Bill Viola - Ocean Without a Shore - Venice Biennale 2007

This is a video interview with artist, Bill Viola, of his installation Ocean Without a Shore, which we had analyzed in class. Take a look at it and write a comment in response to the artwork.

Supakitch and Koralie: Process of Contemporary Street Artists

Here is a great video clip that shows the process of how street artists, Supakitch and Koralie, work to develop a complex wall mural for The Museum of World Culture in Gothenberg, Sweden. Observe the different materials and layers they create to develop the finished project. Both Supakitch and Koralie started as street artists and have fused their unique styles together and have recently been recognized by "high art" establishments. Like many street artists today, they have one foot in what has previously been called "low art" and the other foot in the "high art world", making the division of the two art scenes blurred.

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Art Shows and Competitions

All of you will be required to submit artwork to at least one art show or competition this year. I am encouraging you to submit your artwork to more than one though! Here is a great link that lists a variety of art shows and competitions occuring throughout the nation. Please visit this link often to see if new shows have been added! You may look elsewhere for art contests and shows as well; sometimes magazines or organizations have contests too. I will assist you with the preparation, shipping and application fees for at least one art show/ competion. Good Luck!

http://www.artshow.com/

Art and Fear: Chapter One

Part One:

Writing [artmaking] is easy: all you do is stare at a blank sheet of paper until the drops of blood form on your forehead. -Gene Fowler

Repost the following questions on your own blog and write your responses to them. This is due by Sunday, Sept 11, 9pm :

1. What does the face of uncertainty mean to you?

2. How do you feel about the notion of, "doing something no one much cares wether you do, and for which there may be niether audience nor reward"?

3. The Assumptions: take one of the assumptions listed below and consider your personal relationship to it. How does the assumption relate to your feelings and thoughts toward art and artmaking? Please write a short paragraph analyzing the chosen assumption and your relationship to it.

               - Artmaking invloves skill that can be learned

               - Art is made by ordinary people

               - Making art and viewing art are different at their core:

                          *to all viewers but yourself, what matters most is the product/ finished artwork

                          * your job is to learn to work on your work:

                              -even failed pieces are essential,

                              -you learn to make art by making your art,

                              -make art you care about and make LOTS of it!

4. Artmaking has been around longer than the art establishment.

      1. Definition/ Identity as an artist has both drawbacks and benefits. What does labeling yourself as an artist do for you or not do for you personally?

      2. What does labeling yourself as an artist do or not do for you as others view you?