ART 1030 ART APPRECIATION Artist Comparison Suh and Koons DO HO SUH AND JEFF KOONS For these artists, you should make sure you have reviewed the SCULPTURE and INSTALLATION Powerpoints in the ART module on D2L (However, you do have to have completed the quiz). Begin by reviewing the slides and watching all videos for the two artists. For each artist, please attend to the following when working on your written responses. • Visually describe the artwork(s) (consider all your senses) – refer to the PDF’s under ART to help you with vocabulary. • Describe the artist’s process. What media (paint, paper, clay, etc.) do they work with. What kind of artist (painter, sculptor, installation artist) are they? • Describe what inspires the artist. Why do they make art the way they do? • What is your overall impression of the work of the artist? What do you enjoy (and not enjoy) about this artist, their work and process? Be specific and give examples and please be honest there will be art & artworks you connect to more than others. But, remember, you don’t have to want to hang the art in your living room to appreciate it – or see its value in society. • What does it make you think about/remind you of? What themes do you see running through the work? What ties the separate pieces together? • What statement does the artist and/or their artwork say about society and other big ideas (race, gender, social equality for example). Does this remind you of anything from the history portion of the powerpoints? Is there a thread running from something in the past to this work? (For example, paintings of female figures could be traced back to the Renaissance and before). Give specific examples. • See the next slide for information about the comparison portion of the essay. Essay instructions continued… • In addition to writing about the artists individually, you need to compare the two. • For Do Ho Suh and Jeff Koons, attend to the following: • How would you compare the different themes in their work? Both artists are informed by their past. Both artists are tied to the culture of their childhoods. One more personal and one more based on popular culture. Where/how do you see this manifesting? • What are the two artists saying about the current culture/society by using references to the past? • How would you define the key differences and similarities of the two artists? This could be thematically or materially. • Your essay can be organized how ever you think is best to cover all of the information. You cold address each artist individually and then compare them at the end. Or, the comparison/contrast could be worked throughout the entire essay. Regardless, you should have an introductory and conclusion paragraph statement. Let the reader know what they are about to read. If you need help with this, you can visit the writing center on campus or research the structure of the five-paragraph essay. Conceptual Art • Art in which the idea presented by the artist is considered more important than the finished product, if there is one. • Art that is intended to convey an idea or concept to the perceiver and need not involve the creation or appreciation of a traditional art object such as a painting or sculpture. http://www.dictionary.com/browse/consumption Big Idea - Home • The place where a person lives - a house, apartment, or other shelter that is the usual residence of a person, family, or household. • A family living together in one building, house, etc. • A place where something normally or naturally lives or is locate • The place in which one's domestic affections are centered. • The dwelling place or retreat of an animal. • The place or region where something is native or most common. • Any place of residence or refuge: - A person's native place or own country. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home http://www.dictionary.com/browse/home Do Ho Suh Big Idea - Stories/Home • Do Ho Suh was born in Seoul, Korea, in 1962. After earning his BFAand MFA in Oriental Painting from Seoul National University, and fulfilling his term of mandatory service in the South Korean military, Suh relocated to the United States to continue his studies at the Rhode Island School of Design and Yale University. • Best known for his intricate sculptures that defy conventional notions of scale and site-specificity, Suh draws attention to the ways viewers occupy and inhabit public space. • Do Ho Suh is a sculptor and installation artist. http://www.art21.org/artists/do-ho-suh Do Ho Suh Big Idea - Stories • In several of the artist’s floor sculptures, viewers are encouraged to walk on surfaces composed of thousands of miniature human figures. In "Some/One," the floor of the gallery is blanketed with polished military dog tags. Evocative of the way an individual soldier is part of a larger troop or military body, these dog tags swell to form a hollow, ghost-like suit of armor at the center of the room. • Whether addressing the dynamic of personal space versus public space, or exploring the fine line between strength in numbers and homogeneity, Suh’s sculptures continually question the identity of the individual in today’s increasingly transnational, global society. http://www.art21.org/artists/do-ho-suh Some/One 2001 “Lets say if there’s one statue at the plaza of a hero who helped or protected our country there are hundreds of thousands of individuals who helped him and worked with him, and there’s no recognition for them. So in my sculpture, ‘Public Figures’, I had around six hundred small figures, twelve inches high, six different shapes, both male and female, do different ethnicities.” - Do-Ho Suh Public Figures 2001 The Perfect Home 2002 •Please watch this video on the artist, take notes on what you see and hear. • Afterwards you will use your notes to complete a writing on the artist. http://www.art21.org/videos/segment-do-ho-suh-in-stories Video of artist installing one of his staircase pieces: https://www.khanacademy.org/partnercontent/tate/archives-memory/art-and-memory/v/do-hosuh Jeff Koons • Jeff Koons was born in 1955 in York, Pennsylvania. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, and received a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore (1976), and honorary doctorates from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2008) and Corcoran College of Art and Design, Washington, DC (2002). Koons plucks images and objects from popular culture, framing questions about taste and pleasure. His contextual sleight-of-hand, which transforms banal items into sumptuous icons, takes on a psychological dimension through dramatic shifts in scale, spectacularly engineered surfaces, and subliminal allegories of animals, humans, and anthropomorphized objects. https://art21.org/artist/jeff-koons/ Jeff Koons • Jeff Koons plucks images and objects from popular culture, framing questions about taste and pleasure. His contextual sleight-of-hand, which transforms banal items into sumptuous icons, takes on a psychological dimension through dramatic shifts in scale, spectacularly engineered surfaces, and subliminal allegories of animals, humans, and anthropomorphized objects. Organizing his own studio production in a manner that rivals a Renaissance workshop, Koons makes computerassisted, handcrafted works that communicate through their meticulous attention to detail. • “Objects are metaphors for people—it always turns out to be about others. It’s not about accepting that object…it’s about the acceptance of others.” https://art21.org/artist/jeff-koons/ Jeff Koons, Rabbit, 1986, stainless steel, 41 x 19 x 12 Jeff Koons Inflatable Flower and Bunny (Tall White, Pink Bunny), 1979. Vinyl and mirrors; 32 63.5 48.3 cm) 25 19 in. (81.3 Jeff Koons One Ball Total Equilibrium Tank (Spalding Dr. J 241 Series), 1985. Glass, steel, sodium chloride reagent, distilled water, and basketball; 64 3/4 30 3/4 13 1/4 in. Puppy, 1992. Stainless steel, soil and flowering plants, 40 feet 8 3/16 inches x 27 feet 2 3/4 inches x 29 feet 10 1/4 inches (12 meters 40 cm x 830 cm x 910 cm). Guggenheim Bilbao Jeff Koons • “Art should be something really powerful,” says Jeff Koons, “but at the same time, there’s morality that comes along with that.” • The segment begins in the artist’s busy studio in Manhattan, where his computer-aided but hand-made paintings and sculptures develop slowly, with a large team of dedicated assistants, in the manner of a Renaissance workshop or atelier. • The segment shifts to a major retrospective at the MCA Chicago, where Koons provides a detailed analysis of two sculptures that exemplify the ethical and spiritual dimensions of art. The segment concludes outside Paris at the Chateau de Versailles, where Koons is the first contemporary American artist to have a solo exhibition, showcasing the mathematical planting of a giant flower topiary and a survey of works installed amidst the joyous decoration of the palace’s period rooms and gardens. https://art21.org/watch/art-in-the-twenty-first-century/s5/jeff-koons-in-fantasy-segment/ Jeff Koons • Art 21 - Fantasy • Please watch and take notes for your written response. • https://art21.org/watch/art-in-the-twenty-firstcentury/s5/jeff-koons-in-fantasy-segment/ • Reflections: Jeff Koons’ Philosophy of Perfection • https://www.nowness.com/series/reflections/jeff-koonsphilosophy-of-perfection
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