writing assignment

"The uniqueness of every painting was once part of the uniqueness of the place where it was resired". (Berger 19). Starting with this quotes, explains to us that every picture and every story behid it is unique in its own way. Art has been used by different people to express their feelings concerning something or some problems that affect society. But most people have used this art to voice their opinions concerning a particular subject.  Andy Warhol and Ana Mendieta are some of the artists that have proven their work of art. In their actions, they have given expressed different themes. For instance, if we look at the works of Andy Warhol, his work has been based on the subject of boredom (Cupchik, Gerald C., et al. 85). Looking at his artworks like sleep and empire all necessitate the theme of being bored. The actions of Andy Warhol have been incorporated into films which are played. All this brings out the subject of boredom intentionally.

On the other hand, if we look at the works of Ana Mendieta, the central theme that prevails is the theme of violence. "Manners are about strategies of social exclusion; they define the individual's thesholds of tolerance of what is acceptable or not". (Art of self invention 78). In the artist work of Ana, she has concentrated on the art of violence that took place. She has mainly talked about the abuse that was faced by women. "She is not naked as she is. she is naked as the spectator sees he" (Berger 50). For example, in her work of "Sweet Blood," she has explained some of the violence that women suffered in their daily lives and the effects that this violence had in them.

The artistic works were mainly influenced by the biographies of the two artists. Ana Mendieta was born in Cuba but grew up in the United States. She grew up in foster homes and orphanages. She was sent to these places by the mother due to the fear of the revolution that was taking place (Muñoz 190). This developed the feeling of exile and displacement which in the years to come became her central part of interest. She talked about the violence that women underwent and sought to fight for the rights of the women against being exposed to violence. But looking at Andy Warhol, his works were attributed to his biography, but the forces are different from those Ana Mendieta. He worked and lived a luxurious type of life that he never enjoyed (Warhol 25). This seemed boredom to him and thus anticipated the developments of his works on art that majorly expressed weariness.

The lives that the two artists lived influenced their works in art. For instance, looking at the type of experience that Ana Mendieta lived, like in the foster homes and the orphanages. This was not because she was an orphan but because her mother was afraid of the revolution was taking place. During this time, women were subjected to violence that resulted in their bodies being injured. In her artistical work, she has portrayed herself with some blood flowing the head to show the force and the effects of it that it had on the women (Muñoz 195). On the other hand, Andy Warhol artistical work was influenced by the nature of the lifestyle that he and the people around him lived (Warhol 30). The lifestyle was boring, and thus he showed this through his works like "sleep."

The two artists came to be identical to the masses mainly from the works of their arts. For instance, Andy Warhol started Pop artist who has become to the famous in the world today. "Some kinds of dress and body decoration make the identity of the individual highly visible, while others disguise it". (Art of self invention 127). He also used to paint that made him get a contract with bigger companies like Coca-Cola. Ana Mendieta also came famous from the works of her arts. She was one the well-known feminist in the country. She advocated for the rights of the rights of women. During this time, women were subjected to violence that affected their health. She was a victim of such mother and therefore advocated for the rights of through the use of her arts. She expressed the violence that women endured and the effects it had on the health of women. This made her synonymous with her work. 

The two artists used all the available resources to express their feelings. They needed to make sure that the message they were passing was well understood by everybody. For instance, Andy Warhol produced "sleep" which was incorporated into a video. Having made it to a video, people watched and saw the message that he was trying to convey (Cupchik, Gerald C., et al. 87). Ana Mendieta on the other hand drew arts of her picture with blood flowing from the head to anticipate the fate of women on violence and the effects that it brought women. This way, her message was received by many and women started to join these feminist groups to help fight for their rights.

The material and techniques that they decided to use were important. The elements were essential to help necessitate the content, and the weight of what they are trying to advocate for a while the techniques that they used was necessary to help spread the content of their work. This was important as it is from this that they messages could be received by the masses and be weighed upon. These materials and techniques have spread their works making them famous in the country and abroad.

Looking at the works of the two artists, both came to be known due to the actions of their arts. Taking, for example, Andy Warhol, he became to be famous because of the pop artist. Most of the people have come like it in spite of some of them being boring which is also the central theme of the works of Andy Warhol (Stanco et al 115). Ana Mendieta has become to be known because of her artworks. She advocated for the rights of women. She was against the violence of women. Looking at the actions of the two individuals, they came to invent themselves because of the presentation of their works.

Ana mendiata critisim

Ana Mendiata self portrait 

Andy warhol  self portrait in drag

Andy warhol Marlyene Monro

Work cited

                     Berger, John (1990). Ways of Seeing: Based on the BBC Television Series (Penguin Books for Art). New York, NY. 1^st Edition.

   Finkelstein, Joanne (2005). The Art of Self Invention: Image and Identity in Popular Visual Culture.

Cupchik, Gerald C., et al. "Viewing artworks: contributions of cognitive control and perceptual facilitation to aesthetic experience." Brain and cognition 70.1 (2009):.

Muñoz, José Esteban. "Vitalism's after-burn: The sense of Ana Mendieta." Women & Performance: a journal of feminist theory 21.2 (2011): 191-198.

Stanco, Filippo, Sebastiano Battiato, and Giovanni Gallo, eds. Digital imaging for cultural heritage preservation: Analysis, restoration, and reconstruction of ancient artworks. CRC Press, 2011.