DSGN 264-406 Fall 2020 Blog
Thinking about last night’s presentation on Wangechi Mutu and wanted to post for those of you who may be interested, information on episode 7 of Lovecraft Country and its relationship to “Afrofuturism”. Generally, this show is amazing if you have not watched it. This particular episode is especially beautiful and Read more…
In high school, I was always interested in the idea of uncovering the hidden voices of the less powerful and underrepresented people in our society through my artworks, so I did a lot of work with especially the young North Korean defectors. After several years of volunteer work with them Read more…
When we were first introduced to this project and the collages we would have to make, I was immediately taken back to my Pinterest feed from sophomore year, during which a very specific type of collage had grown to great popularity. These images seemed to be made up from scraps Read more…
In response to the pandemic, it appears that some museums have had to sell important pieces to deal with financial pressures. This article offers an alternate perspective, where the Baltimore Museum of Art, which was not struggling financially, deaccessioned three paintings to advance salary increases across the board, invest in Read more…
This is only tangentially related to class, but last night I was watching Casino Royale and really enjoyed the intro animation. Personally, I thought the casino/poker motif and the intricate moving parts were cool.
While doing research on Wangechi Mutu, I came across an article that talks about how different artists including Mutu and Marina Abramović have created art projects for people to do at home during the pandemic. The ‘Open Studio’ book consists of these different art projects, serving as another reminder that Read more…
https://www.artnews.com/gallery/art-news/photos/slideshow-top-200-collectors-purchases-1234573536/ If you follow the link above, it welcomes us with a slideshow of the artworks bought by top 200 collectors during this past year. It presents a variety of different artworks, ranging from a small sculpture to a large installation. I thought it would be a stress reliever to Read more…
While exploring some ideas for our poster project, I came across this article where the author, Taylor Slattery, explains how people’s attention spans have shortened due to overexposure to images on social media, and how short animations can regain that attention. I think this is very interesting because she explores Read more…
Amani Lewis is a Baltimore-based artist that is known for her unique collage work. I have followed her work since 2019 when her Negroes in Trees work (the featured image of this post) went viral online. She uses a variety of mediums including fabric, magazines, and digital tools/art to make Read more…
https://mlart.co/?ref=sidebar Some super cool work curated by a resident at Google Arts and Culture Lab; this specific example uses a StyleGAN (generative adversarial networks) to make this super cool shifting piece of art, but in general I think that utilizing computer science to make art is dope, hence why this Read more…