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Robert Barksdale Fundamental of Art 1785 Modules #13-14      The Lowdown on Lowbrow: West Coast and Pop Art, was a thought-provoking video of what makes art worthy and who is judging what is worthy and unworthy. Lowbrow art is distinguished from high brow (elitist) art seemingly they same way that crafts were considered different. This video illustrates that art is in the eye of the beholder. Lowbrow art is relevant in everyday life in the modern world, from comic books, tattoos, automobile painting, graffiti, and many other expressions of vividly colored representational art. The bold colors, lines, use of bubbles and words, and the creation of modern everyday heroes are some of the ways this underground art is distributed and represented in the artworld. This art is vibrant and can possess different moods with its freedom of individualism. The Tate Modern Video gave a peek into what a exhibition might be by incorporating highbrow and Lowbrow art into its curation. It combines

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The videos relate to the article by laying a foundation for the correlating origins of the developement of art and civilized society. Art discovered in the Chauvet cave created during the Upper Palaeolithic era demonstrated the influence that the psyche had on developing society into an organized construct. The ability to copy nature in art, architecture,music while applying order and morality is a human attribute. Changeux and  Ramachandrans (20th century neuroscientist) , scientific view of aesthetics and art form the relationships between nature and mans urge to copy nature not only in the order of our codes and mores of our way of interacting with one another but additionally demonstrate the urge for humans to exemplify through artistic expression a human representation of these feelings of the human experience. The reading,videos,art and architecture represented all  illustrate the origins of Homo sapiens and the emergence from darkness to light of the Neanderthal to homo erectus.

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Module 7

I chose the film, Isamu Noguchi: the Sculpture of Spaces, because i was interested in the ideal of sculpture of spaces and what it meant to this artist and how I might interpret it. Noguchi saw the Earth as sculpture, and posited that sculpture of the future would be the Earth, "The imaginary landscape". The ideal of gardens being art is a worldwide industry for nurseries these days. His minimalist perspective of space in theater was influenced by his earlier ventures being raised in Japan and by his mother's influence. His garden designs also exhibited these same influences of earth and nature being simple and magnificent at the same time. Naguchi, like other artists, traveled in search of his artistic style including to France and the U.S. His sculptures and gardens melds with urban America seamlessly. I like his ideal that art can not be dictated but is organic and naturally occurring. His creations of fountains are mesmerising, as was his playground concepts. He says

1. Yayoi Kusama (Japanese, born 1929). Title: Pumpkins. Media: Mirrored and polished bronze. Overhead white spotlight are used to highlight this artwork. It is elevated on a white square platform enclosed with rope. The walls are flat white, surrounding an open space that allows for a 360 degree view and easy access for patrons. It has form, balance and proportion, colored black and gold on high polished bronze. This "Pumpkin" is arranged in it's own space at the Albright Knox Art Gallery (all three pieces are from the gallery). I think that this art is organic in its representation although the media is inorganic. The geometric patterns painted black and gold do not resemble a pumpkin's colors, but is pleasing to the eyes nonetheless. As the artist intended, the "pumpkin" speaks to, life, fertility, and art in my opinion. I would categorize this as modern/pop art. 2. Alberto Giacometti (Swiss, 1902-1966). Title: Invisible Object (Hands H

     I chose the two film "Matisse & Picasso" and "The Impact of Cubism". I chose these film because of the similarities that I saw between these two artists in the reading. I was curious about the relationship these two artist had with each other. It was interesting to note Matisse as the elder in age but new as an abstract/cubism painter when compared to Picasso who began his career at a much earlier age. Matisse was less experienced in the new form of art called fauve which Picasso seemed to acclimate naturally. Matisse and Picasso were part of a new wave of artist who set out to break the rules of realism and color schemes. Instead, these artist used colors and forms to create an artistic style called "cubism". Cubism and it's impact was my choice of film because of the obvious connection to these artists. Although these two artist found favor with the female form in their art, the geometric manner with which they would be illustrated was new a