Tuesday
portrait project
March-April 2008
Pop Art
After School arts academy
During the six weeks (six classes) this after school class explored the exciting world of Pop art through discussion, observation and hands on activities. Students were introduced to a variety of artist such as Andy Warhol, Claus Oldenburg, Jasper Johns, Peter Max, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein and Wayne Thiebaud (to name a few). After School arts academy
Andy Warhol,
Campbell Soup, 1964
Campbell Soup, 1964
March-April 2008
Japonism
or Japonisme, the original French term, which is also used in English, is a term for the influence of the art of Japan on those of the West. The word was first used by Jules Claretie in his book L'Art Francais en 1872 published in that year.Works arising from the direct transfer of principles of Japanese art on Western, especially by French artists, are called japonesque.
Artists who were influenced by Japanese art include Manet, Pierre Bonnard, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Mary Cassatt, Degas, Renoir, James McNeill Whistle (Rose and silver: La princesse du pays de porcelaine, 1863-64), Monet, Vincent van Gogh (left Portrait of Pere Tanguy example of ukiyo-e influence in Western art) Camille Pissarro, Paul Gaugin, and Klimt. Some artists, such as Georges Ferdinand Bigot, even moved to Japan because of their fascination with Japanese art.
There were many characteristics of Japanese art that influenced these artists. In the Japonisme stage, they were more interested in the asymmetry and irregularity of Japanese art. Japanese art consisted of off centered arrangements with no perspective, light with no shadows and vibrant colors on plane surfaces. These elements were in direct contrast to Roman-Greco art and were embraced by 19th century artists, who believed they freed the Western artistic mentality from academic conventions.
Japonism also involved the adoption of Japanese elements or style across all the applied arts, from furniture, textiles, jewellery to graphic design.
or Japonisme, the original French term, which is also used in English, is a term for the influence of the art of Japan on those of the West. The word was first used by Jules Claretie in his book L'Art Francais en 1872 published in that year.Works arising from the direct transfer of principles of Japanese art on Western, especially by French artists, are called japonesque.
Artists who were influenced by Japanese art include Manet, Pierre Bonnard, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Mary Cassatt, Degas, Renoir, James McNeill Whistle (Rose and silver: La princesse du pays de porcelaine, 1863-64), Monet, Vincent van Gogh (left Portrait of Pere Tanguy example of ukiyo-e influence in Western art) Camille Pissarro, Paul Gaugin, and Klimt. Some artists, such as Georges Ferdinand Bigot, even moved to Japan because of their fascination with Japanese art.There were many characteristics of Japanese art that influenced these artists. In the Japonisme stage, they were more interested in the asymmetry and irregularity of Japanese art. Japanese art consisted of off centered arrangements with no perspective, light with no shadows and vibrant colors on plane surfaces. These elements were in direct contrast to Roman-Greco art and were embraced by 19th century artists, who believed they freed the Western artistic mentality from academic conventions.
Japonism also involved the adoption of Japanese elements or style across all the applied arts, from furniture, textiles, jewellery to graphic design.
March-April 2008
Landscapes and still-lifes
Using watercolors and chalk pastels
students created works of art based on nature.
Saturday
grade
January-February
Claes Oldenburg
"I make my work out of my everyday experiences, which I find as perplexing and extraordinary as can be. "
Corridor Pin, Blue, 1999,
by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen
In the mid-1960s Claes Oldenburg began to make drawings of monuments based on common objects, such as a clothespin or a pair of scissors, challenging the notion that public monuments must commemorate historical figures or events. The artist's selection of discredited or obsolete objects extends to those remembered from childhood. As a youngster he enjoyed playing in his father's office with a typewriter eraser. In the late 1960s and 1970s he used the eraser as a source for drawings, prints, sculpture, and even a never-realized monument for New York City.
"I make my work out of my everyday experiences, which I find as perplexing and extraordinary as can be. "
Corridor Pin, Blue, 1999,
by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen
In the mid-1960s Claes Oldenburg began to make drawings of monuments based on common objects, such as a clothespin or a pair of scissors, challenging the notion that public monuments must commemorate historical figures or events. The artist's selection of discredited or obsolete objects extends to those remembered from childhood. As a youngster he enjoyed playing in his father's office with a typewriter eraser. In the late 1960s and 1970s he used the eraser as a source for drawings, prints, sculpture, and even a never-realized monument for New York City.
November-Decmeber 2007
Surrealism OverviewSurrealism is a style in which fantastic visual imagery from the subconscious mind is used with no intention of making the artwork logically comprehensible.
Founded by Andre Breton in 1924, it was a primarily European movement which attracted many members of the chaotic Dada movement. It was similar in some respects to the late 19th-century Symbolist movement, but deeply influenced by the psychoanalytic work of Freud and Jung.
The Surrealist circle was made up of many of the great artists of the 20th century, including Jean Arp, Max Ernst, Giorgio de Chirico, Man Ray, Joan Miro, and Rene Magritte.
