Monthly Archives: September 2016

Contextual Studies: Today’s notes: The Bauhaus: The machines, the lines, the new History: Late 19th century – Victorian Architecture and Interior Design Russian Revolution – 1917 Take over victorian-style houses and sweeping away the old styles, wanting the new WW1 … Continue reading →

Today in class we discussed the concept of Abstraction and its influence on art throughout history. An artist that commonly came up in this discussion was Kazimir Malevich and his constant search, through art, for a Sublime Higher Power. Black … Continue reading →

Svanen (The Swan), No. 17, Group IX, Series SUW, October 1914-March 1915 Hilma af Klint was considered to be one of the first artists to associate with Abstraction. This piece is not representational or realistic; it is purely color. Abstraction … Continue reading →

Part One: Barbara Kruger: I Shop Therefore I Am Untitled (I shop therefore I am) by Barbara Kruger, 1987 111″ x 113″ photographic silkscreen/vinyl What well-known publication has Barbara Kruger imitated to make this image? This looks like Time Magazine, … Continue reading →