Category: Arts – Visual Arts Practices
Glass Design in Portugal Nowadays
Glass has been an interesting material and a challenge to experiment within both art and design fields worldwide. In Portugal, we have a tradition in the glassmaking industry that dates back almost 300 years. After the earthquake of 1755, the Marquis of Pombal ordered the relocation of the glass industry from the south of the …
Exploring Multicultural Narratives in the Global Art Landscape: Three ‘Chinese Characters’ Artworks at the Venice Biennale
Since the 1920s, Chinese art has embarked on an exploration of its cultural richness and complexity through international exhibitions, gradually integrating into the global artistic landscape. Within this context, China’s participation in the Venice Biennale represents a synthesis of Chinese cultural wealth, utilizing ‘Chinese characters’ as a tool for cultural dissemination. An analysis of China’s …
‘Art is Going to Save Us’ – The Self Perception of the Mumbai Art Sphere in Contemporary Art Galleries
The definition and overall perception of contemporary art remains a point of discussion and debate in the current age. It is imperative to contextualize the same in developing countries as this perception varies vastly in different socio-economic groups and therefore for this study, we focus on examining it for India. Foremost, this paper attempts to …
Bringing Back Affect: A New Approach to Post-modernist Art Through the Lens of Doris Salcedo’s Atrabiliarios
In this paper, I propose that bringing back affect into the work of art can provide a new reading of postmodernism. In agreement with Fredric Jameson, I suggest that postmodernist art, influenced by a response to capitalism, amongst other things, evolved to the point where individuality, alienation and the self-affect were replaced by commodification and …
Walls, Spray Paint and the Urban Space: The Graffiti Artists of Durban and Their Navigation of Boundaries
Graffiti, while adding vibrancy to spaces, often carries the stigma of illegality due to its unsanctioned nature. Recognizing this complex interplay and the varying public opinions about graffiti, this paper explores the visible and hidden expressions of Durban’s graffiti artists on city walls. The research focuses on how these artists navigate ownership and spatial boundaries …
The Intimate World of Alice Springs Portraits
This paper discusses the works of Alice Springs aka June Newton, wife of Helmut Newton who was a very famous fashion photographer in the 20th century. Alice Springs worked in three genres: portraiture, nude, and fashion/commercial photography – just like her husband, but to differing degrees. In particular, her incomparable portraits continue to resonate today …
The Indian Kalamkari (Vraathapani): A Case of Optimism, Resilience and Transformation in Cultural Textiles
Indian craft practices are inherited through family traditions and nurtured with reverence transforming them as traditions. The Indian Kalamkari/ Vraathapani is well recognized in the textile circle for its use of natural dyes rendered through painting with an indigenous tool, ‘Kalam’(pen), or ‘Vraata’ (writing) and ‘pani’ (work) in Telugu, the local language. A product that …
Investigating the Relationship Between Technology and Artistry in Sustainable Design, Eco-Conscious Fashion
As the fashion industry continues to develop, virtual fashion design is turning into a more and more important tool for industry professionals. This study looks at how technology and creativity interact in the world of fashion design, paying particular attention to how virtual fashion affects sustainability and the creative process. The study starts off by …
A Correlational Study on Creative Motivation and Processes in Expressive Painting Practice: Bridging Naïve Painting and Academic Painting’s Experiences
This phenomenological study draws on Heidegger’s interpretive phenomenology and the dialectical thinking between Leib and Körper to examine a phenomenon of painting in contemporary art that emphasizes artistic motivation and self-healing processes, a phenomenon that a Chinese experimental painting group has named ‘Expressive-painting’. According to the differentiation between “Technique” and “Method” in methodology, by comparing …
Pedagogical Actions Towards Cultural Heritage and Archival Preservation –Bridging Design Education Between Past and Future
The nature and the materiality of cultural heritage and archives are being brought to design research, questioning the ways in which they are communicated, curated, and used. Design, as an activity with the ability to creatively engage with other fields in its education process and as an active agent in communication and society, endorses a …
Precious Murals in the Religious Building of Pothimala, District Firozpur, Punjab, India
This paper discusses the precious murals in the religious building of Pothimala. Pothimala Building is situated in the village Guru Har Sahai in Firozpur District of Punjab India. The study and interpretation endorse the philosophy of shared religious traditions followed and respected by the people of Punjab. The foundation of this building was laid by …
Developing a Modern Pharaonic Identity Through the Implementation of Creative Geometrical Grid Systems
Most of the remains from ancient Egypt came from tombs and temples, as the Egyptians believed in afterlife eternity. That was the main influence for the development of art in ancient Egypt. The ancient Egyptian artist covered the walls with hieroglyphic texts and illustrations that serve their eternity believes, but his organization of the elements …
Synergistic Space Potentials: Technology, Humans and Responsive Materials in the Design Process
This project investigates the role technology and neuroscience play in making meaningful connections between people and architectural space. It discusses why it is important to focus on designing with more significant impact, focusing on the quality of experience rather than quantity of objects. It moves on to indicate that design can harness this power for …
Finding Effective Ink Receiver Ingredient in Image Creation on Aluminum Plate to Replace Red Lacquer in Lithograph Process
Printmaking is an important process in Thailand, as required by many universities’ curriculums as well as Thai artists. Lithograph is rather popular among printmaking techniques. Its process is mainly utilized chemical reaction, however some chemicals are rare, then needed to be imported from foreign countries. The problem are led to “Finding effective ink receiver ingredient …
Reclaiming the Mind-When Traditional Chinese Realist Painting Meets the Contemporary Arts
The purpose of this study is to construct a personal style of painting that transcends the realm of rational thought, in which thought resides in the mind, in pursuit of a spiritual dialogue of the utmost truth, goodness and beauty. Paintings in this personal style transform the thoughts and ideas that exist in the subconscious …
Printmaking Process by Plant Extract that is Harmless to the Environment for Creative Printmaking
This research is aimed to investigate the tropical natural plants as to use in printmaking process in order to create new body of knowledge for basic printmaking system. Printmaking presently, confronting chemicals problems occurred during its creative process which eventually affect artists and environment. Consequently, the concept of exploring the tropical natural plants was developed. …
The Power of Quantity in Ai Weiweis Sunflower Seeds
Can quantity be a type of power��Perhaps, this question will be answered by the work titled Sunflower Seeds produced by Chinese contemporary artist Ai Weiwei. In 2010, London Tate Modern Museum invited Chinese artist Ai Weiwei to exhibit his installation “Sunflower Seeds” at Turbine Hall. It consisted of 100 million hand-made porcelain sunflower seeds, and …
Practicing Ecopsychology in Brunei Darussalam: Creating Clay Vessels in Memory of a Disappearing Landscape
Ceramists are generally thought of as studio artists that craft either functional ware (pottery) or nonfunctional ware (fine art/sculpture). Sometimes, if they are a teaching artist working in an art center or university, they might be obliged to be an expert in both of these artistic categories. Martie Geiger-Ho is a teaching artist (senior lecturer) …
Interdisciplinary Art Approach Collaboration, Equal Partnership and Common Language
Visual artists no longer dwell in the ivory towers, which isolate themselves from the existing world, thus creating artworks based on their personal interests and beliefs. Such mode of creative engagement has been overridden by an interdisciplinary approach that encourages visual artists to leave their comfort zones to collaborate with people from non arts disciplines …