ASSEMBLAGE

CASTING

Casting is the process of making a sculpture by use of a mold.  The choice of material used by the artist in this casting is fiberglass, a medium that was available to the artist at the time of this work.

CARVING



Carving is the act of chipping away of a raw block of material to create a sculpture, such as this piece from a 16 ft. block of marble that was taken from a quarry 40 years prior to its use.



DECISIVE MOMENT

Decisive Moment something that happens at the right time and place such as this work. The artist just happen to be across from this building and just happen to notice the two women in line with the two statues on the balcony which he found interesting and at that moment he captured the image that created this work.

VIDEO

Video is what is happening at the moment. Video presentations define the characteristics of the medium, as well as, explore the limits of its capiblities in the art world that creates for interesting photography.

INSTANT COLLAGE

Instant Collage is a collection of many things such as this apparent store front of many informative signs creates exactly that, an instant`collage that the artist took advantage of with his photography.  

WOODCUT

WATERCOLOR

WOOD ENGRAVING

GOUACHE

MIXED MEDIA

COLLAGE

SCALE AND PROPORTION

VISUAL MOVEMENT (CONTINUATION)

CONTRAST/VARIETY

REPETITION/RHYTHM

EMPHASIS

BALANCE

TENEBRISM

ACTUAL TEXTURE

OP ART

PRIMARY COLOR PALETTE IN AN ARTWORK

COMPLIMENTARY COLOR PALETTE IN AN ARTWORK

CHIAROSCURO

IMPLIED LINE

AXONOMETRIC PROJECTION

CONTOUR LINE

OUTLINE

EXPRESSIVE LINE

FORESHORTENING

ABSTRACT

REPRESENTATIONAL ART

ICONOCLASM OR ICONCLAST ART

ICON

NON REPRESENTATIONAL OR NON OBJECTIVE ART

IMAGE VS. CONTENT

Yayoi Kusama "dots"

Renzo Piano- Aesthetic Beauty

Pablo Picasso Seated Bather

Nkisi Nkonde Magical Figure

Kane Kwei Coffin Orange in the shape of a cocoa pod

John Ahearn and Rigoverto Torres "minnie"

nkisi nkonde



Nkonde's magical figure gives form to the immaterial, hidden, or universial truths, spirtual forces, and personal feelings. 



Kitsch



Kitsch is a tastless copy of an extant style or low brow quality or condition.



Pablo Picasso

Picasso triggers a higher level of thought and awareness giving this work an asthetical beauty, a form of beauty in it's own right.

Kusama

Kusama's work is typical of wanting us to see the world in new and innovative ways.

Karaori Kimono

Kimono takes a functional stucture and/or object and makes them more pleasurable to look at by giving them beauty and meaning.

Andy Warhol's Race Riot



 Warhol creates a visual record of time and a place.