End of the Year Reflection

This whole school year feels like a blur. It was just yesterday when I was in portfolio development trying to decide what kind of artist I want to be. Now we are all about to be in a show and present what kind of artist we have all grown into. We have the painters, the photographer, the sculptor, and I was never sure where I fit on that spectrum. I was always nervous that people would judge the work that I made and be like...well I don't get it. What's so special about it? Honestly I don't blame them it doesn't look like anything anyone can't do. I have realized that I found some kind of creativity and way to combined different images and make them into one. This was realized in Ms. Burmans class this fall where I made a lot of advertisements for already known brands. I brought that into this class. While everyone was experimenting with paint and resin I was flipping through magazines and shopping for prom dresses. Even though this wasted a lot of my beginning time, I realized through this procrastinating that even though I am self conscience that my art isn't REAL art, it is something that I have enjoyed making and it shows my interests in different forms. This class and having the freedom has stretched me to having to make my own decisions and rely less on my peers and teachers for encouragement. This I think I could say was a challenge of mine originally. I also now know that I want to have some kind of future in art, I now will look at the options at Syracuse and see where my art can take me to be successful in the future. I hope that I can share the kind of art I like and find others who share interests like this in the business world. I see my old pieces that I was forced to do, but the collaging type art has become more prominent in my art collection.

Dan Levin

Dan Levin is another artist that uses materials around the house or in every day life it looks like. I think it is really cool when artists use materials like that because it shows that they could possibly have inspiration by just walking on the street. Like in the picture above, he is making skateboards. For all we know he could of seen a boy skateboarding and wanted to replicate one of those boards in a different way.

Sally Jean

I was looking around the internet for artists that do collaging and I came across Sally. She uses really cool materials that all have a similar color scheme and tend to blend really nicely together. My work isn't really like hers, but I think it all looks beachy and I love the beach. Also the images she uses are very simple and beautiful. They have a very feminine look to me as well.

http://cache2.allpostersimages.com/p/LRG/26/2673/SH4UD00Z/posters/melton-bill-pair-of-dogs-dressed-in-clothes-hats-and-glasses.jpg

http://itscoolweb.blogspot.com/2008/12/14-creative-advertisements-part-3.html

http://www.smashingapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/30-wonderful-examples-of-shoes-advertisements.jpg

Obama vs. Princeton

Elizabeth Gilbert

Fear. Fear is something that Elizabeth Gilbert has been faced with in many circumstances. I read the book Eat Pray Love at the beginning of the year and that theme of fear came up a lot. She was asked aren't you scared? This question was posed as in are you scared your not going to succeed or people wont like your work. I think she overcame a lot of hurtles and never let fear get in the way of her success which is really big of her. She never doubted herself when she was told that she wouldn't sell a certain number of books. Her dream and her goals were always bigger then the fear that loomed in the background. She talks about a way to protect yourself from certain things. I don't think that there is really a way to protect your creativity because you put so much out there when you share your work with the world. When people criticize this it hurts but have to rise above that. You put your all into everything and there is no better she says. She said its her job to write just like it's our job to make art. If someone is not pleased with what you do, so what, be proud of what you accomplish.

Bulletin Board

Shanye Huang

Mixed Media Piece

http://www.shanyehuang.com/links.php?42630

Critique 2

After todays critique it was a little different because I proposed a new idea since the last time we met as a group. The group as a whole said that they think my new idea reflects more of me rather than something more planned out. I agree in the sense that this comes easier to me, and also is a lot less stressful. Ginny proposed a new way that I could mount the piece in the gallery which I will keep in mind. I like these critiques and it is helping me move forward as we enter the last 2 weeks of this class.

Week 5

This week I changed what my project was. Initially I had this elaborate plan that I thought would work out really well, and reflected my work. But soon I realized that it was causing me a great deal of stress and I completely decided to not do that project. I thought I should stick to the more simple pieces that I made starting last year and make more of those pieces and hope that they kind of find a way to go into the gallery as a final piece. I realized that it would look really clean and sharp with the help of Ms.Roberts if I matted them and got them framed in a thin simple frame. So I took the pieces this weekend to a framer and got them fitted for frames. So I hope that once I get those back I will feel better about my new project and have it feel more me.

25 Quotes To Help You Steal...

“It’s not where you take things from—it’s where you take them to.”
— Jean-Luc Godard

Austin Kleon

I thought this artists work was really cool. He makes a mini guide book to become an artist. I personally feel like some of this stuff wouldn't exactly work if you were trying to make art. But some of his notes are really incitful. Number 3 on How To Steal Like An Artist says that you should write the book that you want to read. This obviously makes sense because why would you take the time to write something that you did not feel passionate about, or right after it says "write what you like".

Week 4

This week I thought was more productive then the last weeks. We started the week with the critiquing and it really started me thinking about getting going on my project. I always knew what I wanted to do, but it has been hard getting started with figuring out what to photograph. It is also difficult to find the people to take the pictures. I worked more on my blogging this week, and some of the figure five artwork that I wanted to finish.

TEAM.

I have always loved sports. They have been a way to get involved in school, stay in shape, and have a second family. Sometimes people only play sports for the competition but that is only one of the reasons that I play. Competing is a way to only focus on one thing and get my mind off of whatever is bothering me. One of the reasons I have focused some of my pieces on athletics is because it has always been prominent in my life. I watch with my family and have been playing since such a young age. Our coaches always say how we are a lacrosse family and how we are all there for one another which is very true. This also relates to art, because artists are all a part of a family as well. Everyone can give feedback and people feed off of other artists as inspiration. It is the kind of thing where you grow off of one another.

Grid of Names

Sidewalk Psychiatry

Candy Chang is an artist that Ms. Roberts showed me in our figure five class. I thought that she has a really distinct style of art and that it leaves a lot of open space for people to interpret what they wanted the piece to me. She uses the public as her studio which I think is really original becuase most artists who strive to be in museums and fancy art galleries but I feel like she is different. I really this piece because these are questions that you can read and it will relate to your personal life in different ways. They are simple questions that you can ask yourself and think about something that you have done in your life. http://candychang.com/sidewalk-psychiatry/

Critique Dynamics

There are a lot of things that I didn't really realize played a role in critiquing peoples work. Like the lighting in the room, how you present it, having titles for each individual piece, and having the way you are going to present already prepared. Making sure that your audience is engaged is also helpful, because you can then get the most out of the group critique. When I personally share my work I get a little nervous. I feel vulnerable when sharing because most of the time when I create a piece of work, I love it, and I feel like it shows a lot of me. If someone doesn't like it I cannot take it personally. I know that it has nothing to do with me as a person, and that my peers are just trying to make me a better artist.

Critique 1

After the first critique I feel like this was the first time where there was actual constructive criticism that I could use to move on in my project. Ginny informed me that she did not like the shape of paper I was planning on using, so I took that comment and realized that if each photo was a different size and then I fit them together some way it would look really cool. I liked how people realized that doing human photoshop is something that I enjoy doing and people said that it was good that I was focusing on one specific thing. I also liked our discussion in the beginning and how everyone has similar experiences with when we have critiques no one gives negative comments but today was the opposite. I felt like everyone gave me very insightful comments that I can really take to make more strides in my work.