27 Concentration blog 1st question draft

A written commentary describing what your concentration is and how it evolved must accompany the work in this section. Responses should be concise; you may not exceed the number of characters allotted on the Commentary page. The commentary is not graded, but it does help in the evaluation process. The commentary consists of responses to the following:

1. What is the central idea of your concentration?

 Through recycling, I found inspirations through these paper materials. By displaying color and contrast, I wish to create negative spaces within my works in order to introduce a profound feeling.

Comments of Gordon's Blog

I like David Walker and Gordon's selection of work examples. David Walker is one of the many graffiti artist around the world. However, David Walker can be distinguished from other artist though his input of emotions and portraits spray painting on the wall or other medium.

Taking AP 3D Studio Design, I am thinking about  turning the 2D works into 3D. Currently, I can think of several approaches: it can be paper birds forming layers or clay and carvings or even wiring. There are unlimited possibilities and so I believe that we can think of something beyond graffiti and 2D in to the world of 3 dimensions.

http://gordonchengap3d.blogspot.tw/2014/02/david-walker.html?showComment=1392814714578

Xu Bing - Master of calligraphy

Before I came to PAS. I was studying in a Buddhist boarding school in Nantao, in central Taiwan. For the 6 years living in the school build in the mountain, I enjoyed the unpolluted and undeveloped environment. In the meantime, I spent my time studying and practicing Chinese calligraphy. To me, that is  a area of profound study that seems to be impossible for me to achieve eminence. However, all these have changed after I transferred to PAS.
My fascination of Chinese Calligraphy led me to Xu Bing. He is a Chinese-born artist, living in the US since 1990. He was a student of Central Academy of Fine Arts and is currently the head of school. He is most known for his printmaking skills and installations pieces, as well as his creative artistic use of text. Through such process, people can understand the word through the process of merging Eastern and Western elements.
For 25 years, he has been traveling around the world from Asia to Europe to America. With such a broad horizon, he creates the Chinese Arts that are composed of outer elements or characteristics. In the picture above, the installation have 3 huge pieces of Chinese Calligraphy (not quite because Chinese people cannot understand the characters on them) and a small hill of sans on it, which creates contrast between carved stone walls and degraded sands.
Book to the Sky and Book to the Mother Land
 This is a piece wade from Tabaco.
 Here are some of the other of his art works.
In addition, he also played with new computer characters.
He is best know for his revolutionize Chinese calligraphy, even though Chinese cannot read them, people from the other parts of the world might be able to form connection with them because he utilized all the elements from other languages that includes English.
After appreciating all these artworks, I really wish to integrate other or outer elements into my works, through such process, I can create art that is connected to people on the different side of the earth and communicate with them though art as a medium.

Work References
http://www.tfam.museum/Exhibition/Exhibition_page.aspx?id=495
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xu_Bing
http://www.xubing.com/index.php/site/projects

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3d Ideas and inspirations

Here below I have attached different art works that may seem unrelated. Below, are two dimensional art works that are made from various of elements. This time, I am looking forward to do some collages through which I can combine diverse mediums or what I mean is material into my project. Many of the artist have done things like below: collage made from recycled materials.

However, after the discovery  of of these art works with novel perspective, I started to think about add depth into the flat two dimensional. I with to give live give birth to all the amazing 2D artworks.

So, on the next project of the one after, I wish to make a 3d collage in which I can introduce negative spaces and values. By doing so, I can make the 2D arts into 3D!

Work Referenced: 

http://www.tomdeiningerart.com/bio.html

Out there over the rainbow- Environmental Artist- Tony Plant

Walking back home, I thought about doing something outside classroom. Since the beginning of the AP 3D Studio Class, I have always stayed inside art room fighting agains all the picked-back materials, which to me are jewels. Perhaps, I can make something that can interacts with the environments and I thought of sands and soil which prompted me to look for such artist who did his art on the beach.

Tony Plant is an environmental artist who utilize the sand on the beach as a medium. He creates patterns that interacts with each other as well as the environment.

I hope to create something (not too large) that interrelates to the environment, and, if possible, deals with current world issues.

Works Cited: http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/01/sand-art-by-tony-plant/

HOT GLUE - Yasuaki Onishi

Its time back to school and its also the time I start to explore new materials. Working on three dimensional sculptures, I really want to challenge myself and try something that I never used before. Thus, I wondered online and accidentally bump into Yasuaki Onishi. His installation art works was created by utilizing hot glue gun. This remind me of strings and webs.

Yasuaki Onishi employs the lines created by melted glue to form shapes and patterns. with a great variety of lines. All of them come together and form a fascinating scene.

http://www.designboom.com/art/yasuaki-onishi-installs-hot-glue-crystal-sculpture-in-sake-cellar-10-17-2013/

Concentration: City; Buildings; Dystopia

After coming up with so many ideas, I am still wandering which core concept should I choose as my topic for my concentration. I have thought about science-related arts, social issue prompted pieces and my current breadth projects. I was confused and did not know what to do.

During the critique, I really appreciate all the ideas and criticisms on my art works. Even though it was confusing when all of my classmates speak out their own ideas and suggestions, I found all the advices very inspiring to me. Personally, I think my ball project went really well with white outer shells and neon-color painting on the inside. Everything I have done were very different from my initial sketches and blueprints. I really see the critique a best source of information.

Mrs. Jones’ ideas turn out to be the most helpful after all. I really think that taking my breadth pieces and putting them into my concentration would be a good idea. My breadth works have been too much alike and need some more variety so coming up with new piece would improve my breadth portfolio.

However, I can some up or make up my mind for the topic or central idea representing my pieces. Staring with all the projects with black outer cover and vibrant inner color, I do believe that they belong to each other. I first though of “city” or “buildings” to be my subject; yet, I am not sure whether they all related to such idea. I hope that the critique will be hold from time to time in a regular basis. Through such process, we cannot only improve our speaking as well as our independent thinking on artistic styles

2D-3D Richard Pousette-Dart

I am inspired by this art work called the Symphony No. 1, The Transcendental, by Richard Pousette-Dart (1941-1942). This is an art work painted with oil on the canvas and it is currently located in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.  After he moved to New York, he was influenced by Abstract artists and become the youngest member of the first generation of Abstract Expressionist. In his artwork , he employs think black contour lines and primitive themes. This work introduces an ancient feeling and extraterrestrial like elements.

Flipping through the Art History Book, I was captivated by the 20th Century arts works and especially the paintings from abstract expressionism. I really think this is a positive inspiration according to the painting (2D) I drew from the inspirations and incorporated the elements form cubism arts works (3D). And this time, I am really excited to do the reverse. When I an working on my ap 3D, I thought of add some more 2D elements in addition to the forms and shapes. 

This time, I want to add depths into this art work. In order to expand it, i with to adopt the thick lines and primitive patterns. At the same time, I want to add layers of different patterns to this sculpture. However, I am still tying to come up with an idea for the medium since I have been sticked closely to the current mediums. Thus, I will have to look for ideas from the environment or go to the corner of the art room to look for the treasures.

Draft for the AP 3D Concentration

I have been long though about a central idea for my concentration. It has been hard to find an inspiration. Since the start of this school year, we have be suggested to come up with different ideas for our concentration projects. Initially, I was naive and not sure what to to and where to start. Initially, I have come up with an idea to work on pieces that  have corruption with each other, which means that all the work piece is an art work itself but at the same time, form a larger piece.

After seeing all the AP art works and the artists presentations by all my fellow classmates, I start to realized that it is not enough to make an outstanding art work simply with the ideas with lines and shapes. I have found out that an outstanding portfolio is usually more than just portfolio. What I mean is that the art works have an central idea, a voice, and an ideal.

I have been inspired by Ms. Pamela and Mrs. Jones' talk on the topic about racism. Although I did not personally encountered insults based on my race, many of my friends around the world have been facing serious issues regarding discriminations.

Art is an innate language of human, which means that its a way to promote peace. It is evident that art has influences on the community and thus the entire world. This prompted me to rethink about my concentration. Now, I am still seeking for a way to integrate the idea regarding discrimination and racism into works.

Until now, I want to combine 2D and 3D elements. But I am still not sure what kind of medium I would employ. I have always been told to search for novel ideas for materials. I think, I might have to explore and experience new mediums and look for inspirations in my life. I hope, I would come up with an idea that can make the world a better place. If not the world, a small corner in this part of the world.

AP 3D Concentration Ideas

To be honest, I am not sure what should I do with the concentration in my art portfolio. Reviewing my own portfolio, I am thinking about umbrella projects as well as the pipe projects. However, I was told that I should come up with some more unique mediums other than papers and card boards. I have try to search on some of the ideas for pipe projects. Perhaps, I can try to create different forms and patterns and further creates spaces within my projects.

Considering the reality, pipes my be too large and will take too much time. Thus, I am thinking about something small, delicate and stunning. Before I can come up with a decent idea for my concentration I believe that I would have to do more research and look for dissimilar inspiration in my everyday life.

Artist Research - Juan Gris

I have come across Juan Gris when I was researching for my Art History project. When I entered the Chapter about cubism, I was captivated by Juan Gris and his stunning 3-dimensional like art works. With the sophisticated lines and shadings, he was able to create art works that are expressive, at the same time with depth. I am  really interested in his creation of art and how his personal life affected his style.

Juan Gris is born in Madrid, spain. Gris studied mechanical drawing at the Escuela de Artes y Manufaturas in Madrid from 1902 to 1904, during which time he contributed drawings to local periodicals. from 1904 to 1905 he studied painting with the academic artist José Maria Carbonero.

At first Gris Painted in the analytic style of Cubism, but after 1913 he began his conversation to synthetic Cubism, if which he became a steadfast interpreter, with extensive use of papier collé. Unlike Picasso and Braque, whose Cubist works were monochromatic, he painted with bright harmonious  in daring, novel combinations on the manner of his friend Matisse. colors 

This is the art work that I like the most. The Landscape with Houses at Ceret has the harmonious composition of colors and the sense of collage. It express a sense of diversity and vibrant nature of the town that Juan Gris was drawing. 

 Here are the  works of Juan Gris.

Works Cited:

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/gris/

http://www.juangris.org/biography.html

Surprises poped out from the ground

Peter Dahmen is one of the artists who I admire. He is from Germany. I really like his works with card boards.

In his works he carved and cut the paper to prom shapes. Some of his projects are white, which means pristine. Others are colored with diverse and vivid compositions of colors.

I have always wanted to do something with papers since young. I have been trying to build a building with card boards when I was young.

Above is the one that resembles color wheel. It express a feeling of harmony and peacefulness.

This is the one that combines the quality of water and fire. 

 http://www.peterdahmen.de