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My newest painting

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Detail from Muslim Lady Reclining by Francesco Renaldi.

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Art details: Jean-François de Troy, The Abduction of Europa, 1716, oil on canvas, National Gallery of Art, Washington

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🌹 I love this so much ~ Lovelace 🌹👑🌹

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Paintings of Simonetta Vespucci by Sandro Botticelli

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The Making of Rules/Etiquette in Our Free-Da Kahlo Gallery

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We have decided to make some signs around our gallery, on most occasions, galleries would set rules such as no flash photography and keeking volume down. We would like to explore and create our own rules, below are some inspirations and rules.

We have found some interesting standard gallery rules from the websites below

http://thewordnebula-phoenix.blogspot.com/2012/07/cardinal-rules-of-art-gallery.html

https://art635.gallery/art-history/the-rules-of-art-gallery-etiquette

https://www.complex.com/style/2014/11/rules-for-attending-art-exhibition/never-touch-the-art

1. No flash photography - DO IT 4 THE #GRAM

Image from the website listed: http://thewordnebula-phoenix.blogspot.com/2012/07/cardinal-rules-of-art-gallery.html

Now visitors are able to Instagram their favourite artworks and flash photography is welcomed if lighting is not good enough.

2. No touching - DARE YOU TO TOUCH IT

Image from the website listed: https://www.complex.com/style/2014/11/rules-for-attending-art-exhibition/never-touch-the-art

we allow our visitors to touch the artworks, We dare them to TOUCH and really have a feel to the artwork, so they can feel the emotions of the artist through brush strokes and the quality of the paper.

3. Stay Quiet/Silence - TALK AS LOUD AS YOU WANT

https://www.vectorstock.com/royalty-free-vectors/please-keep-quiet-sign-vectors

All visitors are able to discuss and talk as loud as they want, there are no strict rules to noises. We love it when people enjoy the artwork as much as we do.

4. Don’t Reproduce Artworks - SKETCH THE ARTWORK OUT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcRTmfvI68U

All visitors are able to recreate and reproduce the artworks if they wish to, don’t feel intimidated!

5. Don’t Make a Scene/ Badmouth the Artist - LAUGH AS LOUD AS YOU NEED TO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnX1WwNJIF0

http://thesheaf.com/2015/11/26/silence-art-auction-will-be-a-not-so-silent-night/

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ADAD PROCESS #6

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OUR CHOSEN FRIDA KAHLO ARTWORKS (AND TRIBUTE ARTWORK) SOURCES:

The Wounded Table (1940)

https://www.fridakahlo.org/the-wounded-table.jsp

I Will Never Forget You: Frida Kahlo and Nickolas (2006) - Tribute

https://www.chroniclebooks.com/titles/i-will-never-forget-you.html

Me and My Parrot (1941)

https://www.fridakahlo.org/me-and-my-parrots.jsp

The Wounded Deer (1946)

https://www.fridakahlo.org/the-wounded-deer.jsp

Self-Portrait Along the Border Line Between Mexico and the United States (1932)

https://www.fridakahlo.org/self-portrait-along-the-boarder-line.jsp

Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird (1940)

https://www.fridakahlo.org/self-portrait-with-thorn-necklace-and-hummingbird.jsp

Roots (1943)

https://www.fridakahlo.org/roots.jsp

ARTWORK FRAME SOURCE: 

http://www.pngall.com/gold-frame-png

Cindy (me) edited the square frame in Illustrator to complement and fit our A4-sized artworks. The frame aims to “legitimise” our artworks for our gallery.  

CHARLENE CONDENSING THE INFORMATION FROM THE ABOVE SOURCES:

NIKAYLA EDITING THEM TO FIT OUR CONCEPT AND WRITING THEM OUT:

CINDY MAKING THE BALLOT BOXES FOR THE RAFFLE:

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ADAD PROCESS #7

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Applying the frames! As part of our gallery we wanted to include the classic, gold frame around our paintings so that we could incorporate some exclusivity into it and also uphold our “cheap” objective through the flimsy imitation. 

Overall, the frames turned out really well. They fit perfectly around the artworks and manage to look pretty legit, even in person. The next step was to check whether the artwork would sit on the wall using simple blu tack and it did! Success! 

The Free-da Kahlo gallery is almost ready to be opened to the public. Location will be announced on the day when the sun is almost at its peak (figure it out) and you probably won’t be able to find it on Google Maps. #sorrynotsorry #weresketchy. 

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ADAD PROCESS #6

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OUR CHOSEN FRIDA KAHLO ARTWORKS (AND TRIBUTE ARTWORK) SOURCES:

The Wounded Table (1940)

https://www.fridakahlo.org/the-wounded-table.jsp

I Will Never Forget You: Frida Kahlo and Nickolas (2006) - Tribute

https://www.chroniclebooks.com/titles/i-will-never-forget-you.html

Me and My Parrot (1941)

https://www.fridakahlo.org/me-and-my-parrots.jsp

The Wounded Deer (1946)

https://www.fridakahlo.org/the-wounded-deer.jsp

Self-Portrait Along the Border Line Between Mexico and the United States (1932)

https://www.fridakahlo.org/self-portrait-along-the-boarder-line.jsp

Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird (1940)

https://www.fridakahlo.org/self-portrait-with-thorn-necklace-and-hummingbird.jsp

Roots (1943)

https://www.fridakahlo.org/roots.jsp

ARTWORK FRAME SOURCE: 

http://www.pngall.com/gold-frame-png

Cindy (me) edited the square frame in Illustrator to complement and fit our A4-sized artworks. The frame aims to “legitimise” our artworks for our gallery.  

CHARLENE CONDENSING THE INFORMATION FROM THE ABOVE SOURCES:

NIKAYLA EDITING THEM TO FIT OUR CONCEPT AND WRITING THEM OUT:

CINDY MAKING THE BALLOT BOXES FOR THE RAFFLE:

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ADAD PROCESS #7

@cindinh @charlenezunsw

Applying the frames! As part of our gallery we wanted to include the classic, gold frame around our paintings so that we could incorporate some exclusivity into it and also uphold our “cheap” objective through the flimsy imitation. 

Overall, the frames turned out really well. They fit perfectly around the artworks and manage to look pretty legit, even in person. The next step was to check whether the artwork would sit on the wall using simple blu tack and it did! Success! 

The Free-da Kahlo gallery is almost ready to be opened to the public. Location will be announced on the day when the sun is almost at its peak (figure it out) and you probably won’t be able to find it on Google Maps. #sorrynotsorry #weresketchy. 

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ADAD PROCESS #1

Group Members: Charlene, Cindy, and I (Nikayla). All process will be stated on this blog. 

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When our group was first formed, we wanted to create an event that revolved around the idea of ‘judging’ where the class could come into our event and openly judge what we had being displayed. 

The display we want to have is a video that collectively involves a series of shots of students on campus seemingly doing nothing and being filtered by dramatic commentary (Olympics, Antique Roadshow, Ozzyman Reviews on Youtube, Snoop Dogg Commentary on Youtube) to make it seem like they were doing something amazing. From this point onward, students would be given a paper where they could rate each students performance. For example, they would have to rate a student eating their sandwich on the bench. 

We were inspired by modern society and how easy it is to judge people. Everything we see, we internally make a decision on whether we like it or not. We critique things without even realising. So why not make an event for it? Come in a judge openly with your peers. 

This idea also came to mind when I was on the train and a very enthusiastic train guard signalled through the speaker about directions at the next stop. Unlike his character, the people on the carriage did not seem to reflect the same response; sleeping, on their phones, listening to music.

 Crazy commentary + people doing nothing = video. 

Analyse. Laugh. Rate. Welcome to The Judgement Games. 

Potential Sources and Extra Inspiration

OzzymanReviews : https://www.youtube.com/user/ozzymanreviews

Antique Roadshow : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=es8fF0Cbfms

Funny or Die, Stoned Olympic Commentators: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt6dQWNR2rs

Snoop Dogg Narating Animal Documentary: https://youtu.be/pDk5gaKQsnw

Jimmy Kimmel, Plizzanet Earth with Snoop Dogg - Iguana vs. Snakes: https://youtu.be/BFVVvVLMr-E

Snoop Dogg Animal Commentary Compilation: https://youtu.be/Ciqk4XTUNjQ

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ADAD PROCESS #2

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Random Idea: J.U.D.G.E (Just Utilising our Disappointment of the General Earth). Group name? Name of our event? 

Following up from our idea, not only did we want to include people into our video, but also paintings that we plan to create! 

The length of our video was supposed to be at least six minutes long. By allocating six minutes to our video, we decided that perhaps there could be more to include for the class to judge. Charlene, Cindy, and I want to create silly drawings and submit them to the video to be judged or ask family members to create them for us to show the expanse of judgement in society (to the point of judging someone you don’t even know). 

For the paper or Judgement Card in which the class would be given to judge the elements in our video, this is what we wanted it to look like: 

This is a star system. Every time a clip comes on for them to judge, they simply put a tally under the number that they rate it out of.  For example, I rate the guy on the bench eating a sandwich a 3. I put a tally in the 3 column and that becomes 3/5 stars. 

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ADAD PROCESS #3

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It became apparent that the video was not going to be as easy as we thought. Having multiple elements made it hard to manage as we had not started filming and could not conclude which type of commentary would be suitable. In other words, our sources were becoming far-fetched. Nikayla (me) was not very good at any video techniques and therefore was not able to conduct the video in the remaining time for the assessment. 

One night, the group had got together and remixed the original idea we had. Considering that we had an excursion at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, it further developed the idea of us solely creating artworks (as mentioned in the previous post) rather than filming random people. 

I guess you could say that seeing these artworks and the excursion itself made us want to create an ART GALLERY of our own. So this is what we’re proposing…

We want to turn a space into an art gallery. Cindy suggested that we should give each table $100 (in Monopoly currency of course because we’re not rich unfortunately) and we could bid our paintings off. These paintings will be silly, childish, crappy (unless you think crap is good then I guess FANTASTIC artwork in your case) artworks and mount them on a foam to act as an easel as if it were a real bidding. 

We also thought about being really evil and creating a mock art gallery where the class would go and exhibit while two members in our group stole things from the classroom where they would return and we would bid the stuff we stole (pure evil, we know). 

It came to our attention, however, that another group was already doing an auction. So we changed it up a bit! An art gallery where 5 or more paintings would be displayed and under each painting will be a box in which students are encouraged to put in their names in. After spectating all the paintings, at the end of the event we will make a raffle where we draw out a name from each box and the name of the person that is picked gets to keep the painting! 

Furthermore, linking back to the “gallery”, we were inspired by Banksy’s recent artwork where he shredded his own artwork after it was bought for one million dollars. He seemingly discussed the notion of value as denoting his artwork as “priceless.”

Source for Banksy: https://www.bbc.com/news/av/entertainment-arts-45851421/shredding-banksy-can-his-fans-do-it-better 

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ADAD PROCESS #4

After talking with Vicky about our event, we were given more insights about what to include. The basis of our art gallery is that it is free, slightly sketchy, and reflects the opportunity for it to be showcased anywhere…literally ANYWHERE. 

The Australian Collective mentioned by Vicky, The Elaine and Jim Wolfhensohn Gift, captured the portability of art through a travelling exhibition which ultimately became the basis of our event. It is considered a “…new take on the meaning of a gallery…” as no longer enclosed, paid for, or exclusive but rather public and accessible to anyone who knows the location (not confronting). 

Due to our gallery being “free” we decided to put a play on Frida Kahlo’s name (and artworks) and call our gallery…Free-da Kahlo$. This will lead to our art being inspired by her; a series of appropriated artworks

In response to our weekly topics. we have chosen Value and Desire as we will be reflecting modern society’s mindset on prices (the need for discounts, obsession with freebies, etc). A new take on price-less, challenging the constitution of a formal art gallery. 

We are making a formal art gallery that is free and also giving the opportunity for people to participate in a raffle (extending the “freebie” idea). The intriguing possibility of having your name drawn out of a ballot box adds a desire to win and a sense of fulfilment.

The difference of our art gallery compared to public and private galleries is the fact that our paintings can actually be won for free. Have you ever been to an art gallery and connected with an artwork? Did you want to buy that artwork but you know it is worth more than your whole life? Well, at our gallery you have the chance to “buy” the paintings you see!

Source for Wolfensohn: https://nga.gov.au/Wolfensohn/

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ADAD Research

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Performance Art Piece: 

1. Who Are You For? by Mario Lavonne Johnson (2015)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWwE3G09prw

A form of challenging, going against the “norm” of gender expectations and bravely shaving off her long hair. For us, challenging the “norm” and the constitution of a formal gallery/exhibition.

2. A décollage by Wolf Vostell (year unknown)

https://bigother.com/2011/05/10/art-as-inheritance-part-2-making-new-art-appear-as-old-text-disappears-as-if-by-magic/decollage-1-2/

The method of collaging or “remixing” something already existing to create something new (with new meaning) as a way to match the current context.

3. Mutter-Glück (Motherhood) Series by Annegret Soltau (1977-86)

http://www.annegret-soltau.de/en/galleries/motherhood-1977-86/artworks/mit-tochter

https://annasworkbook.wordpress.com/2015/03/04/annegret-soltau/

Another “remixing” method through stitching together and montaging already-existing photos in order to create new meaning. Her work aims to critique the female role in society.

“Mother with daughter, a mother with daughter and son; photos of faces from which fragments have been torn out and sewn back in again. “

4. Mona Lisa as Wonder Woman (unknown artist and year)

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/be/1d/1f/be1d1f0d749800d26d787feff58fd886.jpg

A “remix” or humourous play on Da Vinci’s iconic Mona Lisa to fits the pop culture context. Likewise, for our artwork, we intend to present a humorous “new” and “updated” version of a gallery/exhibition that coincides with our current context – discussing the topics of Value and Desire.

5. Special Pokémon Cards - the Pokémon Company’s special collaboration with Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum (2018) (special exhibition dedicated to Edvard Munch).

A “remix” of Edvard Munch’s The Scream to complement contemporary culture.

https://nintendowire.com/news/2018/10/15/new-pokemon-cards-pay-tribute-to-one-of-the-most-famous-pieces-of-art-of-all-time/

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Final work in the dark 

a different perspective; how the darkness covers the colourful synthetic piece at the front but the fairy lights at the back highlight the baby’s breath. 

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Natural vs Man made fibres research

https://ihsmarkit.com/products/fibers-chemical-economics-handbook.html