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‘In Silence:’ a brilliant breathtaking example of installation art or simply a tangled ball of yarn thrown into a room? By definition, an art installation piece is a three-dimensional visual artwork, often created for a specific-place, and is designed to change the perception of space. Installation art can be done in all types of materialsContinue reading “Part Five: Textiles: Chiharu Shiota’s Thread Installation Art”

What is it about Duane Michals’ photography that makes it so irresistibly insightful, and why does he chose to portray his work in this way? Duane Michals’ photography immediately stood out because of the way it’s done, and the uniqueness of his style. Michals is an American photographer who creates photo-sequences often to exhibit emotion.Continue reading “Part Four: Photography: Duane Michals’ Combined Narrative Photography and What It All Means?”

There are millions of paintings, photographs, comic designs, etc. that have been re-appropriated for millions of reasons. Appropriation of images is a common thing in art, because artists will learn by copying other art pieces, or by using similar styles in order to strengthen their skills. Many artists will also take famous paintings and re-appropriateContinue reading “Part Three: Visual Communications: Re-Appropriating Images”

“Nothing is so sad, in my opinion, as the devastation wrought by age. My poor friend. I have described him many times. Now to convey to you the difference. Crippled with arthritis, he propelled himself about in a wheelchair. His once plump frame had fallen in. He was a thin little man now. His faceContinue reading “Close-Analysis of Passage from Agatha Christie Novel “Curtain””

Jeremy Deller’s “Battle of Orgreave” was made in 2001, and was meant to be a reenactment of the original battle in 1984 that happened during the miner’s strike in Yorkshire. The Battle of Orgreave was part of a protest done by miners in Yorkshire to shutdown the British coal industry, and is known as aContinue reading “Part One: Contemporary Art: Jeremy Deller’s “Battle of Orgreave””