Culture Jamming Artist....Obey

Shepard Fairey


An American contemporary artist, graphic designer, and illustrator who emerged from the skate boarding scene. He first became known for his "Andre the Giant Has a Posse" (…OBEY…) sticker campaign, in which he appropriated images from the comedic supermarket tabloid Weekly World News. His work became more widely known in the 2008 Presidential election, specifically his portrayal of Barack Obama as a figure for Hope. The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston calls him one of today's best known and most influential street artists. His work is included in collections all over the U.S.
Shepard Fairey was under a law suit over the Barack Obama Hope image and according to recent news a judge has dismissed copyright lawsuits between an artist who created the Barack Obama "HOPE" image and The Associated Press but has left a March trial date in place for related claims between the news service and companies that sold merchandise using the artist's image.

U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein said in a one-page order publicly filed Tuesday that a "suggestion of settlement" led him to dismiss claims between artist Shepard Fairey and the AP. He said the claims could be reinstated within a month if either side requested it.

Through his constant repetition of his different designs of Andre the Giant Sheppard has become one of the top street artists of the 21st century.  His continuous use of this image in graffiti has made him an icon in Los Angelos CA.  Sheppard often uses large print outs from Kinko's and with paste, rubs the image against a wall of his choosing to quickly get in and out without getting caught by any law enforcement.

I just liked these personaly.

Prague Clock Tower Over the Years

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjWJHEmFfPA&feature=player_embedded

This was the coolest light show i have ever seen in my life.  They use the real building and led lighting to alter and scew your view of the Tower.

Random Project

Step 1. Flip a coin to decide left or right directions.  It does not matter which side is left or right you still have a 50/50 chance.  Once you have assigned directions to your coin roll a 6 sided die to decide how long you will travel in a given direction.

Step 2.  Set a timer for a corresponding value of time in minutes. ( If I roll a 6 I travel in that direction for 6 minutes).  When the timer goes off you will take a picture of whatever it is you are looking at when you are at the end of your time. 

Step 3. Once the picture is taken you will flip the coin to determine if you will take the next available left or right direction. Once you have your direction you will roll the die again to see how long you will travel in that direction once you turn onto it.  (do not start the timer until you make the randomly decided turn left or right)

Step 4. Take a minimum of 6 pictures for the sake of time if you would like to take more than 6 feel free.  No direction other than left and right shall be given, the only time you will be traveling straight is for the duration of your die roll after you make the turn left or right.

Photoshop:

First step: Change the canvas size to fit the image horizontally in height. ( so if i used a sheet of paper that is 8 1/2 by 11 i would make the height of the canvas 8 1/2)

Step 2: Take all your photos and drag them into photoshop and immediately change all the opacity for every image to 80 %.

Step 3: In order to keep the Randomness you must make sure you line the images horizontally in the order that you took them.  When you place the images, place them exactly half way into the image making the image half overlapped on both sides by different images.

Step 4: Once you have laid all the images into place merge all visible layers into one and random number generate 1 number between 80-100.  Take that number and change the saturation of the large image to alter its appearance.

And that should do it!!

Destiny's version

 

Destiny's version

Chance Artist Ellsworth Kelly

Ellsworth Kelly

An american painter and sculptor associated with hard-edge painting, color field painting and the minimalist school. His works demonstrate unassuming techniques emphasizing the simplicity. His art pieces often involve vibrant colors and tones using different shapes and placements of images.

Key Ideas

• Kelly intends for viewers to experience his artwork with instinctive, physical responses to structure and color rather than with attempts at contextual analysis. He encourages this active participation through bold and contrasting colors that engage the eye, layered panels protruding from the wall and irregular forms that challenge perception.
• Kelly's real-life observations are the backbone of his work. He produces direct - yet abstracted - replications of the shapes, shadows and contrasts he perceives around him. At the same time, while using reality as inspiration, he aims to establish new, unrecognizable forms.
• Kelly was pioneering in his view of the painting as an object. He creates canvases free of gestural brushstrokes or imagery, so their content resides purely in their physical shapes and interactions with the surrounding space.

Research From Wikipedia and Ellsworth Kelly Biography
Ellsworth Kelly, evading critical attempts to classify him as a Color Field, hard-edge, or Minimalist painter, has redefined abstraction in art, establishing himself through his drawings, paintings, sculptures, and prints as one of the most important artists working today. Kelly's visual vocabulary is drawn from observation of the world around him—shapes and colors found in plants, architecture, shadows on a wall or a lake—and has been shaped by his interest in the spaces between places and objects and between his work and its viewers. He has said, "In my work, I don't want you to look at the surface; I want you to look at the form, the relationships." Rubin noted that “Kelly’s development had been resolutely inner-directed: neither a reaction to Abstract Expressionism nor the outcome of a dialogue with his contemporaries.”^[12] Many of his paintings consist of a single (usually bright) color, with some canvases being of irregular shape, sometimes called "shaped canvases." The quality of line seen in his paintings and in the form of his shaped canvases is very subtle, and implies perfection.