifetime, and a prime example of the ever so popular movement called Pop Art. Known for it’s bright colors and commercial subject matter, the movement was all about being rebellious and cool. Andy shaped Pop Art, as he shaped himself to be the artist that is so famously known today, inspiring

satisfy the growing demand for training in what was seen to be an alternative career path in Australian arts during the post WWII years.

depicts a group of people huddled around a table in a candlelit room as a scientist performs an experiment with a bird in an air pump. Buddha Watching TV (1974) is Nam June Paik’s post-modern sculpture currently on display at the Virginia Fine Arts Museum in Richmond, Virginia. It is one of numerous similar pieces created by Paik in his lifetime. Displayed on a wooden platform, this piece consists of the head of a Buddha statue, placed in a mound of dirt, facing a video camera and television screen

The museum that I chose is the Philbrook Museum, and on the second floor of this museum is the gallery that I have chosen. It is a 20th century Native American Art gallery called “Identity and Inspiration”. The collection not only holds a very diverse assortment of contemporary Native art, but it also holds a well-documented selection of the artist’s motivations that influenced their creative process. I liked how the exhibit held a very wide range of space in-between each of the object cases. The

180: Can Art Be Fun? I’m still reading a bunch and my current book, Extra Lives, is essentially critical theory on video games as literature. This divide between what makes something ‘art’ is something I’m kinda big on, so it’s a fascinating read. There’s one thing that Tom Bissell says which struck me: that because video games must be, by nature, fun, they’re seen as being less artistic or literary than other mediums. Which, well, kinda has a point. When was the last time you went to an art museum

Situated on the second floor of the Rhode Island School of Design Museum in the Paula and Leonard Granoff Gallery sits a desk—but no ordinary desk. This desk is the Lady’s Writing Table and Chair designed by William Christman Codman in 1903 as part of the Gorham manufacturing company. The table and chair are elevated on a white platform and located in front of a stained glass window which radiates a diffused light upon the surface of the set. Furthermore, it is placed underneath a grand oil painting

Roman methodology. As a child I spent countless hours watching classic films like Jason and the Argonauts or Hercules starring Steve Reeves. I’d like to begin by comparing a few pieces of art that I recently discovered at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology. I’ve selected two pieces of art, one from the Roman and the other from the Greek collection. Each of the pieces symbolize death and sacrificing. Vastly different in texture and design each piece connects feasting and the