Natasha Romanoff vs. Yelena Belova (Part One | Part Two) BLACK WIDOW (2021) dir. Cate Shortland
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Natasha Romanoff vs. Yelena Belova (Part One | Part Two) BLACK WIDOW (2021) dir. Cate Shortland

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Questions of the Week:
What’s abstraction good for? Describe some of the reasons why artists might employ abstraction in their work.
What does having a physical space to make art in mean for your process and how do you make your space work for you?
Abstract is a good way to keep your viewers on edge. You intentionally create a question in their minds when they do not know exactly what they are looking at. Artists can use this in their work to keep the audience engaged or coming back to their work specifically. It can even allow more creative freedom for the artist to explore different mediums or styles.
As a photographer, working in any space is very critical to my creative process. If I am inside, I need to consider the lighting in the room, if I need additional lighting, temperature because it sucks to shoot when its 90 degrees with no air flow, if there is a lot of sound echoing around us can be distracting.
Questions of the Week
How does the location or context of a work of art affect its meaning?
Are there any particular activities you do everyday as an artist?
Location can greatly affect the art piece because of the materials available and the artistic traditions of the area. The context of the work can also affect the art’s meaning by it only affecting a certain group of people or a specific time era. These two things can make or break an art piece in a sense.
I go outside and take a walk or drive to a place that intrigues me. This helps me calm my mind and relax.
Questions of the Week
What do you do to keep yourself motivated and interested in your work?
Can art provoke change or transform our way of thinking? How?
I tend to take long drives and try to decompress. Whether I am stressed or confused, or just tired, I like to separate myself and not have to engage a lot with people.
Yes, art can provoke many things and even change someone’s perspective. Art is usually created from an individuals point of view, an experience, or a major event that left a large impact on their life, culture, or society. It can be used to tell the story of someone’s life. It can express a society’s struggle as well as its recovery.
Questions of the Week
How have the tools and materials of artists changed over time?
What impact do you think commercialism and the media have had on your work? Is this good or bad?
Tools and materials have become more accessible over time but they have also become more expensive or that practice has simply gone out of style or is no longer used. Also, our technology has enabled new tools and materials to be used and explored.
Commercialism and the media has not had a large impact on my work yet. I only recently started a public photography account on Instagram and have received a few job offers. If anything it is building to be more interactive and allow people to contact me directly.

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Questions of the Week
What role does art play in our society? What role does art play in the church?
How do you want people to remember your work?
Art can play a significant role in our society if we are open to it. By having an open mind to new or different concepts we can discover ways to express and interpret the world around us. It can simplify the chaos swirling around us or expand our understanding of an idea.
Art can play a role in the church by resembling something that the church stands for. With the many denominations in our world today, it could be a struggle.
As of right now, I want people to remember my work from the experience they had with me or be able to see the fun and detail in my work.
Studio Project 1
Here is a visual recap of our conversation this past week about your studio projects. We will continue our conversation about your artwork this week….
Images above from top:
art by Eliana
art by OA
art by Jessica
art by Jewel
art by Kacey
art by Jennifer
art by Isabella (floor version)
art by Brice
art by Jenna
Amazing day in class!
Absolutely loved all of the artworks!!!
Questions of the Week
What are the most important skills an artist can have?
What risks have you taken in your work and what has been at stake?
Two important skills an artist can have is to ask questions and to be able to articulate accurately their feelings, perspectives, and observations. I feel these two can go hand in hand but are more often observed when apart.
I do not feel that I have taken many risks in my work so far, simply because I have not been in the field long enough. Nothing is at stake, yet... but hopefully I push boundaries and do take risks in the future.
Questions of the Week
What shifts have occurred in your work?
How do the social identities of the artist relate to the work of art they create?
One shift I have noticed is gaining more confidence when I take portraits or when I’m photographing people. I used to be nervous directing or instructing people. I felt like I couldn’t get my point across or what I was saying was confusing. But, after taking the lighting class last semester, I learned how to give cues to my models and to also just let them adjust to the environment. I feel the social identities can either oppress an artist, allow the artist to blossom, or challenge them to break or change that identity. Some identities are given to us when we do not want them or they just simply aren’t us. If we have a pre-existing understanding of our identity, then being given one might help us create more art in that style with more confidence. Finally, artists who do not like the social identities they have been given usually take drastic measures to change or completely eradicate that identity.
Accidental Art
Classic fruit bowls, always giving us beauty with simplicity.

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Sculpture Research
Crocheting a circle, square, and a top stitch
Casting my foot
Questions of the Week
Has there been a person or experience that has steered your work in new or significant directions?
What distinguishes visual art from craft?
My mom has always been someone to steer my work in new directions and help me discover new things to try. She encouraged me to take photos of my sisters and family but to also be patient. Sometimes to best picture you take is the one the camera doesn’t catch, but your memory does.
Visual art has been something that I’ve always enjoyed making because it allows you to do ‘whatever’. Use any materials and any style and just see what you come up with. In photography, I use this approach a lot when I am out walking around or exploring a new area. Craft is something that you learn so that you can make something specifically or in a specific way. I also like this technique because it gives you a control of something as well as a structure to how you create it. Studio photography can be considered a craft because you learn lighting techniques, camera angles, and how to work with models and objects.
Questions of the Week
How would you describe your subject matter or the content of your work?
How do the materials used to make art influence the meaning of the work?
The majority of my subject matter would be people. Family and friends are usually in my photographs, either posing or in action. Working with people can be challenging but with the right instructions and lots of patience, that picture will become a special memory.
Anything good takes time, anything great takes effort. Whatever material you use has its own processing time, set-up, break-down, and evaluating. It is the artist themselves that determines if the artwork is good or great. Depending on how much time you put into your material, it could turn out good. How much effort you put into it really depends how much you love doing the art.
Questions of the Week
Do you see your work as autobiographical at all?
How do history and the passage of time affect the meaning of an artwork?
Personally, I see some of my work as autobiographical and others I don’t. If the work is of my family, friends, or something I really love, then that is a part of me that I chose to share with the world. When I don’t consider it is when it is over other things or people that I have no real connection to. Landscape photography is a good example because certain places will hold a special memory for me while new or other places do not hold that.
I think history and time have the most affects on the meaning of artwork. Artists who painted gruesome battle scenes, the wealthy, and Biblical stories all gave their own interpretations of what it might have looked like. Nowadays, since we have that history we are influenced by it. As for time, certain things get better with age while others don’t. Oil paintings have continued to be precious documentations and references for aspiring artists today.
Top 3 Artists
My first artist would be Jessica Jackson Hutchins. Her work stood out to me because of the everyday materials she uses and makes her own. There seem to be no boarders to her work and she could literary walk into any room and make something amazing! This image I chose is titled: Ultrasuede Wave which she created in 2015. The materials she used were a sofa, oil stick, and glazed ceramic.
My second artist would be Mike Kelley. His photographs are absolutely stunning and seems to yank you into the image. His use of space, depth, and light allows the viewer to pick out details and textures that might have been lost on this big of a scale. This image I chose is titled: Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA... I am not sure what kind of camera he used for this but he did use a wide camera lens. The highlights and depth he captured is very impressive.
My last artist is one you mentioned to day in class and was curious about her. Ann Hamilton’s project titled: ONEEVERYONE immediately captured my attention. After reading how she was introduced to thermoplastic polyurethane membrane called Duraflex that is used in the medical field and many on other surfaces, it amazed me how she was able to capture the images she did. This image is a part of the project and it shows how when the woman rests her head agains the Duraflex, there is a unique look and feel to the image. It is similar to looking through glass but not as harsh, and mimics being covered by a light sheet but the subject is not as blurred. I think she said it very well, “The way it makes touch visible seemed magic to me.” I really see myself taking inspiration from her and her works to use in the Art Show this semester. There are so many possibilities!

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Questions of the Week
Who is the primary or original audience for your work?
How can we learn about people through the things they create?
I would have to say that my family was and is my original audience for my work. They always are excited to see what I have been working on and offer good feedback. Professionally, I am not sure who my primary audience would be, but I will say that families or sports teams would most likely be a primary audience for me.
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Well, you can learn an infinite amount of things about people through what they create. But, I feel that you truly learn more when you ask. Ask why this material, was it difficult to work with? Why so much or so little detail? When we actively engage with our artists and their artwork, we begin to see more detail and understand their bigger picture.
Questions of the Week
Where do you draw inspiration from?
Does a work of art need to be beautiful? Why or why not?
I feel I draw inspiration from my environment the most. I consider myself to be an open person and am willing to try to see things from a different angle if the first one doesn’t make sense. I also really like gaining inspiration from discussions with my friends, family, and peer group. Everyone has some fun, crazy, and new idea that just needs the right person to hear it.
In a way, I would say that every artwork is beautiful, in its own way. For example, an image of a sun setting on a calm ocean is considered beautiful. The colors are bright and glowing, the ocean is making gentle ripples, there isn’t a cloud in the sky, and it appears to be warm. But an image of an injured child, lying in their mother’s arms on the side of a road does not appear beautiful. The child’s eyes are closed, there are scraps on their arms that are bleeding, you can see the tears running down the mother’s face. It is a tragic image.
Yet, almost having to detach ourselves from the human-ess of it, we can start to see that what was captured was a beautiful image of human tragedy. It reminds us that we are human. That each moment is a part of the larger story that is at play. The chaos, pain, and suffering are the hidden beauties that we fear but must face everyday.