vintage evaluation

I chose to research the 6o’s era, I mainly wanted to explore the cartoon TV/ Disney in the 60’s but I also explored other elements of the 60s such as fashion, toys, music, food, important events, art etc.

For my research I used the internet to find out about what artists were in the 60s and also to find out about important dates, as well as the internet I enjoyed talking to my parents and grandparents about the 60’s as it’s fascinating to hear what it was like to live in them times. I liked to use Pinterest to find images related to my era. Towards the end of the project I found I enjoyed researching what cartoons, TV shows, Disney films were around in the 60s, you can tell this as I have developed pages related to certain cartoons/films.  I think that music was a big cultural influence in the way that people act and dress for example the Beatles had a massive impact, also the hippie movement is an influence in helping people to see life differently and more positively it also impacted the fashion as well. The main art movement was pop art, but I am not a big fan of pop art or Andy worhal so I decided it would be best to find other artist, another movement I found was minimal art, the two artist I researched in this category were Elsworth Kelly and Carl Andre, I find this art interesting in a way in which it questions the fact is it really art? I like the idea of simplicity but some of the artwork is too simple for example carl Andre’s space sculpture, is just a black stripe on the floor so that the audience can connect with the art and the art can share the same space as us, I believe this to be much too simple I believe that art should have more meaning to it and more effort put in. Elsworth Kelly’s painting are better than a simple stripe, he uses bold solid colours to create smooth surfaces. The other artists I have researched are Robert Indiana, Joe Tilson and Gene brown, out of them all I think that gene brown was my favourite and the most fun to do because I love the bright colours he uses in his paintings it really livens them up and makes you feel happy.  The main media I have worked with is acrylic and watercolour paints because I am most comfortable with a paint brush, I have used other medias and attempted to be creative in my work by adding cardboard cut outs and fabrics to pages, I also used actual make up on one page but it’s not that noticeable, I made tags and envelopes for my annotation to make it more interactive also I made something’s slide. I cut into pages and cut out paper to stick in, I used coloured pencils and markers, my biggest mistake was using fake blood for my horror page because I soon realised that it doesn’t dry, I tried to fix it by putting PVA glue over the top but it didn’t work for all of it and most of the page is stuck to the previous page, luckily I took a picture before the page got stuck. I seem to do nothing but work at home and I’m still catching up at the end, personally I don’t see what more I can do than work at home and come in on independent study days, so I think my time management is good I just need to work faster I believe this is something that will progress with practice and time.  I have put all my time and effort into this project, looking at other peoples I feel as though mine could be more creative and interactive but I am happy with my paintings. If I was to do this again I would try to think of my interactive way with the pages and I would try and use a wider range of medias as I think I have played it safe and stuck with what I know instead of experimenting. I would also go more in depth about important events.