I like the orientation of both your pictures and text. By switching up the direction of your text and images, the work presents itself in a different way. I really like your nature picture; although it seems staightforward, by making the text vertical, it gives off more of a sensationalistic impression. 

• McKenna Dole

I am a blanket. I am here to give your body warmth when you are cold. I like to travel to many different places’ movie theaters, picnics, and I am here for you every night when you go to sleep. I last a long time and if you get me dirty, all you have to do is put me in the wash. I am a lifelong friend. 

randomly generated three words + story

1. Push

2. Increase

3. Fail

The little girl was so excited for her dad to teach her how to ride a bike without training wheels for the first time. She ran out the door and put her helmet on with enthusiasm. Her glittery pink bike was shimmering in the sun. Her dad gave her a push she began to pedal, she went straight for a couple seconds but began to curve which lead her to fall into the grass. Even though she failed she got back up, with her dad’s encouragement and began again. She was given another starter push and began pedaling. Her speed increased and she began going faster. Her face lit up with a smile and as she speeds up, she could hear her dads cheers getting louder.

Takashi Murakami is a Japanese artist who incorporates traditional Japanese culture and current events to create exceptional artwork known around the world. He was born in 1962, Itabashi City Tokyo. He works mostly in fine arts media and his known for blurring the lines between high and low arts as well as the multi color aesthetic of his work. He has done collaborations with high end companies around the world including Marc Jacobs, Louis Vuitton, and has worked with musical artists Kanye West and Kid Cudi. 

Michael Ray Charles was born in 1967 in Lafayette, Louisiana. Charles draws comparisons between Sambo, Mammy, and minstrel images of an earlier era and contemporary mass-media portrayals of black youths, celebrities, and athletes. He studied advertising design and illustration, eventually moving to painting. His graphically styled paintings investigate racial stereotypes drawn from a history of American advertising, product packaging, billboards, radio jingles, and television commercials.

Installation Artist Research:all of these images are from a bvook in the GVSU libray that highlights Japennesse artists. I choose these images because all the instilations are very unique and detailed. My favorite image though is the one with the matress on the ground and pictures on the wall. It seems as though their might be a red pillow on the matress. The overall theme of the images seems dark, the matress is dirty and the images seem like they where placed witha purpose. 

 installation group project- triqaul the meaning my group and I came up with for our installation was that we all start of small and than grow into contain adults. We grow up to hopefully reach our full potential. As we group old we start to shrival up again and stopping improving and start deterating. We used orbeez because they symbloze our childhood and becaus ethey are small and come with 5000. A installation should be in multiples and should be able to be transported which is another reason we used orbeez. During this project I gained a new respect for installation artist because of how long it takes to set up. You also have to pay attention to small details which I didnt recgonize before. Overall, I thought this project was a fun one do to nad lioved seeing how all the other groups combined there ideas and loved seeing how those ideas came to life. 

ART 21 FINAL BOOKLET