One of the powers of art is that it is always developing. Art never stops moving and changing and gains from every single artist and from every single event that is happening.
The developments in computer technology, communications and imaging have had a huge impact on the arts. It has made it possible to take advantage of new equipment for new mediums. Things like photography have made art easier than in the past and we now have a different variety in colors that can make our photos stand out.
Another improvement has been the convenience of measured gradients of paints. In the old days the artist would have to make their own paints, processing all that would be time consuming and hard to reproduce. All in all made technology it possible to create master pieces without the most intense skills or experiences.
The first artist I choose is one that totally called my attention immediately. Sandy Skoglund, born in Quincy Massachusetts, ( 11.September 1946) american photographer and installation artist. She creates surrealist images by building elaborate sets or tableaux, furnishing them with carefully selected colored furniture and other objects, completes them with actors and finally photographs the set. Those pieces can take as long as a month or longer. One of her most-known photographs, entitled Radioactive Cats, features green-painted clay cats running amok in a gray kitchen.
Date: 1980
Germs are everywhere
1984
Revenge of the goldfish
1981
My second artist is the british sculptor Stephen Taylor Woodrow who became popular with his “living paintings” exhibition. The paintings are part performance art, part trompe-l’oeil, part some kind of delayed-release Wildean dandyism. He always plays a part in his own installation paintings. He seems to stand freely inside the frames, covered in solid, monochrome paint from head to toe, moving slowly and through various poses of nineteenth-century official portraiture.
going bye bye
1992
the living paintings
1988
reportage
1988
All these paintings from those two artists fit in the technology revolution theme I picked for my visual exhibit because they both used the new advantages trough the new equipment and mediums, if its 3D visual or the use of photography and computer technology.
I picked those two artist because I think it is amazing to first get the idea to do works like that and how different every artist uses the new advantages as an addition to their own style.
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jadolena said:
I really enjoyed the artists and the paintings you selected. You did a good job of providing a short summary about each artist and each work, and stating how everything pertained to the technology revolution. I liked how Woodrow was actually part of his creations, and also how Skoglund incorporated actors into her creations. I know you talked a little about it towards the end of your blog, but I would have liked to read a little more about why each of these paintings appealed to you. Overall, I think you did a good job and I enjoyed your virtual exhibit.
ltbailey007 said:
I love the works of art that you chose. They are truly reflective of the art styles. The two artists you chose were so incorporated into their works, that it is hard to to become part of them as well. The living paintings by Woodrow remind me of Star Wars when Han Solo is frozen in carbonite. I don’t think this is what the artist wanted to convey, but it is what I think of. I enjoyed your exhibit.