Another amazing video from You Tube. It is a flipbook made from drawings created on T-shirts wore by somebody. It is an incredible idea and the way it is done is very spectacular. This very inspiring video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HClNcAvD1AY&feature=related
Friday
Polaroid animation
I found this animation in You Tube. I think it is a fantastic and very creative idea. It is an animation made from 987 polaroid photographs and no computer effects at all. I am really impressed with this idea and the hand made finish. As it is describe on You Tube it is: "An experiment to exploit the single frames that make up an animated film and explore the emotions of the creative process."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tkq2Kq-LmJg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tkq2Kq-LmJg
Thursday
Dubois Meets Fugger
I found this website on FWA. I love the fact that the viewer can interact with it. It is well designed with some interesting characters and very creative and funny ideas. There is a lot to find in this website and a lot to play with.
http://www.duboismeetsfugger.com/
http://www.duboismeetsfugger.com/
Wednesday
Big ideas card
I love this sentence and I like how this idea is solved only by using typography. I think the way these letter "folds" giving the impression that the paper is folding too or is blowing by the wind, is very interesting. It makes the optical illusion of movement.
Redeye
http://www.redeye.org.uk/redeye/default.asp
This is the link to a very interesting for photographers website. It is "the photography resource site from North West England", that how Redeye calls itself. This website was created for photographers networking. It contains a lot of useful information about events and exhibitions. It has got also a forum and a part called "advice and info". I think every photographer from North West England should subscribe to their email update.
This is the link to a very interesting for photographers website. It is "the photography resource site from North West England", that how Redeye calls itself. This website was created for photographers networking. It contains a lot of useful information about events and exhibitions. It has got also a forum and a part called "advice and info". I think every photographer from North West England should subscribe to their email update.
Dave is shooting
A friend of mine was taking some photographs for our new brief "Photo Novel". I decided to use the situation to take some photographs myself. I find it quite interesting to take photograph of a photographer taking photos of something or somebody else. I may come back to this in the future and make a project about that. These are my images.
High and Low Culture- brief for Contextual Studies
Culture is all intellectual achievements: the arts, music, painting, literature, philosophy and the performing arts. Culture means also our education, good taste, sophistication or lifestyle, customs, traditions and values.
There is high culture and low culture. By high culture we understand the best intellectual manifestations of human activity. High culture is very exclusive, elegant, smart and expensive. It is characterised by high value, elitism, it used to belong to bourgeois and was often difficult to understand. As high culture we would traditionally classify Theatre, Opera, Orchestras, Ballet, Literature, Fine Art, Architecture, Classical music, BBC Radio 3, The Times, Guardian, Fine Jewellery, Haute Couture and others. Sports like martial arts, yachting, polo or golf and also cosmetic surgery or eating out in elegant restaurant has some associations with high culture.
The opposite of high culture is low culture. It is also called popular culture or mass culture because it is made for masses. That is why it must be easy to understand by the majority of people. Low culture is cheap, easily and quickly produced. It is described as trivial and low valued. It is closely linked with words consumerism and kitsch. As an example of low culture we can list Cinema, Slapstick, Escapist Fiction, Television, Soap operas, Pop music, Tattoo, Applied arts (design, craft), game shows like Big Brother, Cartoons, The Sun, “Mirror” but also brand like Primark or Matalan.
As I said Haute Couture is an example of high culture. One of the most famous couture houses is Christian Dior. It is very exclusive, elegant and expansive brand. Dior is known for his style but also very good quality, high standard, luxury products. That is why Dior’s shops art very sophisticated too. We cannot find Dior’s shops in every city. In Britain there are only tree cities where Dior’s products are sold (London, Manchester and Birmingham). Those products are only for very special and rich people. Even Dior’s advertisement shows that. They are presented in women’s glossy magazines, not on billboards. These advertisements show beautiful women in elegant space, which could be some exclusive, luxury hotel or villas. These women are sometimes famous but most of all elegant, actresses, like Monica Bellucci. She posed to the photo. It was not an informal situation. Even her hair and the bag seem to be in a posed movement. The photograph is carefully composed. The colour of the image is well balanced and subtle. The only writing is the name of the couture house Dior with its typical elegant, old typeface with serifs and very small information how to contact Dior. The information is big enough to notice it but not too big, so it does not disturb in presentation the main image. The advertisement has got this Dior’s sophisticated look and gives us impression of luxury.
Matalan is one of those brands, which are made to be consumed by masses. That is why I am using it as an example for low culture. Matalan is a very cheap shop, affordable for all and its products have low value. There is many more Matalan shops then Dior. Matalan’s advertisements are seen on billboards or online, never in elegant women’s magazines. Matalan also sends its catalogues to our mailboxes. In the opposite of Dior they are trying to get to every potential customer. One of their billboards presented two children, young woman and young man and old woman. The advertisement was trying to show that everybody could find something in Matalan. Presented on the image people are happy, friendly but not elegant or sophisticated. They look like everybody, like people from our streets, they are like we are. They seem to be in some informal situations. The billboard presented also the big Matalan’s logo- its name in red, simple, bold, only capital letters. It must be seen. To convince us even more to go to Matalan shop, advertiser put writing similar to handwriting “uncover the value”, like those smiling people were writing it themselves. As the billboard was situated next to Matalan shop there was no need to put any information about its address.
In 21st century, however, the borderline between low culture and high culture is getting thinner and thinner, more and more blurred. For example Matalan is trying to appear as an exclusive brand, only for elite. That is why only Matalan’s card owners can buy its products. It gives as an impression of elitism even if everybody can get very easily Matalan’s card in the shop. Matalan’s design is very similar to this presented by couture houses like Dior. Cloths and accessorize from Matalan, look very often like they were inspired by big designers. That is why the buyer can make a choice between very expensive Rebel handbag from Dior or Rebel inspired handbag from Matalan that cost £6. There is the difference in the quality and the price but it seems like Matalan knows all the latest trends in the fashion. Dior, just like the others couture houses, has got always two lines, two collections- very individual, one-of and exclusive Haute Couture and Prêt-A-Porte which is high street line, less expensive, more affordable. It is also quite fashionable to have very expensive accessorize like bag from famous designer, for example Dior and complement it with products from a mass culture shop like Primark, Matalan or George at ASDA. Even very rich, famous people love matching their clothes from luxury shops with these from vintage shops. We all know now what the other people are doing. We like watching other people and copy them. People want to be like “their celebrities”. Because of the crossover of high and low culture they can afford to be the “cheap” version of “their idol”.
There is high culture and low culture. By high culture we understand the best intellectual manifestations of human activity. High culture is very exclusive, elegant, smart and expensive. It is characterised by high value, elitism, it used to belong to bourgeois and was often difficult to understand. As high culture we would traditionally classify Theatre, Opera, Orchestras, Ballet, Literature, Fine Art, Architecture, Classical music, BBC Radio 3, The Times, Guardian, Fine Jewellery, Haute Couture and others. Sports like martial arts, yachting, polo or golf and also cosmetic surgery or eating out in elegant restaurant has some associations with high culture.
The opposite of high culture is low culture. It is also called popular culture or mass culture because it is made for masses. That is why it must be easy to understand by the majority of people. Low culture is cheap, easily and quickly produced. It is described as trivial and low valued. It is closely linked with words consumerism and kitsch. As an example of low culture we can list Cinema, Slapstick, Escapist Fiction, Television, Soap operas, Pop music, Tattoo, Applied arts (design, craft), game shows like Big Brother, Cartoons, The Sun, “Mirror” but also brand like Primark or Matalan.
As I said Haute Couture is an example of high culture. One of the most famous couture houses is Christian Dior. It is very exclusive, elegant and expansive brand. Dior is known for his style but also very good quality, high standard, luxury products. That is why Dior’s shops art very sophisticated too. We cannot find Dior’s shops in every city. In Britain there are only tree cities where Dior’s products are sold (London, Manchester and Birmingham). Those products are only for very special and rich people. Even Dior’s advertisement shows that. They are presented in women’s glossy magazines, not on billboards. These advertisements show beautiful women in elegant space, which could be some exclusive, luxury hotel or villas. These women are sometimes famous but most of all elegant, actresses, like Monica Bellucci. She posed to the photo. It was not an informal situation. Even her hair and the bag seem to be in a posed movement. The photograph is carefully composed. The colour of the image is well balanced and subtle. The only writing is the name of the couture house Dior with its typical elegant, old typeface with serifs and very small information how to contact Dior. The information is big enough to notice it but not too big, so it does not disturb in presentation the main image. The advertisement has got this Dior’s sophisticated look and gives us impression of luxury.
Matalan is one of those brands, which are made to be consumed by masses. That is why I am using it as an example for low culture. Matalan is a very cheap shop, affordable for all and its products have low value. There is many more Matalan shops then Dior. Matalan’s advertisements are seen on billboards or online, never in elegant women’s magazines. Matalan also sends its catalogues to our mailboxes. In the opposite of Dior they are trying to get to every potential customer. One of their billboards presented two children, young woman and young man and old woman. The advertisement was trying to show that everybody could find something in Matalan. Presented on the image people are happy, friendly but not elegant or sophisticated. They look like everybody, like people from our streets, they are like we are. They seem to be in some informal situations. The billboard presented also the big Matalan’s logo- its name in red, simple, bold, only capital letters. It must be seen. To convince us even more to go to Matalan shop, advertiser put writing similar to handwriting “uncover the value”, like those smiling people were writing it themselves. As the billboard was situated next to Matalan shop there was no need to put any information about its address.
In 21st century, however, the borderline between low culture and high culture is getting thinner and thinner, more and more blurred. For example Matalan is trying to appear as an exclusive brand, only for elite. That is why only Matalan’s card owners can buy its products. It gives as an impression of elitism even if everybody can get very easily Matalan’s card in the shop. Matalan’s design is very similar to this presented by couture houses like Dior. Cloths and accessorize from Matalan, look very often like they were inspired by big designers. That is why the buyer can make a choice between very expensive Rebel handbag from Dior or Rebel inspired handbag from Matalan that cost £6. There is the difference in the quality and the price but it seems like Matalan knows all the latest trends in the fashion. Dior, just like the others couture houses, has got always two lines, two collections- very individual, one-of and exclusive Haute Couture and Prêt-A-Porte which is high street line, less expensive, more affordable. It is also quite fashionable to have very expensive accessorize like bag from famous designer, for example Dior and complement it with products from a mass culture shop like Primark, Matalan or George at ASDA. Even very rich, famous people love matching their clothes from luxury shops with these from vintage shops. We all know now what the other people are doing. We like watching other people and copy them. People want to be like “their celebrities”. Because of the crossover of high and low culture they can afford to be the “cheap” version of “their idol”.
Dada webpage
This is a link to the National Gallery of Art Washington. I found there very interesting part with information about Dada. It has got some images and notes about artists involved in this art movement but also its design has got some Dada feeling, look and atmosphere.
http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2006/dada/artwork/baargeld.shtm#null
http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2006/dada/artwork/baargeld.shtm#null
Photoportfolio 2
I took some more photographs and I am quite happy with some of them but most of all with my progress.
Obesity cards
I found these cards in a pub in Manchester and I really like the idea but also their design. I think that the one with hanged person is very strong. Also the one which reminds child's drawing is visually powerful. It contradicts the innocence of the few-years old kid's image with a very said and alarming sentence. The obesity is a very big problem in Britain so no opportunity to make people aware and understand it can be missed.
"Jupi" website
This Polish website already won FWA award. It has changed since then but it is again fantastic work. Unfortunately it is in Polish. This is website for fruit juice "Jupi" and it is really funny. It does interact with the viewer. The recent idea is to let people visiting website to create short film advertising "Jupi" juice. Viewer can also vote for the best film and the winner will see his work in the television. I like the idea but also colorful and fresh design. There is a lot of fun on this website and I think it is really good for advertising the product.
http://www.jupiland.com/pl/
http://www.jupiland.com/pl/
Photoportfolio
We were asked to start taking photos for our portfolio. I had to start from understanding my camera, so I decided to spend some time on just practicing and taking simple shots. I was happy only with this one photograph. I like different textures and geometrical composition of this image.
Sunday
Stereotypes- brief for Contextual Studies
Stereotype is a simplified or exaggerated generalization. It is usually offensive. It is a conception, opinion or image about some groups of people, usually based on minimal, poor knowledge. By using stereotypes, we assume that people in this group have some features in common. Stereotypes group people because of their religion, biology, nationality, race, gender, sexual orientation, disability, age and many other reasons. For example the Jewish are mean or the Muslims are terrorists. In my opinion a generalization always hurts some people. Judging others by stereotypes is harmful because we all are different. People use stereotypes towards these groups which they are not part of. Even if we do not want to use stereotypes and we do not believe in them, we still know them; they are in our culture and in our perception. We do know how to read them and this is important in the media.
That is why the advertising agencies like using them in their advertisements. Even if it is not true, we do hear many times that women can’t drive, men love DIY, the Scottish have red hair, the French are arrogant, the Polish eat just cabbage and cucumber or gay men are effeminate. In many public places baby changing facilities are in women’s toilets, therefore a father could not go out with his baby on his own or divorced man could not take care of the baby. That is another stereotype- it is not a man but a woman, who takes care of the children or the house. That is why in commercials it is always women doing washing. If there is a man presented, he is an expert who explains why it is better to use some new product. The advertising agencies know that stereotypes make the message easier to read for us. We can then quickly skip to the information about the product.
I like those advertisements, which look for unexpected solutions and are creative. They use stereotypes to make us think. Two of my favourite advertisements caused some controversy. The first one advertised the perfume Opium by Yves Saint Laurent. It was shown in 2000 presented by the naked model Sophie Dahl, lying on dark, velvet, contrasting with her pale skin, fabric. She was lying in a sexually suggestive pose. The stereotype here is the fact of showing a female body to sell a product. Stereotypically perfumes are advertise by young people half or fully naked, very often hugging each other or kissing passionately. In this sense, the Opium advertisement uses this stereotype. The opium is a drug and the model is posing like she was in a trance. That is another stereotype. The Opium gives the same results as the opium drug. It is a very erotic image but it does not cross this thin line, when the photo is vulgar. I personally really like how this advertisement shows the female body. It is beautiful woman; she is not one of the skinny, very ill looking, and anorexic models. The model’s size is then not a stereotype. I first saw this advertisement in a womens magazine, in Poland. I like this image but I can understand, that it would cause controversy if shown on a billboard, as it happened in Britain. I don’t find it offensive, as it was not made for men. I think there is a connection between perfumes and passion, attraction, sexual tension so I can accept that it shows a naked woman.
The second advertisement, which I think is very interesting, is the one promoting United colors of Benetton. For many years the controversial photographer Oliviero Toscani was responsible for Benetton’s images. This brand has always two campaigns: the product one and the institutional one. The second one always sends some social message, always touches very difficult subjects. In 1991 Benetton’s institutional campaign had the title “Angel and Devil” and showed two hugging children. There was a little white girl with curly blond hair, as an angel and a little black boy with his hair creating horns, like a devil. The boy had a serious face and the girl was smiling. The advertisement confronted our expectations, because it did not show the product or people using the product. Children on the photo have no clothes and Benetton is a clothes brand. The image uses the stereotype of an angel being a pale, blond, curly haired child and a devil being represented by a dark skinned person. It is controversial because it touches a taboo, like the difference, which divides people instead of bringing them together, or racism. By using a stereotype, it provokes, it makes us think. Why does it have to be a black boy representing a devil, why only can white, blonde girls be a symbol of an angel? Is that what we think? In my opinion Toscani could have gone further and create another image where a white person would play a devil and a black person would be an angel. By showing this stereotype, Benetton starts a dialog about it. The image confronts stereotype that black and white have to fight, that there must be a conflict between them, just like between angels and devils, like racism claims. The advertisement shows that any differences can be united; people can be integrated under Benetton’s name.
These two advertisements used stereotypes but at the same time confronted them with our expectations, shocked us. They were created to promote products. However they do make us think and talk about other issues, other then just that what they sell. That is why they are still alive in our cultural and social awareness and that is why they are very good advertisements. They still call attention to those brands they were made for a few years ago. Which is the opposite effect of one of many, like the same, boring “washing powder” advertisements. I think that stereotypes can be used in publicity if they actually question stereotypes themselves.
Urban Screens leaflet
I love this Urban Screens' leaflet design. It is futuristic, fresh and strong.
MMU Library's leaflet
I am really impressed with MMU Library's information leaflet. I like its design, the choice of colours, the choice of fonts, which were used. It shows that important information doesn't have to be presented in a boring style. This leaflet tells us how to use the library's services, it gives us the knowledge but it is still colourful, playful and fun.
Banksy's website
Banksy is a very popular artist, so I am not original being his fun. I don't really like the design of his website but I like the content of it. I am impressed with his ideas, how he can make a use of the break in the wall or other existing features in the place where he decides to create his artworks. I really like the part of Banksy's website, called "What happened Next..." which shows what occurs to his artworks created in public space, after a while.
http://www.banksy.co.uk/
http://www.banksy.co.uk/
Mirandolina leaflet
I found this leaflet and I thought it is very interesting. As the play is about beautiful, independent woman the designer used female sign in the letter "O". I think it is always good when we can interact in some ways with design artworks around us. I like the fact that this leaflet folds to create different shape.
Thursday
Weusecrayons website
This is the link to a new design company in Manchester:
http://weusecrayons.co.uk/
I really like its simplicity. They do not try to show of but everything seems to be design carefully. Even the colours are chosen for a reason. I think the name "We use crayons" is interesting and fresh just like this company's website. I like also their logo. Its a little bit abstract and futuristic but it does say a lot about the company's objectives. It is in my opinion a very good and creative website.
http://weusecrayons.co.uk/
I really like its simplicity. They do not try to show of but everything seems to be design carefully. Even the colours are chosen for a reason. I think the name "We use crayons" is interesting and fresh just like this company's website. I like also their logo. Its a little bit abstract and futuristic but it does say a lot about the company's objectives. It is in my opinion a very good and creative website.
6 styles in Manchester- Pop Art
Pop Art:
Charlotte March, “Donyale Luna with Earrings for ‘Twen’ magazine”, 1966 (photography)
in “20th CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHY”
This photograph is in my opinion an example of Pop Art. It is a fashion photograph for the popular German magazine “twen” and we can well recognize the typical 1960s make-up. This photograph is figurative, glamourous and of course commercial. Being a magazine’s photograph, it is an example of popular- ”low culture”. It presents an African American supermodel, who played roles in several of Andy Warhol’s films. I really admire this photograph and I think it is a very good example of Pop Art, despite the fact that it is still black and white photograph.
Sculpture in Manchester, Northern Quarter
I found this sculpture in the Northern Quarter, in Manchester and I thought it looked like a Pop Art artworks. It reminds me of Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s soup”s images because it uses everyday objects. It is an example of “low culture”. Like Pop art this sculpture is full of humour and also is ironic towards art. I found it particularly funny because somebody put two bin bags next to this artwork. I am a big fan of Northern Quarter and one of the reasons why I like it, is this Pop Art influenced sculpture. I chose this artwork as a Pop Art example but I can see also Surrealistic features in it; the size of it or the situation, the place where we find the hugh brush. Unfortunately I don’t know who made it. I think it is a very good sculpture.
Charlotte March, “Donyale Luna with Earrings for ‘Twen’ magazine”, 1966 (photography)
in “20th CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHY”
This photograph is in my opinion an example of Pop Art. It is a fashion photograph for the popular German magazine “twen” and we can well recognize the typical 1960s make-up. This photograph is figurative, glamourous and of course commercial. Being a magazine’s photograph, it is an example of popular- ”low culture”. It presents an African American supermodel, who played roles in several of Andy Warhol’s films. I really admire this photograph and I think it is a very good example of Pop Art, despite the fact that it is still black and white photograph.
Sculpture in Manchester, Northern Quarter
I found this sculpture in the Northern Quarter, in Manchester and I thought it looked like a Pop Art artworks. It reminds me of Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s soup”s images because it uses everyday objects. It is an example of “low culture”. Like Pop art this sculpture is full of humour and also is ironic towards art. I found it particularly funny because somebody put two bin bags next to this artwork. I am a big fan of Northern Quarter and one of the reasons why I like it, is this Pop Art influenced sculpture. I chose this artwork as a Pop Art example but I can see also Surrealistic features in it; the size of it or the situation, the place where we find the hugh brush. Unfortunately I don’t know who made it. I think it is a very good sculpture.
6 styles in Manchester- Cubism
Cubism:
Jaromir Funke, Untitle, 1927 (photography) in The Photo Book
This work is in my opinion an example of Cubism in photography. It gives us an impression of multiple viewpoints by using strong lights from few different points. The image visually breaks apart and rebuilds itself and that is how it creates a new reality. The artist wanted to test the viewer’s perception by giving them this puzzle picture. As it is a photograph of shadows it is a very flat image. Although it was made 9 years after Cubism as an art movement had officially finished, it still has cubist qualities. I am a big fan of this photograph, I think it is a fantastic photograph.
The Imperial War Museum North in Manchester
I think that the Imperial War Museum North in Manchester has got some typical Cubist elements. It does not use traditional conventions of another museum. The building seems to be fragmented, disintegrated and reformed back in its structure. It definitively shows multiple viewpoints. Visitors need to walk around the building to discover all its shapes and forms. It is again like a puzzle game for the visitor. I think this building is very interesting and I really like it. It is not just a Cubistic example, it shows also some attributes typical for Futurism.
Jaromir Funke, Untitle, 1927 (photography) in The Photo Book
This work is in my opinion an example of Cubism in photography. It gives us an impression of multiple viewpoints by using strong lights from few different points. The image visually breaks apart and rebuilds itself and that is how it creates a new reality. The artist wanted to test the viewer’s perception by giving them this puzzle picture. As it is a photograph of shadows it is a very flat image. Although it was made 9 years after Cubism as an art movement had officially finished, it still has cubist qualities. I am a big fan of this photograph, I think it is a fantastic photograph.
The Imperial War Museum North in Manchester
I think that the Imperial War Museum North in Manchester has got some typical Cubist elements. It does not use traditional conventions of another museum. The building seems to be fragmented, disintegrated and reformed back in its structure. It definitively shows multiple viewpoints. Visitors need to walk around the building to discover all its shapes and forms. It is again like a puzzle game for the visitor. I think this building is very interesting and I really like it. It is not just a Cubistic example, it shows also some attributes typical for Futurism.
6 styles in Manchester- Abstracion
Abstraction:
Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, “Photogram”, 1926( photography)
in The Photo Book
This example has been influenced by Abstraction. The photograph by Hungarian Laszlo Moholy-Nagy is non-representational. It does not describe nature but expresses something about it. It is created “straight” by artist and contains only formal elements like: light, line or shape. Just like abstract paintings, this photograph, by showing less, tells us more. I think it is a good example of abstract photography. I like more abstract paintings though.
Windows of building in Manchester, Hulme Street
I have chosen this building’s windows because it reminds me Piet Mondrian’s paintings. These windows are an example of geometrical abstract art in Manchester. They are non-representational and minimal, only colour, line and shape are used. Just like Mondrian’s art works these windows are painted with primary colours, verticals and horizontals. I really like the idea of creating windows inspired by abstract art. It is, in my opinion a superb example of this movement in Manchester.
Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, “Photogram”, 1926( photography)
in The Photo Book
This example has been influenced by Abstraction. The photograph by Hungarian Laszlo Moholy-Nagy is non-representational. It does not describe nature but expresses something about it. It is created “straight” by artist and contains only formal elements like: light, line or shape. Just like abstract paintings, this photograph, by showing less, tells us more. I think it is a good example of abstract photography. I like more abstract paintings though.
Windows of building in Manchester, Hulme Street
I have chosen this building’s windows because it reminds me Piet Mondrian’s paintings. These windows are an example of geometrical abstract art in Manchester. They are non-representational and minimal, only colour, line and shape are used. Just like Mondrian’s art works these windows are painted with primary colours, verticals and horizontals. I really like the idea of creating windows inspired by abstract art. It is, in my opinion a superb example of this movement in Manchester.
6 styles in Manchester- Surrealism
Surrealism:
Philippe Halsman, “Dali Skull”, 1951 (photography) in “20th CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHY”
I think this photograph is an example of Surrealism. It was made by American portrait photographer Philippe Halsman. It represents surrealist artist Salvador Dali and a skull created from seven naked female bodies. This photograph characterised super-reality and optical illusion. It is dream-like image. It evokes death and sex which appeared very often in surrealist artworks. I think it is a superb surrealist photograph. I am impressed by this photograph despite it not being in my style. It is a fantastic photograph.
Object on the wall in Manchester, Northern Quarter
I found this sculpture-object on the wall in the Northern Quarter, in Manchester. It is in my opinion an example of Surrealism in Manchester. It presents cow’s legs in a skirt, dancing the french dance the ‘can can’. It is a dream-like object, it looks like the rest of cow’s body is in the wall. Different parts of this sculpture are made from different materials (montage). In this artwork we can find some typical surrealist features like the absurd of what this object represents or super-reality in some parts of the skirt. It makes ordinary extraordinary and has got some symbolic meanings. Despite the fact that I am not a big fan of surrealism, I think it is a good and funny example of surrealistic design in Manchester.
Philippe Halsman, “Dali Skull”, 1951 (photography) in “20th CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHY”
I think this photograph is an example of Surrealism. It was made by American portrait photographer Philippe Halsman. It represents surrealist artist Salvador Dali and a skull created from seven naked female bodies. This photograph characterised super-reality and optical illusion. It is dream-like image. It evokes death and sex which appeared very often in surrealist artworks. I think it is a superb surrealist photograph. I am impressed by this photograph despite it not being in my style. It is a fantastic photograph.
Object on the wall in Manchester, Northern Quarter
I found this sculpture-object on the wall in the Northern Quarter, in Manchester. It is in my opinion an example of Surrealism in Manchester. It presents cow’s legs in a skirt, dancing the french dance the ‘can can’. It is a dream-like object, it looks like the rest of cow’s body is in the wall. Different parts of this sculpture are made from different materials (montage). In this artwork we can find some typical surrealist features like the absurd of what this object represents or super-reality in some parts of the skirt. It makes ordinary extraordinary and has got some symbolic meanings. Despite the fact that I am not a big fan of surrealism, I think it is a good and funny example of surrealistic design in Manchester.
6 styles in Manchester- Dada
Dada:
Man Ray, “Rose Sélavy (Marcel Duchamp)”, 1921, (photography) on Wikipedia website
This is an example of Dada in photography. Rrose Sélavy was dadaist Marcel Duchamp’s pseudonym. This image is part of series of photographs taken by Man Ray in 1921, where Duchmp was dressed as a woman. Being dadaists, Man Ray and Marcel Duchamp wanted to shock. That is why they didn’t try to hide the fact that this photograph really represents a woman. They shocked the viewers, they were ironic and irrational. I think this example shows that dada art emphasised ideas not skills. I like this photograph’s concept but I am not sure about the result. It doesn’t provoke any huge reaction within me but in the 21th century there is not much left to shock us.
Public Toilets at Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester
I have chosen this example even though it is not an art object. Like dadaist Marcel Duchamp, I made a decision that it is an artwork. Dada used “ready mades” and was both shocking and irrational. I am using these toilets then as a “ready made”. Since these toilets appeared in Manchester people keep talking about them. At first they didn’t know what it was and nobody had ever seen anybody using it. For me they are like a dadaist joke, strange, shocking and “ready made” object. It also reminds me about Marcel Duchamp’ artwork “Fontaine” which really is a urinal. I think it is a superb example of dada design found in Manchester. I really enjoyed being a dada artist for those few minutes.
Man Ray, “Rose Sélavy (Marcel Duchamp)”, 1921, (photography) on Wikipedia website
This is an example of Dada in photography. Rrose Sélavy was dadaist Marcel Duchamp’s pseudonym. This image is part of series of photographs taken by Man Ray in 1921, where Duchmp was dressed as a woman. Being dadaists, Man Ray and Marcel Duchamp wanted to shock. That is why they didn’t try to hide the fact that this photograph really represents a woman. They shocked the viewers, they were ironic and irrational. I think this example shows that dada art emphasised ideas not skills. I like this photograph’s concept but I am not sure about the result. It doesn’t provoke any huge reaction within me but in the 21th century there is not much left to shock us.
Public Toilets at Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester
I have chosen this example even though it is not an art object. Like dadaist Marcel Duchamp, I made a decision that it is an artwork. Dada used “ready mades” and was both shocking and irrational. I am using these toilets then as a “ready made”. Since these toilets appeared in Manchester people keep talking about them. At first they didn’t know what it was and nobody had ever seen anybody using it. For me they are like a dadaist joke, strange, shocking and “ready made” object. It also reminds me about Marcel Duchamp’ artwork “Fontaine” which really is a urinal. I think it is a superb example of dada design found in Manchester. I really enjoyed being a dada artist for those few minutes.
6 styles in Manchester- Expressionism
We were given some information about 6 styles in art: Cubism, Dada, Surrealism, Expressionism, Abstraction and Pop Art. We were asked to find one example of photograph created in each style. Also we had to find design inspired by each of these art styles in Manchester. Our task was not only to find or take a photos in given us styles but also to write why do we think our images represent these styles. These are my images and captions about them:
Expressionism:
Ignacy Stanislaw Witkiewicz, “Self-portrait, with Lamp”, 1913 (photography)
in The Photo Book
I have chosen this photograph as an example of Expressionism. It was made by the Polish artist Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz. He is called the only expressionist-photographer. His works reminds me of German Expressionist paintings especially Emil Nolde’s and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner’s. This dark photograph is full of melancholy. The artist used strong, very dramatic light to achieve a distorted effect. His face is mask-like. He used a close-up even though it made his eyes look blurred. He broke rules to show feelings not beauty or nature. I think it is very good example of Expressionism in photography. I like its aggressive light however I would prefer it if the artist’s face was a little bit more in focus. I think it is a good photograph.
Graffiti in Manchester, Northern Quarter
I think this graffiti has been influenced by Expressionism. It reminds me of the German Expressionist Franz Marc’s paintings. It is an aggressive in form and colour. It does not want to show an animals beauty but deliver a message, as well as convey feelings and emotions. It is representational image but its figures are mask-like and caricatured. The graffiti artist used childlike simplicity. It is very good example of design inspired by Expressionism in Manchester. I am really impressed by the kind of graffiti which we can find very easily in the Northern Quarter. In my opinion it is a really good graffiti.
Expressionism:
Ignacy Stanislaw Witkiewicz, “Self-portrait, with Lamp”, 1913 (photography)
in The Photo Book
I have chosen this photograph as an example of Expressionism. It was made by the Polish artist Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz. He is called the only expressionist-photographer. His works reminds me of German Expressionist paintings especially Emil Nolde’s and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner’s. This dark photograph is full of melancholy. The artist used strong, very dramatic light to achieve a distorted effect. His face is mask-like. He used a close-up even though it made his eyes look blurred. He broke rules to show feelings not beauty or nature. I think it is very good example of Expressionism in photography. I like its aggressive light however I would prefer it if the artist’s face was a little bit more in focus. I think it is a good photograph.
Graffiti in Manchester, Northern Quarter
I think this graffiti has been influenced by Expressionism. It reminds me of the German Expressionist Franz Marc’s paintings. It is an aggressive in form and colour. It does not want to show an animals beauty but deliver a message, as well as convey feelings and emotions. It is representational image but its figures are mask-like and caricatured. The graffiti artist used childlike simplicity. It is very good example of design inspired by Expressionism in Manchester. I am really impressed by the kind of graffiti which we can find very easily in the Northern Quarter. In my opinion it is a really good graffiti.
Friday
Lithography images
We were asked to create some little images for our gallery the "Space". I scanned my lithography images and then I manipulated them a little in Photoshop. These are finished images.
Monday
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