Week 2. What is a studio?
- Definition of a studio: 'an artists work room.' Studio derives from the latin work for 'study' or 'zeal' meaning diligence.
- A studio can be a place of solitude, somewhere to work without any distractions.
- A personal place to create work and not worry about mess in your home.
- Somewhere to create and explore, to display older work and to work from it or to develop idea's.
- Benefits of working in a shared studio place such as university include being able to observe and learn from the work of others, to assist and be assisted by people around you and to socialise and share idea's.
- Having your own personal space allows you the freedom to create whatever you want, the space is entirely for artwork, painting, sculpture, or drawing.
- There are negatives to sharing studio space is that there are most likely going to be distractions, other people to consider, less freedom of spreading out work and clearing up after working.
Week 1, What is art?
- There is no definite definition for 'art.' Anything can be considered art.
- Art is a matter of opinion, something which makes the viewer think about what the message is.
- Art can be a message or a representation of current issues, the artists personal life or an emotion.
- Art raises questions, social views and may even change opinions about the subject.
- Art is something that is different in the 'eye of the beholder'
- There is a huge change between the first works of traditional artists to the variety of modern art created today. Some may consider something only which is photo realistic or of a particular subject to be art. Today, art can be any media and any subject although a lot of art is heavily debated.
- Art is a form of escapism to some, a break from every day life, to create an image of a utopia or even dystopia from the real world.
- definition: the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power.
