- In 1916 the federal govt. commandeered specialist photographers to take pics.
-Hubert Williams and Frank Huley first Australian War Photographers, both famous photographers from Antarctica.
- All negs were taken into military history collection
- large part of war photography is negs rather than vintage prints
- before 1916, the govt relied upon soldiers to bring back images from the battles
- gollipoli was taken by soldiers but soon after cameras were banned
- 20,000 original negs from 1st world war. Plenty more from other wars. The war collection has around 400,000 images (on website)
- use to do neg film on polyester film but have done away, everything is digitised. 5000dpi .tif files.
- act had to be re-written on the eve of 2nd world war to collect more images as act was out dated.
- film camera, more difficult
- studio portraits were taken of 300,00 soldiers for 1st world war
- not many pics from boxer rebellion, images were graphic for the time.
- don't collect everything
- exhibition on nursing
Monday, August 20, 2012
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Monday, June 18, 2012
Post Modern Architecture and National Museum
post·mod·ern·ism
Definition:
any of a number of trends or movements in the arts and literature developing in the 1970s in reaction to or rejection of the dogma, principles, or practices of established modernism, especially a movement in architecture and the decorative arts running counter to the practice and influence of the International Style and encouraging the use of elements from historical vernacular styles and often playful illusion, decoration, and complexity.
Post Modern Architecture still uses steel, concrete and glass to build the structures but it has a spin using computers, sleeker lines that suit more of an environmental spin and more energy efficient and also re-using old buildings to form new ones.
National Museum of Australia
Minimilism and Conceptual Art
Minimalism
http://www.zenfolio.com/benhouston/e/pages/blog.aspx#new In 1913 a man by the name of Kasimir Malevich placed a black square in a white background, this started the minimalist revolution.
The painting came with a very powerful quote, “art no longer cares to serve the state and religion; it no longer wishes to illustrate the history of manners, it wants to have nothing further to do with the object as such, and believes that it can exist, in and for itself, without things”
(quoted Gablik in Stangos 1981, p. 244)
It was the least popular revolution amongst art buyers and critiques. It laid low for decades until artist in the 60's bought it back into vogue, noting that they were bored with the modern day action paintings and preferred to paint with intuition rather than a form or light painting.
Conceptual Art
Conceptual Art was first formed in 1961 by the American theorist and Composer Henry Flynt. Duchamp paved the way for the Conceptual artists with his Urinal sculpture entitled "DMut", I have summarised this work in a previous blog. It was known as the dematerialisation of art and concentrated breaking down art to its bare bones. Photography was used a visual recording device to follow the artists ideas:
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/384056/minimalism
www.googleimages.com
http://www.zenfolio.com/benhouston/e/pages/blog.aspx#new In 1913 a man by the name of Kasimir Malevich placed a black square in a white background, this started the minimalist revolution.
The painting came with a very powerful quote, “art no longer cares to serve the state and religion; it no longer wishes to illustrate the history of manners, it wants to have nothing further to do with the object as such, and believes that it can exist, in and for itself, without things”
(quoted Gablik in Stangos 1981, p. 244)
It was the least popular revolution amongst art buyers and critiques. It laid low for decades until artist in the 60's bought it back into vogue, noting that they were bored with the modern day action paintings and preferred to paint with intuition rather than a form or light painting.
Conceptual Art
Conceptual Art was first formed in 1961 by the American theorist and Composer Henry Flynt. Duchamp paved the way for the Conceptual artists with his Urinal sculpture entitled "DMut", I have summarised this work in a previous blog. It was known as the dematerialisation of art and concentrated breaking down art to its bare bones. Photography was used a visual recording device to follow the artists ideas:
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/384056/minimalism
www.googleimages.com
Bauhaus Inspired Image Around the House - Mac Finder Icon
I chose something a little different for my Bauhaus inspired photo. The apple icon finder was inspired by the first Bauhaus logo and Exposition poster from Weimer, Germany the home of Bauhaus. The Bauhaus logo seems to be inspired by picasso's "Two Characters".
The finder is noted as Bauhaus because of the thick lines through the square face. The lines intersecting two complimentary colours and the back to front, front to back face, adding a spin on the original poster face. Steve Jobs (RIP), former Apple Inc CEO, quoted Picasso “Good artists copy, great artists steal”.
Steve Jobs seems to be dedicating the use of the image to Picasso as a get out of jail free card for stealing his image!
My photo of the Icon:
The icon:
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The finder is noted as Bauhaus because of the thick lines through the square face. The lines intersecting two complimentary colours and the back to front, front to back face, adding a spin on the original poster face. Steve Jobs (RIP), former Apple Inc CEO, quoted Picasso “Good artists copy, great artists steal”.
Steve Jobs seems to be dedicating the use of the image to Picasso as a get out of jail free card for stealing his image!
My photo of the Icon:
The icon:
First Bauhaus Poster:
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Picasso's two characters
resource: artresource.com
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Abstract Expressionism and Nationalism
Abstract Expressionism
Abtract Expressionism was formed in the States from the 1940's to the 1950's. The idea was to convey emotional feeling and rawness by using colour and predominantly large canvases. Jackson Pollack was a world famous abstract Expressionist.
Jackson Pollack - Galaxy
Nationalism
Margret Preston believed that Aboriginal Art should form the basis for an Australian uniformed art. She was well educated, married to a rich husband and had everything going for her. She was a Nationalist and believed in the Aboriginal art movement.
Young Margret Preston - 18 yrs old
Albert Namatijira was an icon between the 1920's -1940's around the same time the Australian public including aboriginal people were going through plenty of upheavel.
Namitijira had a real honesty about his work, he was from NT and his work was much more than any white painter during the time. He assimilated into white man culture but this came at a cost. His people disowned him and tried to take a portion of his money, this was in accordance to Aboriginal law. He tried to build a house but Aboriginals couldn't come out after dark in NT because they were not citizens. In 1957 the NT government made an exception for Albert but suggested his kids would not be able to visit as they were wards of the state in Alice.
Albert Namitijira before heart attack in jail
reference:
skhs.org.au
http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/namatjira-albert-elea-11217
Abtract Expressionism was formed in the States from the 1940's to the 1950's. The idea was to convey emotional feeling and rawness by using colour and predominantly large canvases. Jackson Pollack was a world famous abstract Expressionist.
Nationalism
Margret Preston believed that Aboriginal Art should form the basis for an Australian uniformed art. She was well educated, married to a rich husband and had everything going for her. She was a Nationalist and believed in the Aboriginal art movement.
Albert Namatijira was an icon between the 1920's -1940's around the same time the Australian public including aboriginal people were going through plenty of upheavel.
Namitijira had a real honesty about his work, he was from NT and his work was much more than any white painter during the time. He assimilated into white man culture but this came at a cost. His people disowned him and tried to take a portion of his money, this was in accordance to Aboriginal law. He tried to build a house but Aboriginals couldn't come out after dark in NT because they were not citizens. In 1957 the NT government made an exception for Albert but suggested his kids would not be able to visit as they were wards of the state in Alice.
Albert Namitijira before heart attack in jail
reference:
skhs.org.au
http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/namatjira-albert-elea-11217
Pop Art and 1960s Politics in America
Pop Art
Pop Art was coined by a journo discussing the artists use of all things pop at the time. Andy Warhol was a key figure in this era, taking popular items and placing them in a photo and calling it art. This flew against the previous conservative artist that used skill, instead of placement to create their work. It seemed like a celebration of consumerism too, with adverts for soup and the like. Bright fluro colours were generally used and sometimes slogans too. The Pop art culture in Britain road on the curt tails of American products flooding the UK consumer market.
"These raw materials were largely scraps and traces of Americana left over from U.S. servicemen after WWII – ads, comics, posters, packages – and also the influx of American goods into Britain post-war. In this post-war time of hope and of rebuilding, Depression years. So, it is understandable that envy, materialism and politics" quote from Tess notes.
Ref:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2007/aug/26/art
Pop Art was coined by a journo discussing the artists use of all things pop at the time. Andy Warhol was a key figure in this era, taking popular items and placing them in a photo and calling it art. This flew against the previous conservative artist that used skill, instead of placement to create their work. It seemed like a celebration of consumerism too, with adverts for soup and the like. Bright fluro colours were generally used and sometimes slogans too. The Pop art culture in Britain road on the curt tails of American products flooding the UK consumer market.
"These raw materials were largely scraps and traces of Americana left over from U.S. servicemen after WWII – ads, comics, posters, packages – and also the influx of American goods into Britain post-war. In this post-war time of hope and of rebuilding, Depression years. So, it is understandable that envy, materialism and politics" quote from Tess notes.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2007/aug/26/art
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