Monday, February 25, 2013

Looking at Contemporary Artist - Eduardo Berliner

Eduardo Berliner (1978) is a Brazilian artist who has studied graphic design in Brazil and has obtained his Masters of Arts in Type design from the University of Reading (U.K.), in 2003. Now he works as an artist and a professor. In 2004 he developed a course in typography for the Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. Later on he worked as a lecturer in the same university. He has created, with the artist Cadu, a graphic structure for a newspaper “museumuseu” a project conceived by Brazilian artist Mabe Bethonico, exhibited in the 27th biennial of San Paolo. He has also worked in the fashion industry by designing motifs for various fashion clothing brands in Brazil.


Look at the painting below and answer the following questions. **Remember: You must use complete sentences with correct punctuation! **

Eduardo Berliner, 'Enterro', oil on canvas, 2010

1. Could the artist be trying to comment on a social issue?  What do you think is the meaning

2. Are there clues as to the mood or meaning? Perhaps the title may give an idea as to what the work is about.

Monday, February 18, 2013

Looking at Contemporary Art

What is contemporary art? 

Contemporary Art is art produced at the present point in time. Some art museums and collections define contemporary art as including all art since the end of World War II more specifically since 1945.

Look at the painting below and answer the following questions. **Remember: You must use complete sentences with correct punctuation! **

Ling Jian, Suspension in Melancholy

 1. Does the portrait display an attitude: calm, arrogance,      intelligence, humor? Why?

2.  Do you think the artist has tried to flatter the model, or would you consider the portriat not-so flattering, yet perhaps more revealing of the person's inner personality? Why? 


 

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Happy Birthday, Eugene Atget!

 
  • PLACE OF DEATH: Paris, France

Best Known For:

French photographer Eugène Atget recorded everything he considered picturesque or artistic in and around Paris, with an eye for strange and unsettling images.

"Eugène Atget." 2013. The Biography Channel website. Feb 12 2013, 09:35 http://www.biography.com/people/eug%C3%A8ne-atget-38199


- Look at the image below, then create a story of how you think the artist felt when the image was photographed, or write about the subject. 

  - Post your response in the comment box below.


Eugene Atget, Organ Grinder, 1898

 

Monday, February 4, 2013

Compare Two Photographs:

February 4, 2013

Point our similarities and differences within the two images below. Look at edges, value differences, use of space, subject, and mood.

Yousuf Karsh, Early Landscape, 1927


Ansel Adams, Oak Tree, Snow Storm, 1948