Blog 3

Okay, as of October 21st, (I would say today, but I'm writing this a day late) I am finally working on my second piece. It's going to be much more simple than the last one, which was an appropriation of Edward Hopper's "Nighthawks". This time I'm appropriating a piece from a man named René Magritte. He was a Belgian surrealist artist who dealt with thought-provoking images and produced witty work–– near and dear to what I love to do. So here goes...

Blog 2

In this blog I'm exploring the qualities, characteristics, and uses of appropriation, like I said in my first post. The artist I am studying right now as I begin my concentration is Edward Hopper (seen below in his self-portrait), and specifically his painting Nighthawks. Although Hopper's painting did not have a great deal of conceptuality behind it, my project that is based on it will. The restaurant will remain the same as in the original piece, but the background and area surrounding it will be entirely different. Into more technology statement artwork I go...

Objective

In this blog, I intend to explore the areas that interest me most in art, and currently, that area is appropriation. I want to find ways to transform well known pieces into something that relates to today, specifically by incorporating technology. I want to make as many statements as possible through my art about technological advances, whether it is a positive or negative element. Here I will explore how other artists with the same interests translate those ideas into their work, and I may find that I want to use similar techniques. 

Thus far I have appropriated:

Norman Rockwell's "Freedom From Want", the Gerber Baby logo, and an ad for apples called "Apple Kids" from the 1950's. Next, I will either incorporate the work of Whistler, Hopper, or Magritte. I have not decided which one I want to appropriate first, but I imagine I will use the work of all three artists in my next few projects.

Nighthawks by Edward Hopper

1942

              (http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/hopper/street/hopper.nighthawks.jpg)