Anish Kappor

The Gaurdian

Anish Kapoor's Work

Anish Kapoor,s sculpture Dismemberment of Jeanne d,Arc this work was constructed in a space that use to house Brighton's municipal market. there are two giant red mounds which represent breasts " i've been wanting to make this work for a long time, this dismembered body i've likened to Jeanne d'Arc" said kapoor

Another work of Kapoor is Dismemberment, site 1 it ties into a Guantanamo bat prison in Cuba, its a Prison outside of any jurisdiction and it is were prisoners of 'War of terror' were they are exposed to experimental punitive methods such as disclosing information about alleged membership and terrorist networks

Kapoor work Svayambh is like a wax-like block which is moving around tracks in a way like a train would. This is one of Kapoor's more earlier work were he was fasinated with Konchalovsky's film Runaway Train 1985

All three of these works have completly different ideas/themes behind them but the style used you can tell that all three pieces of work come from the same Artist.

Anish Kapoors work that is located in New Zealand is sit specified at a farm in Kaipara Bay

My favorite work of Kapoors would definatly have to be The Gaurdian this work has a kind of acient greek feel to it to me, the vintage looking pillars and the red wax on them reminds me of the war of Troy etc. i love the theme of greek mythology.

http://www.artknowledgenews.com/Anish_Kapoor.htmlhttp://sogud.tumblr.com/page/2http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2009/apr/28/anish-kapoor-jeanne-d-arc

Walters Prize 2010

Walters Prize 2010

The Walters Prize is a biennial award for New Zealand artist who have majorly contributed to visual arts for the past two years. this is honouring the life of Gordon Walters the award was founded by the Auckland Art gallery in 2002. there is a amazing prize up for grabs which includes $50,000 and all expense paid trip to new york.

the jurors for The Walters Award 2010

Jon Bywater - programme leader, critical studies at Elam school of fine art, The University of Auckland

Rhana Devenport - Director, Govett- brewster Art gallery. New plymouth

Leonhard Emmerling - Visual Arts adviser

Kate Montgomery - Director

The judges for The 2010 Walters Award

The decision is made by highly respected former director of Londons Tate Modern , Vicente Todoli and his decision will be announced on 8th October

In my opinion i think Fiona Connor appeals the most to me, her work has so much simplicity but is also complex at the same time. If you stand at various angle to view the work you experience something different everytime. The perspective views of this work is fasinating and i really like it.. so my vote goes to Fiona Connor the materials she has used look as if she just used several windows and doors or maybe even mirrors which could be and interesting tool to play with. Her work is outstanding her thought process i hink is amazing and have not see anything like it before.

references

http://www.aucklandartgallery.com/whats-on/events/2010/july/the-walters-prize-2010/artists

semester two- week two

Hussein Chalayan

To say the least Hussein Chalayan work is interesting there isnt really a definition for what is fashion and whats art.. i believe both have a mixture of both. for example Chalayan work Burka the models have garments on so you would expect it to be fashion but on the same hand one of them isnt wearing anything but head gear.. so is it art? honestly it is quite hard to say this is art and this is fashion because alot has techniques have qualities of both art and fashion. Its a good thing we have wearable art.

Does the meaning of art change when it used to sell products? Is it still art? These quite a good questions i guess its more of a personal question about how you feel about the matter? and my personal opinion i don't think just because the artwork is used to sell a product does not mean its not art. its kind of like saying if you sell a piece of artwork its no longer art.

So when and why is it important that the artist personally made the piece?

This could be debated but again it comes down to how the artist, how him/herself feels about the matter. Some artist feel strongly about there work being theirs and being completly original but on the other hand if a artist had an amazing design for a sculpture for example but did not have enough skill or knowledge to create the sculpture of course they could ask another artist to step in and assist or make the piece for them