This year's continuation of creative arts is 'Versions' where we will learn what makes an artist an artist. The difference of being an artist and not begin one is doing it; it is easy to go to an art gallery and see a modern work of art and think "I could've down that" but the key point is that you didn't. This course aims to teach us to think like an artist- to intuitively tune into our sensitivities, like the beauty and horror in everyday things, seeing patterns and making connections, observing things in an alternative way, and to learn to be persistent, committed, willing to take risks (art and fear) and pursue our creative interests with passion and intensity.
The first lecture was just an introduction to this, and particular phrases and ideas stood out to me:
-An artist attempts and makes art and acknowledges that failure is a large part of the endeavour.
-Artists have to be sensitive to things that people otherwise wouldn't be attuned to, for example, paying close attention to colour or light.
-We can paint things that appeal to the human eye and emotion, and because of this, art has gone further away from capturing a realistic interpretation (especially since we have the camera for that) and interpreting the subject matter is of the artists personal impression. When looking at the Impressionist movement with painting with light and colours rather than focussing on an actual representation of an object- the French impressionists for example, were able to capture the soft light of France.
-After the Impressionists (the artists capturing the impression of something) cam expressionism (more modern and rather than trying to show what they saw, it is the need to express and convey the emotions that you feel when you see the subject matter, for example Picasso)
-Children don't have preconceptions about the world, and saw what they know but they draw just expression. Picasso explained that he spent his childhood painting like an adult and spent his entire adult life trying to paint like a child, to regain that sense of childhood creative freedom- the expression. When we see 'Guernica' it presents an array of emotion and feeling for the viewer, for example, I would describe the painting with words such as: pain, broken, disorder, suffering, senselessness, chaos, disjointed, explosion, mutilation, sadness and stark- he is putting something on canvas that he cannot describe in any other kind of medium.
The conclusion of the lecture resonated out especially about art, of thinking outside standard structures like great artists of the past and present, to delve into our souls and not be afraid of confronting and dark subject matter, but also to see the lightness and joy of others. Art is revealing, with endless flexibility and freedom, making the role of the artist isn't to make nice things, but to create a version of whatever they wish to address and reflect on.
References:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (University of Cambridge), French Impressionists: introduction (online), retrieved 4th March 2015 from http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/gallery/FrenchImpressionists/
Guernica, 1937 by Pablo Picasso (online), (2009), retrieved 4th March 2015 from http://www.pablopicasso.org/guernica.jsp
The first lecture was just an introduction to this, and particular phrases and ideas stood out to me:
-An artist attempts and makes art and acknowledges that failure is a large part of the endeavour.
-Artists have to be sensitive to things that people otherwise wouldn't be attuned to, for example, paying close attention to colour or light.
-We can paint things that appeal to the human eye and emotion, and because of this, art has gone further away from capturing a realistic interpretation (especially since we have the camera for that) and interpreting the subject matter is of the artists personal impression. When looking at the Impressionist movement with painting with light and colours rather than focussing on an actual representation of an object- the French impressionists for example, were able to capture the soft light of France.
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| retrieved from The Fitzwilliam Museum |
-Children don't have preconceptions about the world, and saw what they know but they draw just expression. Picasso explained that he spent his childhood painting like an adult and spent his entire adult life trying to paint like a child, to regain that sense of childhood creative freedom- the expression. When we see 'Guernica' it presents an array of emotion and feeling for the viewer, for example, I would describe the painting with words such as: pain, broken, disorder, suffering, senselessness, chaos, disjointed, explosion, mutilation, sadness and stark- he is putting something on canvas that he cannot describe in any other kind of medium.
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| Picasso's 'Guernica' retrieved from pablopicasso.org |
The conclusion of the lecture resonated out especially about art, of thinking outside standard structures like great artists of the past and present, to delve into our souls and not be afraid of confronting and dark subject matter, but also to see the lightness and joy of others. Art is revealing, with endless flexibility and freedom, making the role of the artist isn't to make nice things, but to create a version of whatever they wish to address and reflect on.
References:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (University of Cambridge), French Impressionists: introduction (online), retrieved 4th March 2015 from http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/gallery/FrenchImpressionists/
Guernica, 1937 by Pablo Picasso (online), (2009), retrieved 4th March 2015 from http://www.pablopicasso.org/guernica.jsp
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