Images by Matthew Stone. Courtesy of Gentle Monste
Lee Krasner
Lee Krasner (1908–1984) was born in Brooklyn as Lena Krassner and grew up in an Orthodox Jewish, Russian émigré family. She decided to become an artist at the age of 14, and was one of the first artists in New York to adopt an entirely abstract approach. She went on to be one of the pioneers of Abstract Expressionism. In 1942, her work was included in a group exhibition entitled French and American Painting, and the only fellow exhibitor that she had not met was Jackson Pollock, so she decided to visit his studio. From then on, they were together and in 1945 they married and moved to Springs, Long Island.
Unlike many of her contemporaries, Krasner refused to develop a “signature image,” which she considered to be “rigid rather than being alive.” Working in cycles, she continually sought out new means for authentic expression, even during the most tumultuous of times, which included Pollock's emotional volatility and his sudden death in a car crash in 1956. Krasner's formidable spirit is felt throughout the body of work that she created over more than fifty years in the studio—celebrated in this exhibition.
Combat, 1965
Is that face on the right Pollock’s? … a detail from Icarus, in Lee Krasner: Living Colour. Photograph: The Jewish Museum
Dynamic paintings that fizz and fascinate rescue the endlessly surprising artist from her husband Jackson Pollock’s shadow in this thrilling major retrospective.
Krasner began conventionally enough, with self-portraits whose masses of hair and clotted paint already had in them the kind of organised turmoil and tonalities that would reappear in her mature work. Her naked life drawings (much better, it must be said, than Pollock’s Michelangelo-inspired early drawings), had a kind of smoothed beefiness. One female nude floats rather than sits on her diminutive chair. Later, Krasner began classes at Hofmann’s 9th Street school, where she encountered his very physical teaching style – correcting students’ work by drawing over it, or tearing up drawings and reassembling them in new configurations.
Murakami Takashi
He is one of the most influential Japanese artists born after the 1960s. He is not only a widely loved artist in Japan, but also an idol of the new generation of young people in Japan. He strongly realized that contemporary Western art is completely different from Japanese art creation. The important thing is how our generation does not rely on any inherent cultural system to create the most essential things. Therefore, his works not only integrate the elements of opposition between Eastern tradition and Western civilization, elegant art and popular culture, but also retain the entertainment and appreciation of his works. It is a product that combines the characteristics of Japanese contemporary popular cartoon art and traditional Japanese painting style. The interestingness of his works is worth mentioning. Takashi Murakami implanted a variant image of Mickey Mouse in his own work and regarded it as his own incarnation and a unique visual symbol.
Pablo Picasso
Picasso's artistic career almost throughout his life, his work styles are rich and varied, and later generations used the phrase "Picasso is always young" to describe Picasso's changing art forms. Historiography had to divide his vast works into different periods-the "blue period", "pink period" in the early years, the "black period" in the heyday, "analysis and synthesis of cubism", and later " Surrealism period" and so on. His "Girl of Yavignon" created in 1907 was the first work considered to be cubist and a famous masterpiece with landmark significance. It not only marked a major turning point in Picasso’s personal artistic journey, but also a revolutionary breakthrough in the history of modern Western art, which triggered the birth of the Cubism movement.
Study Plans and Life Outcomes:
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I want to focus on psychological issues and focus on different types of mental illnesses and how mental illnesses can affect people's thinking on an artistic level.
I want to do this with acrylic and oil painting.
I want to promote this through social media as well as posters.
I also want to promote it through performance art, which I think is more engaging because part of my project is about making more people aware that mental illness is not a pain in the ass, and I think it will be a kind of Creative ways to do it. I also want to do a small workshop with people with mental illness to learn what they think and feel.
How do I measure my success
I measure my success based on feedback from mentors and classmates and have support from like-minded people
Another way is to look at my current work versus previous work to see how I can improve
What interests me
Collaborate and communicate with different people
Learn from other artists
Show my art to share with others
What materials may I need to conduct this survey
1. Acrylic and oil paints
2. Markers
3. My PC
4. Paper
5. Various graphic editing software
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Own Artwork Reflection
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I think my biggest problem is that my ideas are too simplistic and monolithic
I need to see more to generate more different ideas
I need to get out of my comfort zone now and be bolder to express my inner thoughts
At the same time, it is followed by improving painting skills, so as to better express
At present, I still need to spend more time exploring different styles and forms to find my own world
Group Critics
I showed two completely different pieces of art. I've gotten some great feedback on the artwork, many say my work is beautiful, but others say the personal style isn't very obvious, and some ideas of where to go next
Exhibition Visit
Tate Modern
SE19TG
People often ask me what I'm doing at Tate Modern, and my answer is "hardly anything, it just comes alive on its own.
The main collection display area consists of 8 areas, each with a named theme or theme. Within each area are rooms that change periodically to show different pieces that align with the overall theme or theme.
This Tate exhibition by Lubaina Himid puts particular emphasis on the role of musical narrative.
The exhibition site has been upgraded to an audio-visual integrated and in-person experience mode, like a carefully rehearsed opera performance, with five sound installations running through the entire exhibition area.
Exhibition: The Woven Child
Artist: Louise Bourgeois
The exhibition will feature several textile pieces made by the artist from different types of textiles.
The weaving works are also the relevant creative context of the last twenty years of her artistic career.
The exhibition, including sheets, handkerchiefs, tapestries and other fabrics, conveys the artist's consistent core of identity, trauma, memory and other themes.
Creative Lives 2022
NARBI PRICE
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Narbi has had a rich and varied career, working as a painter, curator and even a lecturer.
Artist and curator Narbi Price will talk about the themes behind his paintings, and their roots in history and popular culture. He will discuss his strategies for adapting his practice and continuing to make paintings during lockdown and the pandemic
I greatly admire him, and he uses a unique realist approach that sets him apart from other artists of the genre, borrowing abstract techniques to depict seemingly inconspicuous but actually significant locations
Evaluation summary article
It can be seen that psychological barriers have a great impact on the artistic level
This affects everyone
I think my research on mental disorders and diseases is very important
Because it's not just about my own psychological problems
Many artists and art workers have the same problem
I believe that any art form is an outlet for venting inner emotions
Art itself is a unique madness
I think it's important to accept and embrace your mental block as your creative inspiration
I will continue to do this research, I hope more people who have the same problem as me can see