DADA, NONSENSE, HOMER, PROPAGANDA

Hugo Ball Reciting the Dadaist Poem Karawane. 1916 in Germany. The basis of Dadaism is nonsense. It was a reaction to the wars going on at the time and how this generation felt about the turbulance in the world. I can understand that.

http://vimeo.com/20465083

Winslow Homer The Gulf Stream 1899. American artist and self taught. I like this work because it feels so turbulent and alone. The guy has no options other than to sit and wait out the storm.

Finally I wanted to end with Thomas Hart Benton works. I really like his stuff. His use of organic lines and shapes and distorted angles is really appealing to me. I also like his subject matter. All of the American epochs that forged the country we live in. 

My favorite piece by Thomas Hart Benton is his work WWII painted in 1942 in reaction to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. He wanted to wake up middle America about what our country was facing so he did a series of these propaganda type paintings to inspire our country. 

I love propaganda.

Print and destroy.

Enjoi.

Cubism, Futurism, Stuff like that.

Yes I do like Picasso. I like this Picasso called Guernica painted in 1937 in Spain in response to the bombing of Guernica by German and Italian forces. Guernica shows the suffering of war and the pain it inflicts on civilians. You can really see that in the faces of the figures.

Francis Picabia Mi painted in 1929. Francis Picabia was one of the artists that influenced the dada movement. I like this piece because it looks so much more like what I am more interested in today. I really like how he used simple art materials to create this piece. Oil and crayon on wood. I love painting on wood.

Futurism is totally different from what I would see as the future. Here is a piece by Kasimir Malevich The Knife Grinder painted in1912-1913 in ukraine the piece now hangs in the Yale University Art Gallery. Whats different about this piece is that every element in the painting is represented by purely geometric tubular or angular shapes. Main characteristics of cubism. I started looking up stuff that I would think is futurism by todays standars. 

Mars-1 everybody.

Mars-1 makes me want to gaze further into the future.

(GAZE)

Google can take you anywhere in the future. Doc Brown you chump.

Thought these retro sketches of the future were pretty sick.

Apparently men wear neon yellow in the future.

Kindle?

The future of Japanese education.

Enjoi.

Fauvism

Fauvism everyone. Not really my favorite, but I guess we just gotta look at it right?

Henri Mattise The Dessert Harmony in Red 1908 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg. Fauvism was all about expressing feelings by using bold wild colors. The works had flat shapes and often unnatural colors.

Henri Matisse The Green Line or Stripe 1905 it hangs in Copenhagen Denmark. This is a painting of his wife, Amélie Noellie Matisse-Parayre. I picked it cause I thought she looked like a samurai. 

Henri Matisse Self Portrait in a Striped T-Shirt 1906. Copenhagen, Denmark. He used the greens on his face to compliment the reds on his shirt. Really I didn't care much for this type of art, but it sure paved the way for some of the more radical color we see in modern art. I like to tie what I see from the masters into the modern art I see being made today. Richard Coleman anyone?

YES PLEASE!

Color Overload!

Fauvism means wild beast

Tigers are wild beasts

Love the beard and no eyes. wild beast for sure.

More wild beasts.

Kill Pixie

Matisse would have been tripping out!

Enjoi.

Chapters 1,2,3,4

Slightly unconventional way of doing this portfolio, but I figure it can be beneficial in several ways.

1. No wasted paper

2. Easy access

3. More motivated to actually get this assignment done.

LOOK AT THIS!

Gustave Courbet Self Portrait (the desperate man) painted in 1843 in France. The piece is currently in a private collection. The self portrait is one of a series of self portraits, each illustrating an expression or mood of the artist. This one is a man being driven to the edge of sanity. I like it cause I know what he means, or at least pretend to know what he means. He was a raw personality and a genuine artist with a lot of arrogance. I like that about some artists. I think thats what gets art moving some times. Strong personalities and bold characters.

Francisco Goya Saturn Devouring His Son. painted on the walls of Goya's home between the years 1819-1823. The painting was transfered from Goya's home in Madrid to canvas and now resides in the Museo del Prado in Madrid. 

I mean Just look at it!

Saturn ate each of his children when they were born because he feared they would over throw him. That is just insane. I guess I don't really like it for any other reason other than that fact that Goya decided to paint several black paintings like this on his walls in his house because he liked those stories. Sick guy. Plus the raw style that he painted this in was impressive all its own. kudos Goya.

kind of reminds me of stuff like this.

Medieval Boogie man?

Saturn was just gangster, I would have expected the same from Godzilla. Chump.

More art...

Jan Van Eyck Ghent alter piece. 1432 in Belgium. It is a multi panel polyptych. The craftsmanship in this piece is insane. The tiny details and carefully painted figures add to its intensity. The three central figures depict the Virgin Mary on the left and John the Baptist on the right. The central figure has caused some debate on whether it is Jesus or God or if it is all three figures of the God head shown as one central being. Either way he looks kind of like this guy

give thanks and praise.

Just wanted to add one more for the sake of it

this one is called The Meeting by Gustave Courbet. Painted in 1854 and is located in Museé Fabre. The painting depicts Gustave Courbet on his way out of france after his self exile to switzerland. I liked the beard. Other beards that inspire me

Enjoi.