Decontextualized

So in class we started to explore Impressionism, which was a major shift in how art was viewed. I liked how it was mentioned that for the first time artists began painting from their feelings. Art soon became all about the point of view and that there was no right or wrong point of view. It questioned reality because one person’s reality could be very different than another’s. I enjoyed learning more about Pointillism because I remember in elementary school looking at Seurat’s famous “Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte”, and thinking how cool that was. Finally I can connect this to history! Dada was also interesting to learn about, it very much reminded me of the magnetic words you can jumble around on your fridge. Although, there is a major difference between fridge magnets and Dada (Dada does not rely on the human brain’s influence.) Very weird that the human mind is disconnected from this art form. I loved hearing about Hugo Ball and how language can both define and constrain. The Rayograph made beautiful almost fossil like images.