Art final considerations

Over the next couple of weeks I have to embark on a project that involves responding to a specific piece of artwork and then attempting to recreate the artistic process in which it was made in a way everyone can understand. For this project there are a variety of art forms I can choose from. The types I've been considering so far include video editing, street art, illustration and sculpting. Below are a few of my ideas.

The first artist/artwork I've been thinking about is Sheep in Wolves Clothing  by Sachin Teng. The illustration is featured here:

To Teng, artwork is "the original subliminal message" so to start an illustration, he thinks of a message. That thought process is the first part of his artistic process, and Teng himself explains this idea of his on his website's Bio Section. For many of his pieces, Teng uses Photoshop as well as his own illustrations. He describes exactly how he does this step-by-step in a Photoshop tutorial that can be found online: http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/tutorials/photoshop/surreal-mixed-media-illustration/
This link is also useful because not only does Teng explain the process by which he uploads several different illustrations onto Photoshop and the combine them to create this grand imagine, he also explains the underpinnings of the relevant concepts behind the piece I have chosen.
As useful as this link it leaves out an important part in Teng's process that I plan to draw attention to in my own paper, and that is creating the actual illustration. I have to consider the tools he uses and why he uses them. Luckily, Teng is not shy and elaborates on the materials he uses in an with The Observer

Another Artist I am considering is a street artist by the name of Blu 

His art involves both a form of painting using spray paint as well as video editing known as stop motion animation, in which he takes a series of several photos of an art piece, each time changing the artwork ever so slightly, and then combining each photo into a video creating the illusion that the artwork is moving. There is a documentary called "Big Bang Big Boom" which documents every step of this process. The video can be found on several places online. Here is one link to the Video. Another link which contains several videos about the importance of patience and reproduction in blu's art process is here.
Blu is of course an alias, in order to keep the identity of the artist a secret so of course first hand accounts on exactly how blu creates an image are almost impossible to find. However, looking up simple "how to" videos and papers on stop-motion animation as well as graffiti can be very helpful in understanding how Blu does what he or she does. Here a couple useful links on stop motion
http://content.photojojo.com/tutorials/stop-motion-digital-camera/
http://digital-photography-school.com/5-tips-for-making-a-stop-motion-video
And here is a link on creating graffiti
http://teamtreehouse.com/library/exercise-your-creative/how-to-create-a-graffitistyle-logo

This link will allow me to help explain and possible recreate (on a small scale) blu's process for my class.

The last piece I am considering is an untitled porcelain sculpture by Maria Rubinke

http://hifructose.com/2013/04/16/maria-rubinkes-grotesque-ceramic-sculptures/

Preceding this text is a link to an online magazine which documents the thought process that goes into each of Rubinke's sculptures.


A bit of a background on Rubinke, what inspires her artwork and a bit on how exactly she creates is can all be found in an online biography.

Ceramic sculpting is a process that is usually going to be the same for pretty much whoever does it. A few videos and links which can help understand exactly how this is done can be found all over the internet

This video shows how to make porcelain figurines very similar to the ones showcased by Rubinke
This link shows explains with text different tips and techniques to creating ceramics sculptures:
http://ceramicartsdaily.org/category/ceramic-art-and-artists/ceramic-sculpture/

Parody in Postmodern Art

In postmodern artwork there has been several types of themes which revolve around an imitation of another artist's work. One of these theme is parody. A parody is a specific type of imitation, it does not pay respect to the work it is imitating, despite whether it is worthy of respect or not. Instead, parody art pokes fun at the artist or artwork it is replicating, the intent of parody is to be humorous in its creation. One artist who uses the idea of parody is Marcel Duchamp. One of his clearest examples of this form of art is found in his painting called  L.H.O.O.Q. pictured below:
 

Most everybody should be familiar with Leonardo's Mona Lisa, and once laying eyes on Duchamp's work, its target of the Mona Lisa is obvious. This work is a parody in the sense that it intents to take the famed Mona Lisa and recreate it in a way that is humorous, contrasting the seriousness with which the original is supposed to be viewed. Even the name itself a parody. When pronounced in French L.H.O.O.Q. creates the sentence Elle a chaud au cul, which can roughly be translated into English as "Her ass in on fire". This sentence completely tarnishes the name of the Mona Lisa, and it becomes especially humorous when combined with a woman with an goatee and mustache.

Another example of a parody can be seen in Duchamp's work called "The Fountain".

The idea of this picture as a parody is a little more complicated than Duchamp's imitation of the Mona Lisa. This work is a parody on art in general. The piece of "art" is simply and overturned urinal. In this picture Duchamp is poking fun at art in general, and what can be considered it. This is a parody on abstract art by questioning just how far-fetched and ambiguous art has become in the modern day.