Next Week's Assignment

We are going to work off of this object, a spring. The assignment is motivated by the spirit of the Bauhaus school. The idea is that each of us will create a response to this object, not simply a copy or drawing of it.
My immediate response is this:



Maddy wants to work off of a photograph taken like this:

Maddy's Wall

Here is Maddy's wall from one of the classes in October. Comments, anyone?

Dan's Assemblage Walls

Often the work that we create in the studio when we are screwing around turns out alright. Here are a couple of "Walls" that I did in the past few weeks. dan-e-art website.

Halloween assemblage

In the great tradition of creating Halloween jack-o-lanterns, I have applied the assemblage techniques to this year's pumpkins. My son Nicolas was very involved - his was the black pumpkin. That got me thinking about using paint on the pumpkins in addition to carving them. I'll let you decide for yourself on the results.

Stop Your Engines! The Artist Is Tracing

From the NYTimes:

The Indianapolis Museum of Art

Ingrid Calame has made artworks like the one above by tracing skid marks at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

By DOROTHY SPEARS
Published: October 28, 2007
WHEN the Los Angeles artist Ingrid Calame wanted to trace the skid marks on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the track’s manager was skeptical. “The request was pretty unusual,” said the manager, Dan Edwards, who in his eight years at the speedway has provided special access to people testing tires, engines and racecars.

The Indianapolis Museum of Art
Ingrid Calame.

Then he researched Ms. Calame’s boldly colored compositions, derived from stains and graffiti that she traces from city streets and sidewalks. And he realized that the racetrack “was like a canvas,” he said in a phone interview. “There were stories that went with every tire mark, every gouge.”

full article at NYTimes

Art in advertising

Since I have been working in advertising for a few months now, I am interested in seeing what is used in different campaigns. It is interesting to see how innovative images are used and whether there is a fostering of creative talent. Here is an example of a really explosive image used in promoting a Beatles movie.

(Update): Since posting this Apple picture a few days ago, I have been noticing graphic apples popping up all over the places. Both my kids have been apple picking with their schools. Whether the profusion of apples is due to the season or the success of the iphone remains to be seen.



Here is the cover art for the itunes single of the week:



And another one:

Robert Mallary

Robert Mallary - www.robertmallary.com
- Massachusetts artist / professor who taught at UMASS-Amherst.

My office-mate took courses from this guy while they were at UMass.

-- Dan

Robert Mallary was an
American Neo-Dadaist, or "JUNK ARTIST" who was best known
for his use of urban detritus in his sculptures.

Click HERE to see more of
Bob Mallary’s sculpture and assemblage.

 Robert Mallary also pioneered the
use of the computer in the creation of art.

Click HERE and
HERE to see the world's 1^st
computer-generated sculptures, created by Bob Mallary in 1969.

Click HERE  to see
Robert Mallary's famous "Cliffhangers" Sculpture.