1. Can an idea be a work of art?
- I believe an idea can be a work of art because without the creativity of the idea no digestible piece of art can be produced, however for the person with the idea it is as much an art as anything.
- I believe an idea can be a work of art because without the creativity of the idea no digestible piece of art can be produced, however for the person with the idea it is as much an art as anything.
2. Is good art always skillful?
- I personally believe that art is the physical embodiment of ones inner creative ideas however requires some level of skill to create or display in a visually pleasing way, therefore the majority of art that is done by unskillful artists is not good, but of course there are exceptions.
- I personally believe that art is the physical embodiment of ones inner creative ideas however requires some level of skill to create or display in a visually pleasing way, therefore the majority of art that is done by unskillful artists is not good, but of course there are exceptions.
3. If you don't make works of art can you be an artist?
- simply put, no.
- simply put, no.
4. Why might artists ask other people to make work for them?
- They might ask others to create art for them because they may be handicapped in some way and are unable to make the art themselves, however give all the instructions to the person producing it.
- They might ask others to create art for them because they may be handicapped in some way and are unable to make the art themselves, however give all the instructions to the person producing it.
5. What makes an instruction interesting?
- they can be interesting due to the level of uncertainty attached to them.
- they can be interesting due to the level of uncertainty attached to them.
1. How did it feel to photograph by following an instruction?
Following instructions made it clear as to what my objective was when photographing around the school however I found it quite restrictive as it made it hard for me to think imaginatively, furthermore some of the things we had to take photos of were hard to find or slightly unclear.
2.How imaginative and creative were you?
Following instructions made it clear as to what my objective was when photographing around the school however I found it quite restrictive as it made it hard for me to think imaginatively, furthermore some of the things we had to take photos of were hard to find or slightly unclear.
2.How imaginative and creative were you?
Do it: The art of instructions
The 'Do It' project is one where instructions from artists are given to people, at random regardless or their identity or age, for them to follow, they can decide to obey these instructions and create photographs with their own interpretations. Exhibitions of Do It have been on the road for 20 years now. Born out of a conversation in a Paris café in 1993, it's the brainchild of French artists. Every instruction given is unique and allows every individual to explore parts of their creativity and express themselves in ways they didn't know they could, or hadn't done. Instructions differ from extreme life threatening or dangerous, to harmless or pointless which adds to this.
John Baldessari, an American conceptional artist
John Baldessari was an American conceptual artist known for his work featuring found photography and manipulated images. He lived and worked in Santa Monica and Venice, California. Initially a painter, Baldessari began to incorporate texts and photography into his canvases in the mid-1960s. Baldessari's artwork has evolved over time, in the late 1960s Baldessari started to use words instead of painting as a compositional element to a painting, he believed that words could not substitute for images but are equal to them, 'you can build words just like you build images'. In this image, the inspector is drawn to the center of the image, at the end of the road, this may be because of the leading lines however there is a lot crowded in the image, on the sides of the image, such as the palm trees and cars, However the image is a portrait photo of someone facing away in landscape. This makes this image particularly interesting.
A lot of Baldessari's examines the plastic nature of artistic media while offering commentary on our contemporary culture, one way he does this is by appropriating photographs, one of the most famous ways he does this is by using colours which he would paint over subjects faces or other important parts of an image, this made his work stand out as he combatted the standard idea of a portrait, by adding art to it and breaking the mold which separated art and photography.
A lot of Baldessari's examines the plastic nature of artistic media while offering commentary on our contemporary culture, one way he does this is by appropriating photographs, one of the most famous ways he does this is by using colours which he would paint over subjects faces or other important parts of an image, this made his work stand out as he combatted the standard idea of a portrait, by adding art to it and breaking the mold which separated art and photography.
We were tasked with an assignment originally given to Baldessari's students, I chose assignment 8, where one person copies or makes-up random captions. Another person takes photos and matches the photos to captions. I chose to take photos in the theme of document change, decay, metamorphosis, changes occurring in time. Photograph same thing at various times during the day.
When taking these photos, I had to keep the theme of document change, decay, metamorphosis, changes occurring in time. I chose to focus on decay and document change for the majority of my photos. I searched around the school for anything which stood out to me as broken, or an example of growth and change, for example mushrooms which haven't fully grown yet are in the process.
Class Instructions
Erwin Wurm, a Vienna-based sculpture
Erwin Wurm, an Austrian sculpture who has a history of making unusual sculptures of many forms. Wurm is known for his humorous approach to formalism, although the images are slightly humorous, they extend or manipulate reality in ways that can be disturbing, for example the "fat car".
Since the late 1980s, he has developed an ongoing series of "one minute sculptures", in which he poses himself or other subjects using random objects and materials at hand to make the portraits more interesting, by balancing or placing them on the subject in a manner of creative ways. He seeks to use "the shortest path" I was tasked with taking photos inspired by his artwork. In these photos, I found random objects around the school and added them into my photos, I positioned them in the frames to incorporate them into the seemingly normal photos of the subject, to make them seem unusual, for example in the top right photo, the subject's face is replaced by a musical instrument which resembles a face, I did this by positioning it in the frame strategically, I also used the environment to make the shoes or other parts of the subject class with the environment, for example the bottom right photo. |