An artist like John Heartfield had to be incredibly brave. He saw exactly what was happening with the war, knew who was responsible for it and understood how ruthless they could be, yet he still found it in him to protest without fear of repercussion. I admire the fact that he could have just left this issue alone but he didn’t, he essentially risked everything for the sake of the victims of the war. His ink drawing “Fit for Active Service” looks like it’s supposed to be a humorous comic at first, which is far from the actual purpose. I like how he used absence of texture in the officers to make them seem cold and sterile while the skeleton is detailed and heavily shaded making it seem even more haggard and dirty in comparison. The only thing that could use more explanation is the word bubble coming out of the doctor’s mouth. He’s saying, “KV” ad I’m not sure of the significance…
Stone Brakers reminds me of my grandfather and father. My grandfather has 6 sons and 4 daughers of which were born and raised in Mexico. They lived in a small house which was located behind a huge mountain, 2 miles away from the nearest road. They would work the land in order to live by growing vegetables, fruits; they would raise chickens and milk cows. This painting helps me imagine my father following his father, and doing what needed to be done to take care of his family. G.Huerta
The Outbreak by Kathe Kollwitz made me reminisce about past punk shows that I had gone to throughout my high school years. The expressions on the faces of those being depicted reminds me of the faces that I would look into while in the mosh pit. It also reminds me of the cohesive nature of a punk show. It is difficult to explain, but while at a show one can feel a sense of unity and togetherness with those around. Everybody expresses pride for the music and dedication to the ideas and beliefs of the lyrics that are being sung. It is in that pride and dedication that transforms just a group of people watching a band play music, to a single entity. I get a sliver of that feeling when I look into The Outbreak and see all those angry faces standing up and defending what is right (whatever it may be).
This black and white etching puts you right in the middle of an uprising, with its harsh lines and over emphasis on the shading. Its gritty feel evokes those bare-bones primal emotions that come out of you when you are truly enraged. This work utilizes implied motion by depicting its figures in a frontal sloping direction towards the left, having most of the lines, actual and implied flow to the left, and by tilting the center of the etching to the left. I think that it is depicted in black and white because it would not have had the same affect if it was in color. Aggression is not a very elaborate emotion, so it would only be fitting for this work to not have color, as well.
the painting that really caught my eye was Echo of a Scream, by David Alfaro Siqueiros. it is interesting how i look at this painting and the first thing that stands out to me is the head of the child. it just looks like the child was left alone and there to suffer and he is just crying with pain and fear. but i would never imagine why it was said that it was painted. its said that David painted this painting in a response to the horror of the Spanish Civil War. this painting does say a lot, from what the kid and the sky and the background symbolizes. i just really liked the painting and the meaning and message that it sends out.
Siquerios "Echo of a Scream" to me was something more than just an echo of agony portrayed by the use of a baby. What it represented for me was yes, the pain and agony that one feels when terror invades the soul. The child represents how tiny and vulnerable pain, fear and agony makes us feel...small and helpless. The bright red color that embodied the baby, to me was the main focus due to the fact that it was one of the brightest colors of the picture. What the red color meant to me was the blood from the pain of the heart or the soul that takes control of our emotions when faced with the fear and terror of violence and war.
“The third of may” by Francisco Goya fascinated me and kept me thinking of it long after my eyes stopped viewing it. The use of light and the element of value is what made this piece stand out for me. First, the most obvious element was the use of light, Goya use of light illuminates the guy who protests the French soldiers occupatting Spain. Just this glowing use of light is what attracted my eye to this painting. This use of illumination is what kept me thinking why was this man highlighted. Other things that helped push my pondering about this piece as to why is Goya trying really hard to only draw my eyes to this man, the only really face that you can clearly see is the illuminated man, the soldiers who are about to shoot him, their faces are I guess purposely not facing me, they are faceless soldiers, so I just see them as objects, not humans, so I don’t really stop and think about the soldiers so I just move back along to see the highlighted man. The back ground, the soldiers, peasants, buildings are all fashioned with low intensity cool colors, so my eyes don’t really pay attention to them, all they do is help my eyes steer once again to that illuminates Spaniard. I believe this painting example of social protest, this Spaniard is about to get shot, and it appears that even though his life is about to end, he still stands up to protest.
I found "Light Sentence" by Mona Hatoum interesting. I guess this one made me really think to understand the meaning behind it. I really like how the light shines down through the cages giving them a very hollow feeling. To me it is like the eye of big brother looking down, how "see through" our lives really are. In the age of technology and government having the power to access our personal space this piece really portrays that. Also, the sterile uniformity reminds me of the communities that were going up before the eco friendly construction began.
Pit stop, By Robert Del Tredici in my opinion describes the state that America is in at the moment. After looking at it closer, I immediately saw an image of a “helpless deer stuck in mud.” America is stuck in the mud! when it comes to the current WAR situation. It gave me a feeling of hopelessness, I felt tired. Even though the towers are the focal point, I believe it was place in the ruins to be apart of everything that has by destroyed by war. Not to represent why we are at war, but the realization that war distroys everything that "we" care about. The solider and the other human figures represent “Human life” taken or abused/humiliated. American soldiers are tired and want to come home to be with their families, to eat birthday cake and icecream. The statues, from around the world, represents other countries/nations involved in war throughout history. The soldiers are walking around in the background with no main focus, "clueless!" My anaysis of the art work is...
it brings home the reality of what war is doing to society around the world. It distroys everything "we hold so dear to our hearts."
Art is one of the best ways to show Social Protest/ Affirmation because artwork is a universal thing. It can be seen by masses and it can get its point across very fast by the subject matter. In the presentation I did for this chapter i chose Roberto Matta's piece called " Burn baby Burn " he is protesting the Vietnam War and the Watts Riots. It might not be clear when you see this piece that he drew it to represent these events because he is a surrealist artist. He has a speeding car on the freeway which might symbolise how technology is helpful, but it also is dangerous if it falls or is used the wrong way.. like the outcome depends on the driver of the car..such as whoever has the technology can use it for good or bad. Art can be used to show the horror of war and might cause people to fight against the government and try to stop the violence. Art is a very powerful to for Protest.
In chapter twelve there’s an artwork title fit for active service by George Grosz. The book talks about how George exposed the German government for sending sick and elderly men into war. But this painting can be tied to any government that is fighting a war and doesn’t have enough healthy individuals to fight anymore. In this drawing we see what appears to be a doctor hugging a dead corps. And the officers that are part of the medical board in this painting are so vicious that they don’t seem to care who they send to war. Most of the officers are so involved with their own selves that they are not even paying attention to what the doctor is doing. They are letting the doctor get away with anything that he wants to do. And the doctor is so willing to send anyone into battle that it looks as if he would even send himself to the battlefield with out even knowing it. The Corps in this picture looks like it could be the doctor because there is no need for a corps to have glasses on and they are exactly the same pair of glasses that the doctor has on.
Ester Herzandez, Sun Mad, touches greatly on the topic of underpaid workers and farming. The usual Sun Maid is pretty and smiles happily, with her basket full of grapes. We know that in actuality, this is far from the truth. Picking grapes or any type of farm labor is a brutal, unhappy job. Most workers are illegal immigrants, that are severely under paid, just to support their family. The working conditions are harsh under the suns long hours and all the pesticides. Most people know the harsh conditions that pickers work under, but Hernandez has made it blatantly obvious. Even though her image targets a specific instance in her hometown, this image really summarizes the farm as a whole.
The art work in this chapter that truly caught my attention was Just What is it that Makes Today's Homes so Different, So Appealing? By Richard Hamilton. The home is surrounded by material things like if the only way to truly be happy is to have the latest things. And just take a look at the bodies of the man and the women, not everybody looks that way. Its all just fake saying you have to do plastic surgery to have that perfect "suppossed" body. or you have to work out in order to be fit. I believe that no one has that perfect body. People just need to live and stop worrying about how they look their so much more to life than just that. Think about it we all at some piont get old. The thought of beauty does not last forever.Leslie C
Nature, knowledge, and technology are more interesting art topics to me. I’ve always been fascinated with nature, especially with trees. Photographs of African trees are breath taking to me. To see a single tree standing strong and tall in the middle of no where inspires me. To show the beauty of land and its product together with no glitz or glamour is truly “Beautiful.”
The artwork stone breakers really caught my eyes in this chapter. First of all the artwork is very detailed an almost shows many emotions just through a picture. When i looked at this painting, it made feel kind of uneasy and feel sorry for these people. Especially the son who was probably learning how to do this job because his father does it and it is probably the only thing he can taught to do when he grows up. I am fascinated how an artist and make an artwork to show many different meanings and emotions. It kind of made me remember about my cousin and his father because he had to take the steps of his father before he got into college to help out his family and support them.
The art piece that caught my eye was "echo of a Scream" by David Alfaro. With this particular art piece, the viewer definitely has to know some background information on the piece to connect it to the chapter Social protest/affirmation. The child is crying, almost as if afraid. This is in response to the horror of the Civil War. The child looks helpless, deserted, and surrounded by rubble. I think the rubble symbolizes the destruction that happened because of the Civil War.
Leo, 48 inches high, 8 yrs. old, Picks Up Bobbins @ 15 cents a day is an awesome work of photography that successfully gives us an indication of the state of poor urban children in the turn of the century America. I think Leo is a great representation of the hardships in which children of his social stature struggled through. Not only is this a great social statement, but the photograph is in and of itself a pretty good work of photography. I like the lighting in it. Leo himself, is lit up in a rembrandt type shot and this isn't necessarily easy to accomplish in natural lighting. The depht of field is also pretty good considering the low lighting conditions. And I like the composition because the photograph leads in eyes to spots in it and the depth of field leads the eye from the very front starting with Leo and to the back of the factory.
The picture "the state hospital" by Edward kienholz really caught my attention. It just looks so gross but interesting at the same time. It is crazy how it looks so like realistic and gooeeeyyy. And it's interesting how Edward used and made the people look that way. How he replaced the head with the fish bowl and how he made everything look gggoooeeyy. And I guess to him that was how he felt the people were getting treated. And that shows that they weren't that important. That they are just left there strapped to rot and die suffer.
I completely agree with you Diayana. Our group choose that art work for our presentaion. Edward Kienholz was so impacted by what he saw in the mental hospital when he worked their. By doing this art work he wanted the viewer to feel I guess the way he did. It was such a disturbing piece that it very hard to even look at. The bodys laying helpless on their beds and their faces that he displayed with a fish bowl was to show the blank expression that those people had. Overall I think he got his point across.
An artist like John Heartfield had to be incredibly brave. He saw exactly what was happening with the war, knew who was responsible for it and understood how ruthless they could be, yet he still found it in him to protest without fear of repercussion. I admire the fact that he could have just left this issue alone but he didn’t, he essentially risked everything for the sake of the victims of the war. His ink drawing “Fit for Active Service” looks like it’s supposed to be a humorous comic at first, which is far from the actual purpose. I like how he used absence of texture in the officers to make them seem cold and sterile while the skeleton is detailed and heavily shaded making it seem even more haggard and dirty in comparison. The only thing that could use more explanation is the word bubble coming out of the doctor’s mouth. He’s saying, “KV” ad I’m not sure of the significance…
ReplyDeleteStone Brakers reminds me of my grandfather and father. My grandfather has 6 sons and 4 daughers of which were born and raised in Mexico. They lived in a small house which was located behind a huge mountain, 2 miles away from the nearest road. They would work the land in order to live by growing vegetables, fruits; they would raise chickens and milk cows. This painting helps me imagine my father following his father, and doing what needed to be done to take care of his family.
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The Outbreak by Kathe Kollwitz made me reminisce about past punk shows that I had gone to throughout my high school years. The expressions on the faces of those being depicted reminds me of the faces that I would look into while in the mosh pit. It also reminds me of the cohesive nature of a punk show. It is difficult to explain, but while at a show one can feel a sense of unity and togetherness with those around. Everybody expresses pride for the music and dedication to the ideas and beliefs of the lyrics that are being sung. It is in that pride and dedication that transforms just a group of people watching a band play music, to a single entity. I get a sliver of that feeling when I look into The Outbreak and see all those angry faces standing up and defending what is right (whatever it may be).
ReplyDeleteThis black and white etching puts you right in the middle of an uprising, with its harsh lines and over emphasis on the shading. Its gritty feel evokes those bare-bones primal emotions that come out of you when you are truly enraged. This work utilizes implied motion by depicting its figures in a frontal sloping direction towards the left, having most of the lines, actual and implied flow to the left, and by tilting the center of the etching to the left. I think that it is depicted in black and white because it would not have had the same affect if it was in color. Aggression is not a very elaborate emotion, so it would only be fitting for this work to not have color, as well.
the painting that really caught my eye was Echo of a Scream, by David Alfaro Siqueiros. it is interesting how i look at this painting and the first thing that stands out to me is the head of the child. it just looks like the child was left alone and there to suffer and he is just crying with pain and fear. but i would never imagine why it was said that it was painted. its said that David painted this painting in a response to the horror of the Spanish Civil War. this painting does say a lot, from what the kid and the sky and the background symbolizes. i just really liked the painting and the meaning and message that it sends out.
ReplyDeleteSiquerios "Echo of a Scream" to me was something more than just an echo of agony portrayed by the use of a baby. What it represented for me was yes, the pain and agony that one feels when terror invades the soul. The child represents how tiny and vulnerable pain, fear and agony makes us feel...small and helpless. The bright red color that embodied the baby, to me was the main focus due to the fact that it was one of the brightest colors of the picture. What the red color meant to me was the blood from the pain of the heart or the soul that takes control of our emotions when faced with the fear and terror of violence and war.
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“The third of may” by Francisco Goya fascinated me and kept me thinking of it long after my eyes stopped viewing it. The use of light and the element of value is what made this piece stand out for me. First, the most obvious element was the use of light, Goya use of light illuminates the guy who protests the French soldiers occupatting Spain. Just this glowing use of light is what attracted my eye to this painting. This use of illumination is what kept me thinking why was this man highlighted. Other things that helped push my pondering about this piece as to why is Goya trying really hard to only draw my eyes to this man, the only really face that you can clearly see is the illuminated man, the soldiers who are about to shoot him, their faces are I guess purposely not facing me, they are faceless soldiers, so I just see them as objects, not humans, so I don’t really stop and think about the soldiers so I just move back along to see the highlighted man. The back ground, the soldiers, peasants, buildings are all fashioned with low intensity cool colors, so my eyes don’t really pay attention to them, all they do is help my eyes steer once again to that illuminates Spaniard. I believe this painting example of social protest, this Spaniard is about to get shot, and it appears that even though his life is about to end, he still stands up to protest.
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I found "Light Sentence" by Mona Hatoum interesting. I guess this one made me really think to understand the meaning behind it. I really like how the light shines down through the cages giving them a very hollow feeling. To me it is like the eye of big brother looking down, how "see through" our lives really are. In the age of technology and government having the power to access our personal space this piece really portrays that. Also, the sterile uniformity reminds me of the communities that were going up before the eco friendly construction began.
ReplyDeletePit stop, By Robert Del Tredici in my opinion describes the state that America is in at the moment. After looking at it closer, I immediately saw an image of a “helpless deer stuck in mud.” America is stuck in the mud! when it comes to the current WAR situation.
ReplyDeleteIt gave me a feeling of hopelessness, I felt tired. Even though the towers are the focal point, I believe it was place in the ruins to be apart of everything that has by destroyed by war. Not to represent why we are at war, but the realization that war distroys everything that "we" care about. The solider and the other human figures represent “Human life” taken or abused/humiliated. American soldiers are tired and want to come home to be with their families, to eat birthday cake and icecream. The statues, from around the world, represents other countries/nations involved in war throughout history. The soldiers are walking around in the background with no main focus, "clueless!"
My anaysis of the art work is...
it brings home the reality of what war is doing to society around the world. It distroys everything "we hold so dear to our hearts."
WHY R WE AT WAR? Who really knows?
what ever happened to...
PEACE,LOVE,AND HAIRGREASE!
Art is one of the best ways to show Social Protest/ Affirmation because artwork is a universal thing. It can be seen by masses and it can get its point across very fast by the subject matter. In the presentation I did for this chapter i chose Roberto Matta's piece called " Burn baby Burn " he is protesting the Vietnam War and the Watts Riots. It might not be clear when you see this piece that he drew it to represent these events because he is a surrealist artist. He has a speeding car on the freeway which might symbolise how technology is helpful, but it also is dangerous if it falls or is used the wrong way.. like the outcome depends on the driver of the car..such as whoever has the technology can use it for good or bad. Art can be used to show the horror of war and might cause people to fight against the government and try to stop the violence. Art is a very powerful to for Protest.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter twelve there’s an artwork title fit for active service by George Grosz. The book talks about how George exposed the German government for sending sick and elderly men into war. But this painting can be tied to any government that is fighting a war and doesn’t have enough healthy individuals to fight anymore. In this drawing we see what appears to be a doctor hugging a dead corps. And the officers that are part of the medical board in this painting are so vicious that they don’t seem to care who they send to war. Most of the officers are so involved with their own selves that they are not even paying attention to what the doctor is doing. They are letting the doctor get away with anything that he wants to do. And the doctor is so willing to send anyone into battle that it looks as if he would even send himself to the battlefield with out even knowing it. The Corps in this picture looks like it could be the doctor because there is no need for a corps to have glasses on and they are exactly the same pair of glasses that the doctor has on.
ReplyDeleteMario Mosqueda
Ester Herzandez, Sun Mad, touches greatly on the topic of underpaid workers and farming. The usual Sun Maid is pretty and smiles happily, with her basket full of grapes. We know that in actuality, this is far from the truth. Picking grapes or any type of farm labor is a brutal, unhappy job. Most workers are illegal immigrants, that are severely under paid, just to support their family. The working conditions are harsh under the suns long hours and all the pesticides. Most people know the harsh conditions that pickers work under, but Hernandez has made it blatantly obvious. Even though her image targets a specific instance in her hometown, this image really summarizes the farm as a whole.
ReplyDeleteThe art work in this chapter that truly caught my attention was Just What is it that Makes Today's Homes so Different, So Appealing? By Richard Hamilton. The home is surrounded by material things like if the only way to truly be happy is to have the latest things. And just take a look at the bodies of the man and the women, not everybody looks that way. Its all just fake saying you have to do plastic surgery to have that perfect "suppossed" body. or you have to work out in order to be fit. I believe that no one has that perfect body. People just need to live and stop worrying about how they look their so much more to life than just that. Think about it we all at some piont get old. The thought of beauty does not last forever.Leslie C
ReplyDeleteNature, knowledge, and technology are more interesting art topics to me. I’ve always been fascinated with nature, especially with trees. Photographs of African trees are breath taking to me. To see a single tree standing strong and tall in the middle of no where inspires me. To show the beauty of land and its product together with no glitz or glamour is truly “Beautiful.”
ReplyDeleteThe artwork stone breakers really caught my eyes in this chapter. First of all the artwork is very detailed an almost shows many emotions just through a picture. When i looked at this painting, it made feel kind of uneasy and feel sorry for these people. Especially the son who was probably learning how to do this job because his father does it and it is probably the only thing he can taught to do when he grows up. I am fascinated how an artist and make an artwork to show many different meanings and emotions. It kind of made me remember about my cousin and his father because he had to take the steps of his father before he got into college to help out his family and support them.
ReplyDeleteThe art piece that caught my eye was "echo of a Scream" by David Alfaro. With this particular art piece, the viewer definitely has to know some background information on the piece to connect it to the chapter Social protest/affirmation. The child is crying, almost as if afraid. This is in response to the horror of the Civil War. The child looks helpless, deserted, and surrounded by rubble. I think the rubble symbolizes the destruction that happened because of the Civil War.
ReplyDeleteLeo, 48 inches high, 8 yrs. old, Picks Up Bobbins @ 15 cents a day is an awesome work of photography that successfully gives us an indication of the state of poor urban children in the turn of the century America. I think Leo is a great representation of the hardships in which children of his social stature struggled through. Not only is this a great social statement, but the photograph is in and of itself a pretty good work of photography. I like the lighting in it. Leo himself, is lit up in a rembrandt type shot and this isn't necessarily easy to accomplish in natural lighting. The depht of field is also pretty good considering the low lighting conditions. And I like the composition because the photograph leads in eyes to spots in it and the depth of field leads the eye from the very front starting with Leo and to the back of the factory.
ReplyDeleteThe picture "the state hospital" by Edward kienholz really caught my attention. It just looks so gross but interesting at the same time. It is crazy how it looks so like realistic and gooeeeyyy. And it's interesting how Edward used and made the people look that way. How he replaced the head with the fish bowl and how he made everything look gggoooeeyy. And I guess to him that was how he felt the people were getting treated. And that shows that they weren't that important. That they are just left there strapped to rot and die suffer.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with you Diayana. Our group choose that art work for our presentaion. Edward Kienholz was so impacted by what he saw in the mental hospital when he worked their. By doing this art work he wanted the viewer to feel I guess the way he did. It was such a disturbing piece that it very hard to even look at. The bodys laying helpless on their beds and their faces that he displayed with a fish bowl was to show the blank expression that those people had. Overall I think he got his point across.
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