Lecture

Today's lecture was a little bit better and a little bit worse. I liked her work, but I didn't understand what exactly it is that she does. Also it wasn't the easiest to listen to her talk. She didn't seem like she knew what she wanted to say for a lot of the lecture, so she kept losing me. I was very drawn to the rain art. I like the idea and her end result came out to be very beautiful. Also even though I hate spiders I love her idea of making art with the spider webs. And she even had spider webs she has collected with her! Which has been my main complaint about the lectures, that no one brings in their art to look at in person, but she did! I also feel like I would've really liked to have been there in person when she was doing the exhibit of the melting strawberries and frogs. I found the way she lived to be very different. She said she lived in the woods in a very small cabin. I could never ever be able to do that. Then she said she was moving again into an even smaller cabin. I was impressed by her sense of adventure. Overall she had interesting work...but it was just difficult listening to her at points.

The Anit- Portraitist

Marlene Dumas really intrigued me when I was reading about her work and what she does. Also her portrait of herself really pulled me in, because obviously it was her, but it wasn't a realistic portrayal. She also impressed me with the fact that she holds the record for a female of selling one of her pieces for 6.34 million ( LIVING female artist that is). Also I tend to gravitate towards artist who go against the grain, which Marlene definately does. Marlene wants to make the point that you can't read too much into a person's facial features. She states that when she looked at a painting of a murderer she was reminded of Jesus because it was painted with soft strokes. I also like how in her painting called "The Cover-Up" she confronts, and illustrates wonderfully, something that puts people in discomfort right away. Overall like I said before I'm drawn to fearless artist, who go against the grain, and get people growing. I highly recommend reading into her, or even just looking at her work. I'm sure you'll feel the same.

Our Shapes Project

I really enjoyed the shapes project we did in our class. It really helped me become more familiar
with adobe illustrator. Also it helped me be more abstract with my work. Here are the final results...

Third Tuesday Lecture

Todays lecture was a little bit better then the one from last week. I have to say though that the first one is going to be a hard one to beat entertainment wise. I feel like whoever schedules people to come in for the lectures went wrong when scheduling the three alumni guys to come back and talk. I mean I know they probably couldn't help it but it's apparent that we all keep wondering who will beat that lecture out. Anyways back to this weeks lecture. I really loved her work. I feel like she was the first older artist I have ever meet that I can really relate with her work. The work she has done is very beautiful and very unique. It amazes me how she could take a skull and make it such a beautiful thing to look at. I felt like asking her if I could buy some of her work right on the spot but I know I don't have the money for it at all right now haha. She also inspired me to decorate a room to make it look like she did. I loved her one piece with the gold flower wall paper with the gold flowers kind of falling out of the wall paper on the one side and the black lamps and black table just were really eye catching and well put together. Also I loved how she was influenced by music to make art...kind of because right now in 2d we are working on how music moves us to make all different kinds of marks. Overall I loved her work, but it's just the slide shows that kill me...I really wish when artist would come in they would bring the actual work if that would be at all possible. That's all for now!

Digital Currents

http://www.digitalcurrents.com/flash/currents.html
Digital Currents was a very frustrating site for me. I tried linking to a bunch of different artists and all of them wouldn't connect to that artist's page. I did get to connect with a couple of links. One of the links I got to was the No Place artist. It was kind of ironic because in class right not we're working on merging shapes and making all these shapes into a whole bunch of little designs in adobe illustrator. I find that to be a lot of fun, so I'm sure this artist had fun with his type of art. He would take images or different movie clips from the internet ( you tube, google searches, etc.) and he would combine them and make a piece of work that included all of those elements. It was somewhat inspiring for our shapes project in computer. I was also able to look at the time line sort of thing that was on the digital currents site. I appreciated that because it would be a very good source to study for an art history test, and we all know how insane those tests are, so any sort of help will help in that area. I also got to read on the Disseminet site. It was kind of intense reading the stories of being take away in a helicopter and being seperated from his/her parents and sisters, but once again I couldn't find any artwork on this site. I'm not sure if I'm missing something, but I thought there would be more artwork. I also got to visit the ECafe website...I liked this one a lot because for one it wasn't as confusing to figure out as the other websites and what the artist does was interesting. Her one installation includes a 30 minute dvd and an inviting couch to sit on and watch...I'd be down for that anytime =). Anyways I put the link up for the overall site...so maybe you'll have better luck with it then I did! That's all for now.

The Second Tuesday Lecture

This lecture as I expected was no where near as exciting as the past lecture. I found that as I looked around there were a lot of sleepy and sleeping freshman trying to get through the presentation. I thought that their work was very different and hard to understand. I was very compelled by the videos they had to show, but when they started to explain things I lost them, for one because the mic sounded very mumbled back where I was sitting, and for two they explained the theory of the video before they showed it which made it hard for me to understand. I really liked how their exhibits are surround sound and basically make you feel like you are there in the piece, acting as part of the piece. The last video they showed was very compelling to me. It had a lot of meaning behind it to me, but I don't think the meaning that I got from it was the meaning they were trying to get across. Finally I think that if it would have been possible at all, they could've set up a piece they did so we could see it live and in person. Actually think this would make for a very more exciting presentations for any artist we have visiting. That is my take on the Tuesday lecture.

The Shapes Project

After reading the information provided about the shapes project by Allan McCollum I was pretty much amazed. I can't begin to imagine how amazing all of the shapes together would look like. Even though I am amazed now by it I wasn't so sure of it before reading about it. In all honesty I thought it was kind of a boring concept...to make shapes for everyone?...I really didn't understand how he went about doing this or why...what was the point of it?...but it is all pretty clear to me now. The process of putting together all the parts is quite clever. I also like how he made sure to be able to have it be continued after he is passed away. I also like how he has some of them set aside not just for the soul purpose of it being a shape, but to be used in many different ways. Overall I'm impressed by his project he has going and I'll be sure to keep track of it now that I know of it.

Lecture From Tuesday

I really liked the lecture on this past Tuesday. I wasn't sure what to think at first when I saw a guy dressed up in a bear outfit jumping around in the front of the hall, but I soon became interested in what they had to say. I really liked how they were students that graduated from the same art school that I am attending. I kind of reassured and encouraged my classmates and I that we all could be them someday, coming back to lecture a group of freshman. It was really impressive to see the art space that they have created over the years, and especially because they were still so young and such newly graduated students. I would kill to have a place like that to work in. I'm kind of upset I never went to the advent they were holding on Saturday night, so hopefully I will be able to get to the next one. Overall I was impressed an very intrigued at what they have going on for themselves.

Intro To Me!

Hello...my name is Gina Fisichella and this is my first blog. I'm 18 years old and I love where I'm at in my life right now. I'm excited to experience a whole bunch of new things now that I'm going to college in the city. I'm originally from new york city but I'm technically from a little town in Pennsylvania, because we moved there when I was about 11 or 12. I'm also into all types of arts. From the performing arts to visual arts. I've been dancing since I was three years old and I miss it already now that I've stopped because of college. The artist that I'm really into at this point is Andy Warhol, but basically I like any type of art that is graphic. I also live off of starbucks coffee. Half the time I'm not sure what people did before starbucks was around. That is all for now. =)