Performance Art

Joseph Beuys

Joseph Beuys is an artist from Germany who also served in the military. It was his wartime experience that sparked Beuys interest in fat. Being a post World War II artist, he represented his wartime experience by sculpting with fat. Another one of his most common used materials is felt. Beuys is often referred to as one of the most important revolutionary European artists, being known for his random use of materials, consisting of fat, felt, blood, and average household objects.

This is a piece from Beuys that I like, called Rhein Water Polluted. It is Rhein river water in a glass bottle that was signed by Beuys. I think this piece is very simple but I like how the water is bright yellow. 

Beat Generation

The Beat Generation began in the 1940s, with William Burroughs as one of its members. This group called themselves "Beat", which arose out of conversation when talking about how beaten and exhausted they felt.  They experimented with drugs, sexuality, religion and alternative forms of expression and were known for their spontaneous and extremely creative work. The group originally started being composed of a close group of friends who had met in New York, they later transferred to San Francisco and expanded the group. There, Beat Generation were able to organize the Six Gallery Reading for poets.

Xerox Project

First I made a picture from the xerox images, it is a sun, palm tree, grass and a dog.

Then I made a collage with the rest of the images I had.

Grid Art Comments

Hessa- I like the bright colors in your grid, it kind of looks like a placemat.

Luis- I thought your grid was very creative and realistic. It was very detailed and well thought out.

Sebastian- The grid you picked was interesting, it reminds me of a child's game. Overall I thought your grid art came out really well.

Stef- I found your project to be very creative. It is so detailed and unusual. I also like the colors used.

Danielle- I liked the texture of your project and how the flags projected out a little from the grid.

Francesca- The shark idea was very good, I liked how your whole project was made from the cards using the back and front of them.

Jonathan- I liked your idea of the bees nest and how your project was 3-D.

Roy- The elf is very colorful and fun, I like how you made him look in action sword fighting.

Hannah- I thought the puppy idea was very good, the colors were kind of dull but it resembled the picture perfectly.

Sarah- It was a good idea to use beads, the project came out very bright, I enjoyed it.

Grace- I loved the Michael Jackson pose I liked how you used opposite colors, black and white, and created his whole body.

Amanda- The idea of using Christmas lights was very creative. Your project looked like it took a very long time to do. I thought it came out very well.

Grid Art Project

Steve Jobs

The speech Steve Jobs gave was very inspirational. He stressed his devotion to being successful strictly resulted from his love for electronics. Jobs admitted to being a college drop out, fired from his own company, Apple, but still showed his determination for computers. From those two negatives he created a huge positive; creating Pixar. Pixar was then able to drastically change the movie industry. From this invention he was also rehired by Apple. Jobs has also faced very serious issues concerning his medical health, fighting prostate cancer. Overall, Jobs explains to the graduates at Stanford University that with out a drive and love for what he does, he would not have been able to overcome so many obstacles.