Semi


 * __Concentration Statement__**

People often disregard things that are really important and only look on the surface. The seemingly fancy world of circus is not an exception in that it also has a serious dark side behind the fascinating circus scene. Thus, I wanted to highlight the ugly side of circus by portraying harsh training and risky tricks that the performers have to go through before they appear on the show. In one of my concentration pieces called "Life on the Tightrope", I tried to show how the performers have to risk their lives every moment in order to entertain the audience. I also wanted to use the image of circus clown to portray many different complicated human emotions including sadness, confusion in double identity, and insanity. Several concentration pieces including "Fake," and "Losing," clearly portray a clown who is going through turmoil of emotion. Throughout the 12 concentration pieces, I attempted to create a mood of anxiety and confusion.

The clip shows the art that is around us whereever we go. Art can be not something very special but it can come from daily materials and the clip captured those ideas very well. The clip shows how Miranda and Andy has conflicting opinions about the color blue and fashion in general because art and fashion means so much more to Miranda than to Andy. Andy who seems like he does not really appreciate art and knows the importance of art reflects people in real life who does not know the value of art around them.
 * __The Devil Wears Prada Commentary__**

research on history of different types of clowns
 * __PLAYING on a Sketch Book__**

i drew several sketches and decided to go with this one↓



I photocopied this sketch and came up with 3 different monochromatic scheme

first one is black/white/graytone

second one is pink

third is blue

this is my final piece (actual work) I changed color scheme and took out the cracking on the face as i was painting because I concluded that subtle and simple image will deliver my message better. Also, I used myself as the clown in this artwork even though heavy clown makeup and costume makes it hard to recognize who it is. lol

this is a closeup of the piece i acrylics and used lots and lots of paint to layer different colors and create depth in color and tone. For example, this background looks plain black from the photo, but actually, I painted layers of different colors before I covered them with black later. So actually, tints of different colors (mostly blue and purple) slightly shows through.













Photo of ticket and brochure from the Van Gogh Exhibition
 * __Museum Visit__**

Title of Exhibit: Vincent van Gogh Exhibition Location: Seoul Museum of Art Artist: Vincent van Gogh Dates: Nov 24, 2007 ~ March 16, 2008 Media of the Work: Various Media

Vincent Willem van Gogh, a Dutch Post-Impressionist artist, is one of the world’s best known artists today. Van Gogh was born in 1853 and worked as an art dealer, teacher, and missionary worker. He started to paint in 1880 and in his early artist life, he only used limited colors until he encountered Impressionism and Neo-Impressionism in Paris. Influenced by Impressionism, he started to use brighter colors and incorporated them into his unique style of painting. At that time, Impressionism was spreading across the French art scene and artists used short, thick strokes of paint to emphasize the mood and feeling instead of details. These aspects of Impressionism are evident in paintings of Van Gogh as well. Van Gogh had a mental illness and he eventually suicide but he produced some of his most famous pieces during the last two years of his life. Just in final ten years of his life, he produced more than 2000 works of art. One of the most renowned painting of Van Gogh is called The Starring Night which was produced while he was in a mental hospital in Arles. In The Starring Night, Van Gogh he used swirls which reflects his mental illness and interpretations he developed about the outside world during a period where he had limited access to the real world. Before I went to the exhibition, I did not expect so much from the show because some of the exhibitions of famous artists I went so far in Seoul were often disappointing. However, this Van Gogh exhibition was very inspiring and successful and it was beyond my expectation. There were audio players available which helped tremendously in understanding each pieces. It was nice seeing famous art pieces of Van Gogh in real piece and I particularly liked pieces he drew in Arles. Also, there were lots of pieces that I have never seen before and it was really exciting to see those not so famous pieces as well. Some sketch drawings were included as well. Moreover, it was very interesting to see Van Gogh’s pieces that were in different media like pencil and watercolor. Through looking at the exhibition, I could see the clear changes in style of painting in Van Gogh and it was easy to tell because the works were in chronological order. I liked the whole exhibition but I particularly liked pieces that he drew just few years before he committed suicide. The only thing I did not like about the show was not actually about the show but about people who were in the museum. First of all, there were way too many people and they were even loud and disrespectful. Lots of little kids did not even know who the artist were but just were forced to come to watch the show in school that they did not concentrate on the works of art at all. Those parts were a little bit distracting but overall, the exhibition was great. J!
 * Describe the work in the show. Try to categorize the stylistic genre of the work. Give a little information about the artist if available. Make an effort to put the work in art historical context by making comparisons to other noteworthy artists either contemporaries or historical. 200 – 350 words.**
 * Judge the show as if you were an art critic. Evaluate its merits and shortcomings. Make particular reference to strong or weak points to the show. 300 – 400 words.**