Tuesday, November 29, 2016
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
Sunday, November 6, 2016
Visiting Artist: Ann Millet-Gallant
Ann Millet-Gallant came to the school to talk about her book, The Disabled Body in Contemporary Art.
In the lecture, she went over how disabilities are an aspect of human diversity and social identity. It really questions social norms and how we perceive what "normal" is. She used a various of artists as examples, such as Mary Duffy, Frida Kahlo, Sandie Yi, Saartie Baartman, Marc Quinn, and more. She explained the different disabilities, such as deformity, dwarfism, and gigantism, and how it can be used to empower people (such as Sandie Yi's "Armed and Beautiful" which has her control how her audience is looking at her; how they're looking at her on her terms).
Overall, this lecture was going over the diversity of disabilities as well as bring awareness to them.
In the lecture, she went over how disabilities are an aspect of human diversity and social identity. It really questions social norms and how we perceive what "normal" is. She used a various of artists as examples, such as Mary Duffy, Frida Kahlo, Sandie Yi, Saartie Baartman, Marc Quinn, and more. She explained the different disabilities, such as deformity, dwarfism, and gigantism, and how it can be used to empower people (such as Sandie Yi's "Armed and Beautiful" which has her control how her audience is looking at her; how they're looking at her on her terms).
Overall, this lecture was going over the diversity of disabilities as well as bring awareness to them.
Visiting Artist: John Harlan Norris
In John Harlan Norris's artist lecture, it revolved on the progression of the meaning behind his work. He goes to explain about his influences in his childhood: Star Wars, music albums, pop culture (or as much as you can get in rural Kentucky). During his undergraduate year, he discovered how much he enjoyed traditional painting, but he also was interested in pop culture (and how disposable it was).
Before progressing to graduate school, he went to Brooklyn, NY. He discovered that he works a lot better in remote places as it helps with his creativity.
In graduate school, the items in his still life became more animated. He began to assemble these objects into more humanoid shapes. He also did his thesis connecting paintings and sound together (connection to music albums).
During the years 2009-11, he did more portraitures. But... the paintings made too much sense for his liking. So he removed the environment, he removed what pinpointed things into reality, he deconstructed the scene a bit more. He's still uncertain about the meaning, but it connected with him. And he was interested in the uniformity in his pieces, but also how the details were different (even arranged some of his paintings in a grid format to support the idea of unity).
Before progressing to graduate school, he went to Brooklyn, NY. He discovered that he works a lot better in remote places as it helps with his creativity.
In graduate school, the items in his still life became more animated. He began to assemble these objects into more humanoid shapes. He also did his thesis connecting paintings and sound together (connection to music albums).
During the years 2009-11, he did more portraitures. But... the paintings made too much sense for his liking. So he removed the environment, he removed what pinpointed things into reality, he deconstructed the scene a bit more. He's still uncertain about the meaning, but it connected with him. And he was interested in the uniformity in his pieces, but also how the details were different (even arranged some of his paintings in a grid format to support the idea of unity).
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
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