Mod 12 video review

Andy Warhol: Images of an Image

Hockney on Photography

 

Questions and Topics for Your Blog Posting:

 

1. Explain why you selected each of the TWO videos you choose from the selection listed above.

I selected the film Andy Warhol: Images of an Image because I was hoping to understand his work better.  I have seen his work and have never really liked it or understood the hype behind it.  I also selected Hockney on Photography because photography is an area that greatly interests me.

2. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.

I learned that Andy Warhol uses photographs, stencils, and screen printing to create his works.  The process of silk screening was pretty interesting to watch.  His work is more mechanical, and any of his staff could do it.  Death was one of his main themes along with Marilyn Monroe, Jacquie Kennedy, and Liz Taylor.

The film Hockney on Photography taught me that the camera came much before photography.  He takes photographs very close up and in sections, and then puts each picture together like a puzzle to create the entire scene.   The Polaroid collages are very cool looking with the lines of a grid.  He has an amazing passion for photography and went to great lengths to display things as they were seen, even if that meant standing on a ladder.  He also painted in somewhat of a grid pattern, as he used many individual canvases to create his final painting.      

 

3. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?

The films add more information about the topics that we are reading about in the textbook.

4. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the readings and art concepts?

I found the film on Hockney to be amazing and interesting.  His work is something that could not be described in words alone.  By seeing the film and listening to him speak about his pieces and the passion he had really helps you to understand what he was trying to achieve and how he achieved it.  I find his work very fascinating and it is real.

The film on Andy Warhol gives more information about him and his work than the textbook.  It shows the process of silk screening which also has been talked about.  I still cannot understand why he was so popular and do not see his work as great.  He said in the film that many members of his staff could and did make these pieces.  I guess he is just going to be one artist that I do not understand.