Drawing upside down is another way to experience the shift from left-mode to right-mode.
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Get two sheets of 9" x 12" paper.
Follow the directions for each drawing. Each drawing should take at least 20 minutes. Everything is right there for you to draw. Don't make it complicated, but do focus, please.
"I have supposed a Human Being to be capable of various physical states, and varying degrees of consciousness, as follows:
(a) the ordinary states, with no consciousness of the presence of Fairies; (b) the 'eerie' state, in which, while conscious of actual surroundings, he is also conscious of the presence of Fairies; (c) a form of trance, in which, while unconscious of actual surroundings, and apparently asleep, he (i.e., his immaterial essence) migrates to other scenes, in the actual world, or in Fairyland, and is conscious of the presence of Fairies/" --Lewis Carroll
How does Carroll's quote connect to our Right-Mode workshop?
Art 1,3: Period 8
Did you check out some information on linoleum block printing?
If so, please check out the following artworks (demonstrating protest), and answer these discussion questions in the comments section of this blog post.
1. Picasso's Guernica
- What elements of this artwork might lead you to interpret it as a work against war? What stands out that makes this about war?
- This painting is black and white, 17' x 27'. How do these physical qualities affect the interpretation of Guernica?
- What is the artist trying to communicate to the viewer?
- What kind of statement is the artist trying to make?
- How does the artist's style affect our interpretation?
- How would your interpretation differ if this artwork had a different title?
- What kind of statement is being made?
- How is this image similar/different to the ones by Serra and Picasso? Is one more successful as a protest piece? How?
Okay, each picture or painting is really creepy, but also interesting at the same time. With the way the artist made each one, the colors used and what the actual "subject" of the painting is their own way of expressing things.
ReplyDeleteFernando Botero's Abu Ghraib painting to me, even if it had a different name, i still would have found it disturbing because to me, it's really creepy! I guess the statement being made is that we're all blind and tangled in problems that we just don't know things anymore without getting into more problems. I don't know if it's more successful than the others because each one really has a different meaning I guess than one artist is saying. But each one is really interesting!
ReplyDeleteRichard Serra's Abu Ghraib
I say the artist is trying to say that we're a jumble mess, not knowing things that we're supposed to. It's more like we're walking around blind than anything else really. I also say that the way he painting it shows his own way of expressing it to the viewer than stating it out in the open, but have the viewer really look into the painting to find the message that we're a a blind, jumble mess of not knowing where we are going at all.
Picasso's Guernica
I guess you can say it's against war because most people don't like war because of all the shorten of money, not very many people, love ones gone and shorten of food, but also as a government because of the result of going to war. How the size of each component of the painting makes us determine how we determine the painting is really depending on the viewer because not everyone thinks the same. Even if the painting is against war, it doesn't exactly say that either because it's so strange that one person might intercept it as one thing and another person might view it in another way, so it's not really trying to get what we think, but more f the message the artist left behind for us.
you can tell that the first one is against war because it has some things sort of dying in the background. it sort of looks like if it was a dream do to the black and white and the images were overlapping themselves seeming as if transparent. the second drawing looks kreepy because it is sort of coming towards you. the drawer is sort of trying to scare you or telling you to keep away. finally the third one shows torture. it shows many men on top of each other being in an awkward position that looks very painful. this is showing that anything can happen to anybody no matter how strong you are because all these men are pretty big yet they are prisoners.
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ReplyDelete1.Picasso's Guernica
this art work reminds me of war because if you look at the components of the painting you will see various instruments of war. things like swords horses and helmets cause this painting to have an element of war. the black and white add to the abstract effect of the picture, for me it made me look harder which made me concentrate on the objects individuall
2Richard Serra's Abu Ghraib
Abu Ghrib has 2 meanings that I know of one is a city in Baghdad and the other means father of the raven. The first one and the one that this painting is probably referring to is the father of the raven. This portrait resembles a raven with its wings folded staring at you. This portrait makes kind of a dark and creepy statement. It seems to communicate a feeling of hatred or a scary feeling . the artist style seems to be kind of off the top of his head but that in no way makes it bad. With art like this it is my belief that the intention is as or more important as the art itself. In this portrait I think his intention was just to make you think and to have a dark feeling.
3Fernando Botero's Abu Ghraib
It seems that Fernando Botero is trying to portray a feeling of being tortured or maybe his feelings towards genocide. It seems like he is trying to make a statement of resentment of anger towards mistreatment. The artist paints in a very round style the people depicted in his art seem kind of puffed up this makes me think more of a dream or a nightmare because it is somewhat strayed from reality. Serras abu gharib seems more dark and ominous while Fernando botero’s gives me more things to think about because I can relate it to myself because it has people in it. This portraits name is probably referring to the prison in Baghdad in the city of abu gharib. These men are obviously prisoner and are being treated very harshly.
1. Picasso's Guernica
ReplyDeleteWhat elements of this artwork might lead you to interpret it as a work against war?
You can see the emotion shown on the faces of the individuals in this piece.
What stands out that makes this about war?
All the action and motion really makes this piece stand out.
This painting is black and white, 17' x 27'. How do these physical qualities affect the interpretation of Guernica?
a larger canvas makes it easier to catch small detail and the black and white coloring successfully captures the emotions. _______________________________________________
2. Richard Serra's Abu Ghraib
What is the artist trying to communicate to the viewer?
The artist is trying to communicate the dark mood at the correctional facility of abu ghraib.
What kind of statement is the artist trying to make?
I think that the artist is trying to remind people of evil that should never be repeated.
How does the artist's style affect our interpretation?
The Artist used thick black ink that gives the piece a dark mood.
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3. Fernando Botero's Abu Ghraib
How would your interpretation differ if this artwork had a different title?
At first I thought it was a bunch of blind folded sumo wrestlers, because they were fat.
What kind of statement is being made?
Much the same statement made by the previous artist, it expresses the mood of abu ghraid.
How is this image similar/different to the ones by Serra and Picasso?
It's similar in the sense that it sets a dark mood, but this one doesn't use color as effectively as the others, in my opinion.
Is one more successful as a protest piece? How?
It kind of made me uncomfortable.
Picasso's Guernica is very interesting. This painting is in black and white. To me, thinking of black and white makes me think that something dreadful has happened. I could see that this could be against war because I see a figure that is lying down and seems to have a broken dagger in his hand. The figures all seem confused and disfigured as they try to make sense of what is happening.
ReplyDeleteRichard Serra's Abu Ghraib artwork sure is something to think about. There is what looks like a cloaked figure in black in white. It seems to say that everybody is a bit mysterious. You can't see this person's face and it makes you think who this person could possibly be and what they're thinking.
Fernando Botero's Abu Ghraib it looks like these people are going to be tortured. This painting has more color than the other two but all three seem to be giving a message of protest. When I look at these pictures I see that these people are getting hurt somehow and you want to stop whatever is hurting them.
I think that the first picture on here by Picasso, what stands out about it being against war is the endless amount of chaos that is a result to all of the fighting going on in the picture. And I think the fact that this whole thing is done in black and white is somewhat contributing to the feeling of misery and negativity.
ReplyDelete1. Picasso's Guernica:
ReplyDeleteThis artwork seems to be against war because the expressions of what appears to be people are those of remorse, sadness, and frustration. In the artwork, there is also a sword and a horse, which were used for war a long time ago. There are also one or two people that appear dead, and about another person with an injury, whcih usaully happen during war.This artwork shows the chaotic reality of war through the colors of black and white and the layering of all the objects in the artwork.
2. Richard Serra's Abu Ghraib
The artist seems to try to communicate to the viewer the idea that negative emotions, such as fear, hatred, and violence, will always exist, stalking yo wherever you go, and it will always be your choice whether or not to let them catch you. The artwork just seems pretty ominous to me. The artist's style affects our interpretation because it makes us feel as if the message of the artwork is negative, mostly becuase of the darkness of the color and the way it's hard to tell what it is.
3. Fernando Botero's Abu Ghraib
If this artwork had a different title, I really wouldn't know what it meant. But because of the title, I know that it was to show the maltreatment the prisoners recieved at the Abu Ghraib prison.Even without the title, I believe that the meaning of this artwork is to show the pain and discomfort people may feel or face once they become prisoners of any type, whether it be of the law or of themselves. This artwork is similar to Richard Serra's Abu Ghraib and Picasso's Guernica because all three seem to try to bring awareness of some negative thing, and they do this by representing it in some distorted or gruesome way.
For each picure it seems that the artist was in a really depressed state. Especially the last two. In the first one it seemed as if the artist was sad but trying to keep it a secret by disguising it with so many other different distractions. So he tries to hide his sadness with a fake smile. The second one seems like everything in his life is coming to a complete and utter disaster. The third one seems as if he has a dark and insane secret that he is trying to keep with some sort of pact. And he knows that he should be behind bars with those people but he is hiding who his true colors are along with those other people. - Aaron
ReplyDeleteWhat elements of this artwork might lead you to interpret it as a work against war?
ReplyDeleteWhat stands out that makes this about war?
The structures of the characters in the picture. Some are like crazy looking and are on the floor. Plus there is a lot of things going on at the same time.
This painting is black and white, 17' x 27'. How do these physical qualities affect the interpretation of Guernica?
maybe so you don’t pay attention to anything beyond the art he had done.
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What is the artist trying to communicate to the viewer?
That maybe there is always a dark side to everything.
What kind of statement is the artist trying to make?
That simple things can have a lot of different outcomes. He made me think.
How does the artist's style affect our interpretation?
i've never seen anything like it so i may think his was of thinking is to show the true part of art work and not really look beyond all the time.
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How would your interpretation differ if this artwork had a different title?
i'd probably be a bit confused and think what could the artist be thinking when doing the art work.
What kind of statement is being made?
I'm thinking there's just people all crashing down on each other since they are locked up.
How is this image similar/different to the ones by Serra and Picasso? Is one more successful as a protest piece? How?
i think its kind of similar with the dark part of everything and then the light part. i think the are both successful pieces because he proves a point or makes you think what he had done.
Guernica: It is an anti-war statement because of the broken sword at the bottom, and the general sense of chaos and pain in the figures. The size and the colors make it seem monolithic, and puts the issue in black and white.
ReplyDeleteSerra: The dark colors and vaguely humanoid figure make this slightly unsettling to look at. The shadowy figure seems to perpetually haunt you, and this seems to try to communicate how the past will never leave you completely.
Botero: I would probably interpret this very differently without the title, since the title gives a lot of context to the writhing bodies. It seems to comment on the basis of human nature, and how we are naturally sadistic. The use of color, especially the skin tones, deemphasizes the identity of the victims, much like the other pieces did. The color gives it vividness that the other pieces lack
Skyler Smith:
ReplyDeletethe artworks dont really portray much of a
message to me, besides the middle one, of the man standing in the position of the guy that the American soldier tortured, I like that one because it seems to be the most correct one in my opinion, the last one, seemed to have a style of drawing people that i did not find entirely impressive, and the first one, Guernica, seems to be showing some sort of generic war with animals and people, but it doesnt seem to convey much of a political message in my opinion, the third one, by botero, seems to have a message though, which is good, but i just didnt like it very much.