ATTENTION ALPHA SANDY!

Mrs. De Vries said you needed a carpool today so i offered to take you. I just got read the message today and i need to know if you still  need a carpool. I'm at work right now and i won't be getting out till maybe around 6:45-7:15pm. I really don't have to much time to be online so I need to know now please. If so, i can go to school to pick you up otherwise i will be going right after work. I also messaged you on angel. Thanks. -Janette 

I don’t think beauty is that important because you can take things you feel are ugly and make beauty out of it. I Like Chris Ofili work because he made art that was popping to the eye. I like the out lining he use and the many colors. Some more of his art that I was looking at seem like he too night and day and made beauty out of it. Like for example I would never look at manure much less say aww it’s cute, but when I seen his work with the elephant dung I thought it was neat. I sat there and stared. I also like how he use hip hop music influences in his art.

Beauty in Art

"Without Sin"- Jules Olitski

     Beauty is still somewhat important in art today because, for example, when people go to art museums they expect to see art that they enjoy looking at because it is aesthetically pleasing to their eyes from their perspective. Now not every art piece might be considered art to them but as they say, "beauty is in the eye of the beholder." With that said though, I believe that every art has a little beauty in it, but you just have to see it from the perspective that the artist wants you to see it from. For instance, out of the artists in episode three of "This is Modern Art," I thought that there was some beauty in Jules Olitski's paintings, not because of the colors he used even though they aided in its effect, but with the texture. I admired the texture the most because in his nonrepresentational art, it seemed like he wanted his audience to notice the texture rather than what people usually looked for in art. So that is what he made stick out the most in his paintings by exaggerating it from the flat surface of the canvas, similar to a caricature where they choose specific details of something and amplify them. The uniqueness of it can be seen as beautiful in my mind, and if that wasn't there I'd probably just overlook it because of its similarity to previous paintings that I have seen. Therefore, beauty can be a very general term and some might call it something else, but nevertheless, it is just their own definition of what they find beautiful, meaning that beauty does still play a key role in art today.

Lovely Lovely

The artist I'm writing about is so Le witt . So le witt drawing No.681 .C.A..This drawing caught my eye
 ,because of the different colors he put together. He used orange ,different shades of blues. So le witt used
green and yellow  to make his thick lines in his drawing.I never knew lines can make a drawing very calm or a very busy drawing. This drawing could be one of my favorite frawing of So le witt. The lines make this piece of art very interesting because of the contour lines he used. Orange is one of my favorite color. When I saw the thick lines in the drawing I said I love this drawing .The colors just flows together in this drawingThe different diecrtion the lines are going make the drawing very eye catching. So Le witt  Loopy Doopy[Springfield] 2008.So Lewitt wall drawing Retrespective'' opened last November at the Massachusetts museum,of Contempary Art.I lovedthe lines in this drawing ,because the lines are going in all directions.He uesd conour lines on a black back ground . the white lines on the black back ground looks really nice. The colors will go with any color furnuture .The drawing go on a big wall.Therefore you can see
tjr picture really good. I just love to see black ond white together. Those colors looks very good. These are the 2 drawing I ooked at of So Lewitt.

Lovely, lovely response

"The Nile" by Jean-Michel Basquiat

To begin, I think that beauty in art is subjective to each individual person. What is beautiful to me may not be so to someone else. The painting to the left, "The Nile" by Jean-Michel Basquiat, in my eyes is beautiful. The lines, the colors, and especially the meaning of the piece truly defines how the piece is beautiful. Beauty is a necessity in art which is often overlooked. Most of the time it is not the visual aspect of the piece that makes it beautiful, it is the meaning.

Watching Chris Ofili interview with Mathew Collings  actually made me laugh. His beautiful and funny art is are very interested. I think beauty is important because it catches ones attention and it gives meaning to art. One of my favorite paintings from Mr. Ofili is No women, No cry because it shows he put effort in to it and also made effort to make a beautiful painting.

Vday

Happy vday to the lovers, to the others happy independence day! To the teacher dont forget to liberate us early!!

Lovley,

Beauty is very important in art from my perspective. When we speak about the beauty in art it is a specific area that is focused on. Art can be beautiful, dark, evil, and inspirational all at the same time. Beauty is something that everyone in some ways try to obtain. When an individual is involved with someone no matter the reason there is a beauty that people are attracted to. It is not all outer beauty, inner beauty is also a driving force just as it is with art. Mono Turquesa, 1999 – 2002 is a piece of Chris Ofili's artwork that has a unique turquoise design. He still uses elephant dung to show that beauty can be made of anything. The artwork itself has colors that move and the way that the lines move your eyes across the canvas is beautiful.

Lovely, Lovely!!!!

I like this picture, Chris Ofili's art represents african american's he so far is the only one I have seen paint afican americans. the painting of the virgin mary he painted her that color because that is the way we want to think of her. we always see her depicted as a caucasian woman. 

Lovely! Lovely!

Jules Olitski
Comprehensive Dream, 1965
112 1/2 x 92 1/2 inches
Acrylic on canvas

Beauty in art today is still important because just as art is meant to be shocking, it can also still be meant to be pleasing to the eye for some people. Beauty is something pure and special, something that humans treasure and still hold dear to themselves. Upon watching the final episode of modern art, the only artist that really striked me as beautiful was Jules Olitski. The color of his works of art is what really spoke to me and they way he blends his colors. Some of his work was showcased at the Museum of Fine Arts this weekend and it was actually one of the first things I noticed. The painting above, Comprehensive Dream, is absolutely gorgeous to me. The deep pink, purple, and orange he uses oozes Love and being "pretty". Today it is still a good thing when art can touch someone and make them feel good. Using bright colors is a way to give the painting a cheerful tone versus using dark colors such as black and gray which give a gloomy tone.

Museum Homework (blog #4)

Hello class,
I want to remind you that we are not meeting for class on Thur. Feb 16th instead use the time  for this week's homework. To do the homework, visit the Museum of Fine Arts Houston or your could also visit the Contemporary arts Museum across the street (iboth are open till 9pm on Thur) . Check their websites (in the links) for hours and locations- I know that if you show your student ID and tell them you are there for a homework assignment you will get in free to the Museum of Fine Arts- the Contemporary Arts museum is always free.

Instructions: Take as much time as you can to look around the museum until you find a work of art that you are drawn to or are most interested in to write about. You can pick absolutely any work of art in the museum.  It is extremely important that you complete this writing in the museum, DO NOT rely on your memory! If you can, take a photo of the art that you choose. In most cases they will let you shoot without a flash. Then post the photo on the blog where you will also turn in the review. This post is due by Monday 2/20.

Basic info:

Artist’s Name (if available):

Title:

Date:

Materials:

Size:

Part 1:

Formal (Visual) Analysis –Describe the piece visually and be as descriptive and detailed as possible. What are the size, colors, materials, or sounds?