Month: September 2017

 

The first piece in this post is the Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer by Gustav Klimt. The second piece is The Kiss.

Gustav Klimt was active during the late 19th century and early 20th century.  He was a prolific and important figure in the Vienna Secession movement. His major influence was Japanese art. This is apart in the flat scale in the image. His main subjects were women and landscapes. As an artist, he was unique in his use of gold in his paintings. He chose this material because his father was a goldsmith and this gave him a sentimental appreciation of the material. Not to mention it looks quite beautiful in artwork.

The portrait is my favorite work. It was commissioned by Adele’s husband in the early 20th century and is representative of Klimt’s golden phase. This work has survived much controversy and trading hands during world war two. It remains one of the highest priced paintings of all time. I like this work because it is representative of an artist expanding his medium to a really abstract material (Klimt working with gold). It is also a beautiful and intimate portrait. Klimt’s use of complimentary colors and interesting shapes such as eyes on the dress keep the viewers interest. I have been drawn to this piece for many years and I think it is because there is something unusually beautiful to it. It is almost like you can feel the tenderness of her personality through the painting. I connect heavily with this piece and believe it really is an amazing example of an artist realizing his vision in an incredible way.

  I tend to lean more towards fashion and beauty photography as this work is what most inspires me the most I work in both color and black and white, though I generally prefer color. I shoot digital and film, and while I enjoy the convience of digital I prefer the look of film. These images were shoot in Germany and Switzerland.

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I noticed in doing my time tracker that I do need to focus more time to photography and the process of developing/ printing film. I think this will make me a better photographer and artist overall. I also need to go to bed early. I feel it affects my mental state and diet overall.

Articles for Visual Studies Seminar

 

The articles we read for class cover the connection between the arts and business. More specifically the connection and similarities between an artist and an entrepreneur. The authors main points were that both have a lot to learn from each other. The artist, to collaborate for a greater success in a project, and the entrepreneur to not lose passion and focus more on the creative flow. This way their ideas will connect more on an emotional level with their customers and follow a more fluid approach.

I do believe personally that artists are entrepreneurs because they create their idea(product), improve their workflow (production), and market this to their customers or fans. I believe the artist follows a more spiritually and internally guided path more often though. They focus more on their vision rather than their customers normally.

I agree with the point that artists are not masters of the universe. I think as artists we follow a certain path that normally is lonely. We believe our vision is the correct one and it’s hard to let another person in to that vision. The problem with this though is that we are not perfect and we need other visions to balance ours out. Collaboration can only create a more fruitful product. I would add that artists are resourceful too. We draw heavily from the world around us and will incorporate other elements and art forms to create a better project.

In terms of my grit I am a pretty low scorer. Just 2 out of 5. I think my main problems is I lack direction and focus with my work. I am a very hard worker though so I feel like once I find this direction I will be successful. I could also go to office hours of teachers and stop going out on weekends to focus on homework.