"JerrySaltz on the Outsider Art Fair- and Why There's No Such Things As 'Outsider' Art" By Jerry Saltz (Response)

"JerrySaltz on the Outsider Art Fair- and Why There's No Such Things As 'Outsider' Art"
  By Jerry Saltz
 (Response)

The Idea that significant art is art that holds tremendous skill in drawing or painting is fading away, but still exists till this day. I think it is very important to be a well-rounded artist, in terms of skill. It is very important to have technical ability or understanding in sculpture, painting, drawing, and most importantly to have creative strength or conceptual strength in your work. To master these skills is unnecessary, but will be a plus for you in the long run. Once you have the ability it is natural that your voice will show as you make work. People always full or trend towards something New, and Different whether it's positively or negatively. For example, Brito is famous for his work because there are people who love it and people who hate it. But what is good Art?! In my opinion, "good" art is a work that is distinguishable, whether it is aesthetically pleasing or not, it gets you thinking, it makes you wonder, it makes you agree or disagree, it emotionally compromises whether it's in a happy or sad.
Good art is communication, and the aesthetic choices come as a tool or path to how you will communicate. But as long as the appearance or aesthetic choice is smart according to a concept or what an artist is trying to express. In my opinion, the Bill Traylor piece at the top of the article is not something that does any of what I think a good piece of art is. So to me, it is not a good work of art.
Now, another artist may not be as aesthetically skillful in their practice, but if they make a work that moves me or has conceptual strength, than it will get credit. So, peoples views towards art is very biased and that will never change. The reason why Outsider art isn't shown in museums is simply because it doesn't match the other works of art.

The White Bird By John Berger (Response)

The White Bird By John Berger

I am not sure if I am understanding The White Bird. It's not 100%. I read it three times, and I still get a little confused. Two lines in particular caught my attention in the reading.The two lines made me realize a possible reason that are included in the many reasons of why I won two awards my senior year of High School. At the time I never understood why I won. Why me? So many applicants. Well, the two lines made everything make sense in my head. The two lines said, "Art does not imitate nature, it imitates a creation, sometimes to propose an alternative world, sometimes simply to amplify, to confirm, to make social the brief hope offered by nature."

Also, the following line, "Art is an organized response to what nature allows us to glimpse occasionally." When I read these lines, I thought to myself, "That's what I did!" My work is a response to not only literally nature, but a response to my own nature. A response to myself, of myself. I did understand more about my own work and what it means to me. This is my response to the lines quoted. The passage did touch on what we discussed in class last Tuesday about the inquiry of Art and Craft, which I was very interested and learned so much from.

Creative Impulse Exercise- Paper Folding

Creative Impulse: Exercise- Paper Folding (Use this naming strategy to label your blog entries: Topic: Category- title)

1. Include an image of your paper folding; make all images large or extra large.
2. Place a brief description of the exercise here. Nothing fancy.
3. Add the appropriate labels. This one will be labeled: Topic: Creative Impulse, Exercises
4. Hit Done (in the Labels dialogue box) when finished adding your labels.
5. Don't forget to PUBLISH your blog and save while you are working/editing.

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Labels Help You Organize

All blog posts must be labeled with two keywords, which blogger calls Labels. When faculty visits your blog for evaluation purposes, we will use the labels to quickly find your work. If you do not use the keywords properly, we will not be able to find your work. Proper set-up and maintenance of your blog falls under the Research and Participation part of your grade which counts for 30% of the overall semester grade. 

Topical Keywords

The first set of keywords correspond to the module we are working in. We will refer to these as topical keywords since they correspond to the topic we are exploring over the two-week periods. Your first group of posts will be labeled under Topic: Creative Impulse since this is the first topic (Topic #1). Here are the topical keywords you will use through out the semester:

Topic: Creative Impulse

Topic: Pattern and Ornament

Topic: Rhinoceros

Topic: Narrative

Topic: Landscape

Topic: Zine

Categorical Keywords

The second set of keywords will organize your posts according to kind. Here are the Keywords you will use for Labels:

Exercises - tag for posts documenting all assigned exercises. The first one will be the paper folding exercise from the first class. 

Readings - tag for posts containing your two paragraph responses to the assigned readings. The first ones will be for "The White Bird" and the Jerry Saltz article from Vulture.com. 

Small Works - tag for posts documenting all assigned small works. The first blog post labeled Small Works will contain images and accompanying descriptions of the three small works you complete for the Creative Impulse Module (Topic #1). 

In-Depth Projects - tag for posts documenting all assigned In-Depth projects. The first blog post labeled In-Depth Projects will contain images (or video if appropriate) and accompanying descriptions of the more robust work you produce in response to the Creative Impulse Module (Topic #1).

Outside Visits - tag for posts containing your two paragraph responses to all required visits outside of the classroom. These include visits we do together as a class [during class time] or individually outside of class time. 

Please be sure to use both a topical and categorical keyword when labeling your posts.