Week 9 - (Last blog question for semester one) - Banksy's work

How can we categorize Banksy's work -graffiti or murals?

Research Banksy's work to attempt to answer this question.
What are some of the differing opinions about Banksy's work?
How does his work sit in relation to consumerism? Can his work be sold?
What are some of his attitudes to the sale of Art?
Who is Banksy? Do we know his true identity?
Upload 2-3 images of Banksy's work that you find interesting, and comment
on the ideas behind the work.

Week 8 - , VietnaMemorial Project Nha Trangm(2001)

'Memorial Project Nha Trang, Vietnam- 'Towards the Complex-For the Courageous, the Curious and the Cowards', (2001) is a video project by Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba.

Research this project to identify the ideas behind the work. Can you connect some of the concepts and ideas from the renaissance, Enlightenment or Modernism with the work. Discuss your answer.

Discuss how do you think the title of the work reflects

the artists' intentions?


Answers:



This work was filmed underwater by Jun Nguyen-Hatushiba
filmed in 2001 off the coast of south east Vietnam.
the work portrays the struggle of 6 vietnamese fishermen pulling cyclos along the sea floor.
the purpose of the work is to signify the harsh, difficult conditions of everyday life for many Vietnamese people, the fisherman dragging the cyclos in the bottom of the ocean shows the burden and hard work of the past that made the modern life easier.

the Memorial Project Nha Trana does not employ actors, they use real fishermen to show the fact that physical struggles are real. the fishermen does not use any helping tools to help them breath. this makes them struggle more as they are moving slowly into the bottom f the ocean this really emphasize the challenge they are facing.
in daily life pulling a cyclos is already a very tough job plus the heaviness of walking on the sand and water makes it tons more heavier and the breathing challenge makes it worse.
Jun Nguyen-Hatushiba wanted people to realize that the problem in our life are not the end of the world, some people in the world face even tougher problem and still able to solve and succeed.

the idea of modernism has made Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba realize that the world didn't become like today without effort. the use of real fishermen was to show how hard they work to help us with our daily life. we may not notice it but this video had inspired me to work as hard as others out there who's life are very hard and full with challenges.

i think the title suits the Nguyen's intention as the fishermen parading into an ocean shows the courage, the curios on the title was about the curiosity of the people of what its like to pull cyclos under the ocean. and the cowards was when the fishermen abandoned their cyclos to save their life and take a breath.


Reference:
http://www.nyartbeat.com/nyablog/2008/07/for-the-courageous-the-curious-and-the-cowards/
http://sites.asiasociety.org/arts/nh/index.html

Week 7 - Industrialisation and Art

1.Define the Industrial Revolution and Industrialism.

2.Research Monet's painting 'Impression Sunrise'(1873) to analyze the work in relation to Industrialisation.

'Impression Sunrise' (1873)

3.Olafur Eliasson's 'Weather Project'(2006) is a contemporary work that relates to Monet's

famous landscape.

Research the project to identitify the artist's intentions, as well as the site (space or venue) chosen for the project, to provide depth for your answer.

'Weather Project' (2006)

Olafur Eliasson

Week 6 - Landscape and the Sublime

'Untitled' (2002) Richard Misrach

Richard Misrach's photography reflects the concept of the Sublime, from the Enlightenment.

Research Misrach's work by reading about his intentions, and also by looking at the work. Then answer the following questions;

1. What and when was the Enlightenment?

2. Define the concept of the Sublime.

3. How did the concept of the Sublime come out of the Enlightenment thought?

4. Discuss the subject matter, and aesthetic (look) of Misrach's work to identify the Sublime in his work. Add some more images.

5. Identify some other artists or designers that work with ideas around the Sublime, from the Enlightenment era as well as contemporary artists.

6. How does Misrach's photography make you feel? Does it appeal to your imagination?

7. Add a Sublime image of your choice to your blog, which can be Art or just a Sublime photograph.