William Eggleston

As whole I am not moved by the work of William Eggleston. It is images like the one below that makes me wonder what the world has come to, if this is the work of one of the most esteemed artist in history. The image can only be describe as ugly.

As much as I understand that much of Eggleston's work was to photograph the ugly as stated in the this documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVm8S7mB23o is this ugly for ugly's sake that I find completely forgettable about his work.

However this is not to say that Eggleston's work should be completely overlooked. Eggleston's work has also been described as finding beauty in the banal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGR6_H-G17c and this is where I feel Eggleston occasionally hits the nail on the head. Such as in the two images below where he has used different perspectives to create interest in his images.

Eggleston's work has also been described of well considered in composition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVm8S7mB23o and as shown above this is true for some of his images. But I find that majority of his images are like those below. Taken straight with little interest.

 

 

Pop Art

Explain Pop Art’s relationship to the 

dada movement.

“Pop Art is a direct descendant of Dadaism. They mock the established art world by appropriating images from the street, the supermarket, the mass media, and presents it as art in itself.” http://www.artmovements.co.uk/popart.htm

How did the American take on Pop Art 

differ from that of the UK?

British pop art evolved from the Dada movement and took on the idea of creating random and absurd images to mock convention and bring art to the everyday people. Where as American pop art was a reaction against obscure in Abstract and Expressionist images and makes art more relevant to the real world.

How has the visual aesthetic of Pop 

Art  influenced contemporary artists/ 

photographers?

I think that some iconic images of pop art have themselves been popularised and therefore been subverted themselves, and the colours used in other 60's fashion.

How has the “subversive” movement of

 Pop Art influenced contemporary art/ 

photography?

 

I think that the subversive are movement has used art as a voice an artist to comment on society.

My attempt at Post Modernism

Photographer Belinda Vecchio

Influenced by Post Modernism


The image above is based on the Vitruvian Man by Davinic. It shows the idea that over the years man has not changed however we are far less comfortable with the naked form.