Duchamp Research

Marcel Duchamp invented the art of readymades, which were basically everyday items on the street or in the home that he basically gave a title and signed it, than called it art. Sometimes he would even modify the objects, but only to a certain extent. He challenged the art world with the old question, basically what makes art, art and what i art and what isn't art. If you ask me, it was a brilliant idea, because, all in all, what is art if not everything. Everything is art, because everything is natural, thus once origination from the same place; nature.

cite:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Readymades_of_Marcel_Duchamp

Duchamp's Large Glass Blog

The reading itself was very confusing, mainly the point of the machine never really got to me. The ideas none the less were rather interesting in the depth that they were capable of. The idea behind the bride and the bachelors and the separation between them , in the sense of what the machine represented brought a mysterious side to the whole thought process that Duchamp must have gone through when inventing this contraption. When reading about a work from a man like Duchamp, you really need to look at his work from an alternative perspective from your original. A different kind of thinking has to go into it. The idea of 'mind, body and spirit' all come together when discussing his work, because all these pieces intertwine. Overall, the reading although difficult brings out the absolute 'craziness' in a sense of what Duchamp's mind was like, so in turn, I really like the reading, mainly the ideas behind it though.

Gestalt

Gestalt - In the terms of art, gestalt is the type of picture that has two pictures within it. A picture is created by both the positive and negative space.

Value Scale

Value

Value is such a broad topic to talk about that it cannot be explained by only one meaning. To me, value has the strongest meaning when applied to family, and the value that I have for my family. There aren't many things stronger than love, and I think that love for something such as family has the most and strongest value. Apart from love and family there is art. Art is a huge part of my life now, serving me more values than ever.

String Crazy

The drawing activity was definitely a fundamental activity that was necessary for the class to do. To actually sit down and contemplate what lines and shapes make you feel is without doubt a hard activity when you need to look deep within yourself to pull out an idea or emotion that reflects the main subject better than an original idea. It acted as a starting point for the string project, which was awesome!! During the string activity, students went in every which direction pulling the string to create an infinite number of shapes and lines. On a personal level, I approached this activity without thinking too much about it, but rather just playing with different ideas. If i had to participate in this type of activity again, I would totally be into it.