Why do people make art?

Diego Rivera No. 9, Nature Morte Espagnole- National Gallery of Art

Artists make art to tell a story….

• The story can be personal or historical…

Claude Monet, On the Bank of the Seine, Bennecourthttp://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/eurptg/24pc_monet.htmlThe Art Institute of Chicago website

The painted scenes on the jar show the hero Herakles killing the rampaging Nemean lion and a battle between armed warriorshttp://www.artic.edu/cleo/amphora/amphora.html The Art Institute of Chicago website

Artists make art to enrich the environment with beauty and/or share the beauty that they

experience in their lives…

Paul Signac. Hillside from Downstream, Les Andelys, 1886. The Art Institute of Chicago, through prior gift of William Wood Princehttp://www.artic.edu/aic/exhibitions/seurat/seurat_overview.html

Artists make art to celebrate and express joyful emotion..

Paris Through the Window, 1913. Marc Chagall

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Edgar Degas, Ballet Scene National Gallery of Art, Washington

Artists also make art to communicate the darker emotions that we all experience from time to time…

Pablo Picasso Woman Ironing, 1904. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Barbara Kruger Untitled (Not Perfect), 1980 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

The Red Tower (La Tour rougePeggy Guggenheim Collection.

Giorgio de Chirico

Artists also make art to make us aware of what our cultural values, beliefs and concerns

are…

Dorothea Lange

Other works in that category (made by

students from lesson posted on http://www.portfolioseries.com/ )

So what are the roles of artists in society?

• To make our world more_________

• To make us see things we ordinarily wouldn’t ___________

• To make us ________

• To ______ us mentally, emotionally and spiritually

Artists make art using a wide variety of materials and techniques

Artists use their materials in specific ways to communicate meaning

What do visual artists share with other subjects?

• They research ideas, observe and experiment like……

• They move us and make us think and feel like……

• We look at works of art to discover the main idea/message like we…… in ……

Other Art Forms

• Music• Dance• Drama• Language Arts

• These artists are also concerned with the same things that visual artists are. They just use different media/methods to communicate. All of the arts have things in common.

Where do we find artists?

• Video/film/tv industry (animation, set design, costume design, video production, photography, commercial design)

• Advertising industry (for cars, food, clothes, homes, etc.) • Design industry [clothes, cars, homes, everyday products

(dishes, shoes, lamps, tissue boxes, chairs, couches, etc) packaging design, interior decorators, architects, magazine design and layout, etc.]

• Studio artists (painters, sculptors, fabric artists, ceramicists, photographers, printmakers)

What do all those kinds of artists share in common?

• They know how to use materials and techniques in certain ways that communicates to their audience– Relationships of qualities, elements and principles of

design

• Specific skills that often involve DRAWING.• In today’s world, this also involves computer

technology.

The Artistic ProcessYour inspiration/idea has to make you excited.

1.1. BrainstormBrainstorm the theme. Collect visuals, research the theme. Collect visuals, research ideas, stories. Observe! Sketch!ideas, stories. Observe! Sketch!

2.2. Explore and learnExplore and learn about media and techniques. about media and techniques.

3.3. Plan and designPlan and design your works. your works.

4.4. Create your workCreate your work that you feel communicates that you feel communicates something important. something important. Reflect and reviseReflect and revise your your work as you create it.work as you create it.Teaching art links\Where and How Artists Get Ideas.htm Where do artists get ideas printout. PDF

Resources

• http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/wcf/wcf0013.html Dorothea Lange

• http://www.portfolioseries.com• The Art Institute of Chicago website• National Gallery of art website• Smithsonian website• The Art Spirit, Robert Henri

• http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/Files/ideas.htm The Incredible Art Department- Where and How artists get ideas