Essays on Contemporary Art

I have named this piece Lyrebird after the Australian bird which is known for its ability to mimic natural and artificial sounds incredibly well, plus the AI software also named after the Lyrebird (Lyrebird.ai, 2019), which I have used in this piece.This piece is specifically created to be listened to using noise canceling headphones.Lyrebird is a sound piece created using binaural recordings of my own voice, sounds of the environment whilst walking and on public transport, and an AI produced ...

This research is the first research made on promoting cultural exchange and diplomacy of South Korea in Hong Kong, in particular with the annual focused event, Festive Korea, making it significant to be the first step in the study. It is believed to be useful for researchers who are interested in further study in the future. In this research, Festive Korea and Hong Kong Contemporary Art Fair are two main focuses. The details of the activities and the findings are nailed down as part of the ...

I have come across many who believe in an implied, unspoken agreement between an artist and the viewer in relation to photographs intended as art or any other form of expressionism. This belief that what they are viewing must be "real" to be of any photographic value, and it is to be the audience who should dictate on what the artist must conform too. But if an artist of any medium was to tailor there work to the audience's expectations, surely this would then deem there work as stagnate, no ...

Over thousands of years, many disciplines have utilized ancient to contemporary art in several different ways to benefit people in their everyday life and circumstances. One place contemporary art can benefit an individual in the very reality of their life in the here and now, is in medicine and healthcare institutions. Art may benefit an individual by putting them into a calmer state and making them feel more settled. When staying in a hospital, an individual may seem very anxious and nervous ...

By definition, the word “historicism” is the theory that social and cultural phenomena are determined by history. During the period 1790-1875, there were many pieces of furniture and decorations, such as chairs and vases, that are prime examples of how ancient civilizations influenced design at the time. In many cases, it was a combination of both ancient influence and modern design techniques. Thomas Fletcher, a well-known silversmith of his time, used his skills and designs to display the ...

Influence is a great and undermining device against the individuals who are powerless. It can influence one's choices among great and insidious, covering judgment and jading the inner voice. It assumes the basic job of a ghastly lowlife, an undetectable peril to the hero in William Shakespeare's Macbeth. Macbeth is a casualty of influence of others, making him at last not in charge of his activities. Macbeth's very own accomplice Woman Macbeth induces her significant other to submit murder and ...

With the development of technologies and society, the methods of media and arts have big changes in the current worlds. From opera to street music, from concerts to televisions, no matter the contexts of arts or platform, they changed a lot in the past years. In this changing process, it may be sorted to high arts and low arts, but I think there are no distinctions between arts, and all distinctions are based on personal views. Also, the art is the epitome for the real world. The reason why ...

Ars Nova is a musical style that flourished in France and Burgundian Low Countries in the Middle ages between the period 1310s till about 1400. It is translated “New Art”. During this time, the mode, time and pronation of music began to shift. Time signatures were born and there was a new structure to music and how it is made and performed. Different styles were developing, and the people of this time began to hear new sounds they have never heard before. Before Ars Nova, music was free. ...

Contemporary art is evolving, culturally different and technologically improving the world. Contemporary artists’ works is a dynamic blend of resources, textiles, approaches, concepts, and subjects that carry on the challenging boundaries that was already well proceeding in the 20th century. (Contemporary art, 2018) They are influenced by history and their work is influenced by their surroundings. In contemporary art there is a possibility to investigate more generally the impact of hybridity ...

There was always this one question I dreaded the most when asked, “what do you want to be when you grow up?” I was asked this question since I was young and even now. This one question would bring so much anxiety to me; people would never be satisfied with my answer. Since I was young I have always been indecisive of what I wanted to do in the future. I was told to become a lawyer or a doctor, because of their salary. As I grew up I realized those jobs were not for me, and I became very ...

Designs are always containing the ideologies, briefs or values of designers and if people happen to share the similar thinking ways with the designers, the public will find the resonance in his works. The Red and Blue Chair (as shown in Figure 1) is exactly the media or trigger, which makes me strike a chord with the designer Gerrit Rietveld because I think it symbolizes the way I think. The chair, designed in 1918, is a masterpiece of the representative of Gerrit Rietveld. Watson-Smyth (2013) ...

On October 11, 2018, I discovered an amazing world of art, called Tampa Museum of Art located in downtown Tampa, Florida area. The museum offered different exhibits including; The Classical World, Yayoi Kusama: LOVE IS CALLING, Kiss and tell by Wolfgang Flad, Laura with Bun by Jaume Plensa and Patricia Cronin, Aphrodite, and the Lure of Antiquity. The museum permanent holds a collection of classical antiquities, decorative arts and sculpture, paintings, works on paper and 20th century ...

Remix culture has long been assimilated into contemporary art and design to enhance growth and create new aesthetics using existing materials. Remix artists often explore unlimited possibilities to give critiques and turn the existing piece into a parody of itself. “Arne Cubista”, made on 9 September 2007 by Italian designer Martino Gamper, is a part of his project 100 Chairs in 100 Days which challenges traditional clichés and formalist values of Modernism. Old pieces of Arne Jacobsen’s ...

Graffiti, is simple terms is any form of writing or drawing made on a wall or some sort of surface, usually as a form of artistic expression, without permission and within public view. It ranges from the simplest words painted in walls to detailed intricate pieces of art or sculptures. Graffiti has existed since ancient times, with examples dating back to ancient Egypt, ancient Greece and the Roman Empire. However, graffiti as a modern form of street art was born in the late 1960's. The ...

It is the duty of an artist to create art in response to the political world, injustices and humanitarian issues. This applies to all forms of art including music, photography, painting, dance, film, performance art, visual art, new media and sculpture, to name a few. Artists always have been and continue to be an integral part of society, as their work not only serves as historical records but their powerful expressions can inspire individuals to drive change. Most of all, art depicting ...