This exhibition shows manipulated photography that had been not used computer graphic during 1840s – 1990 before the using digital way. The photographs in the exhibition were made by diverse skillful photo techniques. This exhibition is divided 7sections.
“Picture Perfect” explores in 19th-century, Photographers made portraits apply more vivid. Landscape photographers created spectacular landscapes by two negatives on a single sheet of paper
“Artifice in the Name of Art” in the 1850s was used detail combination prints of narrative subjects. It sustained with the revival of Pictorialism at the early twentieth century.
“Politics and Persuasion” presents photographs that were manipulated for political or ideological ends.
“Novelties and Amusements” presents variety of amateur and commercial photographs intended to astonish, amuse, and entertain.
“Pictures in Print” presents the photos that had used in media way, sometimes they made fabricated images. The representative artists in this period made photos remind subjective states of mind like surreal worlds.
The final section, “Protoshop,” shows photo second half of the 20th century. At that time, artists have used earlier skill of image manipulation.
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I think this development of photography techniques contributes abstract photo to improve, and it enabled abstract photographer to use various expression skill of photography in their work. I think if these techniques were not developed, the photography could not become an important part of abstract art. So, I think this historical improvement is important happen, and if we encounter these photos of exhibition, it will be good chance to understand about abstract photograph. Before I read about the article of abstract art, I thought that photography was not a kind of abstract art, and the only painting or sculptures could be abstract, because the notion of photography generally shows objective things. But, after understanding of definition and searching diverse abstract works, I was interesting in that photography is also important part of abstract art.
I think photography abstract art is
different from other abstract art, because photography art mostly show clear
and objective things, so it might be common pictures if people don’t recognize
the exact use of abstract photo. On the other
hands, I think sometimes photography is concerned as simplicity comparing with
painting. The attraction of abstract photos is a simplified fact and realistic abstraction.
These characters could be a weakness or limitation such as expressing way of
work and difficult control but these reasons make abstract photos become a more
special part of abstract art.
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| Music-a sequence of ten cloud by Alfred Stieglitz |
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| Porch Railingsby Paul Strand |
New words
compensate : to replace or balance the effect of something bad
novelty : the quality of being new, unusual, and interesting
elaborate : having a lot of small parts or details put together in a complicated way
1. What does it means the word "Manipulated"
ReplyDelete2. What kind of variety techniques have been used in that period?
3. What kind of way did landscape photographers
use to overcome their obstacles?
4. When does “Novelties and Amusements” mean?
5. What is the characteristic of the "Mind's Eye" artist?
1.control or manage something.
ReplyDelete2.They use multiple exposure (taking two or more pictures on a single negative), combination printing (producing a single print from elements of two or more negatives), photomontage, overpainting, and retouching on the negative or print.
3.They created spectacular landscapes by printing two negatives on a single sheet of paper—one exposed for the land, the other for the sky.
4.Brings together a broad variety of amateur and commercial photographs intended to astonish, amuse, and entertain.
5.Herbert Bayer, Maurice Tabard, Dora Maar, Clarence John Laughlin, and Grete Stern, who have used photography to evoke subjective states of mind, conjuring dreamlike scenarios and surreal imaginary worlds.
Good questions and answers. Yunbae, be careful when asking for meaning. The form is 'What does (something) mean?' or 'What is the meaning of (something)?
ReplyDeleteFeng, please work on your paraphrasing skills! This sounds like you just copied the answers straight from the text. Try to understand the meaning first and then write your ideas in your own words.