Art 21 Reflection #2

On your blog name the artists you learned about and describe what their work is about. What is the artist trying to do with their work? What do you think of their work? How do you relate to it or not?


Andrea Zittel: Consumption: makes homes and clothes that challenge the viewer.

Zittel created furniture that would function as everything that she needed because she didn't have much room in her first house. Her sink functioned not only as a sink, but also as a bath. She had a revalation that no one really wants perfection but that people really want hope for a 'new or improved better tomorrow.' Her work is influenced by where she's lived. She believes that her main issues of art work are human values and perceptions. A lot of her work is about creating intimate personal controllable situations. She says that a lot of her work is humorous and dark at the same time. Zittel creates clothing as well that she wears. She crochets dresses and wears them for a 'season' of four months. I'm not completely sure if she only wears that garment or if she used to only wear it. That part was a bit tricky to understand. Zittel seems like a very personal yet complicated woman who I feel sort of an emotional connection to in addition to really enjoying her art and creative way of thinking.


Michael Ray Charles: Consumption: paintings with pop culture references.

Likes to question.  


Mel Chin: Consumption:


Loves making things with his hands. Stops and listens to learn. SPAWN=special, projects, agriculture, worms, neighborhoods. Conceptual art. Believes that "making art is not about one track, one method but the reversibility of mediums and techniques is minor, but the versity of ideas and how they survive and the methods they are transmitted is very important."