How we interpret colors

Warning Colors:


This constrution sign is not orange by chance. The bright color is a warning color. The intensity of it immediately catches the eye in the presence of the more subdued tones that also can be found in a city. For other species, specifically bugs, bright colors often signify danger or threat. For example the milk snake is known for its bright bands of red, black and yellow along its body. Nature has already invented the idea of warning colors long before man began to create his oen objects.


This is an image of Mr. Yuk. This design was part of a campaign to safeguard children from ingesting dangerous household chemicals. You may notice that particular green they chose. The sticker implies sickness just from the
vomit green color alone. This color of green is almost always associated with sickness.

Sol Lewitt Conceptual Project

(photo: www.nga.gov.au)

The Concept art that we did in class was something new for me. At first I thought it was ridiculous that a artwork could be credited to an artist without him even touching the piece. But, I was also interested in the idea of just the instructions to make a piece rather than only producing it oneself. The piece we did in class was straight forward and simple enough that anyone could recreate it. The results was a big square made of tiles of curved and straight lines. I don't think it turned out right, because our lines weren't perfect. It looked off to me.

Performance Art

The Wall
Ingredients: Two to six people
One Wall

1. Participants stand with backs against a wall, hands down by their sides, plams facing, but not touching the wall. Everyone's eyes should be closed.

2. With eyes closed a participant ducks down.

3. Everyone opens his or her eyes to see who has ducked. If only one person ducks, start over and if everyone ducks, start over .

4. When more than one participant ducks down the standing people (or person)clap(s)

5. The clapping can go on for an unlimited time until the people or person clapping decides its over.

I tried this performance with my brother(18) and nephew(9). I read the instructions to them step by step. It was interesting to see who would duck down and who wouldn't. My nephew was quick to duck down as soon as I read that instruction and
I told my brother to clap. He did so for about 90 seconds. I thought that was interesting because I didn't tell him when he should stop. The decision was completely up to him.

The Gutai Group: Japanese Avant-Garde

The Gutai Bijutsu Kyokai or Gutai Art Association was founded in 1954 by Yoshihara Jiro, Kanayma Akira, Murakami Saburo, Shiraga Kazuo, and Shimamoto Shozo in Osaka, Japan. The Gutai Artists have been likened to abstract expressionist in that their art tended to look at the object in a new way.(IEAS Berkeley) The Gutai artist began to think about objects and thier relation to themselves and how they used them to create art."Gutai art does not change the material but brings it to life. Gutai art does not falsify the material." "If one leaves the material as it is, presenting it just as material, then it starts to tell us something and speaks with a mighty voice."(The Gutai Manifesto) Their works were precursors to the happenings and performance art that would follow in the Western world.(Tate)




http://www.ashiya-web.or.jp/museum/10us/103education/nyumon_us/manifest_us.htm
http://www.tate.org.uk/collections/glossary/definition.jsp?entryId=130
http://ieas.berkeley.edu/events/2003.02.06.html

Performance Art

Playing with behaviors of everyday life.

A mirror is normally used to look back at oneself. You see an imitation of yourself. Something that is you and, at the same time, isn't you, but merely a reflection of light.
In the "Mirrors" exercise you are looking at an imitation of yourself in the mirror, but unlike normal circumstances its not only you looking back. This makes me think of how alike people are and how important the idea of self image is to us. We all have an idea of who we are, but what does that come from?

Logos

A logo is a an image used to represent a company, group, institution or an individual. They are used as a visual description of the entity and become apart of
an identity to the public. Many of the best logos are also the simplest. They are easy to remember and recognize. A successful logo tells you something about the company, group, or individual it represents. The Dove logo is a good example of a successful logo. It uses a very basic silhouette of a dove that is still very recognizable.
What is the difference between a sign, symbol, a logo, and an icon?(http://www.logoorange.com/logodesign-D.php,10/18/2007)

Class Discussion: Duchamp

The piece as a very complex idea behind it. The ideas are not always prevalent when you first look at it. My first impression of it was that it had something to do with machines and looked modern. I think the overall concept behind the painting is too complex to really fully understand without Duchamp's notes. Visually the piece didn't do much for me either because the images are so foreign but not very pleasing to the eye.