Monday, November 29, 2010





ANGLES


Vertical Angle
These suggest different links of power relationships between the represented person(s) or participants and the viewer.
• High angle – the viewer is looking down on the represented person, putting the viewer in a more powerful position
• Low angle – the viewer looks up to the represented person, putting the viewer in a less powerful position
• Eye level – the point of view is one of equality with no power difference involved



Horizontal angles
• frontal angle – suggests viewer involvement with the person or objects in the image
• oblique angle – suggest viewer detachment with the persons or objects in the image

Thursday, November 25, 2010

SYMBOLS


Absolute: Something have the only way to go. Of course, 1is always more than 0. That is ABSOLUTELY correct.

Infinite: Ideas coming from Penrose stairs. It is circular forever and never going to stop.
Blind: What you suppose to see if you are blind? Only black , nothing else. That my identification to blind.

Symbolism


Symbolism is an art movement which starts in 19th century from 1885 to 1910. It rejected bot hRealism and Impression and served to extend the private movement of Decadence and Romantic tradition of mysticism and intense emotion. Symbolist painting emphasized fantasy and imagination in their depiction of objects. The artists of the movement often used metaphors and symbols to suggest a subject and favored mystical and occult themes.

Monday, November 22, 2010

After the exhibition in Whiterabbit

Whiterabbit is a art gallary which is located at 30 Balfour Street Chippendale NSW 2008 Australia. It is opened from Thursday – Sunday; 10am – 6pm and everyone can go for free. Most of the artwork in this gallary is made by Chinese artists. Mrs Neilson, who is the owner of this gallary, decide to show all the artworks she buys would make the exciting world of contemporary Chinese art available to all Australians.

The artworks in the gallary relate to the policy, culture and reflect the big environment in China quite a lot. Some of them also represents the relationship between environment and humen being; the artist's main values to the world and life,etc.

The work called "Monalisa from Clear Sky to Rain" and made by Han jinpeng really impress me. It uses modern techniques to display and challanged the traditional art. Traditional frame is used that really creates a contrast with the main artwork. In the video, artstist dressed as the character in famous traditional painting himself record the whole process in the natural phenomenon. After the appearance of a famous artwork character, they are all just normal people. Very interesting way to showing the idea.

The establishment of the Gallery, though, was very deliberate. We wanted to share with Australians and the world the best of Chinese contemporary art since 2000—a turning point that I think of as the Big Bang. I hope all visitors to the Gallery will experience the surprise, delight and fascination that the White Rabbit Collection’s artists and their works have given the Neilson family.

Monday, November 15, 2010

Comfortable & Uncomfortable direct gazem


I feel that my privacy has been encroached. I'm not safety anymore.

peaceful and quiet gazing. Feels warm and comfortable. She won't have animus to me


GAZE




Definition Of Gaze: to look steadily; focus on something visually


indirect gaze: when we look at something/somebody, they is unaware of being viewed
e.g. Judith Beheading Holofernes; Caravaggio


direct gaze:the object know that they are being viewing and they demand to be viewing
e.g. Mona Lisa; Leonardo da Vinci

Monday, November 8, 2010

play with IMORESSIONISM by Photoshop




Play with IMPRESSIONISM by using Photoshop

IMPRESSIONISM


1) When was this movement?
1867- 1886 (19 century)

2)Where did is Start
French(Europe)

3)Key People in the moment
Monet; Senrat; Cezanne;Renoir; Pissarro

4)What are the influence

5)Your opinion in the moment

  • always bright & bright and vibrant

Thursday, November 4, 2010


The White Rabbit Collection is one of the world’s largest and most significant collections of contemporary Chinese art. Founded by Kerr and Judith Neilson, it focuses on works produced after 2000.

It is opened on from Thursday to Sunday inclusive at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. FREE to visit.

There's always some interesting view about life, culture, community & policy. Most of them are in a postmodernism style. And some of them are also quite Sinic.

Wednesday, November 3, 2010


The artwork "You Are Not Yourself" was made by the postmodern artist Barbara Kruger in 1982. Her work is always focuse on social ideas and gender problems. As a feminist, Barbara Kugra choosed a female to be her represented participants in this work.

  • the shattered marrior is a reflection on her misery
  • shows feminie problem in the society
  • campare with "you are" & "yourself", the word "not" is fairly small
  • "not" is set beside her eye. However, her eyes are closed. This is her choose to not see
  • gives the idea: you think you are yourself, but you are NOT yourself anymore
  • marrior is a symbol of the community. It influence by public value, history and male that makes female not themself anymore