10.12.09

Art 21: Romance- The Art 21: Romance consisted of four artists that each represented a diffrent art. The four artists are: Lurie Simmons, Lari Pittman, Judy pfaff, and Pierre Hughes. Lurie Simmons took photographs and used them as tools for her art. She made a play that was three acts and used puppets instead of actors. Lurie expected her viewers to feel that they were entering a real place. Act one gave her the chance to explore the love within a family and with neighbors and problems with family and neighbors. Act two is the part with Meryl Streep and the dummy. It depicts the love between the girl and the dummy. Act tree had to do with the audience. She said that romance makes it more emotional and can connect with the audience. She also said that time is most important yet regret is the prevailing emotion that brings the tree acts togeather. There is regret because the clock was not lead and the birthday cake was. If the clock tried out it would of got the lead, but it did not. Lari Pittman was a painter and he talked about gay and homosexual in America and how it cannot be hid. He had paintings of birds in cages. He was atheist and yet he was fascinated by jesus. He used jseus in his paintings. Judy Pfaff used welding as her form of art and decribed her background. She was intrested in tree roots and used those as the inspiration of her art. She said that romance equals emotion. The last artist was Pierre Hughes. He used a play as his work of art. He thinks that Humer is important to break even the possibilites of critical judgement and likes the speed of humor. Pierre thought that it would be intresting to set up a reality to produce a reality and to document this reality.I think that each artist had a good thought or idea. I think that humor is important, but a artist needs to be able to connect with his/her audience and get them to understand and see their way of thinking. They need to be able to explain without confussing the audience. I also think that romance is an important element in any art. It helps to connect with the audience on an emotional level and make the art not seem so not down to earth, as if it is not just art but an impact on a persons life.