Thursday, March 24, 2016

Chaos and Creativity

Two days ago, the teacher wanted us to check this article http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/news/were-only-human/what-a-mess-chaos-and-creativity.html, that talks about chaos and creativity. After looking at the article, it reminds of Andy Warhol, who was known as not only the leading figure in the visual art field and an eccentric artist, but one of the most important artists of pop art movement. Back in the 1960s', Warhol turned mass-produced commercial goods; like for example.....Campbell's soup cans, Coca-Cola, vacuum cleaners, etc., that he turned them into popular icons:

But back to that article like about Chaos & Creativity,  looking at the artwork in that link talks about crime and controversy, although lots things have controversy besides art, like politics, religions, newspapers, economy, entertainment, sexuality, etc.

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Broadway #1

Two days ago, the teacher was talking to us about Broadway plays, Vaudeville, burlesque shows, and art and technology almost relating to that. Also she showed us a movie that showed people acting and dancing back in the 1920s to the 1950s I think. You know hearing about Broadway plays reminds me of Hal Roach's Little Rascals/Our Gang (1920-1940s), it had kids acting and dancing just like in Broadway plays and burlesque shows. To me, when I think about the 1920s to 1950s, it reminds me of the Our Gang comedies, The Three Stooges, Abbott & Costello, the Marx Brothers, and now The Artist. Boy, they don't make films like that anymore, back then they didn't have high level technology but an interesting way of performance art, and even for special effects.

For example:

OUR GANG FOLLIES 1938


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