Humanist Art-week 3 assignment

This art work was made in order to connect with people. Wallworth filmed portraits of several women residing in Australia‚ but originating from countries such as Afghanistan‚ Sudan‚ Iraq and El Salvador‚ who have lived through wars‚ or survived concentration camps or extreme acts of violence. If i had met them before i would have felt sorry for them, but when i think more carefully then i don't have to feel sorry for them. They already experience satisfactions in their life. I can see this from the art work. And they want to connect with other people. i think this art work's point is the people's gesture. It looks like 'come and touch me i'm not diffrent'. It could be wrong. This art work's technology which is video work and can be felt like real things appeals fresh to me.

Cadiblog-week 5 discussion

Ai Weiwei is a rarely Chinese conceptual artist, curator and architect. For 25 years Ai Weiwei was consistently one of the most innovative figures in China's art world. He helped direct the course of Chinese art, not only through his own artistic production, but also through his curatorial, editorial and design projects.

'Bird's nest' is the main stadium for the Beijing Olympics. The design was awarded to a submission from the Swiss architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron in April 2003, after a bidding process that included 13 final submissions. Ai Weiwei designed 'bird's nest', but he didn't finish his project. He design this stadium with freedom and open-ended mind. He want to make proggressive chance by 'bird's nest', but china government focused on control the journals and human rights oppression. Ai Weiwei always against the Chinese government when it appeared that the Olympics was getting full of human rights oppression and journals management. Ai Weiwei sigh about this happening. He always want to more freedom to Chinese.

Cadiblog 2009- week 7: Science & Progress

'Hello Possums' created by Patricia Piccinini is famous Australian artist. By using this genetically engeneered creatures she brings up a controversial topic of genetic science which enables us to have an opinion about it. I will tell you about my opinion.

Most people think this work looks terrible creature when they saw it first time, but if you change your perspective, you could feel sorry for this ugly little creatures. This art work looks like human mother and child such as having hand, skins and hair on the head also it becomes intelligent creatures like human but i think this creature doesn't want to be like this. nowaday the scientists always operate genetic engeneering without considering the potential consequences. Fortunately this art work is not real things but it can be actualize soon. I think Patricia piccinini want to announce risk about science experiment.

This art work looks like ugly little creature sexually harassing a human baby. The baby simbolises our next generation which implies our irreponsible actions could results in the next generation suffering. humans always had been treating themselves as the superior creature over the others but this work shows how the distinctions between the other creatures and human beings could disppear by the contemporary on going actions of scientists.

In summary, if the scientist keep on doing this actions then the humen can be ruined by themselves. we need to be more carefully about genetic experiments.

Damien Hirst's diamond skull

For the explanation of the work's physical aspect, New York times presents the best article as following. [A famous british artist, Damien Hirst's latest artwork is "The diamond encrusted skull" which is covered by 8,601 pave-set diamonds weighing 1,106.18 carats. The sculpture, titled "For The Love of God," worthes about $100 million, making it the priciest contemporary artwork ever created. It is reported that the title of the piece comes from Hirst's mother who asked her son, “For the love of God, what are you going to do next?”]1

As the article says, the work "For the Love of God" is one of the most expensive artworks in contemporary society.

On the other hand, to be one of the most priciest contemporary artwork, the artist's psycholosical aspect must be investigated. For the psychological aspect of the artist, according to the aercheologists, the skull is the home of the humanity. Also there is an opinion, the skull can be meaning of cheapest death, but diamonds remove the skull's original meaning. And then diamonds refreshes this artwork with new meaning. This can be meaning of the richest of the death which is opposite of original meaning. In other words, once the artwork does not have diamonds, it can not be one of the most expensive contemporary artworks. Everyone knows the diamonds is one of the expensive jewelly and the skull is the cheapest thing. And this two stuffs can be meaning of criticism towards the capitalism in the contemporary society. Nowaday, many people says, money is something better than others. Maybe Hirst wanted to emphasise to us about criticism of capitalism in contemporary society.

As the summary, this artwork has a lots of meaning including my own opinions. I am not sure whether my opinion is right or wrong but I like this artwork and I want to research about this artwork to get further informations.

1 http://www.boingboing.net/2007/06/02/damien-hirsts-diamon.html