Art Appreciation-Chapter11

Flirting with Function

Chapter 11

Flirting with Function

• Artists often work along the boundary between art and useful objects

• Some artworks challenge our ideas of usefulness

• Some artworks resemble useful objects but might not actually be usable

Clay

• Clay comes from soil mixed with water• Ceramics are objects made from clay

– A ceramist works with clay– A potter specializes in making dishes

• A kiln is a large oven used to bake the clay– This is called firing

• Types of clays– Earthenware-fired at a low temperature and is pourous. Varies in

color from red to brown to tan– Stoneware-fired at a higher temperature and is not pourous. It is

usually gray or brown– Porcelain-rare and expensive. Fired at a high temperature and

not pourous.

Clay

• Throwing-shaping clay on a rapidly revolving wheel

• Slip-mixture of clay and water colored with earthen powders

• Glaze-liquid paint that turns to a glasslike substance when fired

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Adrian Saxe. Les Rois du Monde Futur (Rulers of the Future World). 2004. 26-1/4" × 13-1/4" × 10".


Peter Voulkos. Untitled Plate CR952. 1989.20-1/2" × 4-1/2".


Toshiko Takaezu. Makaha Blue II. 2002.48" × 18-1/2".

Glass

• Hot or molten glass is a material that is shaped by blowing, casting, or pressing into molds

• After glass is shaped, it can be cut, etched, fused, laminated, layered, leaded, painted, polished, sandblasted, or slumped


Dale Chihuly. Mauve Seaform Set with Black Lip Wraps from the "Seaforms" Series. 1985.

Metal

• Metal’s main attributes are strength and formability

• Metals can be hammered, cut, drawn out, welded, joined with rivets, or cast

• Metal was used early on for tools, vessels, armor, and weapons


d’Arenberg Basin. 1247–1249.22.5 × 50.0 cm.


Cal Lane. Untitled (Map 3). 2007.78-1/2" × 71-3/4".

Wood

• Wood has a feeling of individuality due to the unique grain of each tree

• Has a warm, tictile quality


Henry Gilpin. Curiously Red. 2006.36" × 74" × 16".


Maya Lin. Terra Table. 2009.

Fiber

• Fiber arts includes: weaving, stitching, basket-making, wearable art, and papermaking.

• Weaving is based on interlacing fibers– Warp-long fibers– Weft-crosses the warp fibers– Loom-hold fibers apart for weaving


The Ardabil Carpet. Tabriz. 1540.34' × 17'6".


Nick Cave. Soundsuit. 2009.Height 7'.


Jessie Pettway. Bars and String-Piece Columns. 1950s.95" × 76".


Polly Apfelbaum. Blossom. 2000.Diameter 18'.

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