1) Laura’s presentation on drawing was enlightening and helped me see how important drawing is to the concept of art. I’ve considered doodles as art before but the images of hand drawn maps and symbols on a car window were something I’d never thought of as inside the scope of art. Now that I’ve been exposed to these basic art forms, I’m sure I’ll notice them everywhere. This idea that drawing is so basic and ordinary makes it seem humble but it can of course be very intricate and complex. An ironic point Laura brought up is that drawing is fundamental part of many artistic processes and absolutely necessary because it provides a rough draft but in many cases it is discarded, thrown away because it is unpolished. I thought this was sad. She went on to say that drawings show evidence of the process and progress of the artist. When juxtaposed with the final product, many sketches look unkempt, with figures haphazardly placed about and a general vibe of busyness. Even though rough drafts are not what go up in galleries they give useful insight to the mind of the creator and can help convey what the piece means. Overall this presentation made me want to draw something!
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For the reading, “Queer Theory” on page 90 really caught my eye—and not only because it was the first page. This is the third time I’ve seen this concept of gender vs. sex come up in my classes in the past two weeks. Considering those classes were Spanish and History I’d say this is a pretty important idea. Judith Butler explores the notion that gender and sex are two separate entities which affects how they are represented in art. I thought it was cosmic that I just recently came across this concept from several different outlets. I also feel a little ignorant I wasn’t aware about the differences between gender and sex and how important it is to art at large. While reading about “pop art,” at first I got the feeling that it wasn’t really well-respected. For example, Richard Hamilton describes pop art as: “popular, transient, expendable, low-cost, mass-produced, young, witty, sexy, gimmicky, glamorous and last but not least big business.” Many of those words are not what traditional art would be described as but then the reading features Andy Warhol, who is iconic and it just goes back to the idea that art is truly subjective. Personally, I love pop art. It is even something I want to incorporate into my career. I love the quirkiness and innovation of pop art.
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The section called “Deconstruction,” talks about how Jacques Derrida sought to understand how pieces came to be by analyzing them from their roots. This process can be likened to drawing because in many drawing pieces you can already see how something was constructed. A person who is interested in deconstruction can go back to the rough draft and get perfect idea of the artist’s thought process and the evolution of the work. The article also features a section about how to recognize “significant form” in “good art” and talks about how Clive Bell thought significant form was a “’combination of lines and colors’ that appeal to the viewer’s emotions and sensitivities.” This reinforces the fact of subjectivity and is similar to the idea that even an image depicted on a foggy window is art according to someone. However, Bell thought that you must be educated in order to make the distinction between good and bad art. In Laura’s presentation she didn’t define which images were “good” or “bad,” but rather just acknowledged that many different things can be art.
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