Wednesday, January 13, 2010


'Composition no. 10' - Minimalism
Piet Mondrian, 1942
This movement refers to where the artwork is stripped down to its most fundamentalist feature. Relies greatly on strong use of geometry and repetition. these may look simple to the eye, but these artworks are presented in enormous canvases. form of structurally based as it consists of only line and colour.


'Movement in Squares' - Op Art
Bridget Riley, 1961
This 2 dimensional painting relies on the idea of optical illusion which brings out the interest of Op art. According to the eye the squares would b moving inwards or outwards. As an Op artists this idea of Illusion of movement is of the highest priority for them. In other terms it also included 3 dimensional work to create an acceleration to the movement in news ways to produce Op art.


'Campbel Soup' - Pop Art
Andy Warhol, 1962, 50cm
Each artist of the Pop art all had a unique concept of the consumer market. Within Andy's given artwork, he was interested in the product marketing aspect. This subject of consumering derived from the boom at the end of WW2. This artwork was repeated 32 times under the work of silk screen printing. It aimed to make art more meaningful for everyday people and came to target a broad audience.


'Apparition of Face and First dish on a beach' - Surrealism
Salvador Dali, 1938, 114.5 x 143.8 cm
A play of illusion which can be extracted carefully from the centre of the work where a face lies. Another form of these effects can be seen above the face across the high horizon, where a dog has been blended into the landscape. As a surrealist, dreams and fantasy come together as one with the concept of an ordinary day. In this painting you see a boy in a beach along with the company of his pet dog. A strong use of symbolism can be identified from this artwork, which was one of the surrealists most important characteristics. Structurally based as symbols and signs are greatly produced to create a visual image of meaning.

Wednesday, December 16, 2009


'Fountain' - Dadaism
Marcel Duchamp, 1917
one of the most contrversial artworks which have been presented ever to any exhibition. the fact of placing an already made object, signatured and presented to the event was more of an insult rather than a joke. Duchamp's view of what art is, is more broad than anyone has gone. this idea of putting already made objects together and presented as an artwork was a way for him to introduce his new movement into the world. Art is a broad subject and this artwork took it to another level. a very subjective artwork that describes the idea of the artists rather than the work itself.


'World War 1' - Expressionism
Wassily Kandinsky, 1913
As an expressionist, there is no real great deal as to explain what an artwork means. By viewing this, nothing can be specifically taken out and explained. it has been painted by the feelings of the artist by the theme, which in this case, World War 1. But by understanding what the concept is, you can understand the wild, clustered and crazy forms of lines and shapes. the wild colours can also be a form of understanding which brings out his feelings on specific things. Dark meaning harsh and dangerous objects while the lighter colours spur off the feelin of calmness.


'Dog on a Leash' - Futurism
Giacomo Balla, 1912, 90cm x 110cm
This painting depicts movement and speed. One of the most important factor of this art movement. Having the picture to move or seem like a hollow gram was its main aim for this picture. the repeated use of the legs moving and the contrasted colours of light and dark has been effectively portrayed in this work. it deals with a great deal of lines and symmetry also is a factor of its form of movement. Another structurally framed artwork which depicts its notions of movement into artwork.


'Les Toits de Collioure' - Fauvism
Henri Mattise, 1905,
As the Founding father of Fauvism, Mattise was highly inspired by Post Impressionism and Pointillism. He painted paintings of actual things but replaced the actual colours with irregular unnatural ones, which makes his style stand out to the audience. Fauvism means Wild beasts. Along with these lines he also meant wild colours to show off his uprising of movement.


'Les Demoiselles d'Avignon' - Cubism
Pablo Picasso, 1907, 244 x 234 cm
Painted from the memory of his time as entering a Brothel house. the women posed in these stances were to interest the men. Picasso created this effect but with the style of his own, cubism. an issue arised from this painting as the traditional conventions of art has been inappropriately shown. the improper sculpturing of the figures have been created roughly and jaggered rather than smooth and soft. the two ladies on the right with the masks has been purposely placed their as Picasso was African Influenced during this time. This painting as well has been structurally framed by the conventions of of his style.


'Starry Night' - Impressionism
Vincent Van Gogh, 1889, 73cm x 92cm
The Magnum Opus of Van Goghs collection, the masterpiece of his entire career work. Painted from the memory of the night during the day, which he viewed from the north of the Asylum. The tree on the left has been included into the compostion was seen from the south of the asylum. included with the whole town under the swirling starry night. The stars positioned as the Ursa Major, symbolised as the Ursa Bear. This is a very controlled painting, making its frame under its structural side.


'The Artists Studio' - Realism
Gustave Courbet, 1855, 359 cm x 598 cm
This artwork is one of the most controversial paintings that Gustave had to offer. Its work of nudity, landscape, religion and placing himself in the middle as a self portrait arises issues from the general public. It was certainly famous for its ridiculous use of style back then, but to me its a master piece which played along the boarder lines of what art is and how we see it. Very structural based as it consists with the large quantity of signs and symbols which helps better understand the painting.

Monday, November 30, 2009



'First Nicaea Council' - Early Christian
325 - illustrating Emperor Constantine holding the Nicene Creed
no development of perspective and overlays each character to waste space
the halos cover the characters and is a very squashy picture



' Castle of Dinan ' - Romanesque
11 century - shows the Norman conquest of England. soldiers burning down a castle gate to the ground
stitching of cloth being embroidered onto the material


' Lamentation ' - Gothic
Giotto, 1304 - 1306
Jesus laid down from the cross as Mary, John and many other characters care and mourn for the death of Jesus. The painting plays apart of landscape and figures with the traditional symbols of holiness, e.i. halos
religious image that reissues an event from the bible


' Lucio Fopper ' - Proto Renaissance
Giovanni, 1590, panel 105 x 50
a self portrait of Lucio dressed in sharp and well designed armory to signify his glory and royalty. the contrast of light and dark

Wednesday, November 25, 2009


"Poseidon soter at Artemisium"
575bc.
bronze sculpture
cultural frame - greek god and apart of their tradition
well developed sculpture that has been composed to t
he physique


"Julius Caesar"
50 bc.
marbled sculpture
this idea of sculpturing the head was a trend in roman times. this sculpture is apart of their culture as it represents the roman leader, caesar and was highly respected back thenz

Wednesday, November 18, 2009


RANTING RAGE!!

dragon ball !!! saiyan vegeta n goku 4!! my childhood heroes as growing up but is now screwed up coz of the lame ass movie.. embarassment to the cartoon. we azns aint kool enuf to b the actual characters for DBZ -_-** if the next movie is as stooopid as the first one, then ima kamiaya maya there asses down!!

Monday, November 9, 2009


Supper of Emmaus - Caravaggio 1901

this picture plays a large role of contrast between light and dark, which creates a very realistic and deep moment in the biblical story. the rich red stands out and emphasised greatly to show that sense of importance and royalty. the painting also includes elements of still life, portrait and profile images.


Shepherd's Idyll - François Boucher 1768

this picture plays a role of many elements taken from many styles and forms of art. the fact that a landscape painting consisting with figures in the foreground. By doin, it shifts the traditional motive of a landscape painting into a more conceptual one.



le serment des horaces - David 1784-1785

strong emphasised structure on the figures, creating lots of muscle toned shading which brings out the sense of strength and nobility in the picture. the positioning of the figures is a very strong one as well. perspective within the painting hasnt been greatly shown, mainly looks like a puppet show like theme.. with the figures all aligned in a nearby surrounding



The Wine Harvest - Goya 1786

a hint of still life between the figures in motion during an ordinary day in the fields. their poses are very genuine and very elegent. having the stunning mountain ranges in the back creates a nice and dramatic responce to the painting.

Thursday, October 22, 2009


this is the most recent fotoshoping work that i have completed. its a foto of a korean girl band called 'girls generation'. i have changed the faces of each member except for one, and replaced them with frens.... from left to right .... william mulia, james tan, jason martins, me, winston, original band member, joshua gibson, joseph kalkoul and raymond raymond >< lol... this foto is about how fotoshop can change the way people look and the re touches that the program can do to a foto. u can never look at a professional foto eva agenz