Monthly Archives: December 2011

Action or Mess

Pollock one of the most questionable painters of all time has change the course in which I see art. When I asked people to look at Pollock’s work, they don’t see anything but when I see his work, I see … Continue reading

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Willem DeKooning: Untitled Two Woman

Willem de Kooning mostly focuses on drawing woman. I found this in the second room, which I believe is The Breakthrough Years. The painting is called Untitled (Two Women). At first I couldn’t tell that the figure on the right … Continue reading

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Willem DeKooning: Untitled V

I was in the section New Direction in the Museum of Modern Art and that’s where I saw an amazing painting. The name of the painting is called Untitled V and was done in the year 1980. It’s oil on … Continue reading

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Announcement: FINAL EXAM notes and Terminology

Reminder, the FINAL EXAM is next Tuesday, December 20th at 11:30 AM. Please be on time, arrive early! Thank you all for participating in class and on the OpenLab.  As a parting gift to you, I’ve included the vocabulary words … Continue reading

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Unpacking Picasso’s Les Demoiselles D’Avignon

The thing that strikes me when I looked at it for the first time was what is it and what does it mean. The painting look like a little kid made this art work. The women in the painting look … Continue reading

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Unpacking Picasso’s “Les Demoiselles Di’Avignon”

When I observed Picasso’s painting, i noticed that the women in it had male bodies. When you compare the preparatory drawings to the painting itself, you see that these women are very muscular. There are a lot of deformities in … Continue reading

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Discussion Topic: Unpacking Picasso’s Les Demoiselles D’Avignon

If all paintings from the Impressionism time and Post-Impressionism time angered many people, then I have no doubt Picasso’s ‘Les Demoiselles D’Avignon’ pissed off even more people. Around those times I noticed that if you tend to stray from the … Continue reading

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Discussion Topic: Pollock’s Action Painting

The American Abstract Expressionist Jackson Pollock produced Number 1, 1950 (Lavender Mist), a prime example of Action Painting. This large canvas, nearly 7 x 10 feet, was painted on the ground using his infamous “drip technique.” With carefully controlled movements, … Continue reading

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The White Peacock

In the picture, on the bottom left, you can my version of a white peacock made into an origami form. I was able to make this white peacock from looking and other examples of a origami bird forms and watched … Continue reading

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New Messages Found in the Mona Lisa

This is an interesting read. Whether its true or not is up to you. Mona Lisa  

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