Give some visual (art/design) examples of globalisation, Celebration/ rejection of brands companies

Banksy is an urban graffiti artist who uses satire and irony in his art work and often bases his work on consumerism and politics, some of his work is based of big corporations such as McDonalds and Disney, one of them being a young child polishing the clown shoes of McDonalds mascot Ronald McDonald, and another is that of a child being dragged away by Mickey Mouse and Ronald McDonald with a crying face whilst the corporations mascot maintain a happy disposition with a waving pose. This is suggesting that the corporations don't stand for what they mean and although they are targeted towards children, they are only established for money and will just take from them while keeping up a happy appearance for the media.

Bansky has other piece of art based upon globalisation and the way consumerism is an everyday aspect of life, one of which holds strong religious tones and is titled ' cross of consumerism', and features the significance of Jesus Christ being crucified but instead of nails hammered in his hands he is holding shopping bags and gifts, showing that he died not for our sins but for us to be petty over materialistic objects and we as a world have lost what was held dear in morals over time. It also lets audiences question what it is that we live and die for.

pick an old art piece and show how it has influenced newer work

Vik Muniz


The Mona Lisa- Leonardo da Vinci

Painted by da Vinci during the renaissance period, it is arguably one of the most famous and recognisable paintings in the world due to the technicality that when into the smile of the model. It is thought that over ten years of da Vincis life was spent working on this painting. However, by being such a masterpiece considered through out the world, it is only natural that other artists would use it as influence for their own work and styles, I will run through a few which stood out to me.



Banksy

Banksy is a huge name that stands out in urban graffiti, with his art plastering walls, pipes and other unusual canvases around countries, usually taking a satirical and ironical approach to politics using his art with deep and significant meanings.

This Banksy piece features the Mona Lisa and her iconic smile however she is holding a rocket launcher and a head piece, which is a great comparison to ignorant happiness while destroying other things.

Fernando Botero

Botero is an italian sculptor whom makes large and overweight models, his paintings are usual remakes of others except the models are vastly dis proportioned in weight and has even been self quoted in calling his work a gimmick just to be something new and different, being proud of the fact that when people think of bigger models in art his name may come to mind.

Vik Muniz

Titled ' Double Mona Lisa', this piece of art is made by Muniz by using food products of strawberry jam and peanut butter. This piece was very interesting to me due to the use of such simple and every day products that are generally overlooked being used to replicate a highly regarded master piece,

Salvador Dali and three pieces of his work

For this week we had looked at different surrealist artists and were asked to research three pieces of their work. I have chosen Salvador Dali, whom is one of the more well known surrealism artists.


The persistence of memory.



Is probably Dali's most iconic painting, and is a favourite of mine due to the significance that melting time could have, allowing the audience to truly think and mull over the piece, as well as it being painted very well with a mysterious landscape and neutral colours.

To me the painting signifies that of a you aren't aware of how little time we have and how it goes away if used poorly and we have nothing to show for it, and it appears to have just melted away, and we will be at a point in our life unhappy and unable to change.

Which can be seen by the head of a middle aged looking man with his eyes closed in the dirt.


Skull optical illusion




This is a photograph showing Salvador Dali and seven naked women models positioned in a manner to appear as a skull. Dali is shown looking away from the skull, which being made out of naked women probably signifies the temptation of  sexual desires and how he is above it by ignoring them.

The positioning of this photograph is unusual, due to Dali being in the third of a corner and the skull being used in the full half right side, instead of keeping to the rule of thirds idea or even golden section rule.

Skull of Zurbaran




The Skull Of Zurburan is a very technical piece by Dali, focusing on the use of perspective which can be seen by the curves and shading used within the tilers and doors. The painting features six priests praying before a stack of cubes, which with lighting looks like a skull, and the title ' the skull of Zurburan' refers to Francisco Zurburan, whom was referred as one of the greatest 17th century painters and hailed for the way he achieved dramatic light affects in his work.

This piece stands out to me due to the optical illusion affect in which the top of a cube also looks like the bottom of another, and how it looks like it had been effortlessly painted to achieve this affect.

Evaluate an image of art/design where the influence come from future/past/present and visual cultures of art

This piece is by Richard Hamilton and is titled,'Just what is it that makes today's home so different, so appealing?'.

This collage was produced in 1956 and was made to represent everything that was an influence towards society at the time, it included a lot of political points such as the perfect housewife with an up to date and clean house with a maid hoovering, the moon was the roof because the space race was a huge international thing and it was a widely known thing that countries were challenging each other to get to the moon first in an attempt to prove whom had the best technologies. It also features a lot of art deco and pop art designs, showing a new wave of styles compared to earlier work.

Hamilton had mainly used American magazines as his sources of imagery, and even though he was a british artist the pictures in the collage was more relatable with everyone due to America being a huge media outlet even for Britain in the 1950's.

What I find makes the image very interesting is the use of both black and white images alongside the colourful backgrounds, which produces a high contrast and makes certain objects stand out more than others , such as the lollipop which the male body builder is holding sticks out much more due to being held by a black and white print photograph of a man.

Hamilton had made a collage relating to his older piece but with the same significance in 1992 as seen below.

Find examples of signs, symbols, art etc that are iconic to the place you are from in Newcastle

My place in England is Newcastle upon Tyne as my child hood was mainly spent there, and the stereotypical themes of Newcastle is a party town, thanks to shows such as Geordie Shore advertising its clubs through the media of television. Another strong stereotype to come from Newcastle is football hooligans and the typical Geordie charm which comes hand in hand with the black and white football army.

One example of signs that has been used in Newcastle is that there was a trending motto from the alcohol company Stella Artois which was - it's a chalice not a glass, which had a poster positioned on a corner shop in Newcastle, and under that poster Newcastle brown ale had shown one saying- 'Who uses the word chalice? Newcastle Brown Ale. No Bollocks'.

Another famous moment was in 1998 when Newcastle fans had hoisted a giant Alan Shearer football shit over the iconic angel of the north. The angel of the north is a representation of Newcastle and is one of the most iconic landmarks in the region and is instantly recognisable with Newcastle and by putting a shirt of Shearer, who is hailed as one of the best nothen footballers, claims the icon to us even more and added that extra element of pride which Geordies tend to have with football and their hometown.