Exhibition in a Box Proposal

Nancy Berger had a fulfilling life, happy marriage, mortgage paid off, and kids off to college. When one unexpected day the unthinkable happen. She was returning home after a late night out with friends. All of the sudden she began to fell dizzy and was having a trouble getting out off the car. Her husband did not think anything from it and they both went to bed. Next morning, Nate begins to get very concerns because Nancy's symptoms were getter worst. They rush to the emergency room after long hours of waiting for results. Doctor could not determine anything, they needed to get even more exams done. In one of Nate visits to the hospital he noticed that Nancy speech was getting very slow and her hand was curling up. By that time it was determined that she was having a stroke. In the following weeks she had several stroke involving major arteries on both sides of the brain. Nate could only hope that his wife could survived, luckily Nancy did.  She had to confront her new reality which was that know was going to be in a wheelchair and to depend on others to accomplish daily tasks. Nate promise to himself that he would make everything possible to make his wife happy. 

Nancy loved to travel and her husband did not hesitate or pull back knowing of all the boundaries they were going to experience. Nate depict of what all of those boundaries they where going confront. He made Nancy wishes come true and they travel all over world. In their journey, they wanted to share it and encourage others individuals with disabilities. Therefore, they created a helpful guide for other disabled people to accomplished their dreams in any part of the world.

In my proposal, is to present their story with others because I admired Nancy Berger. Her story and her story is very powerful and helpful for a wide range of people. This would open the eyes of a lot of people that think people with disabilities are surrounded by boundaries and limited to do or achieve things. Nancy strongly prove them wrong as she share her journey, struggles, and achievements.It would also encourage people with disabilities to travel and to overcome boundaries. This book offers tools to those who have a disability and wish to travel.

In my exhibition,  I will present her as an individual showing medical records and a wheelchair because that was an significant part of her life and it a good visual representation of her obstacles and reflects her persona. I will also present her journey over the world. Illustrating picture of different places visited and its statements. In contrary to the e-book, I am going presented as if was an actual “ Disabled Travel Guide to the World” book.

Images and Ideology pgs 22-33

In this section of the reading, it generally focuses in the definition of ideologies and how it is presented in art works. According to the reading, when it comes to art work ideologies are projected as natural. This could create an issue and obtain strong reactions in individuals most of then would race questioning. Begin to be in doubt to its context and there own responses to that art piece. The book presents examples such as OJ Simpson's picture a dark tone as a bad connotation. In society black person is stereotypically projected as a criminal.
Art as the power to strongly project an ideology, change our perceptive in various aspects in society. It can also have the ability to separate ideology our enforce them.

In reading this section, I think is very true art work it is a very powerful tool to change our view our open our eyes to something totally new. 

Image, Power and Politics pgs 9-22

Representation is when we incorporate words and images and convey a meaning. An object interpretation can be defined specifically on its cultural background or can be understand by its specific culture ideologies. A object that as a specific meaning in the States is very from someone that is from another culture means something completely different. The truth behind an image can be inflected by cultural ideologies. The Myth of Photographic Truth, a photographic is a scientific form of documenting historical and cultural events projected through an image. The section states that  a photography is not a reliably source because behind the lens there is a person making particular choices.

In reading this section, They put into context something that we do not think about an most artist do not take into consideration when making an art piece. Which is that an artist work of art will be interpret differently by each individual in different parts of the world. The myth of photographic, it is also something that we do not think about. It made be think in depth of the photos I have seen.  When we see an image how can we counted as truthful when now a days with computer software it can easily be manipulated.

"Image Icons" pgs 36-47

In this section of our reading. The book describes "iconic images as "an image that refers to something outside of its individual components, something (or someone) that has great symbolic meaning for many people."

The book gives several example of images such as the image of the mother and child where it represent maternal love as well as the importance and power of motherhood and maternal bond. Images can illustrated social mores in there background or by having symbolic objects.
The image of the Tiananmen Square this image state a culture and a specific time of period. It strongly reflect a society feelings,thoughts and outcomes.

 Throughh centuries images have been tools to demonstrate a particular social mores or culture conflicts. Iconic images are those have evoke truth and capture a strong view of a culture or representation of time An image that have had in one way or another has revealed the truth or as impacted a society and has changed view and values

In reading section, I was surprise that they gave some much importance to Britney Spears personal life and her downfalls. In a way wanted for the section to have mention other iconic individual or events that in a way have change a country as a whole such as Che Guevara and World Trade Center

Producer's Intended Meanings pgs.52-55

In this section of our reading the book presented the concept and the intended meanings. The label of a producer can be presented in different ways and in different work forces. A producer can be an individual that works in a film or design industry, advertisement agencies, corporate business,or an artist. The label "producer" can be an individual or a group of individuals who come to gather and develop ideas and strategies for a final product or exhibition or a corporate which becomes part of the development parts of the advertisement process.

In the reading it highlights Roland Barthes's essay "The death of an Author" It to help us understand the power between the viewer and producer in its image and text. Barthes's directed view is that text provides a direct and clear meaning for the reader to interpret. His point his that text can be interpret in different forms depending in the viewers background and culture. It could be that most of time what the viewer interpret is not what the producer intended meaning. Now a days with new computer software we can be our own producer by obtaining an image and editing it.

Often producers of images such as artist create a piece of art in hopes of a specific reaction from the viewer or its created with an intended meaning. Most of the time the intended message or meaning from the artist is not interpret by the viewer. Because, meaning and interpretation depends on an individual background or culture.

Particularly in this reading, I found it very interesting the context in the label of producer and how it can differ depending on the type of work environment.

Image and Text

" The Art of War" Sun Tzu
" It is a matter of life and death, a road to safety or to ruin."

In the first image, I wanted to project through the image and text, domestic violence. Especially in the first part of the sentence with an image of a women which states pain and suffering and the texture of the paper simulates the after math of domestic violence.

In the second image focusing yet again focusing with the first part of the sentence but with the image a wanted to evoke a different message. Having an image of a female smoking a cigarette projects something that can seem so harmless but could actually be something life threatening such as cancer. As an individual you have the choose to quit smoking or not. An indiviadual that as the power pick to live a safe and healthy or unhealthy life a to road to ruins.

In the third image, I wanted to specifically focus in the words ( LIFE and DEATH) which in the sentence  those two words in particular make a strong statement . The image highlight those words in a very artist manner.

Regotiating Image

I choose to change to meaning of the iconic image of the Beijing's Tiananmen Square. Originally there is a male protester standing in front of the Tanks. I decided to replace the protester with the iconic Ronald MC Donald running away from the tanks that are trying to ran him over. MC Donald's fast food restaurant have been for the past few years very controversial. Especially, it has been documented in the film such as            " Super Size Me" where it demonstrates how the fast food industry provided unhealthy food which cause a lot of health problem in a short amount of time, hhealth problems that  sometimes can not be cured.  It is a world wide problem in particular fast food industry are increasing obesity. By placing Ronald MC Donald running from the tank is in a sense of society trying to eliminate this problem but as it shows in the image the tanks never get  Ronald MC Donald. Food industry are always inventing new products that attract a wide range of individuals.

There are always a large population that are still going to consume his products regardless of the problems. It is an ongoing battle which will be hard to win.  

Cover Project Bruce Nauman

Bruce Nauman was born December 6, 1941 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He is a contemporary american artist that has worked with different types of mediums such as sculpture, photography, neon, video, drawing, printmaking, and performance. He went to the University of Wisconsin-Madison obtaining a bachelors degree in mathematics. He completed his master's degree in art from the University of California. He as received numerous awards through out the years, both locally and worldwide, for his art work. Some of these awards include the Larry Aldrich Award and Wolf Prize in Arts which he received for his work as a sculptor. His most significant or famous work includes "Laair" (1970), "Vices and Virtues" (1988). "The true artist helps the world by revealing mystic truth", "Setting a Good Corner" among other.

For my cover project, I choose Bruce Nauman and his first piece the neon sign “The artist helps the world by revealing mystic truth”. The initial idea for this piece came from a beer sign display at a grocery store in San Francisco. He then re-did this neon sign and displayed it at the front studio of a  grocery store on the windows facing the street. The purpose behind the neon sign was to catch the eye and interest of people walking by, to display something that did not look like art but had a deeper meaning of art. It was a text to see who would pay attention and letting the viewer have there own take on the art work. I choose this artist because he deliver strong messages in the most unusual way.

My plan in remaking this piece is to construct a collage using images of nature, since spiral images are often used to represent different design in our environment.  I will place these pictures in a spiral and inside of it I will write, using paint as my medium, the definition of art "arte" in Spanish. Bruce Nauman as obtain interest in communications and languages and displayed it in his art pieces. We have been discussing in class that art can be interpret in many different ways by having different cultural backgrounds. I decide to deliver a message in another form of communication in which can be interpret in a different culture.

Movie Poster Project " John"

In a small town high school student called Meghan creates a fake facebook profile by the name of John. Start a ciber relashionship with Sarah one of her classmates. She convinces Sarah to send nude pictures. Soon  to find out that the images have been spread all over the internet. Her life begin a spiral downward where it ends in suicide. Upon her suicide an investigation begins to find out what is truth in this so called "John" persona

Sherrie Levine Art

This is an example of Sherrie Levine art appropriation. Where she as use one of the Mondrian art piece ( After Piet Mondrian)and converted and made her own. By repainting it and adding watercolor giving a feminist field to the piece.

Technical Reproduction and Its Significance pgs 197-213

This medium as existed for a long time and as been introduced in different forms.The first technical reproduction tool “woodcut” was invented in the fifteenth century a printing devices which was used to replicate images and art but not with a good quality.

Then other printmaking tools were invented such as “lithograph” were produced endless copies.

In 1830 photography came to its rising point and gave a new development in technical reproduction. Postcard been the first popular item where presented a picture of a famous person or a tourist sites. Which was defined as publicity or tourism. Soon after that came newspaper, cinema, magazines, radio, television, CD's, and DVD's. In the 20^th century computer and internet added a new spin on technical reproduction.When in comes to television or film the viewers obtain a more active and psychological response rather than with newspaper or magazine its approach is one with authority. Every type of medium projects to the viewers a different meaning it can also obtain different responses.

The reading also present various point of view were Baudrillard suggest that what is real as been replaced by something else where as debord point that everything as been commercialized in every aspect of our life. From cinema we get a thrilling and psychological reaction.Setting us to believe or obtain a reaction which make us believe that we have experience something when in fact we have not experience it. When it comes to film we obtain a stronger reaction very different from a painting.

There is a strong differentiation of the old a new technical reproduction. Technical reproduction as change our minds regarding what is real or not.

Appropriation Artists

Anna Therese Johanne Hoch "Hannah Hoch" w born November 1, 1889 in Gotha, Germany.
Nationality: German
Education: Berlin College of Arts and Crafts majoring in glass design and graphic. She also took  a graphics class in the National Institute of the Museum of Arts and Crafts.
Movement & Field: Dadaist,  Photography,Photo-montage, In her work of art directly applied images from newspaper, magazines,etc and set them as collages with an influence by cubist painters.
Art Main Theme: Women, Women right, sexual orientation (same sex couples), and social discrimination.
Famous Art Work: " Cut with the Dada kitchen Knife through the last Weimar Beer-Belly Cultural Epoch in Germany.

She past away in May 31, 1978 in Berlin at 88 year of age.

 Cindy Sherman
January 19,1954 Glen Ridge, New Jersey
Age:56
Nationality: American
Career: Photography & Film
Field: Photography
Education: Buffalo State College
Art Work: Untitled Film Stills, Historical Portrait, Fashion Photography, among other work
Award: MacArthur Fellowship

Francis Picabia
Born January 22,1879, Died November 30, 1953 at the age of (74)
Nationality: French
Field: Painting
Movement: Dadaist and Surrealism
Influence: Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and Marcel Duchamp
Art Work: Star Dancer on a Transatlantic Steamer, 1913, Hera, c. 1929, and Self Portrait







Dara Birnbaum
Born 1946 in New York
Nationality: American
Field: Installation Artist and video artist
Art Work: Technology/Transformation: Wonder Woman.



Sherrie Levine
Born:April 17, 1947 in Hazleton, PA
Age: (63)
Nationality: American
Field: Photography and appropriation artist ( Photographs taken out of textbooks)
Education: University of Wisconsin Madison (MFA)
Art Work: After Walker Evans", Walker Evans Photography, 1991 Fountain, and Van Gogh

Art Manifesto ( Dia de Los Muertos)

 

Art Manifesto

I am for an art that is simple

I am for an art that is unique

I am for an Art that represent life

Which represents its beauty

Which is reflected with the variation of Color

Which for the viewers is Breath taking

Which it could be projected as Glorious

I am for an Art that represent death

An art which is could be dark

I am for an art that is Mysterious

I am for an art that is Scary beautiful

I am for an art that is Wicked

I am for an art Impeccable

I am for an Art

That celebrate a holiday such as the day of the dead

I am for an Art That honors

I am for an Art that respect

I am for an Art that remembers ,worships, and honors our ancestors and love ones

I am for an art that represents love

Each year on the First of November

We come together as whole

 We all reunite with our family members

Share stories and great memories

We bring you flowers

We send our love in the form of prayers

for our love ones that have past away

I am for an Art that has meaning

I am for an Art that has depht

I am for an Art that has emotion

I am for an Art that is powerfull

I am for an Art that as History

An art that transforms a part of everyone life

that is unpredictable

which natural part of been human

And becomes a transformation

that could be a way to bring light

Closure, peace and unconditional love

Murakamis and Courbet Similarities and Differences

Courbet's project and Murakami's similarities and differences

Murakami's and Courbet are expressing what society had to overcome. Both artist are making very different statements of the society and culture in very distinct period of time .

Courbet Western style painting captures the rural and contemporary society of the 1850. This rural class struggled to get their needs meet. They were a hard-working class that depend on their hard labor to live. The painting show a realistic view of social mores. As, in his painting it demonstrates a young boy and older man breaking stone .
Which clearly states that neither of them are fit for this kind of labor. As shown in the painting the older man can barely handle the hammer and the young boy cant barely lift up the bucket. Courbet painting reflects a more direct use and understanding of realism. Which can be appreciated on the image and the use of color and tonality.

Murakami's sculpture is also portraying political and social struggles , but particularly in Japanese society.  His art represents as an index as a  abstract dark cloud rises to the sky which reflects the atomic bomb in Japan an ending product of WWII. Which lead to struggles withing society and changed their political system and views. The sculpture take a direct and clear representation of the people that experience and struggles after WWII

Murakami's art piece which was inspired by the visual culture of Japan and combines them with western contemporary art ideas. Which techinique such as magna  turn  that art work into a cartoonist approach into a “post-Japonisme” Murakami's style is cartoonist, nerdy, abstract, cute  but with a modern twist. He turns struggles that people where over passing at that time into a cartoonist form making that art piece play full, colorfull and also with a sense of imagination

What meaning do you arises from the contact?

In placing Murakami's art in Versailles it brings a new concept of popular art by making a powerful statement. Murakami's presenting his modern art piece in Versailles is a huge accompleshment. As well as, a huge achievement as the only Japanese artist at Versailles.He states a new approach of art in combining Oriental and Western art techniques and ideas and making it his own creation. By showing it in Versailles,It present a new art movement and technique to the world. It is also making his art pieces have the chance to be express differently as every viewers have their own takes, apporach on the piece or different meaning.Having his art surrounded by western art it makes it stand out from the other art work been that is very different from other art pieces present in Versailles. Having a sculpture as big as Murakami's which as strong tonality of colors such as the gold, reds, and black. It makes it a focal point and overlaps other work of art surrounding it. Almost not giving justices or presence to the other pieces of art which where produce by prestigious artist.

Real Time Movie Poster Project

This movie it is base in the futurist time period in the 2035. When in this society there are robots which have been programmed to live along side with humans. In where the humans become their owner and the robots serve as there assistant, employees and reliable source .  This robots live by and are programmed to obey three laws. When the key scientist is suspected of committing suicide. Detective Del Spooner played by (Will Smith) is called to investigate a apparent suicide. He suspects that one of the robots could potentially have killed the scientist. Bringing into question whether or not one of this robots could of broken one of his own laws, which seems impossible to do. Leading to questioning whether or not this robots have the ability to feel and have emotions the same way has human being do.
This poster reflects the futurist and technological part of the period the movie is trying to convey. Having both an image of a human being and a robots it clearly states both society the futurist and modern coming together. The text it is shown as bold, solid, structure and  having a tone of gray gives the aspect of technology. The robots are project has simple machinery with no expression in their faces.

This musical which was made in 1961 is a twist on the a romantic tragedy tale of " Romeo & Juliet" Where the New York City gangs called "Jets" and the Puerto Rican " Sharks" could not stand each other. Their anger escalates to a point where they have no respect for one another. Matters come worst when Riff a members of the "Jets' had falling in love with Maria who is the sister of one of the members of the "Sharks"  Depict the hatred between both gangs and the disapproval of their relationship .They were deeply in love and kept it a secret. The gangs wanted to battle and whom ever wins had control of the streets. Maria sends Tony in hope of stopping the battle. Unfortunately the battle did not ending up into what Maria Had up for. It actually ended up in a tragedy where she lost Tony and chartered her dream of living her life alongside the person she loved.

The poster color and tonality reflects the time of period of the movie.  Having the text color, style, texture and placing them very closed together plays a part of the gang member theme. The style of wardrobe that each character in using in the poster that is significant of a time of period and social class. The figures that are placed right next to the text. There delicate, movement and white color automatically states that is a musical. On the lower part of the poster it demonstrates both gangs in what it looks to be starting a battle. Which very representative of that period of time where there were a lot of conflicts between New yorkers and Puerto Rican living in New York City.

 

This movie focuses mainly about a high school student teenage girl having to deal with the struggles and joyful parts that come in adolescent life living in Beverly Hills. Learning how to deal with friends, relationships, and social struggles that a normal teenager goes through.

The poster clearly state 90's time of period just the main characters wardrobe and technological items use in the poster such as the cell phones.

T Shirt Project

This T-Shrit in particular was to make a statement. In the streets there are walking and stop sign that have a walking figure in them which are very familiar to everyone. The sign does not present society as whole those not include every type of individuals that are as valuable and part of our society. By putting a handicapp figure in them is to include every type person of our society.

It is a small application that projects a strong statement by its visual presentation.

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