experience: water colours

This is the first time I am painting with water colors...and it feels 'peaceful' and calm.

Khushbu Patel
Fsle 1

Art in 2020

 
“Future of Art”

Art struggles as we move ahead, it seems genius has been pronounced dead and mediocrity and irony congratulate one another on their empty existence. A trip to a modern museum of art leaves most of us scratching our heads in confusion. Art has lost its power over our collective imaginations because they can no longer speak for us in any meaningful way.
The entire edifice of new art has rotted itself so completely from the inside out that it has nearly crumbled to dust.
If we began with the period when art came into existence, it was something called beauty, a beauty which normal eyes can appreciate and admire. It showed human creativity and willingness to learn and explore new things. Let us take the example of Cave paintings, the freshness of the color used and style of painting showed their observation skill.
As we move ahead, the various period of European Art are:
Mannerism, Rococo, Baroque, Neo-Classicism, Pointillism, Surrealism, Post-Impressionism, Expressionism, Post-Expressionism, Abstract, Dadaism, Cubism etc
Each period was marked with a special characteristic and had a significance of its own….
But as we move ahead, we could see the art deterioting. The freshness and the beauty which was there in Mannerism, Baroque or a Rococo could not be seen in the later art periods. The later ones were not as realistic as we could see in the former ones. The former would depict scenes from the natural lifestyle. Pointillism and Fauvism on the other hand was moving away from the reality, Pointilism used bright colors but in a typical way of dots where those dots used to combine and form the base of color. Fauvism was again use of bright colors in an unrealistic way. For example the face would be painted with all bright colors. Surrealism had a unique way of presenting, its painting would contain daily item in an unrealistic way, which was difficult to understand.
And as these art period moved ahead, one can easily make out that it was that the meaning of beauty was changing or what was changing was becoming a mystery itself.
The earlier art period had perspective, a sense of coloring and could depict beauty through their paintings which the later period lacked.
Looking at the example of Duchamp’s Fountain clearly shows the influence of deconstructive philosophy, an ordinary white porcelain urinal, signed by Duchamp, put on display in 1917 as “serious artwork”.
Its display had caused a sensation and critics, the public, and other artists argued strenuously about the work, coming only to the conclusion that it was hugely controversial. It looked as if art made a joke to which no one is interested in listening also. But Duchamp was clearly onto something, for in 2004 five-hundred leaders in the art world voted it “the most influential work of modern art”, beating out Picasso's Guernica. How is it that a signed toilet is viewed with such reverence, and without a knowing wink? Is a signed toilet really art? If so, to whom, and for what reasons?
Being students of art, we can only comment and understand that there is absolutely no presence of shadanga...So on what basis should we judge them and absolutely no importance of subject.

"Fountain", Duchamp
Like just about everything else, art evolves and changes through time, building upon the success, insights, mistakes, and innovations of what came before
From the horse drawn carriage and wood fire, we progressed to space travel and nuclear fusion. Likewise, the arts progressed from realism to impressionism to dada to minimalism to post-modernism, and so on.
Now, here we stand in the 21st century. The progress of science and art has brought a marriage of marvels and horrors. The worst of the horrors grew from a cynical relativism. In science, it could be the physicist who thinks just because he can, he should design bombs that can kill millions of people. In art, it could be the artist who thinks just because he can, he should say a urinal in a gallery is art. What we value creates culture. Culture informs action. Action defines history. History determines the present. The values of the 20th century have led us to where we are now. The sarcastic relativism of dada will be widely embraced by the collectors, museums and publications that profit from the marketing of its philosophy. Its impact has been felt in all aspects of western culture. So much so that Beauty is commonly believed to have no place in art. From Wilde to Serra, it has been argued that Art has no use. Indeed the word 'art' has been rendered meaningless, as anything can be art, if so named. This is cynicism. This is nihilism. This is the art world in the first steps of the 21st century. Sarcasm, empty intellectualism, decay and the desperate need to shock have been in vogue for too long now. It is easier to desecrate something of Beauty than to create something of Beauty. Because Duchamp could not create it at the time, Duchamp sought to de-value Beauty. The resurrection of Beauty will be resisted at first. It will be called naive, superficial and simplistic. The pretense of the critics will be similar to that which Duchamp sought to obliterate with his ready-mades. Here, now, it is far more revolutionary to be sincere, romantic and idealistic. And while we reject the values derived from 20th century relativism, this does not make us neo-classicists. Classifications are meaningless to anyone seeking Beauty. There will be works lacking Beauty in the future just as they have started during Dadaism and others. Beauty can bridge any chasm and should be the goal of every culture. Beauty is the purpose of art, just as a building is the purpose of architecture. The utility of art is to inform us of Beauty, Beauty is a fundamental need of the healthy human condition, like oxygen. Dysfunction in the individual, the family, the society and the world is often due to a lack of Beauty. This is our destiny: to resurrect Beauty and to rally others to do the same.
Now standing in this world and giving sarcastic comments about others would just not be enough for any individual. If I as an individual think that something should be given a sense of beauty again, I should be the first one to take a step towards it, but then I realize that I alone won’t be able to exist without others support and help. Hence we have our Visual Art Class which shows us the meaning of harmony and helped us realize our own existence and to know what real beauty is…
Here is a little initiative taken by our teacher and mentor to show us, the youth what is beauty and how should we try to get it back which we have lost in our childhood.


If this kind of initiative is taken all over the world, we have hope that we can stop art from deterioting and the future of art is in safe hands.

ANKITA PODDAR
FSB-1 (61199)

Demonstration

This was the demonstration by the Visual Art faculty for the same subject of making a painting using basic shapes [circle, square, triangle].
Students are taught, the use of primary and secondary colors and also the techniques of using acryllics and oils.

multiplicity

This is usually the first assignment of the visual art 201[advanced]course. Students learn to paint either in oil or acryllic. Many compositions are made by each student, using a circle, square and triangle. This is to motivate them to think lateral/ divergent/in multiples.
This 'multiplicity' is the first step to lateral thinking or creative thinking.

When the works are put up, they can relate to words like 'harmony/ balance/ rhythm' better.

The course is an endeavor to inculcate these traits in the students.And am happy that they are understanding it well.

Howard Gardner on Art Education

"Art education is too important to be left to any one group, even that group designated as 'art educators'. Rather, art education needs to be a cooperative enterprise involving artists, teachers, administrators, researchers and the students themselves."

Kirti's acryllics

The 'Magic' of water colors

I usually paint with my head phones on . I could not believe that though the music was loud and clear right close to my ears....as i was engrossed in the water colors, I could not HEAR ANYTHING! I was very surprised by the 'magic' these colors possess and the way they are capable of 'drowning' us into them. It is fun!

Pratik Thomas
Fsle 1

The difference

The differenc ein the visual art class and the other classes is that in the other classes we just 'take-and-take' but here we GIVE and GIVE! ie we are constantly creating something. it FEELS very good!
Pratik Thomas
fsle 1

Making of the mund

What is 'creativity'?

What is creativity?

Earlier whenever i heard the word “creativity” I always associated it with "Out of the Box Thinking". The first thing that strikes our left brain is that creativity always relates to creating what has never been thought of. But have you ever imagined that the right brain is never active when your left brain takes charge of your thinking process. But then after the visual art class I realized the being creative not only means thinking with the help of right brain but also thinking simple ideas. We are so much tied up with our linear world (controlled by the left brain) that thinking laterally (by the right brain) is a seldom thought. Thus to be creative, I would say “How can I depict this same beauty in more simpler but different way than it is now as shown complex by Mother Nature?” Answer this simple question and you will find yourself being creative. Being creative essentially means you adore the beauty around you and reciprocate it in some manner back to the surrounding or the society. Perhaps the greatest single barrier to becoming more creative is the fear of risk. Creativity demands that we step into the unknown.
Here I would like to mention the 3 pillars of creativity:

1. Do it yourself:
The moment you get a new idea, start making a list. Don’t worry about order. Order comes later. Just puke everything out in movable bits of content so that way when it self-organizes, you can easily categorize it.

2. Do it with available resources:
When you are constrained by the resources available to you, you are bound to think “Out of the Box”. No theorems of operations management or rather any other management is going to help you in calculating the “Optimum” use of resources. Rather do not even let this happen. Use everything that is available to you. One way to be creative is to use and fit a resource purposefully into something. For example, if I am making a pen-stand out of matchsticks then probably a soft toy is not useful. But what if I make a base plate and put the soft toy near to the pen-stand so created as if it seems that the cute little creature is holding the stand for you!

3. Do it anytime, anywhere:

This is the most important pillar as this is the pillar that according to me symbolizes the real creativity and also bears the fruit of joy. Creative idea is just a random thought that occurs to you that you want to make something like this…or something like that…
This is where your thought process begins. And the fun part is it can begin anywhere. Be it classrooms, be it meeting or board rooms, be it while you take bath, etc. The desire to fulfil the idea just born into the 20gram data centre will lead to infinite tonnes of joy.

Always remember, the moment you have a creative idea, the next instant is of fear. What if I am not able to make this! But learn to trust, recognize, follow, and push your personal instincts and signs. Do not let your self-confidence ever go low. Shall you start losing the self-confidence; recall the 3 pillars of creativity.

Minesh Doshi-FSB 2

My painting during the vacation

I have enclosed my painting which i did during the summer.
Its an inspiration from Jackson Pollock and i have used the mediums you have taught us i.e ; oil paints, acrylics and poster colors.
Thank you,maam, for inspiring me sooo much!
Dhvani Kothari -[Fsle]

Faculty response; Am impressed to see Dhvani painting during the vacation. Wish, more students do so!Keep it up, Dhvani!

Unconventional 20!

"How can we imagine trees that do not exist and that too 20 of them".The first reaction that everyone has to make
20 trees which are not conventional.But finally on the day of submission, the outcome was amazing!!!.
There were trees made out of moths,names,balls,hearts,dots,semicircles,squares,triangles,alphabets and so on.
Suniti mam was overwhelmed with the imagination of the students.23 students had 20 unconventional trees...
~what a sight to watch 460 designs~
Maybe someday we will be able to see some of our own created trees somewhere on this earth or even god is impressed by our
creation to create such trees..!!!!!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Here are few of those beautiful and mind-blowing designs

monochromatic paintings by students of 101

monochromatic paintings in poster color by students of 101

work done by students of 101

Students reflections on making a colour wheel

Ankita Poddar -

"I had designed my own color wheel so it felt nice to try something new and make it visually appealing.I had learnt a lot about every color and its outcome when put across with another color....theoritically colors seemed different but when put on paper, the effect that the combination of primary and secondary colors had given was worth the efforts.....I have been more than satisfied with my color wheel outcome....also felt encouraged when appreciated for the efforts I've put in"

Sushmitha Banda -

"Fascinating,gave me a feeling of exploration and basically learnt about each color's behavior...was an amazing observation made as to how each color behaved when interacted with another primary color....it also shows how each color component plays a different role in every color exhibited by it"


Prachithi Bhandari -

"I have spun the wheel of colors...:-) looking forward to more such wheels "


Raman Rathi -

"Blinded by colors....amazing fun to play around with the colors....never paid much attention to how actually the colors when mixed ,and transformed into different colors which look so beautiful"


Falak Trivedi -

"Very good learning experience..."


Vignesh Nathan -

"Awesome is the term used to describe the wonderful fusion of colors....visually stimulating...appealing...soothing...though seemed like a very basic exercise with poster colors ,it reflects a lot about every color's nature.The metamorphisis undergone by every color during the fusion is something that catches every eye"


Tejas Sarda -

"Color wheels win over Hot wheels!!" :-)


Radhika Molala -

"Looking forward to more such wheels....very good experience"

absolutely awesome paintings!

photos or paintings?

Iman Maleiki's awesome paintings

Iman Maleiki was born on 1976 in Tehran. He has been fascinated by the art of Painting since he was a child. At the age of 15, he started to learn painting under the mastery of his first and only teacher - Morteza Katouzian - who is the greatest realist painter of Iran. Meanwhile, he began to paint professionally. In 1999 he graduated in Graphic Design from the Art University of Tehran. Since 1998, he has participated in several exhibitions. In the year 2000, he got married and in the following year he established ARA Painting Studio and started to teach painting, considering classical and traditional values.


The most important exhibitions he has participated in, are: The Exhibition of Realist painters of Iran at Tehran Contemporary Museum of Art(1999) and The Group Exhibition of KARA Studio Painters at SABZ Gallery(1998) and at SA'AD ABAD Palace(2003) . In 2005, Iman received the William Bouguereau award and the Chairman's Choice award in the second international ARC salon competition

Thanks,
Radhika Molala
FSB-1