Response

This image (left) is my response to the dada movement. I looked at images from artists such as Marcel Duchamp and  Raoul Hausmann for inspiration. I noticed how they made fun out of various things. Most of the dada movement uses collage with different materials and images placed on top for lots of layers. The dada movement started in Zurich, it was a response to WW1.  It rejected logic and sense and was very random. It added excitement to the art world. When this type of art started, it was really controversial because nobody had seen anything like this before. However, nowadays it is harder to make it more different and make a statement because it has all been done before. This type of art would have been targeted at the younger audience because it had a sense of rebellion and didn't want to be considered normal. In this time, young people wouldn't have seen this before so it would wake people up and make them realise what these art works mean.

Art Critic

For my response I wanted to focus on hierarchy and power, in this image i used David Cameron who seems to have lots of control over the media and press and I wanted to make a statement about this. (Such as in the Leveson Inquiry). My main inspiration came from 'The Art Critic' by Raoul Hausmann. All of the words I used was used in newspapers and i thought linked in with this art work, such as criticism, regain control, the other side (of the story), etc.

Gothic Architecture

George Grie

George Grie

 

This artist has a surreal style, he is one of the first digital surreal artists. Some of his work is quite controversial. In some of his work like the images above, he uses buildings which are all quite gothic like a cathedral or church. However he puts a twist on it, he doesnt just paint the building, in one of the paintings above, he uses peoples faces or masks to make up the mountian and also uses objects like violins, i think this represents how people have built and shaped it, there is also ladders and lampposts which could show how an old historic building has changed over time. The building also seems to be a ruin, maybe representing that people have changed it too much, because of all the instruments it has something to do with music.

The second image is a very gothic building exactly like a cathedral however it is formed as part of the mountain maybe taking inspiration from Petra. the waterfall is going up rather than down as if the building is on its side giving a different aspect of the picture.

Artists

I have started to reseach two artists, the first one is George Grie who is a gothic illistrator, some of his paintings and prints include complicated buildings like cathedrals and I think he has been influenced by the gothic era.

Another artist I have looked at is a futuristic architect called Antonio Sant'Elia, who designed buildings based on the futuristic movement.

Futuristic Fortunato

One artist that I find interesting is Fortunato Depero, who is a futurist painter. In most of his paintings, he uses block colours and he is quite abstract. I like how he imagines the future of cities and buildings, making them look colourful and creative.

Start of unit 3 - Initial Thoughts

My initial idea for graphics is to do a project on architecture. I thought about focusing on gothic architecture like cathedrals and churches and also the evolution of houses or cities (how they have changed to fit the new generation), I could also focus on all the different types of buildings -  like what is normal?