ART21 - ME + 5

Who were the 5+ artists you chose videos about?

    1. BARRY MCGEE: RETROSPECTIVE 

    

    2. JORDAN CASTEEL STAYS IN THE MOMENT 

          3. RICHARD MISRACH:NEVER THE SAME  

           

          4. TANYA AGUINIGA IN "BORDERLANDS"

          5. LOUISE DESPONT: DRAWING FROM BALI

    

    

    

    

What were 5+ of the themes the artists addressed about making work?

    1. The sense of community centered around Tagging.

    2. The interaction between artist and their muse.

    

    3. Expanding ones artistic Horizon through other forms of art. 

    

    4. Immigration, and the negative connotation attached to the border.

          5. Spirituality and inner peace.

    

    

    

What were 5+ Challenges the artists faced in making their work?

    1. He had to resist the urge to tag because it's Illegal.

    2. Being able to slow down and be mindful of the present, and live in the moment

    3. Misrach wasn't able to print out images he's had for over 50 years.

        

          4.  Aguiniga relived her past trauma through her art.

          5. Despont had to find a new source of inspiration for her art, when love was no longer her main source. 

What were 5+ Inspirations you drew from the artists?

    1. McGee inspires me to be daring and try to expand the horizon       of my works. 

    2. I was inspired to try to interact more, and take a step back to see the world from a different angle.

    3. I was inspired to travel and see the world as he did, and document it through art.

        

          4.  I was inspired to be more aware of how others live outside of the U.S.

          5. taking a look internally could be a way of finding inspiration.... "I know that the most important thing to make good work is time and space"

What were 5+ things you would like to incorporate into your own work after watching these videos?

    1. I would like to incorporate the imperfect qualities of tagging into my art, it adds personality, mistakes in an art piece are sometimes what the art piece is missing.

    2. I would like to take more of my real life experiences and surroundings into my artwork.

    3. I would like to try different forms of art in general and create new pieces altogether from the knowledge gained from them.

        

          4. I would like to show more of what's going on in the world and take a more political standpoint through my work.  

          5. I would like to try to find new sources of inspiration and seeing how it influences my art compared to the normal workflow that I have become comfortable with.