Presentations 4.30.09

Ryan: I was waiting for someone to write a paper on Andy Warhol. His art is so interesting, and he is one of those artists whose lifestyle was so much a part of/similar to the production of his art. I would say you need to make your thesis a little more clear with the commodity topic. Make sure your argument is not something that is already pre-conceived about his style. I think it is widely accepted that he was depicting the mass consumerism of society at the time. Otherwise, good analysis of his different pieces.

Karen: Miro is a very interesting artist, and you definitely took on a challenge with your paper. I am interested to see what kind of claim you pull out of his pieces. I see some importance in the fact that you said he painted women in really ugly form. Maybe you could elaborate on the common themes in all of his works that you noticed.

Brianna: I really like your topic and it is definitely something that has taken over especially in terms of consumerism. I think you are onto something and possibly focusing on what Meredith suggested about the change in focus of different pieces as case studies: the gaze in olympia, to the naked body of the women in the D&G add, to the focus of specific body parts in the perfume ads. These are all incredibly interesting. The one thing I think you need to tighten up is what you analyze. You started out with artworks and paintings, then moved completely to advertisment which I think are two different genre's of art. If you want to include the older paintings, maybe you could look at really recent painting as well, not just advertisements.