bio Minerva Cuervas was born in 1975 in Mexico City, Mexico where she currently lives and works. She received a BA in visual arts from Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas (National School of Plastic/Visual Arts), located in Mexico City, as well as the Grant for Media Art of the Foundation of Lower Saxony at theEdith-Russ-Haus. She has had many solo and group exhibitions all over the world, from the Americas to Europe and Asia. art Cuervas' art explores how politics and a capitalist economy impacts not only product marketing but also society. She uses a wide range of mediums in order to convey her content about and oftentimes utilizes irony and humor to make the viewer reflect about the social implications of the message. reflection I personally really like her art because the content is fairly straightforward and on serious topics, but she is able to present it to the viewer as an almost comical image, until the message really sinks in to reveal something much darker. I really like how she is also able to tie in so many different materials and presentations of her content while remaining in the same broad theme. The content I am trying to get into this year is hypocrisy and after looking at her work, I want to try and branch out with my materials and experiment a bit more with how I show my content. I really want to try out sculpture at least once and see how that goes. links: https://artviewer.org/minerva-cuevas-at-kurimanzutto/ www.kurimanzutto.com/en/artists/minerva-cuevas
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What initially attracted me to Jarek Kubicki was that he deals with both photography and digital art, two fields that I would like to delve into further. However, after researching him, I found that he also works as a creative director for an advertising agency and because I want to go into marketing as a career, it blew my mind that he was doing both at once. I really like the surreal-ness of his work and it has inspired me to try and blend my digital works with my physical. sites
This is his official art website if you would like to check out what he does! www.kubicki.info/ This is his facebook page where you can view more of his art: www.facebook.com/pg/jarek.khaal.kubicki/photos/?tab=album&album_id=181310391888330 Who is this unknown art genius? and why they haven't been found... The mystery and intrigue behind the Philadelphia Wireman stems from the legend of an unknown figure in the art world, impacting the forms of self-taught and cultural art. The reason I chose to investigate this mystery man is not only because of the personal curiosity I hold in this renowned yet completely unknown figure, but mainly because of how their work relates to the sculpture I am currently working on. We both use a thicker gauge wire to create forms by wrapping it around and around in a circular fashion to create our own individual styles and works. Mine, however, while intentionally was made to have a light source go in the center of it, it is now visually holding nothing, making it appear light and airy-ish, while the Wireman used their wire to quite physically wrap small bits and bobs into a singular, typically compact, sculpture. I think that this comparison can help me with my sculpture process because it takes the concept of wrapping things to convey some sort of content and that allows for the viewer to freely interpret what each of the items means to them. I like how ambiguous this allows the meaning to be for each person and doesn't make the meaning super clear/defined. Of course, this doesn't mean I don't have a specific meaning to my art, but it's only my interpretation of what I have made. And with the Wireman, they obviously can't specifically say what their meaning is, so this leaves the viewer to have their own interpretation. The backstory to the Philadelphia Wireman is that an art student found the sculptures in a pile left out as garbage outside of a building undergoing renovations. He then took them home, and after spending a few years giving them out to friends as gifts, he finally took them to a gallery where they were purchased and put on display. At first, the public was critical, but they are now seen to be symbols of cultural significance and power and marked a turning point in found object art. Unfortunately, the original artist was never found. Thought to be a man due to the physical labor to bend and manipulate the wire, the Philadelphia Wireman was likely a homeless person living in the then abandoned building who has passed away, never to be publicly recognized. read: This is an article on how the public grew to know the wireman's work (please hit the "read more" button) www.allanstoneprojects.com/artists/philadelphia-wire-man watch: Watch the video from 1:42 to 3:07 to glean more info about the public perception of the Philadelphia Wireman more info (not needed for questions):
See more sculptures done by the Philadelphia Wireman: americanart.si.edu/artist/philadelphia-wireman-5877 Read this to (kinda) see how the Wireman's work is being incorporated with other artists and exhibitions: www.artnews.com/2014/11/11/here-is-the-2015-outsider-art-fair-exhibitor-list/ questions: 1. What did the public initially think of the wireman's sculptures? What do you think about them? 2. What is speculated that the sculptures are commentary on? Does this add to your interest in the pieces? 3. Do you think that the mystic and unknown past of the sculptures' creator add to the interest of the pieces themselves? Or do you think that an artist would have been able to gain this much notoriety, or more, if they had just gone to galleries and been a "normal" artist? bibliography: adamsandollman.com/Philadelphia-Wireman americanart.si.edu/artist/philadelphia-wireman-5877 Who is Elaine de Kooning? and why she's an absolute abstract expressionist queen --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Elaine de Kooning was a prominent abstract expressionist artist who was practically raised in the arts. As a child living in New York, her mother was always taking her and her siblings to art museums and theaters, instilling a love for the arts that (obviously) greatly impacted de Kooning. Her earlier works were mainly watercolors before she moved onto still-lifes that mixed abstraction with mythology, primitive symbols, and realism. She was also impacted by different cultures and artistic styles as she was an avid traveler and loved to experiment not only with techniques, but also materials and subject matter. de Kooning was married to Willem (aka Bill) de Kooning, another well known contributor to the abstract expressionist movement and they helped each other grow as artists. However, as people they struggled tremendously. With the initial lack of money, alcoholism, and an open marriage, the couple had more than a few issues causing them to separate for about a decade. Later on in her life she worked as an art professor and drop in lecturer in many colleges and also contributed to the art world in this way. She unfortunately died at the age of 68 in New York due to lung cancer from terrible chain smoking habits but made a lasting impact on the art community with her unique style and take on abstract expressionism. read: This is a link to some of her more well known/important works- www.theartstory.org/artist-de-kooning-elaine.htm This article is written by de Kooning and details her process when creating John F. Kennedy- www.artnews.com/2015/04/10/a-president-seen-from-every-angle-elaine-de-kooning-on-painting-jfk-in-1964/ watch: This video gives more info on de Kooning as an artist questions: 1. Which out of the six paintings on the website do you think made the greatest impact on/marks the beginning of de Kooning's typical art style and why? 2. Why did it take so long to complete the portrait of JFK? 3. What made Elaine such an important abstract expressionist? more info (not needed for questions):
Watch de Kooning paint a portrait and listen to what she thinks of portraiture (fun fact it's kinda long but really neat to see her thought and artistic process!): www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/category/needs-to-be-moved/elaine-de-kooning-paints-a-portrait/ about his life and art he's so talented like wow ------------------------------------- Leonardo di ser Pierdo da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452 and died on May 2, 1519, making various accomplishments during his lifetime in not only art, but also science, math, and anatomy, just to name a few. He was the illegitimate son of notary Pierdo da Vinci and peasant, Caterina. da Vinci studied in Florence, Italy under the esteemed painter, Verrocchio and later under the artist Ludovico Sforza in Milan. de Vinvi lived in a variety of locations during his lifetime, allowing for influences from other artists, in very art- focused cities such as Rome, Bologna, Venice, and France. The Virgin of the Rocks, also known as Madonna of the Rocks, actually is the title for two pieces which are very similar and both painted by da Vinci. The one on the right is the second of the two and has a slightly more finished appearance due to its vibrancy in color and high level of preservation.
more information Here is a link to a detailed breakdown of the artwork, focusing mainly on the composition of the study- aboveboards-art.blogspot.com/2011/08/study-for-angels-head-virgin-of-rocks.html About the differences between both "Virgin of the Rocks"- www.italian-renaissance-art.com/Virgin-of-the-Rocks.html Links to information about da Vinci's mentors (you don't need to read these for the questions, they're just here) - www.britannica.com/biography/Andrea-del-Verrocchio www.britannica.com/biography/Ludovico-Sforza -----below is a brief video talking about the symbolism and composition of one of the finished pieces----- Questions 1. In the Study for the Angel's Head, what does da Vinci use to create the illusion that the left eye is more prominent than the right? 2. Why are there two Virgin of the Rocks? Which, in your opinion, is the better one and why? 3. Who do the figures represent, and how does the composition add to the content and religious allegory? bibliography
useum.org/artwork/Portrait-of-a-man-in-red-chalk-Leonardo-Leonardo-da-Vinci-1512 www.leonardo-da-vinci.net/self-portrait/ www.khanacademy.org/humanities/renaissance-reformation/high-ren-florence-rome/leonardo-da-vinci/a/leonardo-virgin-of-the-rocks www.leonardoda-vinci.org/ aboveboards-art.blogspot.com/2011/08/study-for-angels-head-virgin-of-rocks.html curiator.com/art/leonardo-da-vinci/head-of-a-young-woman-study-for-the-angel-inthe-virgin-of-the-rocks |
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