Saturday, April 25, 2009

We Know What Art Is




Katy's Digital Art
I have always enjoyed photography and collage art, and I have often used the computer to combine the two in collages like the one below. This class gave me a new name for this interest - digital art.


Amanda's Graffiti Art
This wasn't what I was planning on doing for this project but it was a beautiful Saturday and I came across a picture that my husband made of the dog, and I thought would make great grafitti, so I put the plan into action! This is what art is:




This a a swing that I made. I used two 8ft. by 5in steel posts for the base. I took an old swing that was in the garage and painted it white and used 9 feet of chain to hang it. Finally, I used two 6ft iron poles to run along the top to connect the 2 bases and have a place to tie the chain around and hang the swing. I made this swing when I was 17 for a creative art project.


Monday, April 13, 2009

art that records history #2


"Mahone's Counterattack"
Battle of the Crater, Petersburg, Virginia
soldiers of the 9th Corps (north) take on the 6th (south)Virginia during the Battle of the Crater. This was on July 30th, 1964. One of the last "big" battles of the Civil War. General Mahone, which this painting is named after, turned the tide of the Souths defense against the northern attack in Petersburg.
Jay

Friday, April 10, 2009

Controversial Art & Art that Records History

Art that Records History #1

This is a painting by Casper Weisgerber showing Betsy Ross showing the first flag to some of the forefathers of our nation. The painting is capturing the historic birth of the US flag, and the creation and sewing of the flag itself was a great artwork.

Controversial Art Piece #1: Gate, Angela Singer



2006 recycled taxidermy, mixed media 90 x 210 x 80 mm

Angela Singer uses the carcasses of dead animals as the base material for her artwork. She is an animal rights activist who hopes to raise awareness on the gruesome nature of killing animals for art (deer heads on walls, etc) by exaggerating the effect. Other pieces, using false blood and terrified-looking jeweled eyes on the carcasses, are even more disturbing than Gate, the piece pictured here. Her art is controversial because many people see it as unnecessarily painful to view and exploitative of the very animals she is trying to protect.

-Katy



Controversial Art Piece #2 Kisses, the sexy urinal.

Designer: Meike van Schijndel



Kisses



In 2006 after complaints from shocked customers these McDonalds urinals were removed. Two years earlier Virgin Atlantic removed a similar set of urinals from John F. Kennedy airport in New York after complaints that the designs were unfriendly to women.

- Kenny.

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Georgia Art & Architecture

Architectural Art #1:
This a picture of 191 Peachtree tower, at 770 feet tall it is one of the tallest skyscapers in Atlanta. It is among the tallest 200 buildings in the world.


- Kenny.








Architectural Art #2:
This architecture is a boat house at Callaway Gardens, just south of La Grange, GA.

It is a beautiful canal cut into the land to shelter the fishing boats they rent out. The little stone marina is beautiful, and somehow fits into the surroundings although it is unexpected.

-Amanda-







Architectural Art#3: Chateau Elan, Braselton, Ga.


....The Chateau Elan is on of the most elite and prestegious wineries in the United States. From the official website..."Within the sweeping panorama of the north Georgia foothills, just 40 minutes north of Atlanta but a world away from the bustling city is Château Élan. Here on 3,500 acres, French provincial and Southern hospitality combine to produce a superb leisure and conference destination". The beautiful structure has over 270 deluxe rooms, with over 20 suites and 17 accessible neighboring rooms, five premeire suites and a 1,847 sq ft Presidential room. It was founded and constructed in 1982 by Dr. Don Panoz. This is a picture of my aunt in front of the structure on her 31st wedding anniversary. The entire building is 5 stories and has 2 raises in the roof that rise over 60 feet tall. The "resort" is used as a selling home to wine, a vacation and tourist spot, a place that conducts weddings, conferences, holds over 15 festivals per year, and also has an underground winery along with a golf course.

-Jay Eley.



Public Art #1: group of structures (7 feet tall each) in South Georgia....This is a picture of one of 167 wheels mounted to wooden posts in a field. This field is located in Nahunta, Georgia off of highway 301. This particular wheel is on the edge of the field and from an ariel view, the wheelposts collectively provide an image of a heart. The heart is meant to commemorate the soldiers of the group "The Brunswick 7", who were 7 men who fought in the civil war. The soldiers "fought valiantly to preserve the lives of over sixty women and children" who were barracated in a safehouse from northern soldiers for over 2 weeks until the northerners moved to their next town, Waycross, Ga. Billy and Sully Driskell (1830-1902) created this artwork together in 1869 after the civil war concluded.

-Jay Eley



Public Art #2: Painting in Griffin, GA
This painting, a large picture of the Griffin depot as it looked in the early 20th century, hangs on the side of a restored building in downtown Griffin, just across from the railroad tracks. It serves to remind citizens and tell visitors of the town's past as an important railway stop, even though the trains today carry only cargo instead of passengers and make stops much less frequently.
-Katy Gunn









Pubic Art #3: We Let the Dogs Out
This permanent public art exhibit in Athens, GA, close to the University of Georgia, is called "We Let the Dogs Out" and features three dozen larger-than-life painted bulldogs at street corners and in front of shops throughout the city.
-Katy Gunn

EXTREME CLOSEUP (photofriday.com)

I think we all had the same basic idea for 'Extreme Closeup' - Scott's waterfall is the most different in the group.

-The Ruiner-

Amanda Shrewsbury






-Jay Eley










This is as close as you can get without joining the descension.
Scott Allums Team 10















- Kenny Marshall




-Katy Gunn



Thursday, February 26, 2009

Wednesday, February 4, 2009