St. James Cavalier exhibition. Visit 2

Yet again I was accompanied by Nicolette and Natalya. This Exhibition WOWed me! The artist Marie Louise Kold specialises on copper, brass and bronze for this exhibition. She has been working in metal from the 1990's.
She quotes ' The metal itself becomes the actual art object'. 

In this exhibition I was wowed but every time I look to another piece I see a very good resembles from the one I've seen before, as in all of the pieces are different but you can still match it with the others. For me this work is really creative and abstract, inspired from modern art. 

The fragility of wings

Winged lines

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Practise of a dream 1 , 2 , 3

As you can see some of them are quite the same. Her work reminds me a lot of nature and fairy tales.
Over all I really enjoyed myself at this exhibition it was fun and interesting.

Vee gee bee exhibition. Visit 1

This was my first visit, along with me were my class mates Nicolette and Natalya. This was a small exhibition but had lots of good work. One artist that caught my eyes was Joseph Paul Cassar, for me he's the one who stood out. I think because of the way he presents and do his work. Mr. Cassar's work include lots of people, characters and it's nice the way he draws them.

His work is scruffy in a good way, this style I really like. You can see the details and the emotion. 
Below are 5 photos of his work which I really liked. Lots of lines and few space, contrast between paper and charcoal. In all of the paintings form and shape stood out.

Nude- Charcoal

Nude from behind- Charcoal

Drawing- Ink

Reclined nude- Sangine

Dancer- Charcoal 

Impresionism

Monet was the first one to start Impressionism in the early 1800’s. Monet, Pissaarro, Sislay and Degas was part of a french group. They used to paint historical subjects, religious themes and portraits. In their paintings you can see very small think brush strokes and they emphasised on the direction of light. The finishing work looked very realistic and you can see the emotion and the personality.

Salon De Paris is where they used to exhibit there work. Not every artist used to paint the same, some used to paint with more light and one with not much light. They used to paint what they see but with a twist and more colours. They were criticised a lot because of their unfinished looks. 

Links: http://www.hdphotogallary.com/2013/04/monet-wallpapers.html

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/imml/hd_imml.htm

Romanticism

It all started from the late 18th century and continued developing itself during the 19th century. It represented taught of emotion,imagination and rebellion, it was rebellious throughout some rules. Artist were inspired from many things but the were mainly inspired from music, because of the romantic composers had freedom of expression and passion followed by imagination. 

They used to paint nature and landscapes the most. Romanticism was a hit between 1800 - 1850. It was an inspiring time for the artist as at that time lots of things were happening for example Wars. 

Some artist from that time are Delacroix, Turner and Casper Fredrick. 

Links : http://www.studyblue.com/notes/note/n/neo-classical-romanticism--realism-misc/deck/6460654

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/roma/hd_roma.htm

http://cardentimeperiods7.wikispaces.com/Romanticism

Realism

There was this issue in the early nineteenth century that was against subjectivity of the romantic fantasies. People at that time looked at life very different, because of the industrial revolution.  This movement formed in the late 1840's, the art that was created was all about politics and social issues. This is because of the 3rd revolution that happened in France, 1848. The name Realism came from a Parisian bar called 'Temple du Realisme' 

Bonjour, Monsieur Courbet, 1854. A Realist painting by Gustave Courbet.

Gustave Courbet was one of the artist at that time, his art was against the standards of the academic practice and because of this a lot of controversy was caused. This is because  he stated and painted the truth for eg. if theres a fat woman he would paint her fat with curves and everything, he would not lie in his paintings.


Links:
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/rlsm/hd_rlsm.htm
Notes taken during lesson

Art Nouveau

One way to describe Art nouveau is with the elements of flowing lines, curves and organic subjects. It had a lot of repetitive lines and artists used a lot of curves which showed the characteristics of the painting. Art nouveau wasn’t just painting, there were portraits and furniture too.

Some of the main things in this type of art are flowers, vines, leaves and plenty of other organic items.

This type of art is inspiring as well now a days. Here are some examples of poster which were inspired by Art nouveau 

Christian Dior

Christian Dior or for some many people, THE LEGEND. Why legend? what did he do? who is Christian Dior? Christian Dior was born in the city of love and fashion, France in 1905. At the age of 42 Mr. Dior decided to explore the Paris Fashion scene. It wasn't an easy way since at that time it was after the world war 2 and fashion was still considering some things and certain rules as well. But he changed everything, thats why he's called the legend. 

Dior, started by selling his sketches first, after he was an assistant designer. As soon as he started working as an assistant the world war 2 happened and he had to stop as he had to serve in the army. 

He Created French couture, Luxury and beautiful dresses, any woman at that time wanted a dress from Dior's collection. In 1946 Christian Dior had his own design house where from there he created the new look, totally opposite from what people saw post the war. 

 1950s he became the most famous fashion designer, he was really famous for dressing grace kelly and making women look more beautiful. He created a fashion empire.

Dior died in 1957 with a heart attack, Yves San Lauren took over his business and both names are still really famous now a days.

http://www.biography.com/people/christian-dior-9275315/videos/christian-dior-mini-biography-17746765

Links- https://www.google.com.mt/search?q=christian+dior&es_sm=91&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=ti99U6GhF8XQ7AbE04CoCw&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1280&bih=654

http://www.biography.com/people/christian-dior-9275315#awesm=~oEYfkKMSn0eu1o

Dada Movement

Saying the word Dada, already sounds something crazy or weird. The Dada movement was founded in Europe at the time of the first world war. You may ask yourself what is the Dada movement??
The Dada movement was group of 'artists' (cause most probably calling them an artists wasn't good) which they wanted to be heard. There was no other way to speak out, so they started rebelling with art it self. Fighting for art with art, basically they destroyed art so they can be heard.
In this time typography was invented, which they used is for posters.

Typography in poster

One of the most controversial painting that Dada has created. The remake of the Monalisa, originally done by Leonardo de Vinci. Marcel Duchamp made this post card in 1919. What's the initials for? If you read it in french, it has a meaning of a nasty thing.

This is why Dada was different and stood out, they took a very famous painting and painted mustache, so people was already shocked by seeing the Monalisa like that and the last phrase when translated, the artist knew that people will scandalise their selfs.

Links for images: https://www.google.com.mt/search?q=dada+movement&es_sm=91&tbm=isch&imgil=YtMoJ_1cumwMxM%253A%253Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fencrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com%252Fimages%253Fq%253Dtbn%253AANd9GcTF5eYhrCn8c6UHgs5IKSnJMvEAikQlyfajel94a7g7a2YQknP7%253B353%253B583%253BBjhA47ObGELsAM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fapenglish-dadaism.blogspot.com%25252F2010%25252F05%25252Fbackground-information-of-dada.html&source=iu&usg=__WHoQgKC9an9BLvDko1gU9mK83-g%3D&sa=X&ei=_id9U87ABtGA7QakhoH4Ag&ved=0CGAQ9QEwCQ#q=dada+movement&tbm=isch&imgdii=_

Pop Art!

Pop art a movement that started in Britain, mid 1950’s followed by United states in the late 1950’s. Pop art is used in many things such as advertising, news and it was a trial to usual Fine arts with popular culture. The main idea of Pop art was to do something totally different from the known context, it’s not about seeing fine art it’s to see the attitude of the art.

Abstract impressionism is another word that can describe Pop art, you usually find this type of art in comic books and advertising. Pop art is compared to Dada, in my own opinion I think that they resemble each other well since both of them are not sticking to the rules and creating something different.  

As you can see in this picture it shows to the main things you find in pop art. A clear one colour background, red spots to fill the face and contrast in colours, bright and dull.

Pop Art has inspired many ever since it was created, lots of artists and designers inspire them self from

it. Here are some images of others work. 

Pop art in Fashion.

*Focusing on the face and the bubble heads.

Pop art in Graphic design

*Bright and dull colours.

I think that Pop art is one of the best art men has ever created. It has a meaning, colours, it's fun and different. By time Pop art is getting bigger and better.

Link to images:
https://www.google.com.mt/search?q=pop+art&es_sm=91&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=9SJ9U7L5OYLf4QTm6IHQBg&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1280&bih=654#q=pop+art&tbm=isch&imgdii=_