o Painting & Sculpture

Painting
When I hear the word Painting, I think of brushes and water
color and oil and the Mona Lisa or the starry Night painting
by van Gogh. But in truth I typically seem to overlook the
significance of paintings. I love to paint, a talent Ive only
recently picked up in high school. Take the brush dip it in
paint and apply it to the canvas. It would seem that is all to
painting. But to an artist its so much more; to an artists
every last brush stroke is of great magnitude and every
stroke is thought out and planned. To the end result of the
painting which can affect a person so deeply.
Last weekend we visited Saint Louis Missouri and the growing art
community they have there. We walked into a gallery filled with such
beautiful paintings and carvings. One Piece was quite large, about 8 feet
tall and six feet wide. At first glance it looked to me as if someone just
painted a bunch of random things on a canvas. The artist walks up and
begins to describe the piece and the work that he had put into it. He
explained haw every part of the painting had a significant meaning to
him and his past experiences. He then goes on to tell us that being able
to paint or draw is great in all, but without meaning behind your work,
there is no purpose in it.
That is something I encountered that really inspired me and gave me a greater outlook of things.
Speaker Patricke Hammie (also my Drawing I instructor) introduced us to several artists that I
found very interesting:
Robert Longo- Men in
the cities (Graphite on
paper)
Zhang Xiangang 1958-
chinese artist.
Mark Bradford
Abstract
Ian Davenport
Sara Morris 1967
Jenny Saville 1970
Toyin Odutolo1985- Marker and ball point pen
Franz Ackerman
Julie Mehretu- pattenrs dynamic movements of color space and shape
Mickalene Thomas 1977
Ben Orasso 1979
Death and life-Damien Hurst stain glass using butterflies.
Cecily Brown 1969
Barnaby Furnas 1973- Banksy Exiated Giftshop
Borondo-Street artist who spray painted large pieces.
Kara walker-one of the artist whose work I find to be quite inspirational. She creates cut
out silhouettes of plantations, slaves and slave owners.
Kehinde Wiley- An African American artist who focused on utilizing young people in his
work and placing them in classic themes and poses.
Titus Kuphar-An African American Artist who who recreated historical images and gave
them new profound meanings.

Sculpture
Sculpting is the process of creating or representing something in a three dimensional form
usually by carving away or combing pieces.
Here are a few Sculptors we were introduced to:
Sarah Lucas- an artist whom I found quite interesting in her
way of displaying human sexuality through everyday objects.
Do Ho Suh-an Asian artist who created these beautiful
colorfully vibrant sculptures that focus on how viewers occupy public space.
Antony Gormley- sculptor who created figures of the body
using all sorts of geometric shapes.
Marc Quinn-created realistic representational sculptures of
the human body using stone, cement,
bronze,blood, gold, almost every type of
material he could utilize.
David Smith-Hudson river
landscape 1951
Tomas socaceno
Anish Kapoor- Created Cloud Gate the
sculpture Chicagoans refer to as the
bean
Peter Coffin-Spiral Stair
Mariele Neudecker- Created realistic
representations of landscapses such
as her piece Things can Change
Gabriel Dawe-creates vibrant illusions of light that resembles rainbows. Plexus
Anila Quayyum Agha-Intersection


o Additional Notes
Frederick Law Olmsted- Designed Central Park.
Steal Framework and Iron framework on a building causes it
to be lighter.
The Otis Brothers invented the elevator break which stopped
an elevator when or if it broke.
This idea combined with the steal
framework allows for the creation of
skyscrapers.
The Burj Khalifa in Dubai is the
tallest building in the world
The Home insurance building 1885 was the first skyscraper
and was demolished in 1931
Miles Van Der Rone- German architect who worked at the
baw house glass curtain.
Less is more God is in the details
Lazslo Maholy- Nagy photography, typography, printing, and painting.