Previously installed on the second floor of Pittsburg State University's Porter hall, is the art education students' and leader's ode to Matisse in his cut-outs. The show Matisse Mash-up will have participation from not only from college students but from elementary students of the surrounding schools. They are to channel their inner Matisse to make a collaborative cut-out collage buy cutting out their own shapes to add to the walls of the gallery.
As a future art educator, I must analyze how participating in events like this will help my students form and understand various beliefs about art. Is what we're creating helping the students to make artists, art historians, and art critics?
To help students form any judgments about an artwork, their are 5 beliefs that are traditionally used to form these opinions: Expressionist, Instrumentalist, Formalist, Imitationalist, and Institutionalist. With the following definition from the book Thinking Through Aesthetics by Marilyn Stewart, we can analyze how each belief pertains to Matisse Mash-Up.
Expressionist
Artworks are valuable, have merit or are significant because they convey or evoke feelings or moods.
Students will gain a sense of community by working as a participant in the collaborative cut-out collage. Also, there is a possibility of joy to be received from the bright colors and organic shapes. With how the space is developing, you get a sense of awe and interaction.
Instrumentalist
Artworks are valuable, have merit or are significant because of what they do. They perform something thought to be an important function. An artwork might be persuasive in getting people to think or behave in certain ways.
This show is providing an opportunity to participate in the department community. They are getting out of their to-do-list mindset and going back into a child-like mindset.
Formalist
Artworks are valuable, have merit or are significant because of the way they are arranged, or formed. the parts the work fit together well so that when people see it, they respond in a positive way, the message of the artwork is far less significant than the arrangement of its parts.
The arrangement and forms are decided upon by the individual. They are confined to a black strip but have the freedom to aesthetically choose where it is best to place their cutout.
Imitationalist
Artworks are valuable, have merit or are significant because they show objects or situations in ways that they actually exist in the real world.
This is the hardest belief to judge its success, yet it is also the most vital in my opinion. What I believe students will get from this exhibit is the ability to put a small portion of themselves out there and be okay with the response. Students are realizing the effect their mark has. It is so important to see where your contributions are valued.
Institutionalist
Something is called an artwork because the artist intend for it to be an artwork. The artist places the work in a context in which people who work with art (curators, critics, art historians, and so on) will see it and treat it as art. This perspective does not indicate what standards should be used to judge a particular work as good, valuable, or significant.
This seems to be purely based on location. Since the work is placed in a heavily trafficked area of the art department, I feel that this is accomplished. Each student and faculty member in Porter Hall is an artist and critic.
As a future art educator, I must analyze how participating in events like this will help my students form and understand various beliefs about art. Is what we're creating helping the students to make artists, art historians, and art critics?
To help students form any judgments about an artwork, their are 5 beliefs that are traditionally used to form these opinions: Expressionist, Instrumentalist, Formalist, Imitationalist, and Institutionalist. With the following definition from the book Thinking Through Aesthetics by Marilyn Stewart, we can analyze how each belief pertains to Matisse Mash-Up.
Expressionist
Artworks are valuable, have merit or are significant because they convey or evoke feelings or moods.
Students will gain a sense of community by working as a participant in the collaborative cut-out collage. Also, there is a possibility of joy to be received from the bright colors and organic shapes. With how the space is developing, you get a sense of awe and interaction.
Instrumentalist
Artworks are valuable, have merit or are significant because of what they do. They perform something thought to be an important function. An artwork might be persuasive in getting people to think or behave in certain ways.
This show is providing an opportunity to participate in the department community. They are getting out of their to-do-list mindset and going back into a child-like mindset.
Formalist
Artworks are valuable, have merit or are significant because of the way they are arranged, or formed. the parts the work fit together well so that when people see it, they respond in a positive way, the message of the artwork is far less significant than the arrangement of its parts.
The arrangement and forms are decided upon by the individual. They are confined to a black strip but have the freedom to aesthetically choose where it is best to place their cutout.
Imitationalist
Artworks are valuable, have merit or are significant because they show objects or situations in ways that they actually exist in the real world.
This is the hardest belief to judge its success, yet it is also the most vital in my opinion. What I believe students will get from this exhibit is the ability to put a small portion of themselves out there and be okay with the response. Students are realizing the effect their mark has. It is so important to see where your contributions are valued.
Institutionalist
Something is called an artwork because the artist intend for it to be an artwork. The artist places the work in a context in which people who work with art (curators, critics, art historians, and so on) will see it and treat it as art. This perspective does not indicate what standards should be used to judge a particular work as good, valuable, or significant.
This seems to be purely based on location. Since the work is placed in a heavily trafficked area of the art department, I feel that this is accomplished. Each student and faculty member in Porter Hall is an artist and critic.