Week 5 - The Social Status of the artist - The Renaissance and now.

Self Portrait in Fur Coat (1500)

Albrecht Durer

Knob (1997) Gavin Turk

Damien Hirst and Maia Norman (1995)

Albrecht Durer's 'Self-Portrait in Fur Coat' (1500) shows a significant change in the way that the artist views and portrays himself. Research the paintings by Albrecht Durer, Gavin Turk and Damien Hirst in order to answer

the following questions;

 

 

1. Identify aspects of Durer's self portrait that show a changing view of the artist's view of himself as an individual.

Duerer was very much an innovator. He is, for example, the first artist who is known to have painted a self-portrait and to have done a landscape painting of a specific scene. He is amazing because he painted himself with incredible colors at the age of twenty-eight years. Also he was the first Northern artist to be directly influenced by first-hand contact with the Italian Renaissance. As an individual, Durer's self portrait displays the arrogance and confidence of an artist at the height of his power. 

http://www.italian-renaissance-art.com/Durer.html

 

 

2. Explain how the artist's social status increased during the Renaissance period. Briefly explain why this happened.

 

 the Renaissance focus on two periods as an observer to analyze the situation and the social status of visual Artists, the formation of the reasons for focusing on aspects of Art theory from the contribution shows the status of the Artist to change their determination and tireless efforts, and to painting, sculpture artist from the artisan class was a gradual growth process, indicating progress in art history, artists, social status changes that have an important role in the landmark. However, in keeping with its aim of producing thoughtful, classical art, the Europe Renaissance raised the professions of painting and sculpture so the artist's social status increased during that time.

 

http://www.mrdowling.com/704renaissance.html

 

 

 

 

 

3. Comment on Gavin Turk's work in relation to individualism, status of the artist and egotism. 

 

 He often uses his own image in life-size sculptures of famous people. Turk pieces often involves his own image disguised as that of a more famous person. Turk made a number of works based on his own signature that comment on the value that the artist’s name can confer onto a work. He has also made a number of photographic and sculptural self-portraits that often involve some degree of disguise. 

 

http://www.thecatstreetgallery.com/artist/GavinTurk/biography/

4. Comment on Damien Hirst's use of his work and the media for self promotion.

 

 Hirst's work is an examination of the processes of life and death: the ironies, falsehoods and desires that we mobilise to negotiate our own alienation and mortality. He used different media and things such as animal: cows, sheep or the shark. Damien Hirst became a media icon and household name. He has since been imitated, parodied, reproached and exalted by the media and public alike.

 

http://www.artchive.com/artchive/H/hirst.html

5. Find 2 images of work by any artist or designer that reflect some of the ideas of individualism, self promotion or egotism that have been discussed on this blog. Upload images to your blog, title and date the work, identify the artist/designer and comment on the work in relation to the question.

 

 

 

Contemporary art is highly individualistic. It is about freedom of expression, the chance to make one's mark and to speak with a distinctive voice - all characteristics of the right, rather than the left. Contemporary artists are entrepreneurs in every sense of the word. 

First Artist is Damian Hirst.

His amazing Skull reflect the ideas of individualism that the thought more open, and the skull so expensive. 

	For the love of God(2007)
The second artist is Charles Rohlfs

 

artistic furniture(2008)

 

Charles Rohlfs was making what he considered "artistic furniture" with a highly individualistic style. He ranked among the most innovative furniture makers at the turn of the twentieth century. Praised by the international press and exhibited throughout the United States and Europe, his beautiful works grew out of an interesting mix of styles that included Arts and Crafts, Art Nouveau, and proto-modernism. This book presents the first major study of this important American designer and craftsman, drawing upon new photographs and fresh sources of information.

 

 

 

 

 

 6. How do you think artists and designers are viewed in Western society today?

 

Most are viewed differently depending on how the media portray them. Like all artists and designers, their work and the acknowledgment of their work all depend on the media and how they portray it. Nowadays artist and designers more different, they think wildly and more interesting that eye-catching up viewers. They developed art into different ways such as music and movie therefore their social status increasing easily than Renaissance artist. That is what I think artists and designers are viewed in Western society today.

 

 

7. Comment on the blogs of other students.

8. Reference the websites and/or books you have used, at the end of your blog.

 

 

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/durer/self/

http://radicalart.info/ego/statements/index.html

http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/news-features/TMG7733481/Maia-Norman-Damien-Hirsts-Californian-girl.html