Multimedia Art

Multimedia artists are contemporary artists who use a wide range of media to communicate their art. Such media range from installation art, to rooms containing found objects or other material, to kinetic sculpture, to sound and visual effects.

It is important to distinguish between multimedia art and mixed media artworks. Within the visual arts, mixed media tends to refer to work that combines various traditionally distinct visual art media - such as certain works of Frank Stella or Jane Frank which merge painting and sculpture, for example. A work on canvas that combines oil paint, newspaper collage, chalk, glass, and ink, for example, could be called a "mixed media" work - but not a work of "multimedia art." Multimedia art implies a broader scope than mixed media, as in creations combining visual art media with elements usually considered the proper domain of (for example) literature, drama, dance, filmmaking, or music.

Multimedia artwork also frequently engages senses other than sight, such as hearing, touch, or smell. A multimedia artwork can also move, occupy time, or develop over a span of time, instead of remaining static (as does a traditional painting or sculpture). Another frequent trait of multimedia artworks is the use of advanced technological means, such as electronic or computer-generated sound, video, animation, and interactivity.

Certain traditional genres such as opera and film are inherently multidisciplinary or even "multimedia" in a very loose sense, since they involve drama, literature, visual art, music, dance, and costumes. Indeed, a union of the arts was exactly what Richard Wagner imagined in his ideal of the "Gesamtkunstwerk" or a "synthesis of the arts" (literally: "complete artwork").

Nevertheless, in contemporary terms, opera or even movies would not properly be considered "multimedia art." A work of multimedia art is usually on a smaller scale than an opera or a movie, much less tradition-bound, and typically created entirely by a single person (rather than the collaborative effort of opera or moviemaking). A multimedia work also usually does not require performers. If human performers are used, they are usually ordinary, untrained people, doing nothing requiring any advanced or traditional training, as opposed to trained singers or actors. Multimedia artwork is often presented in a curated museum or gallery setting, in which the piece is understood to be an extended form of visual art. The creator of a multimedia work of art is typically someone with a formal background in visual art.

Multimedia Art - Technology
Multimedia Art has been directly affected by the development of New Media Technologies. Indeed new technologies have changed the way society produces and consumes art, highlighting our changing culture and it's dependence on technology. Artists have historically used new and developing media to create works of art as these new mediums have become available to them.

Is the newest and the most modern art form out there. M any types of technologies are used to creat multimedia which is the newest movement which many past artist have inspired. As you can see making a collage can me made much easier by using computers, camera's and even film.

Photography

Photography (from Greek) is the process, activity and art of creating still or moving pictures by recording radiation on a sensitive medium, such as a photographic film, or an electronic sensor. Light patterns reflected or emitted from objects activate a sensitive chemical or electronic sensor during a timed exposure, usually through a photographic lens in a device known as a camera that also stores the resulting information chemically or electronically. Photography has many uses for business, science, art and pleasure.

Photography has a massive effect on today's modern art as this can the fastest way of catching art as quickly as an eye can see it. For example one of the pictures i have chosen is a picture that was taken in the vietnam war of a girl and you can see how sad this image is but it also very powerful and get a strong emotion of sadness from the photo where as the other photo is calm and still and relaxing wich people will enjoy looking at and inspire them.

Art Manifesto

The Art manifesto has been a recurrent feature associated with the avant-garde in Modernism. Art manifestos are mostly extreme in their rhetoric and intended for shock value to achieve a revolutionary effect. They often address wider issues, such as the political system. Typical themes are the need for revolution, freedom (of expression) and the implied or overtly stated superiority of the writers over the status quo. The manifesto gives a means of expressing, publicising and recording ideas for the artist or art group even if only one or two people write the words, it is mostly still attributed to the group name.
The first art manifesto of the 20th century was introduced with the Futurists in Italy in 1900 and readily taken up by the Vorticists, Dadaists and the Surrealists after them: the period up to World War II created what are still the best known manifestos. Although they never stopped being issued, other media such as the growth of broadcasting tended to sideline such declarations. Due to the internet there has been a resurgence of the form, and many new manifestos are now appearing to a potential worldwide audience. The Stuckists have made particular use of this to start a worldwide movement of affiliated groups.


What i like about Art manifesto is there are no limits and the movement pretty much holds many movemets. i can see that this movement is expressed in text through graphics and type faces. But this movement covers alot of different types of art which can be political also.

Art galleries and Museums - who present Art

Art museums and museums
An art gallery or art museum is a space for the exhibition of art, usually visual art. Museum can be public or private but what distinguishes a Museum is the ownership of a collection. Paintings are the most commonly displayed art objects; however, sculpture, photographs, illustrations, installation art and objects from the applied arts may also be shown. Although primarily concerned with providing a space to show works of visual art, art galleries are sometimes used to host other artistic activities, such as music concerts or poetry readings. The term is used for both public galleries, which are museums for the display of selected collection of art. On the other hand private galleries refers to the commercial enterprises for the sale of art. However, both types of gallery may host temporary exhibitions including art borrowed from elsewhere.


These pictures show Art galleries these are the perfect places to show an artist work. Art galleries and museums are the perfect place for up and coming artist to showcase there work which could also be historical. Art galleries are also a place for people to relax as many poeple visit galleries and museums but everyone will always portray each piece differently. Its also another place where artist can view other artist work.

Surrealism

Movement launched in Paris in 1924 by French poet André Breton with publication of his Manifesto of Surrealism. Breton was strongly influenced by the theories of Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis. Freud identified a deep layer of the human mind where memories and our most basic instincts are stored. He called this the unconscious, since most of the time we are not aware of it. The aim of Surrealism was to reveal the unconscious and reconcile it with rational life. The Surrealists did this in literarature as well as art. Surrealism also aimed at social and political revolution and for a time was affiliated to the Communist party. There was no single style of Surrealist art but two broad types can be seen. These are the oneiric (dream-like) work of Dali, early Ernst, and Magritte, and the automatism of later Ernst and Miró. Freud believed that dreams revealed the workings of the unconscious, and his famous book The Interpretation of Dreams was central to Surrealism. Automatism was the Surrealist term for Freud's technique of free association, which he also used to reveal the unconscious mind of his patients. Surrealism had a huge influence on art, literature and the cinema as well as on social attitudes and behaviour.

I really am fasinated with surealism as the movement is random as most of these painting have meansing but also at the same time make no sence. As you can see from above another artist has taken inspiration from Salvador Darli work. this picture of the simpson is the perfect way of inroducing Surrealism to modern sociesty and historical art work to a wide audeience as the simpsons is a popular TV show thats still airs today.

Abstract Art

Untitled oil on canvas painting by Emerson Woelffer, 1949



Emerson Woelffer (July 27, 1914 - February 2, 2003) was a prominent abstract expressionism artist and painter born in Chicago, Illinois. He studied Education at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago between 1935 and 1937. In 1938 he joined the WPA Arts Program. In 1949 he taught at Black Mountain College at the request of Buckminster Fuller. Between 1949 and 1959, he lived in Yucatan, Mexico and Forio d'Ischia Naples, Italy. In 1960 he moved to Los Angeles, California and from 1969 to 1973 he taught at The California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California. He taught again between 1974 and 1989 at The Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles. One of his students was Kenneth O. Goehring.

In 1970, he was artist-in-residence at the Honolulu Academy of Arts. He received the Pollock-Krasner Grant in 1984 and the Francis Greenberger Award, in conjunction with Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum of New York City in 1988. In 1991 he received an Honorary Doctorate Degree from Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles, CA. He died in Los Angeles in 2003.

Emerson Woelffer is best known for his boldly colored abstract paintings and collages with jagged forms. He also created sculpture and lithographs. Late in his career―suffering from macular degeneration―he began working in white crayon on black paper. The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center (Colorado Springs, CO), the Honolulu Academy of Arts, the Montana Historical Society (Helena, MT), the Museum of Art (Brigham Young University, Provo, UT), the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (La Jolla, CA), the Neuberger Museum of Art (Purchase College, Purchase, NY), the Oklahoma City Museum of Art (Oklahoma City, OK), the Portland Art Museum (Portland, OR), the San Diego Museum of Art (San Diego, CA) and Yellowstone Art Museum (Billings, MT) are among the public collections holding work by Emerson Woelffer.

Abstract art is amazing as when i look at it i find it very similar to African Art which appeared before Abstract Art. Clearly artist where inspire by afican sculptures. You can clearly see that Afican art has inspired alot of the Cubist artist. I also like the use of colour in the paining I find abstract art to be alot more colourful copared to other movements.

Art Deco

Complex international style in architecture and design, parallel to Symbolism in fine art. Developed through 1890s and brought to wide audience by 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris. Characterised by sinuous linearity and flowing organic shapes based on plant forms. In Britain, Mackintosh contained these qualities within severe but eccentric geometry. Style exemplified by Paris Metro station entrances by Guimard, Tiffany glass, Mackintosh chairs and his Glasgow School of Art, and book designs of Beardsley, Charles Ricketts and followers such as Arthur Rackham. Flourished until killed off by First World War.

Art Deco was a popular international art design movement from 1925 until the 1940s, affecting the decorative arts such as architecture, interior design, and industrial design, as well as the visual arts such as fashion, painting, the graphic arts, and film. At the time, this style was seen as elegant, glamorous, functional, and modern.

The movement was a mix of many different styles and movements of the early 20th century, including Neoclassical, Constructivism, Cubism, Modernism, Art Nouveau, and Futurism.[1] Its popularity peaked in Europe during the Roaring Twenties[2] and continued strongly in the United States through the 1930s.[3] Although many design movements have political or philosophical roots or intentions, Art Deco was purely decorative.[4]

Art Deco experienced a decline in popularity during the late 30s and early 40s, and soon fell out of public favor. It experienced a resurgence with the popularization of graphic design in the 1980s. Art Deco had a profound influence on many later artistic movements, such as Memphis and Pop art.

Surviving examples may still be seen in many different locations worldwide, in countries as diverse as the United Kingdom, Spain, Cuba, Indonesia, the Philippines, Romania, New Zealand and Brazil. Many classic examples still exist in the form of architecture in many major cities. The Empire State Building and The Chrysler Building, both in New York City, are two of the largest and best-known examples of the style.


Art deco is amazing as New York one of the greatist citys of the world has alot of art Deco inspired buliding that where made a long time ago but are still there today. They way the shapes look very geometrical can look amazing on a buling aswell as painting or leaflets. Even though the movement didnt last long its still clearly today and inspiration to many artist and there work. i like the movement as it s vet structured compared to Art Nouveau.

Art Nouveau

Influenced by Post-Impressionism, Art Nouveau, the “New Art” is an artistic style freed from all illusionist, symbolic or representational function. A decorative arts movement begun in part as a revolt against the Machine Age, it reached its height at the 1900 Paris Exhibition. Art Nouveau's beautiful organic design is so closely interrelated to the object that it seems to determine the form. The style effects architecture, interior design, the graphic and the ornamental arts, thereby making a strong presence in modern society. The Art Nouveau spirit was also identified as the: Arts and Crafts movement, Jugendstil, Style Moderne, or Stile Liberty, depending on the geographic location.


This is an amazing movemt and its also very femine. the shapes are very powerful and are pleasing to the eye this is the kind of art moveement that will always inspire someone to make new Art. The tiffany lamp is the perefect reprentation of the Art Nouveau movement you can also see that it will always inspire new craftsmanship as the shape are flowy and not harsh therefore many people will take more of a likeing to it compared to cubism. And it would also would interesting on jewellery.

Modern Africian artists

I LOVE THIS PIECE OF WORK FROM KEITH HARRING'S AS IT STILL EXISTS TODAY IN NEW YORK. ALSO THERE IS GREAT MEANING BEHIND THIS AS BACK IN THE 1980'S THERE WAS A BIG CRACK EPIDEMIC WHICH MEANT ALOT OF PEOPLE WHERE DYING FROM THINGS SUCH AS AIDS. AND BY THIS PIECE OF WORK BEING SHOWN IN A CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND ITS SENDING THE RIGHT MESSAGE TO YOUNG CHILDREN. HE EVEN GOT A $25 DOLLAR FINE FOR DOING GRAFFTI WHICH STOPPED HIM FROM FINISHING IT BUT ...




Crack is Wack Playground earned its distinctive name after artist Keith Haring (1958¡V1990) painted the now-famous Crack Is Wack mural in 1986 on the handball court walls. The mural, done in Haring¡¦s signature style of thick black outlines, bright colors and intermingling, cartoon-like bodies, was painted to send a serious anti-drug message to the community.

Keith Haring was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, on May 4, 1958. His father, an amateur cartoonist, sparked his son¡¦s early interest in art. After high school, Haring enrolled in the Ivy School of Professional Art in Pittsburgh, but soon grew dissatisfied with the commercialism of his illustration and graphic design coursework. He withdrew from school and hitchhiked across the United States. He returned to Pittsburgh in 1976 where he became involved with the Pittsburgh Arts and Crafts Center and hosted his first art show at age 19.

In 1978, Haring came to New York with a scholarship to the School of Visual Arts. The graffiti he saw throughout the city immediately appealed to Haring¡¦s artistic sense of spontaneity and the possibilities for political messages. Soon Haring began using building facades and subway walls as canvases for his own graffiti art. Most of his subway graffiti was benign, as it was done in white chalk on the blank black background of unused advertising panels. Though Haring was arrested several times for illegally spray painting building walls, Haring continued to create his distinctive murals. Haring believed that art should be accessible to everyone, and his philosophy is reflected in both the simplicity of his figures and the public medium through which he chose to express himself. As his signature chalk outlines of interlocking bodies grew in fame, Haring gained the respect of the international art community and the appreciation of the public. One interpretation of Haring¡¦s work holds that he is suggesting how diverse groups of people can live together in harmony.

Haring painted this playground¡¦s mural on October 3, 1986 to call attention to the damage drugs can inflict on community welfare. He continued to create murals, sculptures, drawings, and paintings until he died of AIDS on February 16, 1990, at the age of 32. His artwork is highly prized throughout the world. The Keith Haring Foundation, which Haring created shortly before his death, continues to educate the public about Haring¡¦s life and work and raises money for children¡¦s and AIDS charities.

Crack Is Wack Playground, located on Second Avenue, 127th Street, and Harlem River Drive, is one of six parcels of land that collectively form Harlem River Park. The park is located along a 3.9-mile strip of Harlem River Drive, from East 125th Street to East 155th Street. Harlem River Drive was built in 1941, one of a number of transportation projects conceived by legendary political figure Robert Moses, Parks Commissioner from 1934 until 1960. Moses also built the Cross-Bronx Expressway, the Major Deegan Expressway, and the Alexander Hamilton Bridge at the same time. Harlem River Drive was designed to provide a link between the East River Drive (now FDR Drive) and the Harlem River Speedway (now the Harlem River Driveway) while allowing for the preservation and rehabilitation of the Harlem River waterfront.

This parcel of land was transferred to Parks in 1956 from the Board of Estimate. The handball court, basketball courts, and trees were added the following year. To ensure that the message of Haring¡¦s mural will continue to reach parkgoers, Parks and the Keith Haring Foundation restored the mural in July 1995.

Digital artists

This painting here is called charades. Now i think this title makes this piece of work more understandable.

Digital images/ artists

She produces prints by scanning objects into a computer using a flatbed scanner, then layering and manipulating these images using Adobe Photoshop into a surrealistic montage.

I can clearly see in this picture thats the artist has taken inspiration from Alice in the Wonderland. Maggie Taylor the artist herself did actully make a collection based on Alice in Wonderland. I think this picture here has more of an eerie appeal which makes people stop and pay close attention to it.

Within the pictures you are able to see the contrasts, most people would not pay attention to the background, however the rabbit clearly stands out in his flamboyant outfit. A child would still be able to look at this and recognise/relate to it.

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