How To See The World
Nicholas Mirzoeff Chapter 2
“The point here is that we do not actually “see” with our eyes but with our brain. And we have learned that in turn by becoming able to see how the brain operates”
This quote is a pretty interesting way to think about how we see. Our eyes capture visual information but it's our brain that processes and interprets that information allowing us to make sense of the world around us.
“One of the most intriguing of all the insights from the new research is that we do indeed learn mostly from each other, rather than by ourselves, and that our brains are specifically designed for that purpose.”
I find this quote true from experience. Without the proof of science, it's easy to see that as humans we do learn a lot from each other when it comes to learning how to communicate and even perform certain daily functions. As babies, humans learn how to speak, eat, read, write etc. from interacting with other humans. Looking at the bigger picture, we still use history to form a better understanding of our world. This statement is indeed very intriguing as we can gain an understanding and verify this through experience.
Ways Of Seeing
John Berger Chapters 4 & 5
“A painting could speak to the soul - by way of what it referred to, but never by the way it envisaged.”
A painting has the power to deeply touch our souls through the emotions and ideas it conveys. It can evoke powerful feelings and provoke thought.
“Each time a painter realized that he was dissatisfied with the traditional role of painting as a celebration of material property and of the status that accompanied it, he inevitably found himself struggling with the very language of his own art as understood by the tradition of his calling.”
Some artists stuck in one form of art may seek to push boundaries or their art, exploring new forms of expressions that go beyond the norm. This struggle can lead to thought provoking works.
From the Archives: Wangechi Mutu Dresses Cultural Critique in Freakishly Beautiful Disguises
“As Hannah Höch once wrote: “Photomontage could be used not merely to produce things heavy with political meaning . . . but . . . one could also regard it as a means of self-expression and eventually arrive at purely aesthetic works.”
This quote gave me the motivation to put together my photomontage based on whatever came to my mind at the moment. I didn't know exactly what I was going for at first or what would be the meaning behind it, but as I took my time it all fell into place and made sense. I agree with the statement that photomontage could be regarded as a means of self-expression because you are destroying other pieces of art to create something of your own.
“The artist doesn’t deny that there is a feminist quality to her work (she was included in the 2007 “Global Feminisms” show at the Brooklyn Museum), though she believes that the approach can be limiting when “there are so many political issues in other spheres of society,” Mutu says. As she puts it, “The art world is not where true urgency exists.”
I relate Mutu in this aspect because I feel that there is a feminist quality to some of my works as it is what I feel most connected to. Sometimes it may be unintentionally, but as a woman I feel it becomes a natural part of my expression. I like her statement about how there is no true urgency in the art world because I find it as a relaxing way to express your emotions or feelings toward certain issues.
“As Hannah Höch once wrote: “Photomontage could be used not merely to produce things heavy with political meaning . . . but . . . one could also regard it as a means of self-expression and eventually arrive at purely aesthetic works.”
This quote gave me the motivation to put together my photomontage based on whatever came to my mind at the moment. I didn't know exactly what I was going for at first or what would be the meaning behind it, but as I took my time it all fell into place and made sense. I agree with the statement that photomontage could be regarded as a means of self-expression because you are destroying other pieces of art to create something of your own.
“The artist doesn’t deny that there is a feminist quality to her work (she was included in the 2007 “Global Feminisms” show at the Brooklyn Museum), though she believes that the approach can be limiting when “there are so many political issues in other spheres of society,” Mutu says. As she puts it, “The art world is not where true urgency exists.”
I relate Mutu in this aspect because I feel that there is a feminist quality to some of my works as it is what I feel most connected to. Sometimes it may be unintentionally, but as a woman I feel it becomes a natural part of my expression. I like her statement about how there is no true urgency in the art world because I find it as a relaxing way to express your emotions or feelings toward certain issues.
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