CH6 Reading (1+2)

Reading the chapter Time and Motion I cam across many things that caught my attention. One section of this chapter talked about implied motion in paintings and other forms of art. Bridget Riley makes art in simple forms yet she makes it seem like there is motion in her work. Wether it’s with objects or paintings, it’s explained in the chapter that her work can, “activate basic visual elements for complex effects” (130). I paint at home and I try to add small details to my work to keep the eyes constantly moving from one detail to another without getting bored.
Another section that caught my attention was Actual Time. It’s subjects and materials used for that art that are not eternal. It demonstrates certain meanings of life that the artist wanted to carry out. Photography is a good example of that because you can capture a moment that you might not be able to return to later in the future. For example Andy Goldworthy captures a lot of nature in his work. And today almost all of nature is no longer the way it used to be years ago due to climate change and human activity. Goldworthy has a photo with ice pyramids in the arctic and he explained how, “Sculpture can be fragile and fleeting and subservient to stronger forces, like life itself” (120). That was interesting to me because he took something that isn’t alive but he compared it to life overall.

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