Art and Identity: (MOMA trip) The Museum of Modern Art

Our class went on a field trip to the (MOMA), The Museum of Modern Art here in New York City, it was very nice. While there, I realized that something inside of me that was being rekindled to things of beauty that was once forgotten because my life had become so "busy" I had forgot about art. 

One of the first things that I saw at the museum was an item that i am very familiar with and remember using it as a kid. It was Jeff Koons "Vacuum Cleaners" the concept in my mind made me want to laugh that "this double decked" set of vacuum cleaners could be art. How could this be I use to use this item to clean out our garage and the car. But as I stood there for awhile and imagined what he want to portray in the message about this piece of art.

As I researched more about this piece that Jeff Koons did, he refers to the vacuum pieces of art as "Ready made" and Jeff Koons said, he thought his works of art were "arty and simple pieces of work" like Marcel Duchamp described in 1915 this items are object to be everyday objects to be mass produced and to be considered as art.                                                        
Overall, I believe that the message the artist is trying to display is that this piece of artwork embodies a part of time, a part of our past, and to remember that is important.

As I continued the self tour with my classmates we discussed some pieces of art. Other pieces we chuckled at without understanding and some left me puzzled. For example, this piece of artwork by Gilbert and George. It is called "Live's". I personally found this to be disturbing. The reasons why I found it to be so disturbing is because of the way they use the people and in the painting there heads are seemingly chopped off. Also some of there backs are facing away as if to give off the message that they are not important and that perhaps society is using the majority of laborers and the men in suits don't care about the whole. I know that this is just a way of expression art. As I researched about Gilbert and George, I found out they were among the first artist that created this alternative view to the "traditional painting and sculptures" and they portrayed themselves into the works of art and therefore it changed the art and became a "living sculpture" and by doing so they did poke fun at "proper behavior in society and they refers to it as a sense of "drunkenness, sexuality, and other functions. I still find it awaking to what is the harsh reality is that even as a laborers we have no control over the outcome. the times haven't changed much since the late 1980 to now. the similarities are things cost money and we as laborers will work hard for that money via a job and the big companies do take advantage of the workers based on there needs and wants to survive.

This last work of art that I would like to talk about is Pablo Picasso he was a Spanish artist. This painting was from the 1930's it was at the MOMA on loan from the Guggenheim Museum. it is called "Seated Bather". Most people would agree that Picasso and his art was some what distorted art. He would take images of people and disfigure them. However to me these "works of art" are priceless paintings and wake up a sense in me that make me want to reach out and touch the painting. Of course while standing in front of the painting I was warn "not to", still I wanted to touch it and feel the lines. However his paintings make me have that child like sense of "getty and joy." I feel so overcome by how he illustrates the lines and movements in his work of art. I truly appreciate the way he can make a painting almost seem like 3-D. In this painting you can clearly see a women in the bathtub, the water to her neckline and the display of her body, breast, face, and long hair. In this time in history women's bodies would be painted as a sign of endearment and I believe that the body "was considered a sense of beauty and used in canvases to show that women can be beautiful in all shapes and sizes."

In conclusion, I find that these three works of art from the early nineteen hundreds to even now, capture the true meaning of embodiment. All three artist have captured different styles and different artistic movements. Take for example the painting by Gilbert and George, this piece of art work would be consider as an "individual identity" they used there own image into the painting to change the way we see the art itself and to reflex how the society portrays humans as a whole. I truly believe that the Picasso embodies the "cultural identity" because of how we view the body. Americans tend to "cover the body" and in some cultures they see the body not as a perversion but an image from god so some cultures don't cover the private parts or wear clothing. Lastly Jeff Koons embodies the "historical identity" because with his "Ready Made art" it gives it that historical view and how even 20 years ago we even use different kinds of machinery and that how technology is pushing us forward in a very fast pace. Hope you enjoy my "Art and Identity" description. I know that by experiencing new things in Art, it will help me to understand the world a little better. Comment and Enjoy..... Your classmate, Veronica

Information on the Artwork:
Artist: Jeff Koons
Name:"New Shelton Wet Dry Doubledecker"
Medium: Vacuum cleaners, plexiglass, and fluorescent lights
Year: 1981

Artist: Gilbert and GeorgeName: "Live's"
Medium: Black and white photographs, hand-colored with ink and dyes, and aluminum foil, mounted and framed.
Year: 1984

Artist: Pablo Picasso 
Name: " Seated Bather"
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: early 1930

"Narrative Digital Collage"

I did this picture because I love to go to flushing meadow park with my children.  All the times we see people walking there animals and there are events there.  I live near that bridge and I always hear the planes fly in over the bay and all the baseball fans heading to Shea stadium.  One thing I like the most is when they turn on the water at the globe it feels so nice to sit down and watch my children play and skateboard with there friends at the park.  Summer is great here in New York.

my creative art how I see beauty

In my spare time I love to get creative with my drawing app. On my Samsung 2 tablet I will upload some of my art from time to time hope you enjoy

Good Art Bad Art ( Assignment #1 )

Veronica Cajamarca
HUA 101.2644
Ari Richter

Good Art Bad Art

To me Art is in the eye of the beholder. I believe that art can be absolutely anything you want it to be. However, the best way to judge if art is "good" or "bad" is by the reaction and emotion that it invokes from the viewer. The stronger the response, the stronger the "work of art is." All we have is our own opinions to base art on. It doesn't matter if something is considered great works of art, peoples choice of preference determines if "Art" is a classic or if it unappealing to there taste. However to me and it doesn't matter what others think, I base art on a the truth of what you can feel or see in the art based on the concept. For example, I have been to the Chicago Art Museum. I know that I truly enjoy such greats Art like Monet, Georgia O'Keeffe, Georges Surat, Vincent Van Gogh, Pirre Renoir, also the likes of Donatello who made the statute of "David". To me these are priceless works of art.

To have a conception or a notion that art could be "bad art" I would only refer to my arts of drawings as perhaps "bad." When it comes to drawing something, I can only get out a picture of someone being a stick figure. whether it is a horse or a human it seems to come out round or in an image of a stick figure. On the other hand someone like Michelangelo can paint The Last Judgement on the Sistine Chapel. Bad art is only "bad" when you don't feel anything for what the artist is trying to portray. Bad art is when the viewer is a critic of not understanding the design. Bad art could be when the peace of "art" has no sense of character in it.

However, I recently discovered that there is a museum dedicate to "bad art".
located at this link: www.museumofbadart.org
I would love to go and see what is considered bad art at this museum. If "bad art" is being coveted in a museum then to me there can't be in anyway true pieces of art that is "BAD".You get to determine what is good and bad art through you own opinion but it's completely subjective. You can try to trust 'authorities' to make these judgements for you, but it's much more fun to make them yourself. I also would love nothing more than to be able to visit the Louvre Museum in Paris, France I would be in heaven if I got to visit all the works of art there that would be true fun.

But overall, there has to be some objectivity to judging art. For example, I could think that statutes of "naked people" are grotesque and very "bad" pieces of art. So maybe the words good and bad are inadequate because they are subjectivity and relativity. The truth is relative means "the truth is in relation to someone else's truth" as it was established to judge the artwork. If we say a "work of art is bad" then we are relating it to "other pieces of art" that was already considered to be bad and vise verse for good art.

It is based all subjectivity on one's opinion. Good or bad, ART is ART period.

"Sunday on the Pot With George" from the Museum of Bad Art. This pointillist piece is curious for meticulous attention to fine detail such as the stitching around the edge, of the towel, in contrast to the almost careless disregard for the subject's feet.

                           

Edvard Munch’s iconic "The Scream" from the Museum of Modern Art. It's among the most celebrated and recognized images in art history and on display to be seen right now at the museum.

So which of these pieces of art is "labeled" Good Art or Bad Art. you decide and comment. thanks your classmate, Veronica 

first assignment "create a title"

Veronica's outlook into the world of art (title)