Comparisons of Art
Introduction
Me and my artistic, photographer friend of Claire Doyle has decided to get into our normal tit for tat! We were thinking what's better Contemporary Art or Modern Art. So, me and Claire have got together 6 completely different art pieces and compared, analysed and try to understand what the artist wanted! And, what we feel it says to us. Then, we do a bottom line and comparison of what we think of it.
1) Balloon Dog 'Yellow' by Jeff Koons
Claire: Jeff Koon’s sculptures work on the idea of kitsch being glamorous and expensive.Koon’s sculptures could even be viewed as autobiographical, as he says “I think art takes you outside yourself, takes you past yourself,” he has said. “I believe that my journey has really been to remove my own anxiety.”
Eddie: I know a little about Jeff Koons with his huge sculptures. But, balloon dogs? Looking at it, may look childish to some. But, really looking at the image above shows us the childness and the creativeness within ourselves and beyond. I think he did balloon dogs because when we think of balloon dogs we think of the fact of our childhood of clowns. I think he wants to show us that the environment of 'play' can be explored in huge portions and not only just that of a child. I think he wants to challenge ourselves as well not only as artists but as people, challenge ourselves into developing new ways to see things that we already seen and can't be changed.
2) Mona Lisa by Leonardo DiVinci
Claire: Mona Lisa has been a figure of mystery for a very long time, her cheeky smile suspended in time leaves the audience questioning everything from her story to her relationship with the artist.Eddie: People say look at the Mona Lisa smile It's a famous work of Leonardo DiVinci but personally, I see the serenity, the peace, the hard ache, the ways of life. But, at the end of the day it's a painting and we see her sorrow and sadness through her eyes. True, it's completely different to that of Balloon dog, we are seeing her character, we are seeing her purpose and her meaning.
3) From a film called 'Cremaster' by Matthew Varney
Claire:: Mathew Barney was the creator of The Cremaster Cycle, made over a period of eight years (1994–2002). Cremaster 3 is made of film and photographs. The challenging piece depicts the journey of the sexual body. The durational films are often quite brutal and disturbing.Eddie: Me and Claire have completely different takes. I haven't seen the film. So, looking at the image I think of Star Trek! Like, I get the feeling of an alienated creature but at the same time it has a form of comfortability in it. Like, when looking at the creature there's something inside him, that makes me feel comfortable with it. But, taking the picture as a photography analyse I would say that the pink hair, represents the fashionable state of the world that it lives in, and the thing out of its mouth, represents the form of beauty that is choking the society to make the effort of keeping its higher standards.
:4) Piet Mondrian De Stijl
Claire: Peit Mondrian, part of the art movement De Stijl has managed to both develop and simplify the portrayal of a tree. The block colours and striking lines challenge our perception of not only art, but our surroundings too.Eddie: Piet Mondrain's art of De Stijl really shows us that with any image you can take it back to it's most simplest form of livity.When looking at the colour of his work it's vibrant yet simple, and we can see in the colour that he has a story behind the picture, there's meaning behind the picture.
5) My Bed by Tracey Emins
Claire: Tracey Emin’s bed stands as an autobiographical performance for me. The bed is a representation of the depression and struggle of its owner. The bed as a piece of art reflects Tracey’s life as a successful artist and therefore reflects her negative childhood and past experiences with her current art expression and influence.Eddie: When I see this bed, I don't just see a bed. I think we don't realise but our beds/bedrooms actually tell a story of who we are. If there's a can on the window sill shows us that you like a drink at bedtime or as you wake up. If you have food wrappers around your bed shows you like your food in bed and CBA going downstairs. But, the bed is yourself! So, this bed to me shows the anxiety and the depression of somebodies life. Plus, shows the fact that the bed shows hardship and at least trying to live a life.
6) The Scream by Edvard Munch
Claire: The Scream holds the idea of sensing a horrifying occurrence. Edvard’s oil painting portrays the maddening swirls and colours filling the sky while a shocked figure with distorted features screams at the viewer.Eddie: I really love Edvard Munch piece The Scream. Why is it screaming and I notice the people in the background on near the edge, with the vibrant colours are we seeing a person in danger or someone desperate to escape reality? The whole facial expression shows shock and desperation that this person wants to escape. Scream.....Scream so everyone can hear. Maybe it's something like morning you know? We scream to let it all out, we scream to feel power and to let out our restraints. Edward Munch I feel drew The Scream to show the pure torture of continuous screaming.....the person screaming in the painting is still. It doesn't move. The person screaming will always be screaming.....torturous and inhumane.
What's More Interesting Contemporary or Precontempoary/Modern Art?
Claire: I say contemporary, because I feel like we have modernism that is challenging at the time but contemporary is even more challenging now because it challenges many many new medians of art. This means we art is open to many more skills and people.Eddie: I feel as if I want to say Contemporary Art simply because you have to think more about the art itself and the meaning behind the art. We have to examine the art and then we have to consider the factors and reasoning of the art being made. Or, if there is or isn't an reasoning there is just art being there. But, considering the other arts like The Scream and The Mona Lisa we aren't spoon fed, we are analysing the colours and the meaning and above all the express made from the artist with there brush. So, all the art we presented today are very different but I think personally I like contemporary art more because it's challenging our abilities of not only artists but viewers. And, contemporary art challenges us to see things in a different light.
Bottom Line
Bottom Line? Even thou we have decided which we define better. I think it all comes down to preference and how you want to see art. Art is something each individual experiences differently, so when we compare them there isn't a right or wrong answer and that's the bottom line.
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