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Art in the 21st Century

when thinking about 21st century art, the concept of “modern” comes to mind. there’s “modern art” in terms of paintings, sculptures, dance, exhibitions — pretty much everything has moved on to become more modern. along with it, I think, is … Continue reading

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hello, kitty!

so I chose to do Tom Sachs’ statue of Sanrio’s Hello Kitty very far in advance because it’s an amazing and unique work of art. it sits in a public setting, is huge, and , according to Sachs’, was chosen … Continue reading

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music as a language

While language is usually spoken, written or signaled with words, there doesn’t seem to be a reason why music cannot be a language. It doesn’t have grammatical syntax, but there is structure — in art, there are “words” that logically … Continue reading

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Hassam

This is Hassam’s painting “Winter in Union Square” and what I found to be the modern day location of this picture: While the two look very different, there is the same curvature of the road and one of the buildings … Continue reading

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09.01.2010 Assignment Response

The idea of “art” has been around forever, whether viewed as painting, music, dance, etc. simply because art means an outlet through which an individual uses technique to express creativity, thought or emotion to evoke feelings in a viewer. Many … Continue reading

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