Funny Looptopia

Funny Looptopia has been opened at HWC (There are some pictures in which I took from speech team and art at HWC).

Art Appreciation-Living with Art

I am very happy that I will finish my Art Appreciation soon by Gitte. In this art appreciation class, I have had so much learning opportunities. As the E.S.L student, I really like the museum visits and presentations because I have learned many skills. Such as creative expression, decision-making, cultural understanding, art origins/ history, and appreciating my own individuality. For example, the reading guides have helped me to provide my knowledge with a basic understanding, of the visual arts. Besides, this class is also a technology enhanced class. During the course of the semester, I have been to several fieldtrips to museums and exhibits to apply what I have learned through lectures, videos, internet and the textbook. However, Art Appreciation helped me to understand “living with art (engaging my attention, my imagination, my intelligence)”.

My Favorite-Michael Ray Charles

“After Black (To See or Not to See)” &“Before Black (To See or Not to See)”-Michael Ray Charles

As a television fan, I would pick an black-American artist Michael Ray Charles who has presented advertising or commercial paintings in the pbs.org web side. He studied advertising design and illustration, eventually moving into painting. As a viewer, his paintings reminded me that I can’t divorce myself from a past that has led me to where I am, who I have become, and how I am portrayed. Most his paintings describe ugliness, nostalgia, and violence emerge and converge. For example, I pay much attention to the one ugliness "After Black (To See or Not to See)" and "Before Black (To See or Not to See)". It let me notions what the beauty is. Besides, (“I think these images are very much a part of who we are as blacks, and very much a part of who we are as Americans.”) I learned from his interview that I should be honors to doing everything.

Art Diary #5:

“Playing, running, jumping, catching…etc.” is an important rule that it appeared us in our own childhood. I recorded this emotional scene when I saw children playing in the street. From those two pictures, there action attracted me to pay attention. Whenever, I am wondering and being afraid to join them, I see children playing in the park, street, or somewhere. I know I can’t lay aside anything. I am not a kid since I am a college student, or an adult. Sometimes, I think these children are very welfare.

Art Diary #4: QingMing Festival

I’m bound to find some better photo for my blog. I am alone with my camera anywhere today because I just want to make my blog more special. I shotted typical tourist pictures out of the bus and train windshield on the way to school. “no, no… it is bad” I felt. Suddenly, I found it when I signed into my e-mail. Since it is the traditional QingMing Festival in China, I could see those two meaningful pictures. QingMing Festival usually occurs around April 5 of the Gregorian calendar. It is people who go outside to tend to the graves of departed ones. It recorded all of my memory about my grandfather. I could not have time to perform my duty in QingMing since I am living in U.S. I am thinking how people are doing now. Mmmm… Sad, more sad, and much sad.

Art Diary #3: Harbor

Ohooo! He sang around the garage when I walked out of my house and stood in backyard. Hmm. He flew to a low branch on the tree when I watched him. After I moved closer, saying “Hi”, he didn’t retreat. Oh, I knew what he wondered for. I came to house and picked some bread back to the yard. Suddenly, he proceeded to the bread’s destination. He didn’t retreat when I moved more close. Finally, he picked up the last bread piece and flew away. After I wondered to invite him in my house. I believed you should have the harbor for this Winter and Spring. Therefore, I drew this picture called “Harbor". I should have a harbor as you my friend(Bird). What is your harbor in this class?

Art Diary #2: The Map of Chicago Train's Loop

You may not pay much attention to this map when you take a train. Today, I met a passenger Joseph who just comes from New York. In New York, there are 26 trains serving in the subway system, and each train has its own color. People easy to miss stop if you don’t know the map. As a stranger, he used his experiences to record the Chicago Loop train’s map today. He used colors to draw a Chicago Loop train’s map because this map can give him more train directions for the trip. From these two maps, he has known that the Chicago ‘L’ is a large system. In his maps, he marked down the direction’s information what he needed for. The different colors clear to show him where he should stop or transfer. Finally, he got off the orange line train in Library/Van Buren through the arrows and orange color.

Art Diary #1: Chinese Gragon and Phoneix Bird

I have found the Chinese dragon and Phoenix bird photos from the Image Google today. The dragon and phoenix bird are a symbol of wisdom, power, and luck in Chinese culture. Dragons and phoenix bird have long been a symbol in Chinese folklore and art. Temples and shrines have been built to honor them. Through the symbol of the dragon, many Chinese see divine attributes that they aspire to themselves. In fact, the dragon and phoenix bird are held in reverence and respect in Chinese culture. For example, people had controlled by feudalist in feudalistic period since emperor and empress would image themselves as dragon and phoenix bird. However, the feudalistic people image the Chinese dragon and phoenix controlled the rain, rivers, lakes, sea…etc. They can ward off wandering evil spirits, protect the innocent, and bestow safety unto all. They fly in the sky among clouds. Most pictures of dragons show them playing with a flaming pearl. I am very regretting that Chinese admitted dragon and phoenix bird in the feudalistic period. Who has seen the real dragons or phoenix bird in the world? However, dragon and phoenix bird are mysterious.

Chicago Loop's Art Pictures

Picasso's Chicago by Pablo Picasso

Calder’s Flamingo by Alexander Calder

Miro's Chicago by Joan Miro

Four Seasons by Marc Chagall

The Exhibit “Agora” by Magdalena Abakanowicz

Modernist Artwork

This modernist artwork called “Once Upon a Time”(2007) by Bob Kelly. This oil painting constructed from three main parts in which is land, sea, and sky. For the land, Mr. Kelly used many wavy lines as enter into the sea, and I could see many oblique lines as draw into the sea. However, the horizontal line between the comparison wavy lines and the oblique lines from the sea. Mr. Kelly used very few colors in the painting, blue, dark green, and primary gold. The size of the beach helps me gauge the depth of the interior space the painting depicts. From the sky, the natural cloud made an old man who laughs as the happy image. Besides, the rough grasses on the land that it run by wind. However, I could feel much amazing because I could see the season signal that fall is coming, the dark green grasses changes to the primary gold, and the blue sky appeared a happy man. I think that it is all about the artist why gave the “Once Upon a Time”. Of course, this is a successful artwork because it cost me pay my attention to it.

Map of China

This is my art work that it called “Map of China”. Since China has became from administers 22 provinces, out of a total of 23 province level divisions. It doesn’t count administer, the 23rd province of Taiwan. The Republic of China has the long history and total of 23 province level divisions with 56 different ethnic minority groups and their different languages. Therefore, I created this art by many different colors to show people to understand and clear the purpose, to understand the histories, languages, races…etc. Now, please choice a color to look at it for a minute. Whenever, it watched I could have some emotions. Proud and Honor. I would proud it is larger, it has long histories, and it has many different cultures; I felt honor because I am a Chinese. What about you? What is your emotion in your mind now?

Find more about China - Language, Culture, Customs and Etiquette.
Please visit: http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources/global-etiquette/china-country-profile.html

History of China
http://www-chaos.umd.edu/history/toc.html

The House with Nature

This art work called “The House with Nature” by Zhi Lin. This idea came from my mind since I was read an article and a movie about a man lived alone in the small island during his entire life. Besides, I created it by computer. I compared a few thick green lines and thin green line as the nature environment. However, the wavy lines indicate natural energy radiating from the apparition’s head that it is clearly symbolic.

The Crossing

This art work called “The Crossing”, I have copied the contemporary artist Bill Viola creates imagery (Textbook page 56). It touched me on a deeply emotional level and affirmed the necessity of art. This was a space of contemplation, of cognition, and of emotion. It’s about a man who enters a darkened room. After, fire are built, a man are firing. His body almost fills in fire, soon his entire body has disappeared in the fire-room.