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Aesthetics Final Project Virtual Museum
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"Cleopatra IV" by BTOY
Andrea Michaelsson, better known as BTOY, has been creating street art since 2002. She uses stencils, spray paint, and acrylic paint for her artwork. BTOY chooses her canvas carefully, making sure that it is an old, textured wall before adding her own unique touch. Michaelsson’s forte is portraits of powerful women, mainly from the 1950’s; depicted in this street art portrait is Cleoptra IV. It is located on the streets of Barcelona. -
"The Garden of Eden" by Jim Dine
“The Garden of Eden” consists of painted bronze figures placed upon a stainless steel rack. Dine was one of the first artists to practice pop art in the 1960s, but he now associates himself with the Abstract Expressionism movement. In all of his work, he uses his own items to create artwork and considers his work autobiographies. -
"The Mete and The Muse" by Fred Wilson
These two sculptures are made from bronze; the African sculpture is covered in black patina, while the European sculpture is covered in white paint. Wilson uses his work to provoke thoughts of history and society from the viewer; he also wants his work to arouse thoughts towards the exclusion of races and cultures. -
"Architecture and Morality" by Glenn Brown
"Architecture and Morality" is an oil painting on canvas. Brown is mainly known for historical references in his artwork. The forms in his painting seem to be made of thick paint, but they are actually created from thin paint put on with whimsical brushstrokes. The figures represented in his paintings are normally disfigured. -
"Morning is Broken" by Nigel Cooke
“Morning is Broken” is just one oil painting in a set of seven that represent generation and destruction. All seven paintings represent life after a horrific storm through disfigured yet amazing forms. Layers, narrative, and psychology play a large part in Cooke’s paintings; his artwork revolves around abstraction. -
"The First Principle" by Jeffrey Gibson
Gibson is a descendant of the Native American Choctaw tribe. He was raised in Germany and Korea. His ancestry and geographical background is what mainly influences his artwork. Gibson strives to create an atmospheric landscape through his oil paintings. His later work was inspired by the graffiti he saw while living in New York City. Dancing is another large influence in his artwork, whether it be dancing at pow-wows or raves. -
VM Houses by Plot
These homes were built in 2005 by Plot in Orestaden, Copenhagen. Plot believes that these homes represent the future path of architecture. Plot's influence was architecture from the Renaissance period, and he put a modern twist on it. -
"The Ferry Man" by Jake Baddeley
"The Ferry Man" is an oil painting on a canvas. Baddely explains that there are two separate lights; one that is in his head, and one that is in the room. He paints the one that is in his head and explains that it is an emotional light that can provoke a feeling or idea. Most of his paintings come to him in his dreams. Baddely likes to give little explanation behind his paintings, so the viewer is left to analyze it. -
"Here's How In the Forest" by Nicole Duennebier
Duennebier describes her work as “biomorphic Dutch still-life’s.” She begins with a dark canvas and begins to fill it until it becomes overwhelmed with color and form. “Here’s How In the Forest” is an acrylic painting on a panel. -
"Crazy" by Gnarles Barkley
"Crazy" was labeled as the number one song of the 2000's by Rolling Stone Magazine. Barkley, also known as Cee-Lo Green, was going through a divorce while writing the lyrics. He states that song is about becoming insane and losing one's mind. This song gave Barkley the chance to be expressive throughout his divorce. A link to the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd2B6SjMh_w -
"Cape Siren" by Philip Taaffe
"Cape Siren" was created using mixed media on a canvas by Philip Taaffe, who uses repetitious lines and colors to create an ecstatic atmosphere in his artwork. His artwork is also influenced by art traditions of the Celtic shamans. Taaffe likes his work to exude movement, and the main goal of his work is to bring the viewer to a different world. -
"Come As U R" by Ted Vasin
Vasin describers "Come As U R" as a “self-centered doodle.” The artwork consists of graphite and metallic acrylic on canvas. Most of Vasin’s work deals with psychology and transcendence. He hopes that his work will allow the viewer to connect the real world with their own organic self. Vasin begins all of his artwork with two things consuming his thoughts: mortality and creation. -
"Dollface" by Meghan Howland
“Dollface” is an oil painting on canvas. Howland’s paintings are described as dark and beautiful; they do not provide much detail, so the story behind the painting is left to the thoughts and ideas of the audience members. She describes her work as dark, collective memories creeping their way onto the canvas. -
"See No Evil" by Michael Parkes
"See No Evil” is made of bronze. Michael was inspired to create the woman in the sculpture, Isabelle, by one of his previous artistic works, “The Letter.” The woman in “The Letter” was an angel reading and influenced heavily by a scripture about love. -
Replica of "The Rape of the Sabine Woman"
Urs Fischer created this installation, which is a replica of “The Rape of the Sabine Woman,” from wax in Venice, but he took it one step further and added a wick. The sculpture of the replica, as well as the viewer in the photograph, are actually large candles. The artist made the installation for the Venice Art Biennale, and when the exhibition began, he lit the wick. It took months for the beautiful sculptures to become piles of wax. -
"The Disambiguation of the Myth of the Last Shinobi" by Raqib Shaw
“The Disambiguation of the Myth of the Last Shinobi” consists of enamel, rhinestones, glitter, and oil and acrylic paint on Birch wood. Shaw is known for creating layers out of different types and vibrant colors of paint, glitter, and rhinestones. His artwork represents a dream-like location. Shaw’s artwork has been influenced by Eastern and Western art. -
"Waiting" by Davide Bonazzi
"Waiting" belongs to a group of paintings called Day Trippers, which tells a story of an old couple visiting a new, large city. He wants to viewer to guess and think about the city that is being represented in the narrative. Bonazzi uses digital media as well as scanned objects in his artwork, which mainly consists of narratives. Bonazzi likes to convey warmth in his artwork. -
"The Fog" by Kilian Schonberger
The Fog is just one photograph in an entire collection of photographs depicting fog, which Schonberger believes is nature’s white space. “The Fog” was taken by a digital camera in a Central European mountain range. Schonberg describes herself as a colorblind photography addict. -
"Ballerina & Boy" by Kevin Francis Gray
“Ballerina & Boy” is a sculpture created out of white statuario carrara marble. Gray’s work confronts the relationship between real and abstract figures. -
"Portrait of a Young Woman" by Keith Tyson
This painting is made of oil paint and found objects, or objects that would normally not be considered useful in art. Tyson graduated high school at the age of fifteen and began engineering nuclear submarines, so logic and science heavily influences his artwork. Tyson hopes to entrance the audience by using comprehension and pushing the limits of artistic work through different media. -
Christchurch Cardboard Cathedral by Shigeru Ban
Shigeru Ban had thought that architecture had lost it's way, and that only the rich were capable of having beautiful architecture. After the earthquake in New Zealand in 2011, he built this Cathedral out of cardboard paper tubes. He strives for sustainability and aesthetics in his architecture and likes to use odd materials, such as the cardboard tubes.
