John Baldessari's Artwork

Can I please just say that John B's voice has unbelievable lulling effect?! Once he started talking in his documentary I wanted to fall asleep. However, his pictures kept me interested. When I Google-ed his name I found many images that had not been seen in the video. I chose this piece because I thought I could decipher what he was trying to say. That isn't to say that I'm not completely off though! That's actually very likely. But here goes:

Yes, this image is a little promiscuous, I do realize that, but I think it has a deeper meaning that just love. 

The images of people look like they belong together, like he cut them apart (which is what I think he did), but just because they 'look' like they belong, do they actually? With as often as people get separated in marriages or relationships, does this piece express what is actually going on? I feel like its almost as if those two are making love, but they feel disconnected or even possibly imaging someone else while with their partner. 

I don't know why this piece captured my attention like it has, but I find it to be interesting.  

In Addition to...

We found some additional free time before starting a movie in class and while waiting I found another work that I liked for the definition of Appropriation. Here it is:

I thought it was neat since the face seems to be the face of Botticelli's Venus and the use of Van Gogh's  'Starry Night' is breath taking.

Appropriation in Art

My original idea was to find something with the Mona Lisa in it, or something including the painting of Adam and God's fingers touching, but I found that to be somewhat cliche. Instead, I to find an image that is 'borrowing' a cultural aspect and making the piece completely different.

Rather than having a model in only a bra and advertising for it, this photo-shoot decided to 'borrow' the Native American culture, and create a better marketing campaign.

The First of Many

Time to begin my blog for art once again.

While in one of my Technical Communications classes this morning, I was given the assignment to use a mask on an image and insert a person into the scene. Here is what I came up with... 

    

I added the little girl with the balloon in the bottom left corner. Okay, getting ready to start the first assignment for this class. Let's see where this goes.