Mark Bleier
Gillian Wearing and Vanessa Beecroft are artists who utilize the public when creating their art. They both use random people and objects within the public society to enhance their work. They utilize just about anything in public, such as people, buildings, or general themes. Their work has many similarities that run parallel to one another.
Gillian Wearing is an English conceptual artist who is concerned with examining the details about people. She uses common people in the public to accent her work. One of her first major works was called, Signs that say what you want them to say and not Signs that say what someone else wants you to say. She took a series of random people on the streets and asked them to write something down on a piece of paper. She photographed the random people holding up the piece of paper. There was a police officer who wrote ‘help’ and a person dressed up a casual business suit wrote ‘I’m desperate.’ This piece of work got a lot of recognition and it solidified Wearing as a respectable artist.
Wearing also uses videos in her art works. She once videotaped people’s reaction to a certain advertisement. She wanted their reactions on videotape. She also has a video called Drunk which is four drunk men stumbling around. All of her works have to do with individuals and their behaviors. I enjoy looking at Wearing’s art work. I feel that she encompasses the individual and the public in fun and interesting way. I like her piece on taking random people and telling them to write something on a piece of paper and photographing it. It made me think about what I would write, Even though I have yet to make a decision. I overall enjoy viewing Gillian Wearing’s work. Vanessa Beecroft is an artist who uses mainly performance art to examine individuals
Vanessa Beecroft is an Italian contemporary artist who focuses on individuals in performance art. She uses many nude females within her work. This has created a lot of controversy within her work. One of her first performances included a series of drawings of her Food Dairy. In a recent performance she made one hundred nude women wearing pantyhose; stand in Berlin for three hours. This is an example of why her work is considered controversial. Her work is mainly live, consisting of female models and only recently has she considered males. I feel that her work is a little extreme and should not mainly include nudity. I do not see the message that one hundred nude females standing for three hours is sending. I do not consider that real art. I do however like that she uses the public and individuals within her work. I enjoy art work that encompasses the common citizen within it. It gives the everyday person a chance to participate in the creation of art. I can see why much of her work is seen as controversial.
Gillian Wearing and Vanessa Beecroft are two artists who encompass individuals and the public within their work. I enjoyed viewing Wearing’s work and I enjoyed parts of Beecroft’s. Beecroft’s work is too extreme while Wearing’s is interesting and fun to view.
Gillian Wearing and Vanessa Beecroft are artists who utilize the public when creating their art. They both use random people and objects within the public society to enhance their work. They utilize just about anything in public, such as people, buildings, or general themes. Their work has many similarities that run parallel to one another.
Gillian Wearing is an English conceptual artist who is concerned with examining the details about people. She uses common people in the public to accent her work. One of her first major works was called, Signs that say what you want them to say and not Signs that say what someone else wants you to say. She took a series of random people on the streets and asked them to write something down on a piece of paper. She photographed the random people holding up the piece of paper. There was a police officer who wrote ‘help’ and a person dressed up a casual business suit wrote ‘I’m desperate.’ This piece of work got a lot of recognition and it solidified Wearing as a respectable artist.
Wearing also uses videos in her art works. She once videotaped people’s reaction to a certain advertisement. She wanted their reactions on videotape. She also has a video called Drunk which is four drunk men stumbling around. All of her works have to do with individuals and their behaviors. I enjoy looking at Wearing’s art work. I feel that she encompasses the individual and the public in fun and interesting way. I like her piece on taking random people and telling them to write something on a piece of paper and photographing it. It made me think about what I would write, Even though I have yet to make a decision. I overall enjoy viewing Gillian Wearing’s work. Vanessa Beecroft is an artist who uses mainly performance art to examine individuals
Vanessa Beecroft is an Italian contemporary artist who focuses on individuals in performance art. She uses many nude females within her work. This has created a lot of controversy within her work. One of her first performances included a series of drawings of her Food Dairy. In a recent performance she made one hundred nude women wearing pantyhose; stand in Berlin for three hours. This is an example of why her work is considered controversial. Her work is mainly live, consisting of female models and only recently has she considered males. I feel that her work is a little extreme and should not mainly include nudity. I do not see the message that one hundred nude females standing for three hours is sending. I do not consider that real art. I do however like that she uses the public and individuals within her work. I enjoy art work that encompasses the common citizen within it. It gives the everyday person a chance to participate in the creation of art. I can see why much of her work is seen as controversial.
Gillian Wearing and Vanessa Beecroft are two artists who encompass individuals and the public within their work. I enjoyed viewing Wearing’s work and I enjoyed parts of Beecroft’s. Beecroft’s work is too extreme while Wearing’s is interesting and fun to view.
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