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John Baldessari, Heel, 1986, black-and-white photographs w/ oil tint, oil stick, and acrylic
-looked through dumpster to find interesting positioned photos
-not social or activist meaning
-wants us to look at things and adjust to things that seem different but come together
-some continuity
-heels and a couple of dogs
-going to look at face first w/ dot – covered up facial features –drawing attention to that area
-color = meaning
-e.g. red dot – dangerous
-yellow –someone who was not quite in between but not quite strong
-no specific meaning to artwork
-congruity of images |
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Bruce Nauman, Self Portrait as a Fountain, 1966-67
-using own body
-one of ten photographs
-reminds us of ‘the fountain’
-original function cut off from it |
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Wilson, Mining the Museum, “Metalwork 1723-1880”, 1992
-shackles in middle that slaves would have worn
-only show rare, expensive items but disregard some of these other things |
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Beuys, How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare, 1965
-covered face in honey and gold leaf
-when he was a child- interested in animals and nature
-incorporates this into work
-hare =reoccurring motif
-individual who can communicate with world of spirits
-hare =sleek and fast
-gold leaf to make him seem less worldly
-supernatural power
-near-death experiences
-could resemble gold masks from Egypt
-breaks up real world from this kind of mystical world |
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Guerrilla Girls, 1988
The advantages of being a woman artist
-Working w/o the pressure of success
-not having to be in shows w/ men
-having an escape from the art world in your 4free-lance jobs
-knowing your career might pick up after you’re eighty
-being reassured that whatever kind of art you make it will be labeled feminine
-not being stuck in a tenured teaching position
-seeing your ideas live on in the work of others
-having the opportunity to choose between career and motherhood
-not having to choke on those big cigars or paint in Italian suits
-having more time to work when you r mate dumps you for someone younger
-being included in revised versions of art history
-not having to undergo the embarrassment of being called a genius
-getting your picture in the art magazines wearing a gorilla suit
-shielded identity w/ masks
-few female artists
“Do women have to be naked to get into the Met. Museum? “
-Less than 5% of the artists in the Modern Art section s are women, but 85% of the nudes are female
-intentionally supposed to throw you off w/ guerrilla masks
-trying to make a statement
When Racism & Sexism are no longer fashionable, What will your art be worth? |
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Judy Chicago, The Dinner Party, 1974-79,
white tile floor inscribed in gold with 999 women’s names, triangular table w/ painted porcelain, sculpted porcelain plates, and needlework, each side 48’
-wanted to reference the last supper
-39 place settings
-celebration of women in Western Culture
-embroider runner
-wine glass and table wear
-plates look like vagina
-“thought that it was reducing women to biological component; flip us over and we’re all the same” –women critics
-iconic work of art
-draws a lot of attention b.c. of pornographic elements and controversy
-thought you had to be bold to draw attention to give women full credit |
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Ringgold, Who’s Afraid of Aunt Jemima? 1983, printed and pieced fabric
-referring to black women’s roles
-she’s right there in center
-parents are up above
-she starts catering bus.
-relationship of patterns
-very stunning
-quilt size
-very large and monumental |
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