Video Reviews

The first video that I watched was the Modernity and art. The second video was mostly about Andy Warhol's method of printing. The first video made me reflect on how far our civilization have came. There were much centuries ago where painting was very different from what we call painting today.

Even in the Greek times shapes of men they were reflecting was a man , an idealized version of themselves which have the spark of divinity within themselves. Art has its own memory in itself. It has its own psychic strata. For example, you can see human consciousness changing a civilization altering itself. We see higher realm being, idealized versions of what we could be if we were better than ourselves.

There's some kind of spine-chilling if we connect art to the past. We sense some awesome and unquestionable set of values being carried on through art, but then art changes because everything changes. For example, during Industrialization man is separated from nature. Machines took over and they were the rule work. Science challenges religion. What eventually rises is modern life. The old illusions shattered and the new ones rule us. Our new freedoms pictures to us in advertising. Art describes us when we have freedom to be whatever we want it to be.

Present life is in the uncertain present. There is no single code for living. The burning issue right now is the uncertainty. The future will look back and look at us as a society defined by change, living constantly with oddness. Now art is about questions. For example, bricks piled up are about form. You don't have to make a cut into the sculpture to make it a sculpture but the bricks make a cut into the world. It shows different theories and points of view what the brick is really presenting about.

Andy Warhol gives such a great quote in the beginning of the video. He says department stores are modern day museums. This is somewhat true! Department stores and clothing lines use so much advertisement. These include manicans which act as sculptures. Andy Warhol is one of the famous artists who is integrated in the advertisement world. He is most famous for silk screen shots of Marilyn Monroe. The one that is most popular is the Cambell Soup.