Artist #3

Nam June Paik
Electronic Moon 2


     This piece was rather good. I love the music Claire de lune, puts me at ease I use to listen to it often. Great music for just looking into the sky or an electronic moon. The thing I didn't like about this piece was that it took way too long to get started with the introductions. But when it actually got to the artwork or the moon itself it was the wonderful. The moon would change shapes and colors and the music was just spot on. Really makes you think you really aren't that big. It reminded me just how feeble we as humans really are compared to the bigger things in life.

Artist #2

Jeffery Shaw
"The Golden Calf"

      My next artist piece review is on Jeffery Shaw's "The Golden Calf". The golden calf itself is a religious figure it was created as an idol to satisfy the Israelites during Moses' absence. The golden bull was meant to be a representation of the God of Israel. This of course being a sin is also known as the sin of the calf.

      This piece gave me new insight on how art can actually be viewed this piece is more of an interactive artwork. Throughout the two museums we have been to in the first two sections we've known one thing.                 DON'T TOUCH THE ARTWORK!!! That being said this piece is different so different in fact in order to even view the art piece you must interact.Watch the video to see what I mean.

Now that you've seen the video you might say "wow that was cool" or "what the heck was that about?!?".
If you second the later response what was actually going on in the video is people are going in to a room a section of an art gallery if you will and they see a screen attached to a rope that is attached to the pedestal that the screen was rested on. Each viewer picks it up and sees an image of something weird. So they back up to get a closer look and soon to realize that it is a bull a golden bull. What's cool is that no matter what viewer does as along as the screen is pointed at the pedestal they will see an accurate representation of the bull. If the viewer was looking at the pedestal from below, they would see the calf right above them.
     The odd thing from this position is that everything is now exposed. The teats, udders, and hoves. Which leads me to this question. Is it even a calf anymore at that point or is it a fully grown cow?

Artist #1

Bill Viola
The Lovers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfnqQmmttxE&feature=related

     This video is actually beautiful. Once I gave it a chance and more thought and consideration than the ol' "It's just people getting wet with water". I found deeper meaning within the video. This actually isn't the whole video piece but more of a segment form it. I chose to show this because it spoke the most to me at least. This segment is called "The Lovers" at first watch you see a couple or just a man and a woman standing. Then water comes onto the shot you immediately see the couple reach out for each other. To me this video shows the strength of the couple and even their struggle. The water could be a metaphor for just life and all of it's struggle. It's really powerful that after all the water all the pain/struggling that they are enduring at that moment you see them disappear in the water only to come out of the water kissing each other looking stronger than they looked before they were even wet.
  

EXAM

So I think did rather well this time around for our group meetings. can't wait til monday to see what's happenin!!

me

So my mom gave me the great idea og using my movies as my collage. She said to me "where would you be without your movie collection" it got me thinking where would I be without my movie collection, so much of what I do in my daily life from how I act to how I dress comes from me and my movies. So I decided to use my movies as my collage. Keep in mind this is only 10-15% of my collection.

LACMA LACMA LACMA LACMA LACMA LACMA LACMA LACMA

OMG!
So I though Glenn was just exaggerating when he said the LACMA was big, but apparently he wasn't. Everything about the LACMA was big, even the elevator was big. This obviously was my first visit to the LACMA so I was prepared to soak in the experience. I think I chose an artwork from every section but if not ill be putting in extras from pieces I really liked anyways.

 Me at the Entrance, I hope those bulbs are energy efficient

 The Kentuckian was the first picture I saw that literally grab me and pulled me towards it. I couldn't help my self I love the colors and all that is going on with this picture.

 This piece reminds me of when I was a kid and my mom would let me watch 101 Dalmatians (animated, when roger and anita get married)

 It really didn't register in my head til later that was actually a mummy with that casket. It was crazy and a very surreal experience to know that that was actually around me

 This piece was ok but what reallly gave it notice to me was the title of the painting.

 When we were talking about prettier davids and I said that the giant's head wasn't to scale to a giant but glenn said goliath was just a really big abnormal human on one of the davids we were viewing, This is what I had in mind.

 I love this piece the detail the history. Just everything about it.

 Story of my life.

 I don't see how this is considered art. Looks like something I can buy at Ikea.

 now this is art. Giant billiards balls.

 I like this piece it looks like an everyman. Goofy smile dosen't know what's going on, an everyman.

 I just took an escalator higher than the one at disneyland. OMG scary!!!!!

 GOOD STUFF I love corn flakes. but with sugar but that would make it Frosted Flakes. Right?

 Looks like a Teddybear actually. But Charlie Manson would say DEATH!!!!

 Now if I only knew how to read dance steps.....:(

 This guy had really cool art but It was always repetitive one piece would always be in the piece next to it. Like I swear I saw the Incredible Hulk in all of his art works.

 I was blown by how they kept the ballon inflated with the chain link fence going through it. I suspected cement but wasn't able to prove due to the fact I can't touch anything.

 I hate tomato soup

I love this piece makes me think that no matter what you do nothing will ever be perfect. So just try as hard as you can and be happy with the results.

James Luna, artist piece

      To save time and get straight to the point I'm going to skip the biography on James Luna and get to the most important aspect of the night. HIS ART WORK! 

      

      To be honest when I first was his work I totally type casted him I said "Oh here comes another person who thinks everyone mocks his culture and thinks stuff that just isn't so." but I was totally wrong. James Luna's work is totally different from what I thought. His work ventures not only into stereotypical fashions but also into political parts. His art is about what and how he think people perceive his culture, with him being an American Indian I can see where his inspiration comes from. His work also depicts problems within his own race such as substance abuse, sexuality among other things.

      Here are a few examples of his work and why I actually chose to show these.

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 Half Indian/Half Mexican
This piece is really cool and really true. If you cover half of the face of James he does look Mexican and on the other half he does look Indian. I thought this was funny because I remember watching a Jamie Foxxx comedy special a while back and he mentioned that there were actually Mexicans playing Indians during a Thanksgiving Day Parade going as far as to say one of the Indians were Jennifer Lopez.

 Ancient Artifact
In this piece I saw it as just true and a little sad. James Luna is playing.......welll himself. An Indian. I would go as far as to say Indians are an endangered species or anything but They are pretty rare to see around. I think within my life time i've only known 1 Indian and he was half Indian and Mexican.

Air  Jordans?
I don't know the name of this piece or anything about it but to be honest I really like this piece it's so powerful you can come up with your own assumptions and probably get it right. To me this says what we as civilians see Indians who live on reservations to wear shoes like this. This piece also had me wondering is there any Indian NBA players. So that also can be a reason this piece was made. Maybe Glenn will know.


High Tech Peace Pipe

To my understanding this piece is about asking the greater powers to not use political power to decide grudge matches or wars but use peacefully matters like talk it over and stuff.

The (red) phone represents the phone US and Moscow would use to communicate during the Cold War and the peace pipe is used as the talking piece to give you the feeling of no political talking is necessary only thing that is is that we bond as brothers.

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All in all I like his work and totally misjudged him.