Surrealism presentation

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1KIphQdjZYdzxUaArFjprr4mpQvQe1XKm4lIX9WW5GCg/edit?usp=sharing

Sketches: week 3&4

Week 3, theme: juxtaposition 

Week 4: no theme

Sketchbook weeks 1&2

Cory Arcangel

Cory Arcangel is a contemporary artist who has done work in many different areas, from restoring Andy Warhol's long-lost digital art, to creating a program that lets you order Domino's Pizza from DOS. One of his most well-known pieces is Super Mario Clouds, a modified Super Mario Bros. cartridge with everything but the sky and clouds erased.

Now, you may dismiss this stuff as silly, and at the very least, it is a little tongue-in-cheek, but it's deeply connected to modern digital culture and how art can be used to represent that culture. Super Mario Clouds has been featured at 8 different exhibitions. 

Another of his cartridge hacks, I Shot Andy Warhol, is a modification of the light-gun shooter Hogan's Alley, except instead of shooting criminals and sparing innocents, you shoot Andy Warhol and spare the Pope, Flavor Flav, and Colonel Sanders.

 

He has also created self-playing input systems for various games, mostly designed to make them lose, and a collection called Lakes, which features various photographs being reflected on what appears to be a body of water. He's also put out books, music, and many other pieces of art, code, and cartridge hacks, and has open-sourced much of his code and cart hacks for free public use.

The Renaissance, part 1

I made a prezi on the Renaissance that can be found here.

Art Dump

I drew a bunch of stuff i haven't posted yet, so here we go.
Sorry about the picture quality, lighting wasn't the greatest.

Team Gurren

Mudkip

Imperials

Rotom

Landscape-Mountains

Landscape-Rocky Hill

Shaded Hill-Made in Autodesk Sketchbook for IOS

Traditional vs. Contemporary Art: Part 2

Fun fact: Wikipedia has no page dedicated to traditional art, and instead redirects to folk art, According to them, Folk Art is "art produced from an indigenous culture or by peasants or other laboring tradespeople.". Essentially, art created by everyday people, usually based on their culture or other beliefs, or as a way to convey a message about their lifestyle or culture. The explanation goes on to say: "As a phenomenon that can chronicle a move towards civilization yet rapidly diminish with modernity, industrialization, or outside influence, the nature of folk art is specific to its particular culture. The varied geographical and temporal prevalence and diversity of folk art make it difficult to describe as a whole, though some patterns have been demonstrated.". Basically, it's a means of keeping a record of a culture or civilization until they have a better or more efficient means of doing so. That's not to say it completely dies out when this happens. People will continue to make Traditional Art because it's just that, traditional. 

There are some overlaps between traditional art and other forms of art, since traditional art is essentially the basis of all other art. There are also multiple terms used interchangeably with folk art, such as: "naïve art, tribal art, primitive art, popular art, outsider art, traditional art, tramp art, self-taught art, and working-class art/blue-collar art. As one might expect, these terms can have multiple and even controversial connotations but are often used interchangeably with the term "folk art".". 

Here are a few examples of traditional art:

Norwegian Folk Art, This particular piece is a calendar stick from the 17th century. 

Gran Calavera Electrica, a Mexican Traditional piece from the early 20th century.

Lastly, it's also worth noting that all Folk/Traditional art was or is contemporary art.