Art by Claus Oldenburg
Visual: Respond with a drawing, painting, sculpture collage or even a found object. Think about the overall concept behind the essay and how you might be able to condense that idea into an artwork
Essay: As you read this think about the central message of the essay and how it applies to your own understanding of art. You are writing an analysis essay with your own personal opinion so agreeing and disagreeing is very much encourage.
Critique: Be ready to critique the Visual responses brought by the visual group. We will discuss in class the critique process as well. But be sure to do the assignment it is important that you can put some context into the work you are seeing in class
Discussion: Similar to the essay group, tell us what you thought, bring into conversation the reasons why you felt the way you did about the essay, and solicit questions from your peers.
To all of you, research is going to help so much into understanding what you are reading. Find out who Claus Oldenburg was and what he did and perhaps that will shed some light into this essay.
ESSAY 2
Watch these 2 music videos and respond to at least one, you may also respond to both videos if you find that they connect. It is important that you watch all in order to contribute to class critique, discussion, and questions that may arise. I have attached the lyrics below as a pdf for your convenience. Think about analyzing these videos from a formal and iconography approach. How might the videos relate to the lyrics, what visual cues might hint at symbolic information? Do colors play a role in the meaning? What could objects within each video symbolize?
Essay: Write an analysis focusing on how the visual elements of the video work with or against the lyrics/music, give examples. Focus both on a formal and iconographic response.
Visuals: Use any medium (pencil, pen, paint, photograph, clay, found objects, etc) to create a visual response of one or all music videos. What central theme do you see in one or all of them? and can you create a visual response around that theme?
Critique: Be prepared to discuss the visuals with context to the assignment.
Discussion: Discuss your thoughts on how effective or not effective was the music video at communicating the ideas of the music/lyrics. What do you find confusing and why? Bring up into the discussion about how symbolism plays a role in these videos.
Tus Ojitos Facchita
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGeQ9VL102U (Links to an external site.)
Promiscious
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNRMCEFGYOw (Links to an external site.)
ESSAY 3
Above you will find the link to the video for your 3rd assignment, Chicago.
Art 21 is a series of video/documentaries on contemporary artist/topics of art.
Visuals: Think about the essence of the video, the core content, the connections between all the artists presented, and base your response on that. Consider using mediums similar to what they are using.
Discussion: Prepare some questions for us, think about how the video relates to you and or your community. What are your thoughts on audience participation in art? How do materials contribute to the work?
Essay: You may focus on one individual artist in the program but do mention or bring into the conversation the other artist. How did you relate to the content of the video? How can art and the community benefit from each other?
Critique: Revisit the formal and iconography approaches. Also, consider how the work your peers present relates to the video
ESSAY 4
For your 4th assignment, I would like for you to respond to this video on the well known Spanish artist Pablo Picasso..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANqi-LuH5j8 (Links to an external site.)
Discussion & Essay: What previous knowledge of this artist did you have? How does abstraction, or this artist shaped the way you perceive art or the artist? What are your thoughts on his transition from realism to cubism and abstraction? Lastly do you find anything problematic about the artist or the art movement he was a part of?
Visual: Think about the content of the works shown in the documentary, and try creating a work of art based on the ideas presented.
Critique: Practice the vocabulary from our lectures. We will try something new in class, as well as discussing formal and iconographic approaches.
