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This has been a great semester in my painting class! I discovered so many artists through creating this journal. As I was looking through my next and last set of four artists, I realized that there are some big names I hear referenced a lot but that I am not actually familiar. Jean-Michel Basquiat (American, 1960-1988)…
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I was thinking from my last post how I would like to find artists who create small details in oil paint. I know it is possible – I have seen it – and maybe if I study those artists I can learn more about their process. All of these artists I found through instagram. Joel…
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Time to reflect on more artists! I am currently studying for the Praxis 2 Art and Content exam, which will test my knowledge of art terms, techniques, history, and analysis. There is a writing segment and I will have to not only write about my own work, but also the work of other artists. This…
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I recently went to the Baltimore Museum of Art’s exhibition, Generations: A History of Black Abstract Art, which is on view until this January 19, 2020. I highly recommend you go! There are over 28 artists featured, and here are just a few artists that I liked. Mark Bradford. He uses collage and decollage taking…
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As I mentioned in my last post, my next project is to complete at least 3 paintings on a series of my choice. At my meditation class tonight, I was inspired to make a painting(s) that is also an offering. In Buddhism, making offerings to Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha (the 3 jewels in Buddhism) can…
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I don’t know if it’s because I’m an art student studying to be a teacher, or because I’m an artist, but it seems like art education these days is so fast – as soon as you finish a project, you reflect, and it’s time fore 3 more assignments! The final project for my Painting for…
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Take a minute to peer into the painting. What do you see? Portrait of the artist as a little girl, wearing a white collared shirt Words in the background that wrap around to the next line (racism, racial profiles, white privilege, fear, oppression, bias) some of the words are hidden by the portrait A white…
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As I mentioned last post, I have two new painting assignments that deal with memory. The first, which I will call Project A, I am challenged to use memory as content and for the second, Project B, to use memory as a strategy (i.e. I can only paint from memory). There are a million and…
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All of the artists in this visual research journal are contemporary. Why does that matter? Studying contemporary art allows allows me as a student to broaden my understanding of myself, my community, and the world as part of a part of a cultural dialogue. Because contemporary artists are still alive and making art, this dialogue allows…
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I recently stumbled upon a bunch of artists through online research and via recommendation by other artists. Some of these names I had heard before, but didn’t realize they were contemporary – aka still alive! Jeff Koons. He is known for working with popular culture subjects and his massive sculptures of everyday objects, most commonly…
MONICA HEISER 