Welcome to the wonderful world of IB Visual Arts

So Grade 11's........you've survived the first term, now it's time to discuss things online as well as in class. This blogg is for you to comment on the work of others, share your findings with your peers and develop your discussion skills.

So lets start.....you each need to add a blogg stating what type of artist you are right now! Remember there are no wrong answers and your views and preferences may and shoud change over the year.

TONY SWAIN

There is a current exhibition at the Tate Britian of the work or artist Tony Swain-the simple idea of using newspaper and acrylic to create and capture a scene or mood could provide great inspiration for an artwork.

Check out the link below and repond with your own thoughts, and possibilities for your interpretations...


http://www.themoderninstitute.com/artists/t_swain/index.php

Tony Swain was born in Lisburn, Northern Ireland in 1967 and lives and works in Glasgow. Swain studied at Liverpool Art School and Glasgow School of Art, graduating in 1990. Recent exhibitions include Transmission Gallery, Glasgow (2004). There is something incredibly refreshing and vitalic in the new work by Swain. Deriving their material source from newsprint and magazines, Swain’s paintings have a strange air of familiarity. Seemingly random patterns are produced from a starting point as oblique as a shadow or colour on the newsprint. The final result being at times a surreal, fantastical landscape or a depiction of an intimate, but unrecognizable object.

Anita Zofia Siuda

Anita Zofia Siuda comes from Poland and has expressed her views towards many things in one image. This goes towards all her paintings. She tends to use photographic techniques to get her images, however paints them later. Her site bellow shows you her galleries and exhibitions. Some images show you how she came up with the interesting ideas of her paintings.

http://www.anitazofia.art.pl/2004/gloowna4.html

Sotheby’s to auction Qatari artists’ works
RAJESH MISHRA - DOHA

The works of two Qatari calligraphers—Yousef Ahmed and Ali Hassan—will be auctioned as part of contemporary art sales to be held by World’s oldest auction house, UK-based Sotheby’s, at Ritz Carlton in Doha on March 18 and March 19.The oil on canvas calligraphic work of Yousef Ahmed, who gave a new dimension to calligraphy by his imaginative use of colours, is Untitled with its base price fixed at $25000-$35,000. The work was acquired by Sotheby’s from Artspace Gallery, Dubai.

After seeing Yousef Ahmed's work first hand in the Waqif Arts Centre and reading the hand out given in class respond to this article and the view points of others. Are his paintings worth this kind of money? Are they seen as more unique because of their contemporary style and Middle Eastern origin? Take time to explore the other artists mentioned in the main article. http://www.qatar-tribune.com/data/20090301/content.asp?section=exclusive1_1

Annu Palakunnathu Mathew

Annu created a series of self portraits she titled An Indian from India. She uses a sepia style and portrays herself and american indians as "exotic creatures" as according to 19th century views.

http://thecontrarian.in/blog/2007/annu_palakunnathu_matthew.php

She manages to question her self-identity throughout this series. By showing the similarities between two types of indians she also make a political statement.

Obama Pop Art !

Hello everyone. These are the images of the Pop Art Posters for the Obama Campaign.

Hope to see your opinions!

Posters as Portraits

Ballyhoo! Posters as Portraiture This "exhibition from the National Portrait Gallery's collections examines how a famous face can enhance a poster, and, conversely, how posters have defined reputations of prominent Americans." Browse exhibit sections (such as "Export of American Culture"), view an audio slide slow, and read an exhibition introduction and a blog entry about the exhibition. From the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery.URL: http://www.npg.si.edu/exhibit/ballyhoo/LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/26195

Then post your views on the blogg.........Karim I'm still waiting for your post!!!!