Ken Rinaldo

This artist works with robotics. His stuff is interactive. Its pretty cool stuff. This picture up top may not be the prime example but a lot of his work. But generally what he strives to do is collaborate organic and inorganic materials.

The picture on the left is moving fish bowls. He is simply trying to take biology and robotics. This piece is called Argumented Fish Reality.

I think that his work is fun and inventive.

Bodys Isek Kingelez

I chose to research this particular artist because he is so very different from anyone else I have blogged about before. The art that he does is constructed out of items i know I can find in my recycle bin. ( yeah thats right.. i recycle!) He uses bottle caps, paper, plastic and cardboard. It is funny because he makes these models of utopian cities. This is what he has pictured Africa (where he is from) to look like in the future. This my not be that interesting in today's context but the fact is that he has created this in 1948 and I don't believe it is too far from the truth.

Bodys Isek Kingelez

I decided to research this artist because his work is so very different from anything else I have ever seen before. It is really cool actually. Kingelez is from Africa and he builds these utopian scapes out of materials like plastic, paper and cardboard. It is amazing what he can do with basic recyclable items. He uses bottle caps and all sorts of things but what he is trying to make is what he sees as the future of Africa. It may not seems that cool in today's setting but this was created in 1948. I think that he has a pretty good understanding of what is to come.

Donald Judd

Okay.. This one I am going to fight with a little bit!
"...Well made furniture in solid wood was made for my building in New York and then in small numbers to sell, as it still is. In '84, I designed some chairs, benches, a table and some beds in sheet metal, which were painted one color to a piece. There were also a couple chairs and a table made of copper. This was for myself, but was also the first furniture to begin as furniture to sell..."

Donald Judd, 1993

I think that the quote above says it all! I was amazed that anyone would actually pay to see his art. It is great because the money he makes and what he does helps schools and funding. He has many different "works" inside of libraries that are to remain permanent which is great. However I would like someone to explain to me why he is considered an artist instead of a damn carpenter!!

Diango Hernandez

As you can see by the art on the left, Hernandez is a conceptual artist. It even makes me curious as to the ideas behind it!! And honestly I tend not to focus so much on the conceptual ideas of art. I may just be a rebel:) The piece is called "Broken Cinema." Which is a very appropriate name. Its funny because that is kind of what the work reminded me of. It looks like a theater and those almost look like chairs. Its hard to tell. I wish I could find a different picture that was looking straight on because it seems to me like the circles would be incorporated with the way that you see the screen. He is a very famous conceptual artist and has works at different places all over the world. He has been receiving awards for his works since 1990's and is continuing to do so today.
As you can see by the difference in pieces, his works really vary a lot. I find this one interesting on the left because it kind of tells a story. I can see the chairs in the positions of the people that possibly sat in them. It is funny because the more and more I am researching on conceptual artists for this blog I think that I am finding a new light in it. It is taking a lot but I think I can see where his ideas are stemming from.

Hernandez gets his ideas from past experiences in his life. He has a book out about it but basically he began his artistic style when he lived in Cuba and a knife fight broke out in school. One pupil was stabbed to death and supposedly Hernandez found that student's journal that wrote about his love of art and that it began in a museum. He described everything in a way that drew Diango's attention.

Rights of Molotov Man

Rights of Molotov Man

“On the Rights of the Molotov Man,” an article by Joy Garnett and Susan Meiselas is a very interesting article in that it takes a look at how contextualizing and decontextualizing images can have an effect on their meaning and their representation of the subject included in the photo or image itself. However, I found the copyright infringement aspect of the article to be kind of ridiculous. While I understand that it had been Susan Meiselas original image, taken for a specific reason and with a specific purpose in mind, it was clear to me, from reading Joy Garnett’s portion of the article, that she had not created her painting with any intention of infringing upon Susan’s copyright. Getting the lawyer involved seemed to be going a little far. I believe that Meiselas should have been happy that her photo which was taken back in 1979 was still meaningful in some way and was still sending a message. I don't believe that Garnett had used her painting to steal any ideas. She was simply trying to create her own statement from a very powerful photograph. Yes, Garnett should have asked for permission, especially due to the fact that her art was going to be displayed in an art gallery. However, I do not believe that it would have made a difference just due to the fact that Meiselas did not actually sue. I think that she had seen an opportunity to be back in the spot light and get some publicity.

However, the one part of the article that I found to be incredibly interesting was how artists online around the world stood up and fought for Joy Garnett’s right to use the image in her painting, since she had clearly not intended to infringe on anyone’s copyright by using it. She had simply found it in an internet search and felt inspired. Seeing that kind of backing from an online community is not all that surprising from me, since I, myself, take part in some online discussion communities for the arts and various things, but it was interesting to see how the story got twisted as it was translated from language to language. I think that is one thing that is universally understood… that language barriers can sometimes make things worse without intending to. For instance, the Chinese thought that Pepsi was suing Joy Garnett by the time the news got to them, and eventually, the whole thing was blown way out of proportion.

Though the whole situation did become blown out of proportion, I think that the online support that Garnett received for her painting had a lot to do with Meiselas having her lawyers back off and not going after the licensing fees. There would have been so many backlashes, that at the time, it probably didn’t seem worth pursuing. Even though she did give up on the legal pursuit, I’m glad that this article gave her the opportunity to voice her opinion and give the real background of the “Molotov Man.” His story is fascinating, and it was crazy to see how many different groups had used his image. Pablo Arauz, better known as the “Molotov Man,” had his image spread on flyers for various political parties, had his image put on match books, had his image painted on walls, and all the while, he was raising a family and taking care of the lumber company that he owned. It was not until 1990 that Susan Meiselas even knew the name of the man in the picture she had taken. This is crazy to me. It turns out that the "Moltov Man" was really just a family man and a truck driver. As much popularity as that picture got I find that it is a bit ridiculous that he became such an icon. It is humorous in fact that America see's something and that it can become such an uproar and meaningful to people when the photographer herself does not know the entire story behind it.

I think the most important question raised by this article was brought up by one of the online posters in response to the controversy and battle over copyright and rights in general between Joy Garnett and Susan Meiselas. “Who owns the rights to this man’s struggle?” Neither Garnett or Meiselas knew this man personally, other than Meiselas having witnessed him throwing the Molotov cocktail long enough to snap the photo that would bring her into the spotlight, but nowhere in the article did it mention asking Pablo Arauz’s permission to reproduce images of his likeness. It just seemed like such a trivial matter to me. It wasn’t a battle over art for art’s sake. It was a battle over rights, and ultimately over money for Susan Meiselas, and that kind of goes against everything that the image itself represented, as Arauz fought for political beliefs and freedom from a regime he didn’t believe in. Overall, I just felt like the article raised a lot of interesting questions about art and copyright.

Visual Arts Collective

Visual Arts Collective

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This as an art museum that caters to all kinds of art. They have theater, music, films and art. They are very flexible and I really like them. It is located on Chinden and 36th just behind the women of steel gallery. I live right by this museum so it was fun to go check them out just because I have been curious for sometime. What I also found that was great about this museum was that if you get online you can write them to try to get your own art work there. I thought this was great. I think it is great to have a place that is so versatile and truly cares about the local area.
The current feature in this gallery is "We Art Women." Essentially it is a collection of works from women in the Boise and surrounding community area. At first glance you think that it may be a bunch of feminist style work but it is much more than that. I really enjoy the diversity in the art. Each piece appealed to me in a different way. Many of the different artist specialized in different things. Some of the women were into steel and sculpture while others were into painting and other art.
Really none of it had to do with feminism. It was just a chance for the women of Boise to take the stage. One of my favorite pieces in this exhibit was done by Kristie Alberchet. It was done by print making I believe and it is called Bad Pee Wee. It has a bunch of different things on it but what stood out was the Pee Wee Herman doll that looks like someone drew devil horns and a mustache on. I am not sure exactly why it stood out to me but I found that it was really fun and original.



This one here is by Julie Clemons. It is done in colored pencil!! This is amazing art. She did this one in January 2010. It is about 11" by 3". So it is not painfully big but the detail in it would be so crazy if she had done it on a bigger scale. She calls this piece "Photosynthesis." I think she named it appropriately. After seeing this art at the VAC I got online and found out that she attended Boise State University in the 1980's and has local art placed all over like at Hyde Park. I thought this was pretty neat.


The art gallery itself is pretty traditional. It is set up with different works with recessed lighting and a white wall background. I think that it is very appropriate for the place because it offers so many variations of art and styles that to be taken seriously as an art gallery as well, this look is appropriate. I think that the pieces are set up as groups of collections and is visually appealing to the audience. There are times where the paintings are for sale and there are auctions for them, but I also think that the main objective is to display the art, not just sell it.

Gallery 601

About Gallery 601

Gallery 601 was established in 1981, by Terry Begg and is currently owned and operated by Terry Begg and Christine Otradovec.

Gallery 601 specializes in the retail sale of originals, graphics, fine art limited edition prints, collectable figurines and art related products. We also take great pride in providing the finest in creative custom framing to museum standards.

Over the years we have had the pleasure of having artists appear in the gallery with several artists making return visits. As a result, we are pleased to count many artists and customers as personal friends. It is the aim of Gallery 601 to continue to bring to our customers a high standard of art, through artist receptions, artists displays and community fund raising events.

A featured artist at this museum is Linda Hartough. She is amazing!! I really enjoyed her work because it is the kind of work that I myself enjoy making and also because it is so visually appealing to me. After looking at so much contemporary style of things this art brought me back home to what I love. Linda Hartough is commissioned by the United States Golf Association and the Championship Committee of the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews. Her work is primarily that of golf courses and she has had work from all over the world. Her work has been at the US open and British open as well. Me, being from Coeur d'Alene, ID were golf is very very popular at least as far as tourism is concerned, this really made me think of home.

11th hole "white dogwood"

Linda Hartough is an oil painter. It is hard to tell because from a distance her paintings look like photographs. She is so very talented!! She specializes in landscapes and she is world known. I think that Boise is very lucky to have her here. She has been an artist since she was 6 years old and has been very famous since then. Her work has not only been at different golf events but also on television like ABC golf specials. Linda claims that she enjoys the painting of golf courses because of its historical value and beauty.

Pebble Beach. My first impression of the art in this museum caused be to be inspired!! I want to paint like this!! This is what I would like to do. Linda is very fortunate to have been able to make such a great career out of her gifts. I also thought to myself a lot while looking at these pieces.. "I WANT THAT!" It is kind of funny because I don't know a thing about golf. However, I think I would learn just to have these in my home.

If you have not checked out this museum yet I would recommend to anyone that you do. First thursdays are always a fun time to go check out art galleries.
I think that the currater that puts these pieces together does it in a way to sell the work at this particular museum. It is not creative or in a sense to create thought. It is more or less to show each individual art like it is its own. I am not against that for these particular works simply because I do believe that they speak for themselves. The indended audience is clearly the buyers.

Boise Art Museum

This image is called "50 items for 50 states." The artist Herbert Vogel made an agreement with the National Gallery that he would make art to benefit people from all around the United States. Currently there are over 4,000 different pieces in this collection alone. He had originally promised at least 2,500. There are different artists involved in this project such as; Roy Lichtenstein, Will Barnet, and Pat Steir. All very famous artists. Boise, Idaho was very fortunate to have these pieces given to them. (DOROTHY AND HERBERT VOGEL COLLECTION: FIFTY WORKS FOR FIFTY STATES, a joint initiative of the Trustees of the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection and the National Gallery of Art, with generous support of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Institute of Museum and Library Services. ) Ronnie Landfield (American, born 1947), Untitled, 1998, acrylic on paper, 29-15/16" x 22-1/16".

Grace Knowlton, Robert Rauschenberg, Sam Francis, Ron Davis and Jeffrey Simmons all colaborated pieces for this collection called Full Circle. It is about the use of circles or spheres in 2-d art. This particular piece was painted using oil paints on canvas, 61" x 60. The collection was given to the museum by Ben and Aileen Krohn.

I have to start off saying that I love this piece here on the left! It reminds me of the Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots that everyone used to

have back in the day! It was very interesting to see the reaction
of all the children in the museum with this line of work. They loved
it! They were very excited to see robots. How cool is that? It
was great to see children and their parents enjoying art together.
This, I found, was great especially because I am pursuing to become
an art teacher myself. The art work is sponsored by OfficeMax Boise
fund. The art work was developed by the San Jose Museum of art.
Robots: Evolution of a Cultural Icon examines the development of robot iconography in fine art over the past fifty years. In 1920, the term robot was coined from a Czech word robota, which means tedious labor. Since then, the image and the idea of a robot have evolved remarkably from an awkward, mechanical creature to a sophisticated android with artificial intelligence and the potential for human-like consciousness. As robotic technology catches up with the wild imagination of science fiction novels, movies, and animation, dreams and fears anticipated in these stories may also become reality. Artists included in the exhibition have responded to the technological innovation with optimism, pessimism, and humor, presenting work that ultimately explores our ambivalent attitudes towards robots. -BAM Website. This piece of art is from 2006 and it is oil put onto a wood panel. I found this to be very cool because it is not your average canvas painting. I would describe this art as modern that inspires all.

Renowned New York collector Werner Kramarsky has assembled one of the largest and finest collections of contemporary works on paper, totaling more than 2,000 abstract drawings. From his celebrated collection,
Mr. Kramarsky has selected 23 works by such important artists as Sol Lewitt and Mel Bochner to donate to the Boise Art Museum. As a generous supporter of art and artists,
Mr. Kramarsky states, “You have a responsibility to challenge, to move the world along, to add insight to what beauty can be.” Collector, curator and educator, Werner Kramarsky served for eight years as chairman of the board of the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, PA, is a life trustee of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and has been a trustee of the Hammer Museum at UCLA. This special exhibition showcases Mr. Kramarsky’s recent gift.-BAM Once again I have to say that I was not the biggest fan of this work just due to the fact that I do not enjoy contemporary art very much. However, the craftmanship was wonderful I did enjoy looking at it. Tara from the Boise Art Museum showed me somethings about it and explained that it is just one of those things that you love or hate but can definitely respect.

Anne Frank Memorial

Human Rights Memorial
"How lovely to think that no one need wait a moment, we can start now, start slowly changing the world!"
- Anne Frank, March 26, 1944

The Anne Frank Human's Rights Memorial is in Boise, ID downtown. It was created after a traveling Anne Frank exhibit came to Boise. This exhibit alone brought tens of thousands of people from all over Idaho and local areas to see it. The overwhelming attraction to this exhibit sparked the idea of creating the Human Rights Memorial. Community leaders, human rights activists and citizens from all over Idaho came together to make this happen.
The memorial has a life size bronze statue of Anne Frank, and over 60 quotes from world humanitarian leaders. This is the only museum that includes a declaration of human rights from all around the world.
The memorial was not created to dwell on the holocaust. In fact, if you go into the museum you will see that there is minimal quotes and ideas from this tragic time. Instead, the exhibit is created to cause discussion, and actively think about different issues. The quotes are to spark the idea of a single person and their ability to triumph over a difficult situation.
Kurt Karst, an Idaho Falls architect, designed the Memorial to integrate the beauty of natural elements-like water, stone, and native plants-with the message of hope in humanity.
Greg Stone, an artist from Northampton, Massachusetts, won a national competition to create the life-sized statue of Anne Frank. Idaho school children raised the funds to build the bronze-cast sculpture.

Personal experience:
When I walked into the museum I had expected to see a lot to do with the holocaust. I am not sure if there is a particular beginning of the path to be taken but I began in a random fashion at a spot in the corner. I read one of the quotes and was a bit confused at first. What does this have to do with the holocaust? Well after reading a few different quotes I realized that the quotes were from different people and they were from all around the world.
I found the quotes to be very inspiring. I saw a bench behind me and actually sat down and read some of the quotes several times to understand the meaning behind them. No one told me that I had to do this, the meaning behind the quotes were so powerful and intriguing that I could not help myself. It is interesting to know that the things that these people said were during things that they went through. All of these things were difficult and not their fault. It was amazing to see the overall positivity that all of these "quotes" possessed. I discussed these different quotes with another girl and then later another group of students near by. I believe that most people had the same reaction that I did.
It is interesting how the memorial is shaped. It causes you to follow a path of reading. However it does not push you to do it fast. The ability to sit down and reflect is apparent. Also, if you like there are little hand crank operated things that narrate the story for you as well. The entire memorial is very interactive.
If I were to describe this memorial to someone that has never seen it I would tell them it is essentially a path you take with different quotes to read along the way that are of inspiration. They are quotes from people around the world with crazy struggles that they are over coming. The memorial is crafted out of rocks and cement and is very beautiful. It is like a "maze of wisdom."

Norman Carlberg

Sculpturally, Carlberg worked in brass, plaster, and steel. Carlberg works by making objects, with some preliminary sketching, if any. He also produced prints as well as photographs of city details he found sculpturally interesting, such as concrete columns. His stuff is very visually appealing. The textures and size gets your attention. It is a little hard for me to tell what he is trying to say with his art and I find that frustrating but overall I think it is good. He has a lot of art that looks like the one above and then some that is more colorful and publicly placed. One of his works that is in Sydney, Australia looks like a bunch of tie dye. Its pretty cool but I could not get the picture on my blog.

Lynda Benglis

I know that this picture is totally graphic and disturbing but I think it shows so much of what Lynda is as an artist. She is a total feminist. She is playing off of the idea that Sigmond Freud created. Lynda believes so much of art is ran by "male ethos." This picture is just poking fun at that. She is against pin up models and hollywood. This picture was taken of her in 1974.
The picture up top however is a sculpture she did that is made from gold leaf and essentially plaster. This sculpture is supposed to express sensuality. I don't know how I feel about this woman as an artist. I think she is a little obnoxious.

Vikky Alexander

Alexander is considered an installation artist. She does many things including 3-D art but this particular piece on the left I really felt was beautiful. Alexander likes to put both literal and figurative senses from around the world into a piece. She, like a lot of female artists, like to focus on women and other things that are both seductive and disruptive. She became famous back in 1981 and her art has changed a lot over the years.

Edward Allington

This piece on the left is called "Japanese Journey." I find that interesting because it seems to have noodles. I am not completely sure what else is in that case.
Allington is currently the Head of sculputre at a university in London, England. I thought that was pretty neat that he has taken up teaching after becoming world famous. I mainly find this to be great because I too would like to teach art and I feel that sometimes colleges in this area do not take arts as seriously as they should.

Marina Abramović

She kind of reminds me of Yoko Ono as far as being somewhat of a feminist and doing several performance pieces. Here is on on youtube to watch. She was present as an artist in the 1970's and I believe this has a lot to do with her as a performer.

Robert Morris

I need to start out this blog by saying WHAT IS THIS?? I first need to vent about this piece and the rest of Morris's art really because it is all basically the same. He uses different materials like fiber glass. Most of his sculpture is black, blue or red. They dont really have more than one or two colors and they are pretty boring as far as shape. This one to me just looks like a giant curtain. Given he was an artist back in 1930's and I am sure this piece was controversial enough for the time period but now I just think it is boring. Art should be more intriguing as far as creating an emotion or thought. This just makes me think.. Really? This is art??

Bruce Nauman

This sculpture is made out of wax. I dont really understand it but it made me laugh when I saw it. A lot of his work is based off of word play and just being mischievous. He seems to be kind of a playful guy and possibly light hearted. A lot of his work is based on words like the one above and the others are a little silly. I like the heads because it reminded me of a time where I was playing around wrestling with my boyfriend and did the same thing. I like the reaction of the skin colored one and it does not seem amused.

Christopher Williams

I really like this particular artist. Christopher Williams does many different types of art. He does some public commissions and also sells his pieces. He mainly works with steel and some bronze. The picture of the moose above looks somewhat like the art that was all over Coeur d'Alene, ID were I grew up. It is very interesting to me because it is familiar. I would love to have the money to buy one of Williams pieces but the cheapest I saw was $900 some went for $18,000. I included the vulture because I thought it was very interesting. I would love to see these in life. Some of his art is about ten feet in length.

Walter De Maria

The Lightning Field, 1977, by the American sculptor Walter De Maria, is a work of Land Art situated in a remote area of the high desert of western New Mexico. It is comprised of 400 polished stainless steel poles installed in a grid array measuring one mile by one kilometer. The poles -- two inches in diameter and averaging 20 feet and 7½ inches in height -- are spaced 220 feet apart and have solid pointed tips that define a horizontal plane. A sculpture to be walked in as well as viewed, The Lightning Field is intended to be experienced over an extended period of time. A full experience of The Lightning Field does not depend upon the occurrence of lightning, and visitors are encouraged to spend as much time as possible in the field, especially during sunset and sunrise. In order to provide this opportunity, Dia offers overnight visits during the months of May through October. I find this interesting that this particular piece is really considered art. I find this to be more of a science project.

Yves Klein

Yves Klein, whose works included Aerostatic Sculpture (1957, Paris), during which 1001 blue balloons were released into the sky from Galerie Iris Clert. The following year Klein asserted that his paintings were now invisible and demonstrated this fact by exhibiting an empty room (Le Vide, the Void) - an early example of Installation art. Another of his conceptualist arrangements (1962), involved the sale of his 'pictorial sensitivity' (not defined) in exchange for gold. Purchasers (there were 7) received a certificate testifying to the 'transfer'. Afterwards, they destroyed the certificate while Klein threw the gold into the River Seine. The piece on the art is completely contemporary. He represents the color of skin by the color of the roses. The painting in the back are to be fire, life and gates of eternity. I find this to be very interesting because I did not pick that up simply by the colors used. I understand it by the coffin type thing and the roses. I understand the concept but I think it is interesting that he took it to such an extreme level.

Douglas Huebler

Huebler was noted for his 1970 exhibition of 12 photographs taken every two minutes whilst driving his car along a road for 24 minutes. Douglas Huebler was a conceptual artist who based his work in photography beginning in the late 1960s. From a personal history of abstract expressionist painting and minimalist sculpture, he developed unique installations of photographs with texts as objects, conceived from narratives, which he engineered from life. Implicit in his work are the abandonment of modern photography and its history of classification. Huebler replaced the artistic photograph with documents of process and strategies.
The reason I choose to research this artist is because he is considered to be conceptual like many of the artists we have been studying so far in this class. However, he does things a little differently. Making conceptual art out of photographs it completely different. I don't understand some of the reasoning behind some of his works but I do however find it to be visually appealing.

Tracey Emin

A popular exponent of postmodernism whose 1999 exhibit for the Turner Prize was 'My Bed', an installation consisting of an unmade bed, strewn with personal items like, condoms, blood-stained panties, bottles, and bedroom slippers.
I absolutely love this artist. She is kind of funny by making a universal emotion out of something. She is a pretty girl.. she uses this fact in some of her pictures. In one photo I saw on her biography she is wearing a shirt that says "This is what a feminist looks like." Her face is scrunched and she is not wearing any makeup. It is pretty funny because she has a very womanly figure and it shows. I think that she is great because she is willing to poke humor at things.
I liked her thing about the bed because I think that people can see this and see what is on and around the bed and come up to some conclusions about the person who sleeps in it. Bedrooms are a very private thing and it can show something about our true selves. Like my bed, it is not made because I am very busy most of the time and think I have better things to do.

Yoko Ono

future wife of Beatle John Lennon publishes Grapefruit (1964): A Book of Instructions and Drawings, detailing how to obtain an aesthetic experience by cutting up and eating grapefruits.

I have to say that I find her work to be crap!! I do not find any significance in it at all. Even when I was trying to find pictures online of her work I stumbled across more pictures of her. This speaks clearly about her work being a joke. She was not taken seriously herself. Instead she herself was being studied. She became famous mostly by marrying John Lennon. She did different pieces like climbing up a ladder and reading something on the ceiling. She sat in a room and cut clothing off of herself to expose herself and describe women. I truely believe she was in it for the fame and not the art itself.

Piero Manzoni

In 1961 scandalized the art world by exhibiting cans of his own feces. He also exhibited balloons containing his breath. Another of his techniques was to affix his signature on the bodies of customers, thereby turning them into living works of art. I think that he is funny because he was a pretty young guy. All of his pictures he looks really smug and is smoking a cigarette. He is a young Italian man who is just looking to get famous and see what he can get away with. He is often known as a prankster.

John Feodorov

This artist takes what he knows about religion and brings it into everyday and the corporate office. He does installations that poke fun at corporate america. He makes it seem silly how everyone looks up to this one particular boss like he is God. Some of his stuff is 3-D like totem polls but most is 2-D. I think that he does a great job making you think into the everyday routine and how there is some humor in it. I do actually like his work even though I myself am religious and could see some controversy in it.

Pepon Osorio

Osorio's work really had me intrigued. He builds spaces and causes an emotion and reaction from the audience by creating a scene. I found his work to be really interesting. He has a piece that is a scene of the crime. It looks like someone was murdered and everything is taped off. It is interesting to make art this way. He stuff is very effective overall. He also uses different things like videos and biographies to capture his audience in another way. He will play a video that is to be watched before they experience his art piece. This helps capture people in a new way. He kind of guides them to what he wants them to see.

Mark Dion

Mark Dion is a contemporary artist. He focuses mostly on science type things. The one on the right is paws for reflection. Dion is also the artist that made the rats hanging from the tree piece that was shown in class. I really actually liked it because it had a lot to say. He used real tar to paint the rats and hung them. I believe he has a good message and idea.

Herbert Distel

Herbert Distel works on conceptual art pieces. He does many different things like on the right. He also has done a piece were the sets up fake eggs like they are from animals. I do not care for conceptual art very much and I am not his biggest fan.

Arman

He is definitely a conceptual artist. He is an old man who has been in the game for a long time. He has many many different works. Some are sculptures, paintings, multipuls and other things. One painting that got to me was the one on the right called "Bloody Guns." It was done all the way back in 1965. That may not really be that old but when I think of the 60's I do not think of this. Although I suppose they are looking for something new then. Those days I guess they were more open to things. I am not sure what I think of his work. It did catch my attention but personally it doesnt look like something that took too much planning or talent. It is a 24" X 36" piece which is pretty big.