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Roy Lichtenstein ( Drowning Girl) Roy Lichtenstein was an American pop artist during the 1960’s. His worked was based off a new movement called pop art work it was more of a parody during the time. The artwork he did was inspired by a comic strip. He described pop art as industrial painting. Drowning Girl…

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Every Icon, a new media art piece by John F Simon Jr. ,  which is a visual representation of computer symbols. This work is a white 32 x 32 square grid where each square turns black in until every pattern is completed.For the artwork to run through every pattern it would take around 5 billion…

Blog #2: Artist Research

Roy Lichtenstein Roy Lichtenstein was a well renowned American Pop artist from Manhattan, New York and has really made a name for himself in the art industry. He is seen as one of the leading figures in the new art movement, in which his work defines the premise of pop artwork through parody. “M-Maybe” is a…

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John F. Simon Jr is multimedia artist and a software art pioneer. His daily drawings inspire his larger pieces of art. In 1999, Simon decided to start the practice of “Divination Drawings”. Basically it was a daily drawing that he would use to meditate. He let his pencil just be guided by the unconscious thought…

Artist Research Blog 2 George Cepeda

PAM on Sofa by Mark Napier      In the digital age it is very clear that human nature is able to makes its way into cyberspace. This piece was inspired by the painting of the Venus and the ideas it represents making their way into a prevalent part of the internet. The piece is…

Blog #2: Artist Research

Six Years of Mondays, Jon Thomas and Alison Craighead A man named Graham Smith had been recording the view from his bedroom window for six years, everyday from 6am to 6pm. The video shows every Monday throughout the six years. Every year has a different soundtrack. This piece was really interesting to me because it’s very…

Slow Design Project Ideas: Jonathan Strong

3D printed vases http://www.designboom.com/design/libero-rutilo-3d-printed-vases-water-bottles-01-22-2017/ The designer Libero Rutilo created 3D printed ornamental vases that wraps around recycled water bottles for floral arrangements.Rutilio combines beauty with utility found in everyday objects.Water bottles are consumed and thrown away into our environment such as trashcans which travels into our landfills. We look at water bottles as practical tools…

Blog #2 Artists Abby Atwood

            Roy Lichtenstein is one of those artists that everyone knows of but not many people actually know. The work of his that jumped out at me the most was his rendition of Bedroom at Arles (1992). As a fan of Van Gogh’s original painting this work seemed a humorous…

Artist Research: Allan Kaprow and Vito Acconci

                                                                Allan Kaprow: “Fluids” (1967) Allan Kaprow was an American artist most famously known for the development of what we now know as performance arts….

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Anthony Howe Anthony is a kinetic sculptor whom uses stainless steel, that is otherwise taken for granted for creative use, to create and build rather big sculptures that carry a lot of weight. However, because of its weight it is able to attract an audience. He shows off his artwork by posting Youtube videos that…

Slow Design and Fantasy Project

This work is a sculpture made out of aluminum cans. This sculpture I think would fall under the REVEAL category, because it’s made out of materials we all recognize but would overlook when you think of making a sculpture. When you think duck , you don’t immediately think soda can.The duck brings up the images…

Rethinking a Common Technology – Diego Vega

This picture mimics || mocks the current selfie movement. It shows the usual transition after faking certain emotions when in reality being in a different state or mood. The phrase it contains in the manner of snapchat text only makes it a clearer and more direct satire  of all those that use their social media…