The fox and the Hound

The fox and the hound is a digital piece by Andy Simmons made in January of 2003. It’s a strong representation through digital art of curiosity between two conflicting things that rely on each other with amazing digital work for the year it was made. The shot looks not quite life like but is still very well done for its time period. The backdrop was very well done by Andy Simmons. Specifically the horse being ridden in the trees. The fox under the shoreline was good and same goes for the dog above it. The thing I liked best about it was the shading on the tree and the leaves. I discovered this digital piece online at digitalart.org and I saw something more than just a fox and a hound I saw to things that spend there whole time chasing each other driven by this curiosity of what they are chasing. When I first saw the name of this piece I thought of the movie the fox and the hound. And it made me think that this could have been where the idea was generated from. The themes I see in this picture I can see the artist worked hard to capture. I think that it was done very good and I would like to see more recent work by this artist to compare the older work to, find similarities and differences, see where they improved and see if I could learn something from his mistakes, and use it with my own work.

WEEKLY JOURNAL: Chris Jordan - Shark Teeth

This is Chris Jordan's work. Similar to some of the collection works shown in class this falls in the same category. I am really interested all of Jordan's collection pieces and I believe this will be similar to the path ill be following in my collection project soon to come. I like the way he takes a collection of similar images and combines hundreds of them to create a bigger picture and deeper meaning relating back to the collection. Anyone who looks at any of Jordan's "running the numbers" pieces can see right away that he has achieved his goal with each one. check out his website - http://www.chrisjordan.com/gallery/rtn/#denali-denial
This piece represents 270,000 sharks of all species killed around the world every day for their fins and is created from an equal number of shark teeth.

WEEKLY JOURNAL: Meret Oppenheim - (Beer mug) Texture

Meret Oppenheim is the artist behind the fur cup and saucer in the class lecture. This beer mug with what looks like a fur tail can be put in the same category. However, Oppenheim in not an artist who can be categorized in a specific theme or group. she prefers to look at her self as an artist seeking her own path. many artists see her as a surrealist though she remains faithful to her own style. supposedly her art has allot of influence from her dreams which she has been recording since she was fourteen. I came across this cup on the web while researching her work and I thought that this had the same if not very similar motives as the fur cup and both are very successful in achieving textile looks. I can relate this back to the texture project that Im working on as the cup and saucer was one of the given examples.  

WEEKLY JOURNAL: One Ransome Note - Obedience Is The Most Valuable Currency

Shepard Fairey is and underground artist who in recent times has slowley been moving in to the spotlight. "One Ransome Note - Obedience Is The Most Valuable Currency" was created by Fairey apparently in hope of portraying the dangers of capitalism.  However, weather his art was successful or not I couldnt tell because alot of people seem to think his work shallow and redundant and unoriginal while others value it greatly. critics say that he has turned a subversive and political movement into "just another fashion statement" and that he is using the system to his own advantage. For more information on this read the article "Obey Plagiarist Shepard Fairey" by Mark Vallen (http://www.art-for-a-change.com/Obey/index.htm). Shepard is more known for is obama "hope" poster, however, this too was accused of plagiarism.     

WEEKLY JOURNAL: Jumping janes, Martha Rosler

Jumping Janes by Martha Rosler was created in the women's art movement and is part of martha's private collection although it has been displayed in many museums world wide. Jumping Janes or "nature girls" is a photomontage created using mixed techniques. I came across Rosler in a class lecture and found this piece after further researching her on the web. I think she tries to achieve Photo-opt work by combining different media in allot of her pieces and this one is certainly of the more successful.
I can relate Rosler's work back to my project one, the found image remix project, because she takes different images and by combining them can force a new meaning out of her composition.
    

WEEKLY JOURNAL: Jose Antonio's Meta Graphics - http://www.inter-modal.org/

This piece of digital art by Jose Antonio Fernandez is a screen shot of an actual interactive website. Fernandez was a synesthetic artist and his work is inspired by synesthesia. With the help of graphic artist  Fernando Federico, Fernandez was able to create this website based on a few examples of his work. I like the way he expresses audio and visual pieces and allows the viewers to interact with the different graphic animations while listening to the audio clips.
I suppose the objective of this would be to simulate the way a synesthetes would experience the music. Therefore, not being a synesthetes myself, I would not be able to tell if it is successful. However, it does link the human senses well.  

- http://www.inter-modal.org/