DSGN 264-403 Fall 2021 Blog
Plein air painting is the act of going outdoors to paint real-life environments. This practice helps many artists come to understand how to develop a landscape. Many famous artists such as Monet and Renoir have taken part in plein air painting. Plein Airpril, similar to other monthly art trends like Read more…
Lawrence Salzmann explores how the lives of humans and animals are intertwined in his recent show, “Creatures Real and Imagined.” For centuries, we have held intimate relationships with animals (to varying degrees), such as domestic pets or cattle. Salzmann expresses this through his art—he sees the animal as an integral Read more…
The New York Public Design Committee voted on April 10th to allow a sculpture called ‘Fearless Girl’ to remain by the steps of the New York Stock Exchange. The statue first showed up before International Women’s day in 2017 and was placed across from the Charging Bull statue, but was Read more…
Who is Glenn Ligon? Glenn Ligon is an American conceptual artist. He was born in South Bronx and attended RISD (Rhode Island School of Design) for 2 years before transferring to Wesleyan. Ligon’s work deals with topics relating to African American queer identity. He also references quotes by famous African Read more…
Completed in 2020, The Museum of the Future was designed to depict the unknown future– a “void.” The architectural vision of the “void” design is meant to represent what we don’t know yet and that the people who seek the unknown will continue to innovate and discover towards a better Read more…
NFTs have been a trending on digital platforms, and is becoming a new pipeline to success for upcoming artists. NFTs are non-fungible tokens in which each item (token) is unique, and can be bought through cryptocurrency only. 13 year old Nyla Hayes has had a foothold on this platform with Read more…
Another season means a new rotation of trends to explore! Here are the clothes that designers and models are eyeing right now. 1) Popcorn Texture Although this style may not seem like it’s for everyone, this micro pattern has been emerging to give the outfit voluminous and bubbly, perfect for Read more…
Artist Yves Klein was kind of like the inventor of the NFT. He would always convince people that his pieces were art even though they were often blank walls or paintings that had no paint on them. He was able to convince 9 people to buy what he called an Read more…
I was first introduced to this art fraud, one of America’s most significant art fraud, through a true crime Youtube video. However, I realized that Netflix made a documentary exploring this event in 2020 — Made You Look: A True Story About Fake Art. As I am then reintroduced to Read more…