William Kentridge and Nan Goldin

William Kentride

Before:

-Why are most of his works black and white?

-Why do his art works start with "History of?"

-Are video stills his favorite media?

After:

-Why are none of his works really about him? Instead of them always being about South Africa?

-If he would have been born somewhere else, would he have become an artist?

-Why does he choose to make films his main focus?

Nan Goldin

Before:

-Why are most of her pictures about death or pain?

-Does she do anything else besides photography?

-What made her become an artist?

After:

-If Goldin's sister wouldn't have died would she still have been interested in photography?

-How many years did it take to produce Ballad?

-Are all of Goldin's photographs vulgar? or are there some that are about happiness and peace?

Identity Project

5 Touch Points

-cheerleading being a huge part of my life

-death of my cat

-having ear surgeries

-transition to college

-high school

Adjectives for transition to college

-lonely

-clueless

-nervous

-homesick

-exciting

Metaphors

-lost puppy

-bird learning how to fly

-trying on a new pair of shoes

-fish out of water

-finding a new identity

Materials- photographs, feathers, leaves, paint, and colored pencils

Actions- Maybe take different pictures of birds and nest and incorporate that in a picture.

Feathers scattered trying to find where they belong.

Draw a picture of a bird leaving its nest.

First day of class

The first day of concept studio went very well. I did not really know what to expect of this class, but it seems like it is going to be fun. We have a couple of projects we are going to have to work on. The first one is identity, which seems pretty cool to me. We talk about how art influences people, realism, abstraction, and non-objective art. I cannot wait for this class to continue because I think its going to be a fun and interesting class.