Thank you for a great semester!

Congratulations on some excellent final projects. Thank you all so much for a wonderful semester. Stay in touch and keep me posted on your adventures. I want to hear all about your travels to learn about the world, awesome internships, projects, grad school plans, dream jobs and of course medical school!

Here are some pics/videos I grabbed at final presentations. Sorry I managed not to get every person/project 😆 I really thought I got everyone. I’ll have to have a reunion one day so we can all catch up!

Good luck to all of you! Happy holidays!!

Bonus Selfie

Kim-Victor

My inspiration for my final project is Victor and myself. He has become a muse whom has opened my world into a more artistic form. I realized that things in my life should not be limited unless it is necessary.

Bonus Selfie

     

        This book marker is my inspiration for my final project. This is made by Maria Velonica. She made it based on news paper and memories. That influenced me to create one memory book that based on memories of this three month of art class. 

*BONUS SELFIE*-Leslie Wilson

The color palette of my artwork

The final draft of “Into the Modern World”

The first image on the top were the colors I used to fill in my art piece. I wanted to show the color palette, since I believe the colors helped achieve the mood I wanted to portray. As for the draft, I needed to create one to test out the colors;and to make sure I had at least one practice run before I started the original. 

Rebecca Tobias - Final Project

In my midterm, I decided to paint my own self-portrait using a photograph of myself as a guide, which ended up with me having paint all over my hands and wrists. For the final, the task was to somehow connect what we learned in the class as well as from the trip so I thought that was impossible without making a parody song. In the video, I referenced Cindy Sherman, Ana Mendieta, Shantell Martin, Ani Liu, and Andy Warhol. With the lyrics, I aimed to poke fun at how we present ourselves to others because of economy’s domination of social life. “The first stage of the economy’s domination of social life brought about an evident degradation of being into having — human fulfillment was no longer equated with what one was, but with what one possessed. The present stage, in which social life has become completely occupied by the accumulated productions of the economy, is bringing about a general shift from having to appearing — all “having” must now derive its immediate prestige and its ultimate purpose from appearances. At the same time all individual reality has become social, in the sense that it is shaped by social forces and is directly dependent on them. Individual reality is allowed to appear only insofar as it is not actually real” (The Society of the Spectacle). We pretend to have what we don’t. We cannot help but lie. We flaunt what we have for others to see what they don’t have. “The connections of personality and identity with material objects also make us into commodities” (The Art of Self Invention). We judge by what we see, so might as well accept it and say, “Judge me, yes!” "Men act and women appear. Men look at women. Women watch themselves being looked at” (Ways of Seeing).

Lyrics to Judge me, Yes! - (Thank U, Next Parody)

https://youtu.be/fI7bwAdWkAU

Thought I’d end up with paint on my wrist, but I can’t

Took some selfies each week, now I look and laugh

Even found some new artists, and for Sherman, I'm thankful

Exposing our image filled culture

was like a chameleon

One used up blood, she captured nature

And she portrayed pain, Mendieta’s amazing

I’ve heard and I've learned

We judge by what we see

“Look what I have, look what you don't, b”

And for that I say

Judge me, yes! (x3)

I’m so effin’ grateful for my things

Judge me, yes! (x3)

Spent more time reading things

We don’t just write quotes for nothing

Plus sometimes she collects

Then we start up our discussions

I know they say, “You can't draw like that!”

This one said, “Nah”

Last name is Martin

Now she works with Puma

One used her mouth, She used bacteria,

And Liu was her name, now you might say, “it’s disgusting”

I've heard and I've learned

We judge by what we see

“Look what I have, look what you don't, b”

And for that I say,

Judge me, yes! (x3)

I'm so effin’ grateful for my things

Judge me, yes! (x3)

I'm so effin’ grateful for my things

Judge me, yes! (x3)

One day our image will convey, reality without distortion

Pretending to have what we don't

For example our fashion

Economy takes over all our lives

we can't help but lie

God forbid someone's watching

Least we don't look like trash

“I got so much stuff, I got so much money”

It’s time for my fame, Warhol said I get fifteen.

I've heard and I've learned

we Judge by what we see

Look deep inside, we’re all made of the same thing

And for that I say judge me yes

Judge me, yes! (x3)

I'm so effin’ grateful for my things

Judge me, yes! (x3)

I'm so effin’ grateful for my things

Judge me, yes! (x6) Works Cited

Finkelstein, Joanne. The Art of Self Invention: Image and Identity in Popular Visual Culture. Tauris, 2007.

Debord, Guy. Society of the Spectacle. Black & Red, 2016.

Berger, John. Ways of Seeing. Penguin Group, 1972.

Vincents Final

"Adulting"

As life moves on, we can't get that time back. Life moves on super fast, that includes technology, art, life, and even ourselves. It's a natural way of life. I bring up that point because as a teen entering their 20’s you start to see the bigger picture of life. And honestly it's scary. You start to have more worries, and your against the world as fight on your own. In other words called “Adulting”. 

After this summer, my eyes open wider to what it means to grow up. One morning waking up to the house completely empty. The Uhaul truck starting up engine louder than the morning birds trying to wake you up. My sisters, brothers and my mom all packed up in their car ready to go. My mom hops in uhaul, they say their last goodbye and they pull off. And as i witness the uhaul drive away in the distance, the image gets smaller and smaller and smaller. As uhaul truck gets smaller, for some reason my heart did too. 

Months has passed, living now in the basement, playing with my puppy trying catch up on my bill. Hair gets longer, hygiene not on very healthy level, beard growing as excessive rate with bags under my eyes. Signs of all being stressed out. Knowing my mom moved away, I know I have to adjust and adapt. 

The subject of my project is “Adulting”. The main purpose i chose adulting as my subject for the final is because as growing up I see what it really means to have responsibility. We all grow up, and we all see the difficulty of it. Doing things on time, sleeping early, paying bills and cooking your own dishes. All these doesn't sound fun especially growing up and being spoiled by our parents we kinda take them for granted. The content of my image is suppose to bring painful happiness. Yes it's sad growing up and experience reality, but you start to look at life in bigger picture and start to cherish things a lot better. 

My art project is heavily inspired by artist, Kevin Sampson. He based his art into making sculptures. His beliefs is that he makes unique sculptures, not the greatest art but it reveals that he has a gift in it. So my idea was to create a sculpture of my physical “Home” into smaller frame. The home i've lived in my whole life, it means alot to me even on a spiritual level.

How I began on starting my project was by going to dollar store and buying all things i need to make it. Includes cardboard, color paper, glue, sticks, scissors and 3 shoe boxes. From there i put 3 boxes ontop of each other and glew paper around the 3 boxes to make it look like a 1 story building. The use color paper to create the outing of it with windows. To make special it's going to be christmas theme.

The way it compares to Kevin’s art is by creating sculptures. Using your own ideas and tools are creating “nothing” to “something” with tools. Bringing a gift from artist to real life. My self portrait will convey the feeling of tranquility if someone looks at my art. You feel as home, with touch of christmas spirit. And what makes my final different than midterm is by couple of way; One way, was the art it self, the midterm was on poster and this one is going to be sculpture 3D image. Secondly would be the idea, yes i used the idea of home in my first project but i wanted to bring the idea of home on another level for the final, into way deeper and spiritual feeling than a cultural one. It influenced me make this change because I never appreciated my family until their gone, so this project is closer to me like any other. 

The spectacle of my art project is supposed to bring glow and lights to into. Christmas lights as the color since it's the season, but it's supposed to bring life to the house. Yeah the house isnt greatest thing, but your spectacle of looking at it should feel lively. 

This project is going to be mean alot me. Creating this brought emotions, tears and love throughout. I got close to my sister as she helps create it, but the thought process emotionally reaches out to me on deeper meaning. As i explained my project in class, i would want you to feel like if your in my shoes and also open the eyes for my class on how it feels to grow up and “Adult”. To cherish life because as I said, when is gone, you can't take gain it back. That also adulting is never fun.

Final Project

What I did is grabbed my old acoustic guitar and spray painted it 3 times just to make sure the whole guitar is covered completely white.  Once the paint dries, I grabbed a big black Sharpie marker and started drawing out music symbols.  The notes you see that are on the side of the guitar are actual notes from a song called "Time" by Pink Floyd.  It as a song I thought was appropriate to listen to while planning this project out.
The subject of this project is music.  We al listen to music no matter what.  It's everywhere, it's one of the things we all need to survive.  We would all dance to it, sing to it, or just listen to it.
Music can help us with our emotions.  We all listen to something whenever we feel a certain emotion.  We all view music in a different way, which relates to the spectacle:  Point of View.  We all have our own point of view towards things.  This still functions today as it did back then.  We all view things differently and give out our own opinions and ideas.  Not everyone is going to have the same views and ideas.
However, my point of view in music is that it helps me escape from reality, which is what I've shown in the back of the guitar for this project.  I would listen to it and focus only on the music.
This is completely different from the mid-term project I presented.  However, the only thing I would consider both projects to be similar is the abstraction used in both projects.  What influenced me in making these changes is that I really enjoy music and wanted to express it by using a musical instrument.
I was inspired by Shantell Martin with her work on using a black marker and draw abstractions.  I wanted to combine her work and my idea in music.
What this project can convey towards the audience is to show how music can play a really important thing in life.  As I mentioned earlier, it is something that we all need to survive.  We all have our different taste in music, which is what makes everyone different and special.