Uh, actually I think everyone has a different perception of 'valuable art' but here is my take on valuable art.
Valuable art has to have a concept or idea behind the artwork. I think if it is anything less than that it will just be mindless work. It has to evoke some thought (a new insight towards a certain situation perhaps) to the viewer, only then it can be considered as significant. It could reveal the artist's intention.
Secondly, the artwork has to have an aspect of originality. This is a minor quality to define valuable art however this is vital. I mean one can't possibly replicate a work (lets say the old masters) and expect to sell as well as the old masters. This aspect correlates with the previous factor.
Valuable art includes artwork that have a long lasting attractiveness to the patrons. Some call it 'investment' and others call it 'collections'. Whatever you call it,it can't be appeal for a short period of time. Think Mona Lisa. 200 years! :)She is still considered valuable art.
Okay correct me if I'm wrong?
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Hello you!
I was recently reading the latest issue of TIME magazine and I chanced upon the article on a Korean artist- Sun Mu. I thought his artworks are refreshing to the art scene.It is rather comical but yet there is some political satire to the communist regime in North Korea.I shall quote an extract from the article; "He (Sun Mu) spent four years as a propaganda artist, portraying North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in unvaryingly heroic poses, but now the painter Sun Mu is having fun with the form. Since arriving in the South in 2001, 38-year-old Sun Mu — it's an assumed name — has been lampooning his old master from a musty studio in a run-down suburb of western Seoul." His painting mocks at the strict autocratic government of North Korea. In this painting, Please Have Some Medcine (I can't seem to post the picture up but here is the link http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1919276,00.html, Kim Jong Il is depicted as a dying hosipital patient being offered Coke by a North Korean Child. This work could be an encouragement for North Korea to open up to the world. I hope to see more of his work!
I was recently reading the latest issue of TIME magazine and I chanced upon the article on a Korean artist- Sun Mu. I thought his artworks are refreshing to the art scene.It is rather comical but yet there is some political satire to the communist regime in North Korea.I shall quote an extract from the article; "He (Sun Mu) spent four years as a propaganda artist, portraying North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in unvaryingly heroic poses, but now the painter Sun Mu is having fun with the form. Since arriving in the South in 2001, 38-year-old Sun Mu — it's an assumed name — has been lampooning his old master from a musty studio in a run-down suburb of western Seoul." His painting mocks at the strict autocratic government of North Korea. In this painting, Please Have Some Medcine (I can't seem to post the picture up but here is the link http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1919276,00.html, Kim Jong Il is depicted as a dying hosipital patient being offered Coke by a North Korean Child. This work could be an encouragement for North Korea to open up to the world. I hope to see more of his work!
Friday, August 21, 2009
Mystery picture 2
Hey reader,
This is the picture I'm about to analyze! The two questions our Art teacher posed to us are
1. What is the studium of this photo?
2. What is the punctum of this photo?
Basically studium is the element that creates interest in a photographic image. It shows the intention of the photographer but we experience this intention in reverse as spectators; the photographer thinks of the idea (or intention) then present it photographically, the spectator then has to act in the opposite way, they see the photograph then have to interpretate it to see the ideas and intentions behind it.
Punctum is an object or image that jumps out at the viewer within a photograph- ‘that accident which pricks, bruises me.’ Punctum can exist alongside studium, but disturbs it, creating an ‘element which rises from the scene’ and unitentially fills the whole image. Punctum is the rare detail that attracts you to an image.
1. What is the studium of this photo?
The studium of this photo is the sheet of patterned paper on the wall. It seems like an ordinary wall paper however, it does not cover the whole wall. It only covers a section of it. This is odd as it does not serve it's function. Also, there are two pieces of labels flanking the side of this wall paper. The labels could be description to this wall paper. The focal point of this photograph could very well be an artwork. The intention of this photographer could be to startle the viewer as to question if one can consider the wall paper art?
2. What is the punctum of this photo?
The puntum of this photo is the wall paper of course. The pastel colours, flowery patterns contrast with the blend, white wall. It reminds me of a traditional Japanese wall paper. What strikes me is that the wall paper does not fully cover the wall and it bends at the top right corner of the wall paper.
Monday, August 10, 2009
Mystery Picture
I can't seem to post the picture?
1) What is this work made of?
Acrylic.
2) what do you think the title is?
It reminded me of blue berries at first but I decided that it looks like alveolus too? Why is there a pool of black liquid? That is a rhetorical question. I think the title is called "Smoker's Alveolus".
3) what do you think the artist wants to convey?
I think,he wants create irony out of the work. The artist is depicting a smoker's alveolus (which has probably inhaled tar causing it to be black) in an abstract manner. Although the content is disturbing yet the portrayal of it is pleasing to the eye. He also used simple, circular shapes -this could have been because he only wanted to capture the essence of it subject.
4) what do you feel upon seeing this work?
The circular ball clumped together made me disgusted at first. Later on, I felt that the black, smooth and reflective nature of the material made the work look sophisticated.It is intriguing as well as one is unable to recognize it as a familiar subject and the magnitude of the sculpture. It looks rather appetizing too.
5) why do you think it is suitable for public display?
It is sophisticated. It complements well with the sleek interior of Esplanade foyer. It would make the viewers ponder on what it could be. It is also eye catching as it stands out from the angular shapes (the stairs and platform) around the sculpture.
1) What is this work made of?
Acrylic.
2) what do you think the title is?
It reminded me of blue berries at first but I decided that it looks like alveolus too? Why is there a pool of black liquid? That is a rhetorical question. I think the title is called "Smoker's Alveolus".
3) what do you think the artist wants to convey?
I think,he wants create irony out of the work. The artist is depicting a smoker's alveolus (which has probably inhaled tar causing it to be black) in an abstract manner. Although the content is disturbing yet the portrayal of it is pleasing to the eye. He also used simple, circular shapes -this could have been because he only wanted to capture the essence of it subject.
4) what do you feel upon seeing this work?
The circular ball clumped together made me disgusted at first. Later on, I felt that the black, smooth and reflective nature of the material made the work look sophisticated.It is intriguing as well as one is unable to recognize it as a familiar subject and the magnitude of the sculpture. It looks rather appetizing too.
5) why do you think it is suitable for public display?
It is sophisticated. It complements well with the sleek interior of Esplanade foyer. It would make the viewers ponder on what it could be. It is also eye catching as it stands out from the angular shapes (the stairs and platform) around the sculpture.
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