Philosophical Aesthetics Notes.

Aesthetics – 18th cent. was first used in philosophical terminology, and became one of the fundamental branches of philosophy.How it looks, how it connects with the idea.
Art -Express yourself and ideas, connect with something and someone, brings new thoughts, provokes reaction or feelings, addressing new subjects, respond to current issues, bring people together.
To know what [...]

Some examples of wet media…
Robert Rauschenberg uses screen printing as well as paint, couple of examples below.

Andy Warhol also uses screenprints…
Tracey Emin uses more monoprints in her work like the image below. She also uses fabric in her work and often uses thread as a drawing material.

Luc Tuymans creates a soft eerie look with washes [...]

Historical Artists

Auguste Rodin (born François-Auguste-René Rodin in 1840 and died 1917)
French sculptor.
The Kiss was originally called Francesca da Rimini.
In marble in the Rodin Museum in Paris.
Few smaller versions in bronze were commissioned around 1898

Barbara Hepworth, 1903 – 1975. Christened Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth.
British sculptor
Works with a range of material, from bronze to marble to wood.
Above [...]

Annette Messager

This is the work Jenny suggested I should look at on Friday. I really like all the different materials she uses in her work and how she displays them too. I’ve kinda got my heart set on doing collages and presenting them in layers, it’ll be interesting to try out the techniques she [...]

Celebrity

My conceptual art work is going a bit better than the protection work, I thought it would have been the other way around but anyway… I’ve been focusing on how a celebrity wants the fame and fortune as well as their privacy but can’t really have both. They’re constantly in the spotlight and in newspapers/magazines [...]

Protection

For the Protection project I have been thinking about a parents protection, how the relationship is quite fragile but can be overpowering. I want to have a soft material in a shape that’s guarding something small and precious(like Christine Borland’s piece above). I’ve tried a maquette, using calico with delicate wire. I would [...]

Cubism

George Braque
Originally uploaded by clairereilly87

Cubism is the movement i’ve been given to research and present! I wasn’t overly happy but at least I already know a bit about it, unlike some others that people got. I think the more I research it, the more i’ll enjoy the work. I like this piece because [...]

Kurt Schwitters

 

Kurt Schwitters
Originally uploaded by clairereilly87

I’m really interested in these collages. How they’re put together is beautiful, the colours and various textures work so well together.
I hated doing collage pieces in prep and btec but they were from still life and soo boring! I would like to try these kind of collages but having a more [...]

Louise Bourgeois

How unusual is this pieice, I didn’t realise untill later that it was real bones the clothes are hanging on… I like the simplicity of it, especially the idea of the clothes hanging from the bone, as if the garments were still being worn.

Eva Hesse

Eva Hesse is one of the most influential artists for me. I love the connection between the drawings and her sculptures, they are so minimal but really effective and inspiring