http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e0IJSOq0xg
http://www.boredpanda.com/80-beautiful-street-crimes-done-by-banksy/
When thinking about conflict awareness, the best artist who gets right down to the nitty gritty and brings his work to the people would be Banksy. Banksy is " a quasi-anonymous English graffiti artist. According to Tristan Manco, Banksy “was born in 1974 and raised in Bristol, England. The son of a photocopier technician, he trained as a butcher but became involved in graffiti during the great Bristol aerosol boom of the late 1980s.” His artworks are often satirical pieces of art on topics such as politics, culture, and ethics." Some of his graffiti shows such controversial topics like crooked cops, surveillance, childhood innocence and our government's wrongdoings. He tries to communicate with his art, a conflict that doesn't go un noticed in our everyday lives but is just too risky to talk about. He shows what everybody wants to say but is too sacred to say it and buy acting as an indirect actor, he is the voice of many people. His images are very simple but carry a lot of weight like my 2nd project for my midterm, everything is right to the point and you may have to question it at first but once you understand it, its perfect. I can use his idea of simplicity and refine my 1st midterm project. I can also practice my photoshop techniques so I can become as proficient as Banksy had to become so he wouldn't get caught by law enforcement. Banksy is, in my eyes, the bad ass of the art world because he is making a very low art form of graffiti into something high. He such a popular icon that people will cut his art off the side of a building and sell it on eBay. It is also a special note that his identity was concealed for many years and increased his popularity/ mythology as a hero.
My second artist that inspired my final art project is GenArts. Gen Arts "is the premier provider of specialized visual effects software for the film, broadcast and video industries. The company was founded in 1996 in Cambridge, Mass. by industry-renowned digital artist and computer scientist, Karl Sims. Today, GenArts develops and markets tools that have become the standard for high-end visual effects creation at leading studio, broadcast and post-production facilities of all sizes around the world. " ( http://www.genarts.com/aboutus ). I choose this visual effects software firm because they are really talented artist using computers to create amazing visuals. We do not even think of how much time goes into a 30 second clip we see on the t.v or movie screen but since I have taken this class, I am inspired to become skilled in computer art. Computer art is probably the most intelligent area of expertise to pursue since so many things are electronic and technologically driven. Why does this artist appeal to you? It is actually the art of many artist. What are the Big Ideas in their work? The big ideas are working for a customer, getting the job well done and to perfection.
What do you find inspiring about the work? I find how clean cut all their videos are and how visually and overwhelming their work is as inspiration. What sorts of questions, curiosities, inspirations arise from your encounter with the artist’s work? I would like to know how much training they had and what technology they use for a movie special effects verses something on a commercial or t.v program.
How will you use this artist to inspire your final project? I will try to freeze one of the video clips form a video like Iron Man. What stylistic components can you learn to make your work stronger? Use more motion in my art. Make the viewers eyes move where I want them to move. What approaches to making an artwork that the artist uses can help you? The approach they use is using technology for its positive uses which is a theme under my main idea.
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