So, for this painting I think I will do a painting of a person playing the violin. There will be numbers and colors radiating like music and centered around a non-point that has a pin pointing to it. The goal of the painting is to recall the story of the man playing in the DC metro making $32 on a 3.5 million dollar violin while playing one of the most beautiful and intricate pieces ever written. Being completely unnoticed. His recent show was sold out for 100 dollars a seat.
I think the idea I want to communicate is that the present doesn't exist. We don't live in the present. That's impossible. But maybe we should try.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Jean Arp
This is an interesting artist. His name is Jean Arp (and had to legally change from Hans to Jean when Alsace-Lorraine switched from German to French).
I thought this was funny: he was supposed to be drafted but when he was registering put the date in every blank on the form and then took off all his clothes when he walked over to turn in his paper-work.
He was a part of the surrealist and dada movements and contributed a lot to relief sculpture. He also wrote in Free conscious style, and wrote poetry.
I thought this was funny: he was supposed to be drafted but when he was registering put the date in every blank on the form and then took off all his clothes when he walked over to turn in his paper-work.
He was a part of the surrealist and dada movements and contributed a lot to relief sculpture. He also wrote in Free conscious style, and wrote poetry.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Guiseppe Arcimboldo
I think I've seen these before from Arc. They are pretty famous, but I didn't really know anything about them or about the artist. I was so excited to see them because I didn't realize that people painted like this in the 1500s. Some people say that these are the first surrealist paintings, but they are more likely a reaction to the growing interest in science and nature. They are considered to be in the movement of mannerism.
Arcimboldo was from Milan and did work conventional work for various cathedrals and for the Duomo. He also did portraits for Hapsburg royalty. His conventional work is lost, but these bizarre paintings have sparked a lot of interest and inspiration over the last few centuries. They inspired Dali expecially.
Some art historians think these were the work of a derranged mind. Some don't think they were and they were just part of the facsination of the times. Da Vinci, for example, and his grotesque head explorations.
winter
spring
summer
autumn
vertemus
the librarian
Arcimboldo was from Milan and did work conventional work for various cathedrals and for the Duomo. He also did portraits for Hapsburg royalty. His conventional work is lost, but these bizarre paintings have sparked a lot of interest and inspiration over the last few centuries. They inspired Dali expecially.
Some art historians think these were the work of a derranged mind. Some don't think they were and they were just part of the facsination of the times. Da Vinci, for example, and his grotesque head explorations.
winter
spring
summer
autumn
vertemus
the librarian
Physics
So, I think I just realized what I wanted to do for physics. I want to do a little MUJI book. Maybe I will do a few and the finished product is a shelf of books. Outside stays white. You have to open the book and read.
There would be something so intimate and beautiful about an art exhibit where you have to sit and read a book. An art book. I have a vision of it where there is an old comfortable chair, a book shelf, and an overhead lamp.
There would be something so intimate and beautiful about an art exhibit where you have to sit and read a book. An art book. I have a vision of it where there is an old comfortable chair, a book shelf, and an overhead lamp.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
1000 years painting
Another thought about 1000 years is sometimes I just want to paint something realistically. My dad said that he thought I captured a very evocative and distinguished expression (one of the best he's seen - but I attribute that to him always being so supportive and positive).
Anywho...I keep coming back to the fact that it's okay to have a really realistic painting. Meaning lives in the painting. I think it's a more talking piece...talks about humanity's 1000 year history with dogs and leading up to this moment where Justin and I can have the most special human to non-human relationship that I think there is.
Anywho...I keep coming back to the fact that it's okay to have a really realistic painting. Meaning lives in the painting. I think it's a more talking piece...talks about humanity's 1000 year history with dogs and leading up to this moment where Justin and I can have the most special human to non-human relationship that I think there is.
Alexander Archipenko
So, I was just reading a quick introduction to Alexander Archipenko. He is best know for cubist sculptures in bronze, terra cotta, mother of pearl, and plastic. He was one of the first to introduce negative space into sculpture. He had trouble staying in Art schools (Kiev and Paris) and ended up learning about sculpture through self-study at the Louvre. In Paris, he lived in Colony La Ruche with other Russian immigrants.
When I look at his abstract sculptures, I see beautiful, graceful forms. He captures the perfect posture into which each subject would ideally pose. If I imagine a gondolier standing and rowing a gondola, this is the stance he would take. But Archipenko demonstrates this quintessential posture with the most simplistic forms. I think the same goes for his female form. The curve of the inward angle of her waist is right, and her reaching over to comb her hair produces a slight slant in her posture (also the need to have one leg forward order to stay balanced) is just right as well. Yet, again, this is all done with the most beautifully simplistic forms. Wikipedia mentions his ability to show different viewpoints from one view. I guess that's very cubist practice that you see in a lot of Picasso's famous paintings. He worked and showed with Cubist artists like Georges Braques and Picasso.
When I look at his abstract sculptures, I see beautiful, graceful forms. He captures the perfect posture into which each subject would ideally pose. If I imagine a gondolier standing and rowing a gondola, this is the stance he would take. But Archipenko demonstrates this quintessential posture with the most simplistic forms. I think the same goes for his female form. The curve of the inward angle of her waist is right, and her reaching over to comb her hair produces a slight slant in her posture (also the need to have one leg forward order to stay balanced) is just right as well. Yet, again, this is all done with the most beautifully simplistic forms. Wikipedia mentions his ability to show different viewpoints from one view. I guess that's very cubist practice that you see in a lot of Picasso's famous paintings. He worked and showed with Cubist artists like Georges Braques and Picasso.
The present doesn't exist.
Times beats at different rates depending on fast you move. This dawned on Einstein while in Switzerland looking at a famous clock.
I guess I am inspired by these ideas and my dad's poems and one more of my dad's ideas. That time is also like a book that with pages turn one way while your memory turns them the other.
How do I make these two things a painting?
It's almost making me want to combine the wine glass painting and the pinpoint painting.
time painting could include:
twin...one very old (or maybe a photo of someone's youth and old age)
wine glass
book
clock and airplane
pin pointing numbers
I guess I am inspired by these ideas and my dad's poems and one more of my dad's ideas. That time is also like a book that with pages turn one way while your memory turns them the other.
How do I make these two things a painting?
It's almost making me want to combine the wine glass painting and the pinpoint painting.
time painting could include:
twin...one very old (or maybe a photo of someone's youth and old age)
wine glass
book
clock and airplane
pin pointing numbers
Monday, September 21, 2009
Painting Idea
So, I've been talking about this for a while, and I sort of think I've figured about how to get started. I want to get Tess drunk and have her start talking about biology and evolution. Maybe take portraits on the camera as we go.
So, it could start where we start talking about it. I will makes sure to ask questions. Record the conversations...Every 10 minutes take a shot. Cameral shot, too.
Some how (don't know how yet) take the photos and conversations (as it probably humorously evolves) and turn that content into a painting.
There are a lot of idunnos here, but I think the important thing would be to get started. I wonder how in a portfolio I can explain process. I don't know if I will be able to necessarily. It needs to be there obviously...it will live in the paint, but the opportunity to explain it would be cool. Maybe during interviews.
Interviews...SCARY. Treat it like a new class. Confident. Smilely. Not Nervous.
(Sept 23) So, I've been thinking about this more and I think I have some more concrete ideas. I think this might include portraits, showing an evolution. Somehow. Don't know yet. Include biology illustation feel maybe? Talks about how we are getting drunk with our destruction of the planet.
Also cool how an artist and a scientist are similar. Question and curiosity.
So, it could start where we start talking about it. I will makes sure to ask questions. Record the conversations...Every 10 minutes take a shot. Cameral shot, too.
Some how (don't know how yet) take the photos and conversations (as it probably humorously evolves) and turn that content into a painting.
There are a lot of idunnos here, but I think the important thing would be to get started. I wonder how in a portfolio I can explain process. I don't know if I will be able to necessarily. It needs to be there obviously...it will live in the paint, but the opportunity to explain it would be cool. Maybe during interviews.
Interviews...SCARY. Treat it like a new class. Confident. Smilely. Not Nervous.
(Sept 23) So, I've been thinking about this more and I think I have some more concrete ideas. I think this might include portraits, showing an evolution. Somehow. Don't know yet. Include biology illustation feel maybe? Talks about how we are getting drunk with our destruction of the planet.
Also cool how an artist and a scientist are similar. Question and curiosity.
Diane Arbus
Some really cool photography. I was suprised at how daring these photos are for the 50s and 60s. She was known for taking photos of societies freaks getting really close to the subject. More than what was normal. She's called one of the most original and influential photographers of the 20th century. She taught at Parsons, RISD, and Cooper Union. She committed suicide at age 48, and has a bit of a cult following.
Here are some photos. The twins one is echoed in the Shining. Was this sort of image creepy before The Shining, or did The Shining make it creepy. Hmm. I dunno.
Here are some photos. The twins one is echoed in the Shining. Was this sort of image creepy before The Shining, or did The Shining make it creepy. Hmm. I dunno.
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Anon
I feel dumb. At first I thought this was one of those one word names, but then I realized Anon stood for anonymous. So, this is a look at some of the great anonymous works in history.
Venus of Willendorf, ca. 24,000-22,000 BC – I have never seen or heard about this. What an interesting look at the female form. People think it might be celebration of fertility.
Cave paintings, Lascaux, ca. 15,000-10,000 BC – A bunch of french kids an their dog (Robot) discovered this. Over the years there has been a lot of damage done by visitors, so it's closed to the public now.
Stonehenge, ca. 2950-1500 BC – I heard that this is now thought to be tombs.
Khufu's Pyramid, Giza, ca. 2590-2565 BC
Terra Cotta Army, Xian, ca. 221 BC – I had heard of this but I didn't realize it was actual Terra Cotta. Pretty impressive.
Venus de Milo, ca. 200 BC – This made me think of Greek and Gothic art. I know that many good things happened in Gothic art, but it's interesting to see that in 200 BC people were so good at the human form, and that this skill was lost and not rediscovered until the Renaissance.
Book of Kells, ca. 800 AD – I loved seeing this in person with Justin. Amazing.
Easter Island moai, ca. 1000-1200
Bayeux Tapestry, ca. 1077
Rose Windows of Chartes Cathedral, 1217-25
Venus of Willendorf, ca. 24,000-22,000 BC – I have never seen or heard about this. What an interesting look at the female form. People think it might be celebration of fertility.
Cave paintings, Lascaux, ca. 15,000-10,000 BC – A bunch of french kids an their dog (Robot) discovered this. Over the years there has been a lot of damage done by visitors, so it's closed to the public now.
Stonehenge, ca. 2950-1500 BC – I heard that this is now thought to be tombs.
Khufu's Pyramid, Giza, ca. 2590-2565 BC
Terra Cotta Army, Xian, ca. 221 BC – I had heard of this but I didn't realize it was actual Terra Cotta. Pretty impressive.
Venus de Milo, ca. 200 BC – This made me think of Greek and Gothic art. I know that many good things happened in Gothic art, but it's interesting to see that in 200 BC people were so good at the human form, and that this skill was lost and not rediscovered until the Renaissance.
Book of Kells, ca. 800 AD – I loved seeing this in person with Justin. Amazing.
Easter Island moai, ca. 1000-1200
Bayeux Tapestry, ca. 1077
Rose Windows of Chartes Cathedral, 1217-25
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Fra Angelico
I worry that in reading about these artists I might get feel discouraged because I feel like I might need to know everything there is to know about each artist. I would like to tell myself not to worry because I should learn just enough so feel somewhat knowledgeable about who they were and what they did.
With the in mind, I am going to learn just a few things about Fra Angelico and which paintings he did. He was a dominican Friar. It's said that he painted in a conservatively Gothic but also enlightened Renaissance manner. Maybe this is because he was developing in Renaissance styles but maintained the piety present in Gothic art.
Here are some of his paintings:
The Announciation
The Day of Judgement this painting is meant to show the precision in his use of color and detail.
The Announciation
Virgin and Child with Saints
With the in mind, I am going to learn just a few things about Fra Angelico and which paintings he did. He was a dominican Friar. It's said that he painted in a conservatively Gothic but also enlightened Renaissance manner. Maybe this is because he was developing in Renaissance styles but maintained the piety present in Gothic art.
Here are some of his paintings:
The Announciation
The Day of Judgement this painting is meant to show the precision in his use of color and detail.
The Announciation
Virgin and Child with Saints
1000 years.
I think I will title my painting of Kona "1000 Years" and look at it as an ode to the one thousand years or so that we've been evolving with dogs. I need to talk to my dad about where he was reading about that.
So, when I think about a painting as a portfolio piece like this (and pretty much every project I've been thinking of starting), I get the thought into my head about what's so special about a some painting of some dog (no offense, Kona).
I guess when I paint something like this it's not necessarily to say, look how realistically I can transfer a real life image into paint. It's more that painting realistically is an obsessive and exhausting process. It takes discipline and sacrifice. But when I think about the hours that go into a painting and the miles of thought that run through one's head as he or she paints, for a painting of someone you love, like Kona, those thoughts and feelings are part of the painting, too. You don't see it when you look at the painting, but when you think about it you know it must be there. Those feelings and ideas live in the paint.
So, a relationship with a dog is so special. As I paint, I am thinking miles of thoughts about how much I love Kona, and how amazing that relationship it.
So, when I think about a painting as a portfolio piece like this (and pretty much every project I've been thinking of starting), I get the thought into my head about what's so special about a some painting of some dog (no offense, Kona).
I guess when I paint something like this it's not necessarily to say, look how realistically I can transfer a real life image into paint. It's more that painting realistically is an obsessive and exhausting process. It takes discipline and sacrifice. But when I think about the hours that go into a painting and the miles of thought that run through one's head as he or she paints, for a painting of someone you love, like Kona, those thoughts and feelings are part of the painting, too. You don't see it when you look at the painting, but when you think about it you know it must be there. Those feelings and ideas live in the paint.
So, a relationship with a dog is so special. As I paint, I am thinking miles of thoughts about how much I love Kona, and how amazing that relationship it.
Friday, September 18, 2009
Next Painting.
I think I might do a painting of this photo. I have trouble expressing why I like this photo so much. I think it comments or our society and it's problems (haha borrrring...every one says that). So, I think I will do a large-ish painting of this. I need to think about it more. It was a moment that was captured. There is something beautiful about it but also sad. There are flowers sitting in a beer can. You can see an index or the beautiful human form, but it's fake and trashed falling over.
So, I just started laying out some photos that I think would make interesting paintings. I got sort inspired by an idea. What if I did my realism in full realistic color. And my unrealistic in black and white. It's not monumental. Just a thought. So, the ideas earlier that are trying to express philosphies or ideas about existence could also maintain a BW palette. That might be really interesting. Especially for a portfolio.
So, I just started laying out some photos that I think would make interesting paintings. I got sort inspired by an idea. What if I did my realism in full realistic color. And my unrealistic in black and white. It's not monumental. Just a thought. So, the ideas earlier that are trying to express philosphies or ideas about existence could also maintain a BW palette. That might be really interesting. Especially for a portfolio.
Art Gallery Night.
I need to plan an art crawl. Maybe I'll even make a little fun minibook. I think we should pick a night to go out when it's cooler. Visit different galleries. Go out to dinner.
Constantin Alajalov
So, About.com is calling him somewhat unimportant to art historians, but he was a very successful illustrator for Saturday Evening Post, Vanity Fair, Fortune and The New Yorker. He was from Russia and emigrated to the US. He died in 1987. I don't know that there is a whole lot to know about him except that his illustrations seem to really convey the wholesome spirit of of the 30s/40s and so on.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
How do I make a portfolio or artistic body of work? Hmm.
But does purpose have to be monumental? I would say not necessarily or not always. I think the thing that is most important in my personal philosophies about life and art is the long chain of human existence. How through our DNA we are connected with thousands of years of humanity. How our ideas are passed down and learned from in order to make new ideas. And how the chain of ideas keeps going and going. I like thinking about infinity and how atoms are just floating about so there is not beginning or end. I like my dad's idea that the present does not exist. I like that we are all stardust and I think the idea of evolution is beautiful and amazing.
More ideas...so someone could read all this or take one look at my coming work and say. That's stupid. Who cares? A bunch of BS. Obtuse and clearly without any substance or importance.
I think that's where I need to pull in humor maybe? Something I like to do and I guess I learned about it in graphic design is pacing. Switching things up. It's sort of like a lesson plan, too. I think that's what I like about Picasso. Experimentation. Humor. Keeping people on their toes alleviates boredom.
Specific ideas:
- documenting my own interpretation of the human form with paint.
- painting of shattering glass to go along side dad's poem.
- the present does not exist. How do I paint that the present does not exist? We split an hour in half. That into 30 separate minutes. From there we have one minute made up of 60 seconds. A second is made up of a 1000 milliseconds which could split in half as many times as we like. We cannot pinpoint the present. The second we get close anywhere close to finding it, it has moved into the past. HOW DO I PAINT THIS? Keeping my style somewhat realistic. I think that I just thought of part of the solution. A painting of a pin. Numbers (?) everywhere except where the pin is pointing. Hmm...I like the pin. Have to think about the numbers part.
- There is no beginning and no end. Atoms are just floating and if you look close enough there is space between the atoms. So everyone and everything are just atoms floating about and we are all connected. HOW DO I PAINT THIS? Represent a human form using dots. Some sort of hybrid of a realistic interpretation of a person with dots mixed in. Give it the feel of zooming in and zooming out.
- blind drawing series of...scooters? This could be my commentary on scooter culture in Taiwan. Joke! I thought of a joke. Sometimes it seems like Taiwan is full of blind drivers. Maybe I do something like 200 blind drawings and choose the best 5. And I think it will be very important to have a least one or so that is well done. Because...although Taiwan is full of "blind drivers" it somehow mostly works. We think drivers are so good back home but there are still deadly accidents all the time. And in a place this crowded, people really do need to drive the way they do or no one would ever go anywhere. Blind paintings even? Maybe very simple. Small. Solid color background. Only use black? Or maybe color? Or maybe one black? One full color? One monochromatic? So I just figured this one out. I will do 200 blind drawings or so. How about 4 separate 1 hour sessions. I take the best of them or take inspiration from a few to complete the drawing. Or would it be better to do things seen on scooters. HMM.
- something about teaching.
I need to get started on something that seems like its going in the right direction. sighhhh.
More ideas...so someone could read all this or take one look at my coming work and say. That's stupid. Who cares? A bunch of BS. Obtuse and clearly without any substance or importance.
I think that's where I need to pull in humor maybe? Something I like to do and I guess I learned about it in graphic design is pacing. Switching things up. It's sort of like a lesson plan, too. I think that's what I like about Picasso. Experimentation. Humor. Keeping people on their toes alleviates boredom.
Specific ideas:
- documenting my own interpretation of the human form with paint.
- painting of shattering glass to go along side dad's poem.
- the present does not exist. How do I paint that the present does not exist? We split an hour in half. That into 30 separate minutes. From there we have one minute made up of 60 seconds. A second is made up of a 1000 milliseconds which could split in half as many times as we like. We cannot pinpoint the present. The second we get close anywhere close to finding it, it has moved into the past. HOW DO I PAINT THIS? Keeping my style somewhat realistic. I think that I just thought of part of the solution. A painting of a pin. Numbers (?) everywhere except where the pin is pointing. Hmm...I like the pin. Have to think about the numbers part.
- There is no beginning and no end. Atoms are just floating and if you look close enough there is space between the atoms. So everyone and everything are just atoms floating about and we are all connected. HOW DO I PAINT THIS? Represent a human form using dots. Some sort of hybrid of a realistic interpretation of a person with dots mixed in. Give it the feel of zooming in and zooming out.
- blind drawing series of...scooters? This could be my commentary on scooter culture in Taiwan. Joke! I thought of a joke. Sometimes it seems like Taiwan is full of blind drivers. Maybe I do something like 200 blind drawings and choose the best 5. And I think it will be very important to have a least one or so that is well done. Because...although Taiwan is full of "blind drivers" it somehow mostly works. We think drivers are so good back home but there are still deadly accidents all the time. And in a place this crowded, people really do need to drive the way they do or no one would ever go anywhere. Blind paintings even? Maybe very simple. Small. Solid color background. Only use black? Or maybe color? Or maybe one black? One full color? One monochromatic? So I just figured this one out. I will do 200 blind drawings or so. How about 4 separate 1 hour sessions. I take the best of them or take inspiration from a few to complete the drawing. Or would it be better to do things seen on scooters. HMM.
- something about teaching.
I need to get started on something that seems like its going in the right direction. sighhhh.
1949 Harry Truman.
• First, "we will continue to give unfaltering support to the United Nations and related agencies, and we will continue to search for ways to strengthen their authority and increase their effectiveness."
• Second, "we will continue our programs for world economic recovery."
• Third, "we will strengthen freedom-loving nations against the dangers of aggression."
• Fourth, "we must embark on a bold new program for making the benefits of our scientific advances and industrial progress available for the improvement and growth of underdeveloped areas."
So, I googled Harry Truman 1949 and found out that this was the year he was inaugurated. And apparently he gave a really important speech that politicians (especially democrats) align themselves with.
So to sum it up, supporting the UN, programs to help the world recover from WWII, help freedom-loving nations from aggression, continue to work towards scientific and industrial advances.
Some general info about Truman:
He fought in WWI (only US president to see combat during this war). He was known for the Whistle Stop Tour which helped him become elected. It was his executive order to desegregate the US armed forces. It was his decision to drop the bomb on Japan. He dismissed many communists from public office. During his time, the UN, the Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe was started, the Truman Doctrine to contain communism, and NATO were created. It was during his term that the Korean war occurred.
He was the president famous for the idea (and a sign he kept on his desk) of the buck stops here. Passing the buck means passing blame. This was somewhat in reference to Europe in passing the buck to other countries rather than deal with growing threat of Germany in WWII. Most historians consider him the most important US president.
• Second, "we will continue our programs for world economic recovery."
• Third, "we will strengthen freedom-loving nations against the dangers of aggression."
• Fourth, "we must embark on a bold new program for making the benefits of our scientific advances and industrial progress available for the improvement and growth of underdeveloped areas."
So, I googled Harry Truman 1949 and found out that this was the year he was inaugurated. And apparently he gave a really important speech that politicians (especially democrats) align themselves with.
So to sum it up, supporting the UN, programs to help the world recover from WWII, help freedom-loving nations from aggression, continue to work towards scientific and industrial advances.
Some general info about Truman:
He fought in WWI (only US president to see combat during this war). He was known for the Whistle Stop Tour which helped him become elected. It was his executive order to desegregate the US armed forces. It was his decision to drop the bomb on Japan. He dismissed many communists from public office. During his time, the UN, the Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe was started, the Truman Doctrine to contain communism, and NATO were created. It was during his term that the Korean war occurred.
He was the president famous for the idea (and a sign he kept on his desk) of the buck stops here. Passing the buck means passing blame. This was somewhat in reference to Europe in passing the buck to other countries rather than deal with growing threat of Germany in WWII. Most historians consider him the most important US president.
I am going to make sure I know a little bit about each reference in this song.
49 harry truman, doris day, red china, johnnie ray
South pacific, walter winchell, joe dimaggio
50 joe mccarthy, richard nixon, studebaker, television
North korea, south korea, marilyn monroe
51 rosenbergs, h-bomb, sugar ray, panmunjom
Brando, the king and I and the catcher in the rye
52 eisenhower, vaccine, englands got a new queen
Marciano, liberace, santayana goodbye
Chorus
We didnt start the fire
It was always burning
Since the worlds been turning
We didnt start the fire
No we didnt light it
But we tried to fight it
53 joseph stalin, malenkov, nasser and prokofiev
Rockefeller, campanella, communist bloc
54 roy cohn, juan peron, toscanini, dacron
Dien bien phu falls, rock around the clock
55 einstein, james dean, brooklyns got a winning team
Davy crockett, peter pan, elvis presley, disneyland
56 bardot, budapest, alabama, krushchev
Princess grace, peyton place, trouble in the suez
Chorus
57 little rock, pasternak, mickey mantle, kerouac
Sputnik, chou en-lai, bridge on the river kwai
58 lebanon, charles de gaulle, california baseball
Starkweather, homicide, children of thalidomide
59 buddy holly, ben hur, space monkey, mafia
Hula hoops, castro, edsel is a no-go
60 u-2, syngman rhee, payola and kennedy
Chubby checker, psycho, belgians in the congo
Chorus
61 hemingway, eichmann, stranger in a strange land
Dylan, berlin, bay of pigs invasion
62 lawrence of arabia, british beatlemania
Ole miss, john glenn, liston beats patterson
63 pope paul, malcolm x, british politician sex
Jfk, blown away, what else do I have to say
Chorus
64 - 89 birth control, ho chi minh, richard nixon back again
Moonshot, woodstock, watergate, punk rock
Begin, reagan, palestine, terror on the airline
Ayatollahs in iran, russians in afghanistan
Wheel of fortune, sally ride, heavy metal, suicide
Foreign debts, homeless vets, aids, crack, bernie goetz
Hypodermics on the shores, chinas under martial law
Rock and roller cola wars, I cant take it anymore
South pacific, walter winchell, joe dimaggio
50 joe mccarthy, richard nixon, studebaker, television
North korea, south korea, marilyn monroe
51 rosenbergs, h-bomb, sugar ray, panmunjom
Brando, the king and I and the catcher in the rye
52 eisenhower, vaccine, englands got a new queen
Marciano, liberace, santayana goodbye
Chorus
We didnt start the fire
It was always burning
Since the worlds been turning
We didnt start the fire
No we didnt light it
But we tried to fight it
53 joseph stalin, malenkov, nasser and prokofiev
Rockefeller, campanella, communist bloc
54 roy cohn, juan peron, toscanini, dacron
Dien bien phu falls, rock around the clock
55 einstein, james dean, brooklyns got a winning team
Davy crockett, peter pan, elvis presley, disneyland
56 bardot, budapest, alabama, krushchev
Princess grace, peyton place, trouble in the suez
Chorus
57 little rock, pasternak, mickey mantle, kerouac
Sputnik, chou en-lai, bridge on the river kwai
58 lebanon, charles de gaulle, california baseball
Starkweather, homicide, children of thalidomide
59 buddy holly, ben hur, space monkey, mafia
Hula hoops, castro, edsel is a no-go
60 u-2, syngman rhee, payola and kennedy
Chubby checker, psycho, belgians in the congo
Chorus
61 hemingway, eichmann, stranger in a strange land
Dylan, berlin, bay of pigs invasion
62 lawrence of arabia, british beatlemania
Ole miss, john glenn, liston beats patterson
63 pope paul, malcolm x, british politician sex
Jfk, blown away, what else do I have to say
Chorus
64 - 89 birth control, ho chi minh, richard nixon back again
Moonshot, woodstock, watergate, punk rock
Begin, reagan, palestine, terror on the airline
Ayatollahs in iran, russians in afghanistan
Wheel of fortune, sally ride, heavy metal, suicide
Foreign debts, homeless vets, aids, crack, bernie goetz
Hypodermics on the shores, chinas under martial law
Rock and roller cola wars, I cant take it anymore
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
One more thought.
I think I should do a quick daily things I should know but don't.
Today...I need to know more about Vietnam. I'm so dumb.
Today...I need to know more about Vietnam. I'm so dumb.
Art plan
So, I'm going to do About.com art history. Every I will learn a little bit about each artist. Post a little bit about them to help myself remember. If I want to be an art professor this will be important, and it will also be helpful as inspiration for my portfolio.
A to Z Art History - Yaacov Agam
So, here I am at A in my A to Z. I like it when people have double As in their name. It's like Aaron. It must be a Hebrew thing. Because this artist is Hebrew and Aaron is a name that comes from the Bible. He studied at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design. He then went to Zurich. Now he lives in France.
He is best known for experimental optical or kinetic art. His first exhibition was in Galerie Graven. In 1955, he established himself as a leading kinetic artist in Le Mouvement exhibition with Jesus Rafael Soto, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Pol Bury, Alexander Carlder, and Jean Tinguely 1955.
His work is abstract usually using movement, light, sound and viewer participation. His best known pieces are "Double Metamophasis III", "Visual Music Ochestration." He's also known for a fountain at La Defense in France and one in Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv.
His printing technique called Agamograph uses lenticular printing where the work demostrates radically different images from different angles.
Here are some of his works:
Double Metamophasis III
Jerusalem at Night
Fountain at Dizengoff Square
La Defense, France
He is best known for experimental optical or kinetic art. His first exhibition was in Galerie Graven. In 1955, he established himself as a leading kinetic artist in Le Mouvement exhibition with Jesus Rafael Soto, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Pol Bury, Alexander Carlder, and Jean Tinguely 1955.
His work is abstract usually using movement, light, sound and viewer participation. His best known pieces are "Double Metamophasis III", "Visual Music Ochestration." He's also known for a fountain at La Defense in France and one in Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv.
His printing technique called Agamograph uses lenticular printing where the work demostrates radically different images from different angles.
Here are some of his works:
Double Metamophasis III
Jerusalem at Night
Fountain at Dizengoff Square
La Defense, France
on going ideas
PAINTING IDEAS - disclaimer...this all probably sounds stupid. haha.
Justin just inspired me to do what I've always sort have known (but also not known) what I want to do. I am absolutely sure of this. I want to be an artist. I want to be a University art professor and sell paintings on the side.
I want to do art like my dad's poems.
Artistic visualizations of a specific idea about life and why life is so incredible. About existence. I guess that's what I'd like to do.
I want to delve into our collective ever evolving human consciousness. I want to capture on a canvas the history of mankind that lives in our genes and that has, over the millions of years of our existence, inspired us to look up at the sky and wonder what is out there.
I want to do paintings about being stardust.
I want to do paintings about poetry.
Songs.
Pain.
Life.
Teaching and learning.
Technology and innovation.
Mistakes and remorse.
BUT more specifically:
- a glass shattering. Call it physics. Make it absolutely realistic. The painting would ask if the glass is shattering or going back together. Based on dad's poem.
- people hugging. one person is pencil, one is is painted realistically.
- the present does not exist
- sick of all the bullshit - almost all black. very subtly make out an image of a bill
- painting of Beauty
Portfolio piece ideas: Need to do research, but I think I should look for a place to do gesture drawings of the human form.
- blind drawings
- paint en plein air (maybe a beautiful spot on the way to siao wulai).
- something really small
- something really big
- color studies
Need to always stay focused on what is current. what pushes things farther. need good and inspiring resources.
Sept 15
This has turned into my art log. I will use this to work my into a body of work. I need 12 amazing paintings. The one I'm working on now feels sort of like practice. BUT it's good. It's getting me going.
Stories
Human Evolution
Polarities
Curiostity
Humanity's achievements
Humanity's downfall
Making things better
Brain
Visual Communication
SO...things that I might want to make statements about (keeping in mind that I am looking for things that will make my work standout)
- East v West
- Chinese Cognitive Lexical Acquistition Visualization - tongue and cheek. a painting that shows how I would visually represent what goes through one's mind when going from English to Chinese to pinyin to Characters
- Stardust - I was a bad Astronomy student but I thought it was SO cool that our professor ending the semester saying that we are all stardust
- Glass shattering. Is it going forwards or backwards
- show what it feels like to constantly be searching for a chinese word I've learned amidst all the chatter.
2 goals...at least 12 paintings...for a show or for a portfolio
YIPES!
Sept. 19
So, now I'm thinking I will work on very realistic works. I am still struggling with how to break out and do something different and worthwhile. Hmmm.
Justin just inspired me to do what I've always sort have known (but also not known) what I want to do. I am absolutely sure of this. I want to be an artist. I want to be a University art professor and sell paintings on the side.
I want to do art like my dad's poems.
Artistic visualizations of a specific idea about life and why life is so incredible. About existence. I guess that's what I'd like to do.
I want to delve into our collective ever evolving human consciousness. I want to capture on a canvas the history of mankind that lives in our genes and that has, over the millions of years of our existence, inspired us to look up at the sky and wonder what is out there.
I want to do paintings about being stardust.
I want to do paintings about poetry.
Songs.
Pain.
Life.
Teaching and learning.
Technology and innovation.
Mistakes and remorse.
BUT more specifically:
- a glass shattering. Call it physics. Make it absolutely realistic. The painting would ask if the glass is shattering or going back together. Based on dad's poem.
- people hugging. one person is pencil, one is is painted realistically.
- the present does not exist
- sick of all the bullshit - almost all black. very subtly make out an image of a bill
- painting of Beauty
Portfolio piece ideas: Need to do research, but I think I should look for a place to do gesture drawings of the human form.
- blind drawings
- paint en plein air (maybe a beautiful spot on the way to siao wulai).
- something really small
- something really big
- color studies
Need to always stay focused on what is current. what pushes things farther. need good and inspiring resources.
Sept 15
This has turned into my art log. I will use this to work my into a body of work. I need 12 amazing paintings. The one I'm working on now feels sort of like practice. BUT it's good. It's getting me going.
Stories
Human Evolution
Polarities
Curiostity
Humanity's achievements
Humanity's downfall
Making things better
Brain
Visual Communication
SO...things that I might want to make statements about (keeping in mind that I am looking for things that will make my work standout)
- East v West
- Chinese Cognitive Lexical Acquistition Visualization - tongue and cheek. a painting that shows how I would visually represent what goes through one's mind when going from English to Chinese to pinyin to Characters
- Stardust - I was a bad Astronomy student but I thought it was SO cool that our professor ending the semester saying that we are all stardust
- Glass shattering. Is it going forwards or backwards
- show what it feels like to constantly be searching for a chinese word I've learned amidst all the chatter.
2 goals...at least 12 paintings...for a show or for a portfolio
YIPES!
Sept. 19
So, now I'm thinking I will work on very realistic works. I am still struggling with how to break out and do something different and worthwhile. Hmmm.
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