Use of Light in Sculptures

Stewart's text describes using light (in the form of projection and containment) as a great way to convey aesthetic meaning in artwork. I found a recent example of this on display at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. This past Friday and Saturday, they held a neon and illuminated light exhibit. What's really interesting is they have no other lights on at the exhibit - all of the art is lit by its own lighting, which can create dramatic shadows and saturation. It's very cool! Might be neat to combine it with a rave haha. Anyways, take a look at the article and you can find out more about this exhibit!

Earthworks

It's not very common to see art literally made in the earth and of the earth. I think this spiral jetty in thr Great Salt Lake is so cool! I actually had no idea it existed and I really want to see it now lol. It would be neat if we could do some earthwork around our area. Anyone down to go draw in the nuclear waste? Haha jk. But it would be cool to maybe do something on campus like this.

Postmodern Visual Strategies

I suppose you could say that I am a fan of postmodern art because I really like some of the postmodern visual strategies. Appropriation and recontextualization are very appealing to me because they are most often used to express irony, which can be an effective form of propaganda that we saw in several of our posters last month. One of the most common examples I can think of today for appropriation is the re-use of the Uncle Sam "I want YOU" poster that has been used for various other campaigns and internet sites.













The explosion of memes in the last year is another example of appropriation. Even though some may seem stupid, they become a symbol to people across the country and get re-used with the creation of new ideas. Here is one of my favorites from last year, McKayla Maroney is unimpressed face.

Reorganization and Conceptual Variation with Digital Art

Stewart's text describes the process of reorganization and conceptual variations during the design process. I have encountered this numerous times while working on my projects, mostly because I head one way with my idea and then decide I should move the visual objects around to create a different layout. I find that this is very easy to do with digital art just because it's so simple to move a text box or image to try out a new design. And I can even save as so that my original is still there if I want to revert back to it. However, with paintings and sculptures this would be much more difficult. I wonder if sculptors get more frustrated than digital artists just because of this fact... Food for thought...