All graffiti is street art, but not all street art is graffiti. It's one of those things that can be expressed better with a Venn diagram.
Street art is usually done with paint, or in the form of sculpted forms, other types include manipulation of common things that are already on a certain street. Street art is used to more effectively use public space. If a wall is empty then why not fill it up with art that everyone can enjoy.
Many cities around the world are taking on an initiative on order to promote public art. Cities like Madrid and London are trailblazing this movement in order to promote their cities with cheap tourist attractions and things that their citizens can enjoy for free.
The United States however falls behind when it comes to these things, besides a few murals here and there, not much initiative have been given to this movement.
It provides a nice cultural feel to any city and creates jobs for artists. It is highly beneficial to any public space. Many artists such as Banksy take street art and make a name from it.
Friday, December 16, 2011
Graffiti
My opinions on graffiti are really varied. From a teenager's point of view its pretty much one of the things that are 'wicked cool' and is just a part of youth culture and street culture. As someone who is trying to understand art it is an expression of name and a noble experimentation of linework and color. Okay, maybe not completely noble, but it proves commitment to the set, and that's something to at least consider.
Whoever says that all graffiti is the work of gangs is wrong to an extent. People who say it's all drug related as well. Culture has changed that in the past decades and now people who paint graffiti and are known for it aren't known as criminals. That is, besides the obvious trespassing and vandalism charges that come naturally if course. One thing that it does do is turn heads, it's a form of art that commits itself to being noticed.
Whoever says that all graffiti is the work of gangs is wrong to an extent. People who say it's all drug related as well. Culture has changed that in the past decades and now people who paint graffiti and are known for it aren't known as criminals. That is, besides the obvious trespassing and vandalism charges that come naturally if course. One thing that it does do is turn heads, it's a form of art that commits itself to being noticed.
Friday, December 9, 2011
With A Palette Knife
I've been painting a lot recently. And of all the brushes and tools and instruments that are used the palette knife happens to catch my interest the most at the moment. It's a metal thingy thing. It provides nice angles where you can just layer paint on and scrape and you can pretty much take paint off or just throw globs on with it. Van Gogh used palette knives a lot in order to layer his colors as well as to scrape some layers off. It's a fantastic tool, it really is. It adds a whole new vocabulary to the way you go about on working on a painting. It seems silly because when you think of painting you think of brushes not little metal bits, but it's honestly legit and is really quite rad.
Imaginary Foundation
the Imaginary Foundation is a clothing company based out of San Francisco. I'm not making this post to convince you to buy some trendy threads. But as far as trendy graphic t-shirts go this company takes first prize. This company is a collective of artists, a think tank of sorts. They make clothing and art prints in order to spread their message.
Their message happens to be what I'm talking about. Maybe its just a marketing façade but it makes a lot of sense to me. The Imaginary Foundation sells their product with the pretence that they are here to blur the lines of science and art. That everything fan be explained but also appreciated. They want to bring wonder back to our busy lives. I don't know about you, but that message means more then any $30 cotton blend t shirt.
Their message happens to be what I'm talking about. Maybe its just a marketing façade but it makes a lot of sense to me. The Imaginary Foundation sells their product with the pretence that they are here to blur the lines of science and art. That everything fan be explained but also appreciated. They want to bring wonder back to our busy lives. I don't know about you, but that message means more then any $30 cotton blend t shirt.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Boston
Therefore It Is part 2
In 1917 Duchamp made a drastic display of the notion that if you say something is art then therefore it is art.
Duchamp was influenced by the anti art and anti authority movement of the early 1900's. His artwork is consider by many as a major landmark in art history, and is considered some of the mosts influential work in the 20th century.
His most well known story is when head produced a work called The Fountain, which was basically a urinal in display at a museum. Critics had a blast with this one. For obvious reason. Duchamp's ideas were clearly presented in this, whatever you call art, is art. So would a Urinal displayed in a gallery be considered art? I guess so, it makes you think on a higher plane doesn't it?
Duchamp was influenced by the anti art and anti authority movement of the early 1900's. His artwork is consider by many as a major landmark in art history, and is considered some of the mosts influential work in the 20th century.
His most well known story is when head produced a work called The Fountain, which was basically a urinal in display at a museum. Critics had a blast with this one. For obvious reason. Duchamp's ideas were clearly presented in this, whatever you call art, is art. So would a Urinal displayed in a gallery be considered art? I guess so, it makes you think on a higher plane doesn't it?
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Therefore It Is part 1
Basically if you say something is art it then becomes art. Art doesn't really have a definition not in a social seance anyways, people really can't define art. It is anything that makes you think in a higher plane, and think in a way that you don't usually think. It makes you see, hear, think, and feel.
Poety is art, cooking is art, writing is art, painting is art, dancing is art.
A more philosophical sense of the word is saying something is art makes you think. So basically if you out the thought that something is art in someone's head they start to think of it in a different way. You say it is, therefore it is.
Many artists play around with this idea and it usually brings chaos to the general public as well as baffle critics and people who are trying to appreciate, appraise, or judge art.
Poety is art, cooking is art, writing is art, painting is art, dancing is art.
A more philosophical sense of the word is saying something is art makes you think. So basically if you out the thought that something is art in someone's head they start to think of it in a different way. You say it is, therefore it is.
Many artists play around with this idea and it usually brings chaos to the general public as well as baffle critics and people who are trying to appreciate, appraise, or judge art.
Friday, November 18, 2011
Flickr.com
Flickr.com is an image hosting website. Mainly it is for photographers and people who strive for and focus on digital art in the form of images. It's blocked in school and is kind of lame. Flickr is also a website that has forums on how to achieve certain lighting, exposures, and other photographic techniques.
Deviantart.com used to be a great website to display and share art. Now it's sort of overrun by fan girls and pictures of anime characters. If you filter through the garbage though there are some really great stuff.
Vimeo.com is a video hosting website that provides a place for movie makers to share their movies and get constructive criticism (lol at YouTube) it provides HD service, and was the first one to do it. Many movie makers release promos and trailers through this site. Underground filmmakers swear by it.
Deviantart.com used to be a great website to display and share art. Now it's sort of overrun by fan girls and pictures of anime characters. If you filter through the garbage though there are some really great stuff.
Vimeo.com is a video hosting website that provides a place for movie makers to share their movies and get constructive criticism (lol at YouTube) it provides HD service, and was the first one to do it. Many movie makers release promos and trailers through this site. Underground filmmakers swear by it.
In My Portfolio Art Class
I need to finish 2-3 more paintings by the time that Christmas break comes around. I need to experiment more and take things seriously.
Taking things seriously is a huge problem for me, sometimes I'm just way to layer back for my own good. Once I get things started though I usually see it through. That's the hardest part of anything for me, getting the initiative to start a project.
I've been painting recently though, but nothing good or anything that I really like.
Mixed media is when you take two or more media such as charcoal, paint, graphite, photographs, collage, ink, or annoy other material and use it in the same piece of art. I want to play around with some mixed media sometime soon, probably photographs and paint, or something with ink and watercolor. There are so many possibilities and I wish I don't procrastinate everything.
Taking things seriously is a huge problem for me, sometimes I'm just way to layer back for my own good. Once I get things started though I usually see it through. That's the hardest part of anything for me, getting the initiative to start a project.
I've been painting recently though, but nothing good or anything that I really like.
Mixed media is when you take two or more media such as charcoal, paint, graphite, photographs, collage, ink, or annoy other material and use it in the same piece of art. I want to play around with some mixed media sometime soon, probably photographs and paint, or something with ink and watercolor. There are so many possibilities and I wish I don't procrastinate everything.
Kandinsky
Kandinsky is the founder of abstract art. His works are wholly on the abstract level. In the early 1960's abstract art didn't exist. Expressionistic paintings were what got you into the art world, but in order to make your mark in the world you have t do something new and creative. Picasso's cubism was still in the works and still popular in how it wasn't tradictional. It made the public aware of other forms of art.
This made the public more assuming a towards abstract art. It wasn't cmpletely excepted then or even now by the general public. His works take things and portray the artists emotions and what he or she is feeling rather then t reflect something that was seen or once was seen.
This made the public more assuming a towards abstract art. It wasn't cmpletely excepted then or even now by the general public. His works take things and portray the artists emotions and what he or she is feeling rather then t reflect something that was seen or once was seen.
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Madness
These are some of my journals. As a person I'm an unorganized mess, this is my person method on how to cope with that. I just compile my life into nicely bound pieces of paper. I know the exact date i started doing this too Friday August 13th, 2010.
That was also the fist day I took art seriously and started to draw and sketch and compile my ideas. I'm really super scatterbrained and my thoughts just don't have any connections. Writing it all down has greatly improved my standard of living. It's fantastic, try it out.
Tomorrow Is A Fine Day
Alright, so tomorrow is a field trip, it's going to be a nice one at that. My art class and I are taking a short trek to the MFA in Boston. I love it there and usually go once a year with my family during the summer ( my Mom just makes fun of cubism) but this is the first time that I'm going there on a field trip.
I'll share pictures and tell war stories on Saturday. I'll also share some of Mr. Mahoney's life tales with you, I swear, he has a story for every occasion. One time his family had lunch at the MFA with famous musician Yoyo Ma, crazy right? So, on Saturday I'll have some things to share with you, sweet.
I'll share pictures and tell war stories on Saturday. I'll also share some of Mr. Mahoney's life tales with you, I swear, he has a story for every occasion. One time his family had lunch at the MFA with famous musician Yoyo Ma, crazy right? So, on Saturday I'll have some things to share with you, sweet.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Dale Chihuly
here is a work from Dale Chihuly. This Sculpture is about 13 feet tall
and is made completely out of glass.
His works are displayed around the world
and are always the centerpiece to any space.
Let's Continue That Thought
Earlier I said that the industry makes you think new things look better so that you appreciate old styles less and you insist on buying the newest and the best looking things. Well here are the facts, it's true.
Take fashion for example, if suspenders never go out of style then you'll just be wearing suspenders for the rest of your life. But what if you wear suspenders one year and then your favorite magazine promotes belts. You say "no way! Suspenders rule! I'm not gonna waste my money on that" but then your peers start wearing these newfound belts and all of a sudden you reconsider.
What if it's the same principle for sayyyyyyyy, headphones. When you buy headphones you're looking for the best ones right? So you pick the pretty and expensive ones. Here's the thing though, headphones and their quality are determined by their driver sizes and types of rare earth magnets. You picked out your headphones without ever looking at the specs or knowing about them. Companies know this, their train of thought is that the consumer is uneducated in making choices and that if they look nice and go for a high price then they're good quality.
It's a neat trick, depending which end of the dollar you are on. It's one of the evils of art and the purpose of it, and that's to catch your eye. It's also the foundation and goal of marketing, to take advantage of a customers spending habits.
Take fashion for example, if suspenders never go out of style then you'll just be wearing suspenders for the rest of your life. But what if you wear suspenders one year and then your favorite magazine promotes belts. You say "no way! Suspenders rule! I'm not gonna waste my money on that" but then your peers start wearing these newfound belts and all of a sudden you reconsider.
What if it's the same principle for sayyyyyyyy, headphones. When you buy headphones you're looking for the best ones right? So you pick the pretty and expensive ones. Here's the thing though, headphones and their quality are determined by their driver sizes and types of rare earth magnets. You picked out your headphones without ever looking at the specs or knowing about them. Companies know this, their train of thought is that the consumer is uneducated in making choices and that if they look nice and go for a high price then they're good quality.
It's a neat trick, depending which end of the dollar you are on. It's one of the evils of art and the purpose of it, and that's to catch your eye. It's also the foundation and goal of marketing, to take advantage of a customers spending habits.
Cars
When you think of cars you think of mechanics and brute power, not the functionality and flow of art that it provides the eye of the driver as well as the pedestrians.
Henry Ford, in the begginging, early days of the automobile intended that all cars be kept black, and more or less looking the same.
As you can see by today's variety and trends this didn't hold up very well. Cars today come in any color you choose, and they can look like anything you choose, given you have the right amount of money. Sports cars for example don't just look sleek, they are sleek. They combine form and function in a way that only fluid dynamic principles can explain. Things like streamlining and drag have shaped cars since they were first invented. It's gotten to the point that, if you really wanted to you can haveq a car be shaped as a hot dog if you really wanted it to.
Every single car on the road is cut and molded to please your eye. Cars in the 90's have a different style then cars today, what people like changes, only because the motor industry makes you associate good looking cars to new cars. So if you want a nice looking car it has to be new, so BAM! You buy a new car. Marketing and a hint of brainwashing in the simest form, how everyone does business these days.
Henry Ford, in the begginging, early days of the automobile intended that all cars be kept black, and more or less looking the same.
As you can see by today's variety and trends this didn't hold up very well. Cars today come in any color you choose, and they can look like anything you choose, given you have the right amount of money. Sports cars for example don't just look sleek, they are sleek. They combine form and function in a way that only fluid dynamic principles can explain. Things like streamlining and drag have shaped cars since they were first invented. It's gotten to the point that, if you really wanted to you can haveq a car be shaped as a hot dog if you really wanted it to.
Every single car on the road is cut and molded to please your eye. Cars in the 90's have a different style then cars today, what people like changes, only because the motor industry makes you associate good looking cars to new cars. So if you want a nice looking car it has to be new, so BAM! You buy a new car. Marketing and a hint of brainwashing in the simest form, how everyone does business these days.
Dale Chihuly
Dale Chihuly is a glass artist, meaning he makes sculptures out of glass. Glassblowing is a fine art that takes years to learn and over a lifetime to master. The initial internship of a glass blower lasts about 6 years, after studio and sculpture classes.
The art of glassblowing was dying in the early 1900's due to the costs of training glass blowers and the ease of producing it in factories via presses. The arts still survives today however because of artists and people who take pride in their work. Glassware that is hand blown and handcrafted goes for a high price in today's market and sculptures by famous artists go for even more.
Dale Chihuly is the most famous of modern glass artists, he is 70 years old and he wears an eyepatch. His eye was severely cut by glass in the 70's in a car accident out of all things. His works are extremely large and are often center pieces in lobbies and large rooms with high ceilings and such.
He is known by the organic forms that he blows his glass into as well as the vibranta colors that he incorporates into his art.
The art of glassblowing was dying in the early 1900's due to the costs of training glass blowers and the ease of producing it in factories via presses. The arts still survives today however because of artists and people who take pride in their work. Glassware that is hand blown and handcrafted goes for a high price in today's market and sculptures by famous artists go for even more.
Dale Chihuly is the most famous of modern glass artists, he is 70 years old and he wears an eyepatch. His eye was severely cut by glass in the 70's in a car accident out of all things. His works are extremely large and are often center pieces in lobbies and large rooms with high ceilings and such.
He is known by the organic forms that he blows his glass into as well as the vibranta colors that he incorporates into his art.
Friday, October 21, 2011
Within the Next Fortnight....
StarWars
Foxes
Walls
Autumn
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sticky notes
pasties
The End of the World
Foxes
Walls
Autumn
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sticky notes
pasties
The End of the World
Media
I've tried almost everything when it comes to media. From watercolors, to vinyl silk screens. I've done acrylic paintings and sculpted things. I've painted on wood and canvass and paper and walls. Its my hobby and I like it a lot. A reed pen and ink is one of my favorite medias and I prefer it over a lot of things, such as charcoal.
One of the things that I am least experienced with and least acquainted with is oil paint. From everything that I heard its supposed to be the most difficult and the most hefty to handle. Something about paint fumes and paint thinner as well.
For my next painting I'm probably going to approach oil painting and see how that goes.
Okay so my blog has been pretty personal lately and the quality of the information given has been slipping. Next week will include more exciting things and less about me. Cause, admit it none of you find me especially interesting. See you soon, with some sweet clean fun.
One of the things that I am least experienced with and least acquainted with is oil paint. From everything that I heard its supposed to be the most difficult and the most hefty to handle. Something about paint fumes and paint thinner as well.
For my next painting I'm probably going to approach oil painting and see how that goes.
Okay so my blog has been pretty personal lately and the quality of the information given has been slipping. Next week will include more exciting things and less about me. Cause, admit it none of you find me especially interesting. See you soon, with some sweet clean fun.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Being Inspired
Sometimes I just get really into whatever I'm doing. From school projects to paintings, to cooking there art times where I'm filled with bursts inspiration and energy. Its the most amazing feeling when you focus on one thing and you just don't want to stop. The feeling of when creativity comes really easy to you and you feel like nothing in the outside world can distract you.
Then comes the flush, where you finish whatever you were doing and try to move on to the next thing. You're stuck, you get tired and every little thing is a burden to you. I hate it, there are days and weeks at a time where I can't do anything productive. I just sit there and try to think, an open sketchbook and a pencil, and I can't do anything about it. This week is one of those weeks where my motivation to do mundane things and my creativity is stifled and I just want to sleep all day.
Then comes the flush, where you finish whatever you were doing and try to move on to the next thing. You're stuck, you get tired and every little thing is a burden to you. I hate it, there are days and weeks at a time where I can't do anything productive. I just sit there and try to think, an open sketchbook and a pencil, and I can't do anything about it. This week is one of those weeks where my motivation to do mundane things and my creativity is stifled and I just want to sleep all day.
OBEY
Obey clothing, Obey propaganda, the Obey movement. Obey is a now hugely popular clothing brand among rich city kids, and people who think they are rich city kids. It also comes along with a gnarly price tag. Obey didn't start out as this huge company suing everyone they feel like though, Obey used to be rad.
Shepard Fairey, used to be one of my heroes. Obey used to influence how I looked at the world. It used to be making fun of advertisements and the government and make you look at things. It used to be a part of the street art movement. Now he just sues people and makes clothes in Indonesia and sells it for 35 a shirt. Back in the heyday he used to be against outsourcing and the use of child labor.
okay maybe this is really exaggerated. This is really exaggerated. He doesn't use slave labor or anything, he does sue people, and he did sell out. That's why I'm so mad, I used to look up to a movement that focused on art, and now it focuses on money. It used to be focused on a cause, now its focused on trends. Just stay true to your art guys.
Shepard Fairey, used to be one of my heroes. Obey used to influence how I looked at the world. It used to be making fun of advertisements and the government and make you look at things. It used to be a part of the street art movement. Now he just sues people and makes clothes in Indonesia and sells it for 35 a shirt. Back in the heyday he used to be against outsourcing and the use of child labor.
okay maybe this is really exaggerated. This is really exaggerated. He doesn't use slave labor or anything, he does sue people, and he did sell out. That's why I'm so mad, I used to look up to a movement that focused on art, and now it focuses on money. It used to be focused on a cause, now its focused on trends. Just stay true to your art guys.
Friday, October 14, 2011
Stickers As An Art Form
Stickers are a constant in cities and urban areas. As a form of vandalism or streets art it is extremely efficient and cheap. In the 80's and 90's the streets of New York had an epidemic of vandalism among other things.
Stickers as an art form is powerful in how you can subliminally send messages to people. Companies do its all the time, it's a cheap form of advertisement that can be put literally anywhere. The two typical kinds of stickers are paper and vinyl.
The paper stickers are cheaper, but don't last long and definitely don't hold up to weather. Vinyl is a durable and plastic like material that holds up to weather, but sometimes fades in the sun.vinyl is more expensive but is choice on any type of quality sticker.
Many famous street artists got their start from stickers because of their ease of use and versitiity. Shepard Fairy is one of these artists, but again. We'll talk about him at another time.
Stickers as an art form is powerful in how you can subliminally send messages to people. Companies do its all the time, it's a cheap form of advertisement that can be put literally anywhere. The two typical kinds of stickers are paper and vinyl.
The paper stickers are cheaper, but don't last long and definitely don't hold up to weather. Vinyl is a durable and plastic like material that holds up to weather, but sometimes fades in the sun.vinyl is more expensive but is choice on any type of quality sticker.
Many famous street artists got their start from stickers because of their ease of use and versitiity. Shepard Fairy is one of these artists, but again. We'll talk about him at another time.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Personal Post: Drawing and Painting
I take a portfolio drawing and painting class in school. This is a leveled course, which is pretty cool. It's basically an art class with loose guidlines.
I'm going to be starting a 40x30 oil painting next week, that's pretty nteresting. I really enjoy that class. It's the feeling of being immersed in something you love doing. That rush of getting something done is what everyone is trying to achieve in life, and art happens to be my outlet.
I'm still young, I'm going to deffinatly change, but no matter where I am in my life I'm going to be passionate about something. Right now my passion lies in art, and maybe in a few years I'll be passionate about my job or raising a family. But for now art's pretty cool.
I'm going to be starting a 40x30 oil painting next week, that's pretty nteresting. I really enjoy that class. It's the feeling of being immersed in something you love doing. That rush of getting something done is what everyone is trying to achieve in life, and art happens to be my outlet.
I'm still young, I'm going to deffinatly change, but no matter where I am in my life I'm going to be passionate about something. Right now my passion lies in art, and maybe in a few years I'll be passionate about my job or raising a family. But for now art's pretty cool.
oh, I forgot to mention this but I'm going to start posting more pictures soon, some of them are going to be of my own work and some of them are going to be professional artist's work. I hope you're excited for that, because, well... you should be.
In the Clothing Industry
The word fashion freaks me out, it just always puts the image of skeletal models and narrow runways in my head. So for the purpose of my own sanity, "fashion" will be referred to at the clothing industry from this point on.
Clothing is a form of art that is literally made to get into your head. You judge people by what they're wearing, it's not that you're a bad person, it's just what your brain does. From rags to business suits everything you wear is an impression of who you are and what you mean.
Art is form, the human body is form, and therefore everything on a human body could be considered art. clothes are meant to fit a certain way, and to make you look a certain way, the clothing industry has everything figured out, and then they sell it.
What sells in clothing and in every other art field is creativity, the more unique or awe inspiring an item of clothing is the more likely it is for a young person to buy it. the demographics of selling clothes vary greatly, each group has their own needs and wants. For business types, to streetwear, to things such as hiking and swimming.
Clothing is a form of art that is literally made to get into your head. You judge people by what they're wearing, it's not that you're a bad person, it's just what your brain does. From rags to business suits everything you wear is an impression of who you are and what you mean.
Art is form, the human body is form, and therefore everything on a human body could be considered art. clothes are meant to fit a certain way, and to make you look a certain way, the clothing industry has everything figured out, and then they sell it.
What sells in clothing and in every other art field is creativity, the more unique or awe inspiring an item of clothing is the more likely it is for a young person to buy it. the demographics of selling clothes vary greatly, each group has their own needs and wants. For business types, to streetwear, to things such as hiking and swimming.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Esao Andrews: Circa Survive
Blue Sky Noise 2010(Oil on Wood 26x24)
On Letting Go 2007 (Oil on Wood 16x24)
Oil on Wood 24x18 2009
Circa Survive: Esao Andrews
Circa Survive is an alternative band created by front man Anthony Green. Circa Survive is one of the most original bands in the music scene as far as their vocals go. Coming from the Philadelphia music scene, they were almost an instant success.
Their albums include Juturna, On Letting Go, and Blue Sky Noise. Anthony Green's smooth voice and the band's instrumentals lead to smooth riffs and catchy choruses provide an unreal experience to new listeners. It is somewhat an squired taste, but it truly grows on you.
Each of the album covers features art from a San Francisco based artist named Esao Andrews, who does surreal and vivid oil paintings on wood. His style is vivid colors perfectly reflect the music that the album cover portrays. They way the the colors blend and smudge idealize the melding of melodies and the soul of the music itself.
Album covers are a strange thing, you are taught "not to judge a book by it's cover" but everything in the world demands your attention. The quality of the music has nothing to do with the picture on it's face. it's just one of those things that doesn't matter, but when I saw these paintings plastered on the front of one of my favorite bands it really struck me. Music is a sound, and my music was now given a name and a face.
An album cover isn't a ruse, but sometimes it makes a connection with the music. Circa Survive is a perfect example of this. Esao Andrews is one of my favorite artists, each is indepentant from each other and is amazing in it's own right. The combination of both has an astonishing effect on me and is a unique experience that I have not replicated thus far.
Their albums include Juturna, On Letting Go, and Blue Sky Noise. Anthony Green's smooth voice and the band's instrumentals lead to smooth riffs and catchy choruses provide an unreal experience to new listeners. It is somewhat an squired taste, but it truly grows on you.
Each of the album covers features art from a San Francisco based artist named Esao Andrews, who does surreal and vivid oil paintings on wood. His style is vivid colors perfectly reflect the music that the album cover portrays. They way the the colors blend and smudge idealize the melding of melodies and the soul of the music itself.
Album covers are a strange thing, you are taught "not to judge a book by it's cover" but everything in the world demands your attention. The quality of the music has nothing to do with the picture on it's face. it's just one of those things that doesn't matter, but when I saw these paintings plastered on the front of one of my favorite bands it really struck me. Music is a sound, and my music was now given a name and a face.
An album cover isn't a ruse, but sometimes it makes a connection with the music. Circa Survive is a perfect example of this. Esao Andrews is one of my favorite artists, each is indepentant from each other and is amazing in it's own right. The combination of both has an astonishing effect on me and is a unique experience that I have not replicated thus far.
Monday, September 26, 2011
In Politics and War
No, this isn't a clever title. This one is really about politics and war. Governments use propaganda in order to gain the support and the hearts of their people. The most popular example of this is Uncle Sam, who is a fatherly looking figure that is meant to recruit you into the military. He is a drawn out figure, a drawn out picture or a cartoon more easily attracts the attention of young adults and children.
Commercials these days reference popular video games. Culture influences propaganda in that manner and propaganda finds its way into everyday culture as well.
Comic books are a supremely good example of this. The origins of the comic book are World War II, and the Cold War. Their primary goal is to boost moral in children who may have lost a loved one in the war. A sense of hope for children is the most powerful form of propaganda. The ideals of an all powerful being coming to save the day, and fighting bad guys from other places can easily be transfered into faith in the government.
The effects of military and political propaganda from days of old can still be recognised in today's world.
Commercials these days reference popular video games. Culture influences propaganda in that manner and propaganda finds its way into everyday culture as well.
Comic books are a supremely good example of this. The origins of the comic book are World War II, and the Cold War. Their primary goal is to boost moral in children who may have lost a loved one in the war. A sense of hope for children is the most powerful form of propaganda. The ideals of an all powerful being coming to save the day, and fighting bad guys from other places can easily be transfered into faith in the government.
The effects of military and political propaganda from days of old can still be recognised in today's world.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Hold Up
When was the last time you looked at something through the eyes of a child? When was the last time you looked at something and really thought about what it meant, how it got there, and why it's there in the first place?
Don't think you have to change your life to appreciate art, but just slow things down. Every billboard has a thought process and meaning behind it, every tag and every ad was put there to draw your eye.
Socrates once said "the unexamined life is not worth living" and I hold that true in my daily life. That quote has stuck with me since I heard it. Its a good ideal to live your life by. It applies to art in daily life in a sense as well. Art doesn't have to be beautiful, but a majority of the time it is. Art isn't what you typically imagine as a piece of canvass in a golden frame these days. Art is dirty and in your face, you just don't see it that way. You just don't pay attention to it.
Don't think you have to change your life to appreciate art, but just slow things down. Every billboard has a thought process and meaning behind it, every tag and every ad was put there to draw your eye.
Socrates once said "the unexamined life is not worth living" and I hold that true in my daily life. That quote has stuck with me since I heard it. Its a good ideal to live your life by. It applies to art in daily life in a sense as well. Art doesn't have to be beautiful, but a majority of the time it is. Art isn't what you typically imagine as a piece of canvass in a golden frame these days. Art is dirty and in your face, you just don't see it that way. You just don't pay attention to it.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
This isn't about me...
I'm not the best, or the worst, or the last or the first but... Here is some of my personal art. It's only relevant because I'm an angsty teenager.
As a member of society
As a member of society we are exposed to art on a daily basis. From the tags down the street to the front of grocery stores, to the clothing we wear the creative industry has been implemented into our lives.
As a young adult I am coming to age, as a young adult everything tries to shape you. School teaches that there is only one solution, creativity is somewhat stifled. Everything, you see and everything you hear and do starts to become a part of who you are. I'm not saying I know everything, I'm saying I'm learning.
Teenagers are at times, the target of this spew of sensory information for the fact that they are open to new trends. Every subculture and every facet of the rebellious group stems from either an artistic movement or a political one. This blog will mostly focus on skateboarding and street art, as well as things such as creative advertisement and out of the box mentalities. Anything against the grain is approved and noted.
In simple terms, what I'm trying to say is that art is all around us, as cliche as it sounds, it's true. And in this fast paced world it's easy to lose sight of that. In fact we are exposed to so much art and chances to be creative that, we fail to see or even appreciate it.
Okay, so here's the deal. This blog is a wake up call, a little artistic jolt to consciousness. Wake up.
As a young adult I am coming to age, as a young adult everything tries to shape you. School teaches that there is only one solution, creativity is somewhat stifled. Everything, you see and everything you hear and do starts to become a part of who you are. I'm not saying I know everything, I'm saying I'm learning.
Teenagers are at times, the target of this spew of sensory information for the fact that they are open to new trends. Every subculture and every facet of the rebellious group stems from either an artistic movement or a political one. This blog will mostly focus on skateboarding and street art, as well as things such as creative advertisement and out of the box mentalities. Anything against the grain is approved and noted.
In simple terms, what I'm trying to say is that art is all around us, as cliche as it sounds, it's true. And in this fast paced world it's easy to lose sight of that. In fact we are exposed to so much art and chances to be creative that, we fail to see or even appreciate it.
Okay, so here's the deal. This blog is a wake up call, a little artistic jolt to consciousness. Wake up.
Monday, September 12, 2011
For Starters
I don't think I can do this because this is my school blog and my teacher hasn't let us start yet but... I think this calls for a proper introduction.
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