met·a·phor
[met-uh-fawr, -fer]
noun
something used, or regarded as being used, torepresent something else; emblem; symbol.
al·le·go·ry
[al-uh-gawr-ee, -gohr-ee]
noun, plural al·le·go·ries.
1.
a representation of an abstract or spiritualmeaning through concrete or material forms;figurative treatment of one subject under theguise of another.
2.
a symbolical narrative: the allegory of PiersPlowman.
Questions – Respond to the following:
1) If one views Zaha Hadid's Roenthal Center for Contemporary Art as a building made up of stacked, floating, interlocking boxes, how is its form a metaphor for how Hadid felt the space should be used?
2) Respond to this sentence from Chapter 2; "Both artist and viewer are engaged in an exchange of meaning-making when works of art are successfully made and received."
3) If an artist statement is not to "explain" art to viewers, what other functions does it serve?
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| Kiki Smith, Rapture, 2001 |
1) That metaphor goes perfectly with what Hadid was trying to accomplish in the feel the building would give off. Since she had a narrow land to work off, she put everything on top of each other in a nice subtle way that is still noticeably and it looks as if them seem as if they are floating and intertwining with each other to give off a vibe of flexibility.
ReplyDelete2) That sentence to me, is trying to say how when a good piece is made and received well, the viewers are interested in how it was made and/or what was the artist's thought process to create that piece. Also the artist and viewer can both appreciate the piece a lot more when the piece is successfully made.
3) An artist statement isn't meant to exactly explain their art to the viewers but to explain their subject matter in its entirety. Maybe to explain what made them want to do that subject matter or what influenced them to make it. Basically to explain what lend them to making that artwork(s). An artist statement is like a synopsis; it's a brief explanation of their artwork without giving out too much information about the artwork(s).
1) Maybe Hadid did not have that much land to work with, therefore he tried to do something that was powerful and meaningful at the same time, Its like if we only have certain amount of time and certain materials to create a piece of art, we would probably be very cautious about what we are going to create, there has to be some kind of meaning behind it and the feeling or reaction that the viewer would get after seeing our work.
ReplyDelete2) If we are the viewer we would have to have some kind some kind of reaction, whether is good or bad but I think that is the main goal as an artist, make the viewer feel some kind of connection to our work. Now if we are the artist, we want to portray some emotion or sensation with our work, we do art in hope to the viewer to have the same kind of response or make the viewer see or think what we were thinking or seeing at the moment of creating that art. But also beauty and appreciation is subjective, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
3)I think that in order to make your work believable we explain what is the meaning behind the art work, so the viewer could understand what they are seeing. In the other hand, the fact that the viewer could see a piece of art and make out of it whatever they want its also amazing.
Angel Herrera
Zaha Hadid had very little space to work with, and wanted the stacking of the interlocking boxes to be unobstructed from view on all sides. The foundation of concrete she had poured leading up to the building she called an "urban carpet". Metaphorically, Zaha believed that this would lead people into the museum and ultimately into the neighborhood, which was slowly declining.
ReplyDeleteThe artist, from beginning their work until it is finished, the artist's perspective changes,and their focus is on what the interpretation of the viewer will be, and what they want them to get out of their work. When an art is made and well received, it puts the viewer in the place of the artist, giving them an emotional connection.
When an artist creates a piece, for some their objective is to leave it completely up to the interpretation of the viewer. To explain it would be to defeat the purpose of the viewer finding anything meaningful out of it, leaving the their viewpoints skewed.