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100% OC Graff. presents Dreams Are Illustration. featuring Merce KND... Shout out to  Rusko One for the editing and all of KND!

Robert Rauschenberg.

 "Painting relates to both art and life. Neither can be made. (I try to act in that gap between the two.)"-- Robert Rauschenberg, 1959

Robert is perhaps one of "The Century’s 25 Most Influential Artists" (according to critics). He constantly looked for new media of expression –painter, sculptor, print maker, photographer and performance artist.  Roberts art is often related to Warhol and Cage, which were the pioneers of American Pop Art. Instead of focusing on his education, age, and lifestyle being the central points of this project lets put the spot light on the art itself.

On the Left Robert's "Monogram" piece is displayed.  It obviously has a goat with a tire around it and i immediately thought of our environment.  How we as a society affect natural things that surround us. I don't know the exact meaning behind this particular piece, but may i add that i wasn't  exactly looking for his or any ones personal perception of the work.  But it is a real Angora Goat, which almost contradicts my view of the whole view of saving the environment or it can go either way.

 Robert captured the apoclytic 60s by depicting the oppression of African Americans, the war in Vietnam, the death of Blues rocker Janis Joplin, and the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr. He revolved alot of his print making and canvas work around the crisis going on during his life.

Retroactiv I

Rauschenberg  is famous from standing apart from the typical Pop Art colleagues by using his skills to draw attention to social and political issues. His art activism certainly was short lived, nevertheless, his work with these issues were not appreciated at the time made. During his life he created artworks that addressed the issues of war, racial equality, nuclear disarmament, economic development, artist’s rights, and environmentalism - themes that all too few of today’s artists seem willing to focus on. While mainstream accounts of his life and art will focus upon his being a modern art innovator, Rauschenberg was also an individual artist deeply concerned with how his art could help change the world for the better.



1986 BMW 635 CSi Art Car by Robert Rauschenberg

On a concluding note i personally was infatuated with his work.  I strolled through most of his work and came to a discovery that a involved individual expresses  well what he is surrounded amongst.  I also read that Robert doesn't consider himself a artist and hates the whole way society critics it, especially since art itself has no rubric...

Cypress's Gallery

I had never been to Cypress's Art Gallery, simply because I primarily come to school for class.  I enjoyed the video with Cypress College's Art director that created those "robots" out of cardboard.  The video caught my attention when the director was speaking about Cypress's Gallery and how its of the students not some rich artist.  I have to agree that art is and should be out of expression, not based on the worth of a piece.  I really appreciated that he tended to focus on the students themselves rather than himself.  There was also a quote stating something about freedom of religion on the wall.  I found that really cool and creative on how they integrated it to the government. Another video was with 2 girls whipping their hair at each other.  I felt that could of been considered as one of those "youtube" videos where people just mess around.  I couldn't really relate to what the artist was trying to say. though i thought it was really cool our college provides this opportunity.

Art through video.

Through out the class last week we came across a large amount of videos claiming that it was art. I fondly agree that art can be anything from a simple base of "creation."  While watching the short films I honestly felt really lost, I couldn't somewhat keep up with the combobulation of most of the films.  Though the last film related to our society which immediately interested me.  The media does control every ones state of mind and it speaks too loud that we cant hear ourselves think.  Brainwashed by the corporate elite this countries capitalistic views have skewed many peoples points of views.  The video was basically claiming that everything is fake.  Video art is art, but i wasn't as interested as i should of.  Especially the other video that looked as if one was on a acid trip.  It was very hard to follow and i became less focused on the work. 

LACMA





Mhhm soup. So my trip to LACMA was prior to the trip being actually assigned. I only got a few pictures, but its size really surprised how big it was.  There was so many different types from modern art to historical pieces. This is a well known piece and catches every ones attention.  but throughout the museum i found plenty of different styles and felt more relaxed there than at Norton.  The atmosphere was alot more comfortable and had a sense of tranquility.  I actually spoke with the security guards about the art itself and met another fellow street artist. It was a completely different experience.

toys

       This was the first room we went in, it was very interesting.  His/her motivation according to one of the security guards said that " the inspiration comes from the artist not being able to have kids(or something along those lines)." But i find it really interesting on what motivates the art produce, sometimes more than the art itself.



middle eastern art



    I found this interesting, simply because I'm interested in alot of calligraphy, especially from the middle east.

  They also had a building dedicated to fashion. I wasn't too interested on the topic, but i came to see that women back then had alot to put on.  Layers and layers of garments.  Looks like things haven't changed, material upon material. jk

Just to prove i actually went, I dont know what i was looking at...

judy chicago.



dinner party.



  A UCLA grad, Judy Chicago is a painter and a sculptor. She also is a board member on " Feminists For Animal Rights."  The dinner party (above) is what she is most known for. It was showed in many museums and in located in Brooklyn Museum in NY. Judy claims that the purpose was to "end the ongoing cycle of omission in which women were written out of the historical record." The triangular design has table in between focusing on individual women/men.  Most are all women and have their accomplishments all on the table and many of them have butterfly and flower symbolizing a vulva. The piece also has 999 notable women on the tile surrounding the table. I personally didn't like this piece, I agree that each individual sculpture on the plates is, but I came to think that its more of a "trophy" rather than a piece.  It mainly seems to focus on individual accomplishments.  Though i understand it was a movement to speak out against the male dominant art culture, I honestly feel it could of been done a better way. Though i admire what she attempted to state, basically making room on the table for women.



judy



The "flower"



Hey i like aerosol art too!!! -judy

I loved this piece though, "the picket fence." I found it very simplistic and plain. Each shade going with the next.  She is a very successful artist, teacher , and has published 11 books. Coming from a impoverished family, she gained so much throughout her life.  Her main motivation came from men being most of the artist in galleries.  I realized that the motivation itself is just as equal as the art work itself.  I'm really amazed how far she has come.

A taste of my 20 years...

(on Left a friend on News Week)

5 frwy.

            A kid that walks through train tracks, freight yards, underground galleries, gang infested neighborhoods, and does it all for free. Fame overly engulfed his ego at the age of 15, a cocky kid that boastfully rivaled people 10 years older.  A kid that had everything but equally had nothing, no social life or worries of the quick coming future. Painfully he realized the truth on why he was constantly holding 12oz every night.  It was all because he was escaping my own emptiness, depression is slow and it kills.  But at the age of 18 he struggled hard and learned to leave the past, and began pursuing my educated filled goals. Painting is a index finger on the hand of my life and my biography rests on freeway center dividers...My life is a rough draft. 

My life is pigmented.



LA Riverbed



mean leg curls.



     Another 2 fingers of this kids life lies on a piece of wood and a plank of foam. He feels more comfortable standing on these more than walking and acts like a therapeutic activity that releases stress. Paddling and pushing through this hectic society we live in.     



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        Last but not least the poets muse. The ring finger that leads to his heart. She shaped this diamond in the rough and re-kindled the inspiration in the artist. Ssupportive of his talent and never once judged his rocky past. Shes been more than a friend, and no other could affect him like she does. Adrianne has filled a set of empty arms and doesn't mind holding a hand that has paint on them. Not a day goes by without her putting a smile that clings to his lips . Just an effortless breath that swept through his soul...    <33

A glimpse of my life...