Self Portrait in Fur Coat (1500)
Albrecht Durer
Knob (1997) Gavin Turk
Damien Hirst and Maia Norman (1995)
Albrecht Durer's 'Self-Portrait in Fur Coat' (1500) shows a significant change in the way that the artist views and portrays himself.Research the paintings by Albrecht Durer, Gavin Turk and Damien Hirst in order to answer
the following questions;
1. Identify aspects of Durer's self portrait that show a changing view of the artist's view of himself as
an individual.
The first, drawn when he was just 13, depicts the soft features of a young boy, sketched with great confidence and skill. His drawings and watercolours are impressive for their diversity of subject matter and the varied media in which they were produced. 'Thus I, Albrecht Duerer from Nuremburg, painted myself with indelible colours at the age of 28 years.' Although the artist has depicted himself in a Christ-like pose, this was no gesture of blasphemy. It was an acknowledgement that God had made Christ and Man in his own image.
2. Explain how the artist's social status increased during the Renaissance period. Briefly explain why this happened.
During the Renaissance period the social increased all the way though the Europe and Italy. Europe was wealth at this time trade grew between cities/states and other countries. As trade in goods increased, trade in ideas grew also. This is why the artist is famous in Ressiance.
3. Comment on Gavin Turk's work in relation to individualism, status of the artist and egotism.
Gavin Turk was born in Guildford. He attended the Royal College of Art, in London. Turk's installations and sculptures deal with issues of authorship, authenticity and identity. Turk explored issues of authorship and identity by making a number of works based on his own signature that comment on the value that the artist's name confers onto a work.
Concerned with the 'myth' of the artist and the 'authorship' of a work, Turk's engagement with this modernist, avant-garde debate stretches back to the ready-mades of Marcel Duchamp.
In more recent works such as Pile (2004), a painted bronze sculpture of a pile of garbage bags, Turk explores the way in which a work of art is conferred with iconic status and value.
4. Comment on Damien Hirst's use of his work and the media for self promotion.
Damien Hirst was born in 1965 in Bristol, UK. During the 1990s, became Britain’s most famous, young, living sculptor and painter, in part because of his own flair for self-promotion and the publicity skills of his primary patron Charles Saatchi. I think Hirst is well known for the self-portait he use the public as his artwork for promotion.
5. Find 2 images of work by artists or designers that reflects some of the ideas of individualism,
self promotion or egotism that have been discussed on this blog. Upload images to your blog, title and date the work, identify the artist/designer and comment on the work in relation to the question.
Christian Dior was born in Granville, a seaside town on the coast of France. He Dior was a wealthy fertilizer manufacturer. In 1941 when Christian Dior was out of the military he moved back to Paris -- and he joined another designer by the name of Lucien Lelong. Dior stayed with him until 1946 when he moved out on his own, and got his own salon and designed for himself.
6. How do you think artists and designers are viewed in Western society today?
I think the artist and designers are getting more curious about the what is going around the world and how they can use the old fashion works in redesigned so then they will get high profit and more incomes. I think people buy the items by brands and price of the items.
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