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Songs of the Day
“Head Like a Hole” by Nine Inch Nails from the 1989 album Pretty Hate Machine
“Sledgehammer” By Peter Gabriel from 1986 album So.
“I Wanna Dance with Somebody” by Whitney Houston from 1987 album Whitney
Songs of the Day
“Head Like a Hole” by Nine Inch Nails from the 1989 album Pretty Hate Machine
“Sledgehammer” By Peter Gabriel from 1986 album So.
“I Wanna Dance with Somebody” by Whitney Houston from 1987 album Whitney
SPOILER ALERT
THERE WILL BE A QUIZ AT THE END OF CLASS TODAY. I HAVE ALLOTED 25 MINUTES FOR THIS QUIZ.
Important Dates
Traci Quinn quinn2@email.arizona.edu Office: Harvill 126 C Office hours: Tuesday 11:30 am – 12:30 pm Mailbox: Art Building, first floor hallway (across from elevator)
Exhibition Review 1 – October 1st
Midterm Exam – October 22nd Exhibition Review 2 – November 7th Art and Discipline Paper – November 26th Final Exam / Project – December 19th
Thanksgiving BREAK – November 28th
EMAIL POLICY
First, seek answers to your ques:ons on D2L (the syllabus, course schedule, news feed, assignment descrip:ons, or lecture slides). If your email message concerns a unique issue, you will receive a response. For guaranteed answers to all of your ques:ons, come to office hours or talk to the instructor before or aKer class.
GRADING POLICY
No incompletes will be given. The School of Art follows the University of Arizona grading system: A (90-‐100%) =Excellent: Meets all requirements at a visibly outstanding level. B (80-‐89%) = Good: Meets all requirements at an above average level. C (70-‐79%) = Average: Meets all requirements on a sa:sfactory level. D (60-‐69%) = Below Average: All requirements were not met, performs below average. E (0-‐59%) = Failure: Requirements not met or are inadequately answered. I have a 2 week turn-‐around period for graded assignments. *** extra credit opportuni;es***
!!CONTENT ADVISORY!!
We don’t intend to offend, but contemporary art is often controversial. Some of the things we view and discuss in class might conflict with your personal, ethical, religious, or political values and beliefs. We will look at art that contains nudity, profanity, sexuality, and violence. If you are generally uncomfortable with this kind of subject matter, please seek advice about other classes that might be more enjoyable for you.
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What is Art?
Discussion
1) Introduce yourself to your neighbor(s).
2) Discuss an encounter / experience you have had with an artwork (yours or somebody else’s), an artist, an art museum? What were your thoughts, reactions, reflections in these situations?
3) Think of three words that you would use to describe / define art.
Definitions / Characteristics
“The expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power” – English Oxford Dictionary
Marina Abramovic, The Artist is Present, 2010
Definitions / Characteristics
“The conscious use of skill and creative imagination especially in the production of aesthetic objects; also : works so produced” – Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Fred Wilson, Mining the Museum, 1992 Maryland Historical Society
Definitions / Characteristics
14:15
According to this Video, Art is
• Created by somebody • Invokes a reaction in others • Expresses the artist’s feelings or emotions • Is a lived experience vs. simply copying or
mimicking something or somebody • Realistic looking and representational • Exists in the eye of the beholder • Something that affects the world or society
What is Art?
Gabriel Orozco, Black Kites, 1997
Everyone’s Definition is Different! One point of agreement: it is a human phenomenon Art is what a society or culture says it is – while it can individual perspectives / interpretations, NO ONE INDIVIDUAL DETERMINES THE DEFINITION.
Variations in art processes and media
Why do artists chose to work in a particular medium or artistic process?
What is different when you compare painting to sculpture to
installation?
How do different media or processes affect the viewer and the meaning of the piece?
Painting
Michelangelo da Caravaggio, Judith Beheading Holofernes, c. 1598
Sculpture
Michelangelo, David, 1496 Sayaka Kajita Ganz, Ocean Song, 2013
Photography
Carrie Mae Weems, From here I saw what happened and I cried, 1995 - 96
Video
Gillian Wearing, 10-16, 1997
Installation
Tadashi Kawamata, Chairs for Abu Dhabi, 2012
Found Objects / Mixed Media
Vik Muniz, Wasteland, 2010
Street Art
JR, 28 Millimeters Face2Face, 2010
Where can art be found?
In museums / galleries In public spaces In people’s homes On the Internet …the list could go on… How does the location of an artwork affect its
meaning?
What can art communicate?
What can art communicate?
What can art communicate?
What can art communicate?
What can art communicate?
Street Art
JR, 28 Millimeters Face2Face, 2010
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