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i must be a very fail AV rep.

i have no idea how to use blogger and i rarely use the computer so much so that i do not blog.

Throughout this coursework, i've drawn inspiration from various sources including pencil artists and animal rights advertisements. (you didn't know that right?) i've learnt so much and although not many of them inspirations have been put up for viewing, i am grateful for those inspirations!

and in case you were wondering why the lion poster had such big drawings, im sorry! i actually drew them before puting them into a composition, hence the awkward sizing. evidently, i drew them a little bit too big...

PEACE

 ☮

this is Zhiping. Zhiping say thank you. i helped you. now you can be sure that no weird paedophiles will anyhow look at you okay!! 

doesn't it look quite cool??!! MUAHAHAHAHA

haha ZHIPING! you can pretend its kinda a bribe for being nice and voting for me!!

BEFORE AND AFTER!!

I MUST BE AWESOME. haha. i should get good improvement award or something. 

As you can see, i couldn't draw OR shade before i started my coursework. 

Be very proud of me!

BEFORE

this was done in sec 3, it's suppposed to be a drawing of black and white paper. so the darker parts are meant to be black paper and the lighter parts are white paper. i must have been quite a failure haha.

AFTER!

I am very excited. This is my only human drawing that i really put in a lot of effort for. It is a drawing of f(x) member Amber. 

it looks a little weird after scanning though.

This is the top view of a fox! It is one of the drawings in the coursework final. they're many more but i dunno which one to put up haha. 

Yup. Thats all... 

If you think i should get a good improvement award, please vote and comment!!!!

THANKYOU!!

I LOVE COURSEWORK!

haha maybe its only because i finished it.

Anyway, i've learnt so much through this coursework.

i've learn't about how many of our human activities have caused harm to animals. For example, i learnt of the Ringling brothers Circus, where it wasm said that the animals were abused by the handlers. When we go to a circus, we expect to have a lot of fun, watching the circus animals do their acts. However, what we do not see is what we do not know. We do not see the harsh conditions in which these animals are trained in.

Another example is how global warming is affecting animals. While we think that global warming does heat up the environment and will cause us harm in the long run, most of us do not realise that their acts that cause global warming to worsen are also killing animals. Global warming is causing an increase in temperatures in many parts of the world. The increase in temperature might cause forest fires. This destroys habitats, which causes wild animals to become homeless and die off.

I am very happy with what I've learnt and hope that people can be educated by my posters to bring joy tothe animal kingdom, instead of just for ourselves.

THANK YOU ^^

COURSEWORKKK

the photos aren't the best but they are the only ones that i have. Therefore you have to put up with them. but no matter what, i put in a lot of effort. And i think its worth looking at haha.

Have fun!!

My coursework is a series of three posters depicting the various wild animals and how they are affected by human activities. Many wild animals have been driven to endangerment and even extinction due to our insensitive actions.

PANDA

This is an example of how our actions are indirectly causing harm to wild animals. Due to our actions, global warming has become even worse. This heating up of the earth has caused many forest fires. Forest fires have destroyed the habitat of the various animals.

LION

Animals such as lions are captured and placed in circuses to entertain crowds. In order to satisfy our need for entertainment, these animals are trained and forced to perform acts that are unnatural. These animals are also kept in very poor conditions. Amidst the fun and entertainment that the human beings are enjoying, these animals have to go through harsh training.

FOX

As the world becomes more and more advanced and urbanised, more and more land is needed to satisfy the human need of space for improvement. Forests are destroyed in order to get more space, causing the forests to become concrete jungles. The wild animals' habitat are slowly depleting, and sooner or later, all wild animals will be history.

Pay $250 for a photo with a nude artist?

At Art Stage Singapore this year, many were shocked by an exhibition by artist T. Venkanna. He posed naked in front of a replica of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo's The Two Fridas, and visitors to his exhibition could join him in the room , hold his hand, and get a photograph taken for a token price of $250.

Singapore is a relatively conservative country. Many did not appreciate T. Venkanna’s exhibit and felt that it was morally wrong. A couple who strolled naked in public were fined a maximum S$2,000, or jailed 3 months, or both for their crime. They felt that what the artist had done was similar, and what was even more unreasonable was that visitors had to pay $250 just to pose for a photo with him.

However, as Andy Warhol says,

The main objective of T. Venkanna’s art installation is "removing the trappings of identity". Through this, he might be trying to connect his humanity with the visitors. However, his artistic intentions might have backfired. While there were a few “brave souls”, mostly females, who took part in the exhibit, most passers by peeked in, only to see a man in the nude. These passers by were turned off by the man in the nude, feeling that, maybe it was all too much humanity to connect with.

The extra charge of $250 is also very unreasonable. Visitors to the exhibit have to pay for this charge for the photograph on top of the entrance fee to Art Stage Singapore. Where will this money go? Into the artist’s own pocket? I feel that the artist should donate some of this money for a good cause. Art Stage Singapore is a public place. Why should the artist be earning $250 for every photo taken while those who indecently expose themselves get fined of jailed?

Art can be found in any form. T. Venkanna can say that this work is HIS art, and therefore, as he thinks that it is art, it is art. I agree that it is art. However, I disagree that such a high price should be put on such a temporary memory, which is captured by a camera. Therefore, it might be art, and it might be innovative and interesting.

But I don’t like it.

I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT MY WORK. I SHALL POST IT HERE TO LET EVERYBODY ENJOY THEM TOO:D

artist influences!

1. Armin Mersmann 
He does really realistic works with his pencil on paper and im really amazed by the fact that the drawings look so real, almost like black and white photographs. 
An example is eye study, which is very realistic. it is very interesting how he manages no draw such that the eyeball looks moist.


another drawing is Shadow Play II which shows three lightbulbs.  i find that pencil artists are able to draw without showing the pencil lines, while mine always have obvious pencil marks, especially when i scan them.

PANDA

PANDA

2) Art critics help viewers perceive, interpret, and judge artworks.

I feel that an art critic can help viewers to perceive, interpret and judge an artwork to a certain extent. The art critic’s review serves to augment one’s knowledge too. Yet, the art critic may have certain vested interests in promoting or denouncing a piece of artwork and hence viewers should heed their reviews with a pinch of salt.

For the new viewer of art or a new buyer of art pieces, an experienced critic can enable the audience to realise the positive valuable experiences the work of art affords. He can also draw your attention to the significance of each artwork. An example, Oedipus and the Sphinx, 1864 , in Symbolism art ,by Gustave Moreau, a critic would be able to help us interpret it as being the moment when Oedipus confronted the winged monster outside Thebes and had to solve her riddle to save his life as well as those of the besieged Thebans. This helps us to understand that Symbolism art is partly based on the mythic.

Another good example whereby a critic can help us perceive and interpret a picture would be Picasso's “The Blind Man’s Meal’s" from his Blue Period. The painting is not merely a portrait of a blind man; it is also Picasso's commentary on human suffering in general. The work elicits affinities to Picasso's own situation at the time, when, impoverished and depressed, he closely identified with the unfortunates of society. This will surely help viewers to perceive and interprete it in a different light. Moreover, the historical value in this artistic piece of work would allow the viewer to judge the painting differently.

Why is the dreary dark blue of Picasso’s painting replaced by a pink hue some years later? This picture titled “Circus Acts and Ape” by Picasso in 1905 is an example.  This is another instance where art critic can shed more light for the art viewer. Art critics believe that his mood lifted during this period because he was financially more stable and he had fallen in love at that time. Historians call this his Rose period because of the pinks and reds that started to appear in his works at this time. Certainly the art critic’s knowledge can help you to perceive his happiness at this point of time.

Perhaps one concern of the viewer is the qualification of the critic. For example, an amateur critic can help one to perceive and interpret an artwork, but his review may not be accurate. He may not have a good understanding of the medium or movement and may result in new art appreciators having a misconception of the artwork. At the other end of the spectrum, a well-qualified art critic will have a better understanding of the history of the art movement as well as its nuances and styles. Interestingly, the adage “beauty is in the eyes of the beholder” holds true because the best judge for an artwork is the person himself. For instance, cubism is not exactly everyone’s idea of beauty. So I believe that judging the aesthetic and value of a piece of artwork is based more on a person’s individual liking. However, an art critic who understands cubism can help a viewer to perceive and interprete such artworks like the Houses at la Estaque by Braque in 1909,thereby influencing the way a viewer will judge the artwork.  

        The Mandolin and Guitarist, examples of Analytical Cubism, started by Picasso and Braque after 1990 are art pieces I do not comprehension and appreciate until I read a review that the monochromatic earth tones were used so as to allow the artists to focus primarily on the structure, thus enabling the artists to depict different viewpoints simultaneously. Now that I have understood the interpretation, I do perceive it differently. However, if I were to judge it according to my own yardstick, I would not want to hang this painting in my living room. Nevertheless art collectors who understand the nuances associated with this art movement may be influenced to judge its positively.

Even then, we have to appreciate that there can be different interpretations of a similar piece of artwork among critics themselves. For instance, James Risser felt that Van Gogh’s “Self-portrait With Straw Hat” was done when he was depressed. According to another critic, blue was used to experiment with different stokes and hues . This goes to show that what each critic perceives and interpret may be totally different from another, causing confusion.

However, the critic may attempt to further his own agenda to promote a particular artist by portraying the artwork in an even more positive light so as to entice the art collector. These critics may have a vested interest in promoting the art pieces on auction, such as the sale of a private cubism art collection in May and June 2011, in order to obtain profits for the auction house.

In conclusion, the indisputable role of the art critic is to help the viewer perceive, interpret and judge an artwork. However, one should be discerning when reading or listening to reviews as they may be of differing qualities or could perhaps be sugar-coated in order to serve the interests of the art critic himself. In the absence of the element of bias and in the presence of a reputable art critic, one can expect to gain tremendous insight with respect to perceiving and interpreting artwork. However, I believe that although an art critic can influence a viewer’s judging the artwork to a certain extent, most viewers will prefer to judge the artwork by their own life experiences.

Lisang at night in the forest

 A starry night at Owachomo Bridge in Utah

Dusk

baby monkey! hiding behind a crevice

80 year old woman

coursework prep! (partly...)

EEE sorry for not rotating some pictures!!

Guess who that is!

done in sec 1 i think...

sec 2 EOY surrealism!

it's the solar system using balls! the shuttlecocks are shooting stars haha

thats Christian the Lion. sec 3 EOY

Frog in cup!

pelican eating fish.

i did this in end sec2

it's made of paper cutouts to form a 3D image.

this was done in end sec 2 too!

done in Nagoya Japan

painting on a plate

and

HAPPY BELATED EASTER!!!!!!!!!!

haha i did these for easter but forgot to upload them!!

hello world.
i think im doing ANIMAL RIGHTS!!
but the ironic thing is that i ate sharks fin the same week that i thought of the topic haha

this shows the effect of "finning" where sharks are caught and their fins are removed before they are thrown back. they cant swim anymore so they sink to the bottom of the sea to be eaten by other fish...

hehe okay anw i thought this was cool cos well... thats what we are doing... isnt it? haha

these are the pinhole photos we did in sec 2!

just got them back today...

FLOWER POT near the GO

school pond!

school swing which is no longer there...

wish it was still there!