Environmental Art: Earth-Body / Ana Mendieta
Review
Ideas About Art
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Based on Plato's philosophical reflection on the arts and beauty, the artist copies the experienced object, or uses it as a model for his work. For the philosopher, on the other hand, beauty resides in the idea and not in sensible things.
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For Aristotle beauty is contained in symmetry, which he considers the symbol of perfection, linked to the classic concept of beauty: harmony, order and proportion.
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Baumgarten, reaffirmed that the essence of beauty could not occur without the discovery of aesthetic sensible pleasure. The beautiful and the aesthetic are not alien to the sensitive. What comprises the artistic is given through sensibility.
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Baumgarten proposes aesthetics as a science of sensible knowledge, which deals with beauty. "The end of aesthetics is the perfection of sensible knowledge as such and this is beauty."
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Kant is interested in art for its connection with beauty, not for art itself. Beauty, according to Kant, is not a quality typical of beautiful things produced by artists, but rather a feeling of pleasure of the subject who judges things as beautiful, whether they are works of art or of nature.
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Hegel established that aesthetics was a science that deals not with sensations but with the philosophy of art. For Hegel, art is the highest platform for spiritual elevation. For Hegel, art is the perfect sensuous expression of the freedom of spirit. It is in classical art, therefore—above all in ancient Greek sculpture (and drama)—that true beauty is to be found.
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In the 19th century, however, avant-garde concepts applied to aesthetics began to question traditional approaches. The change was very evident in painting with the French Impressionists, Post-Impressionists, Cubists and Expressionists through the artist's emotions and feelings.
Terms
Marcel Duchamp
Retinal Art
Readymades
Found Objects
Installation Art
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Unit: Environmental Art
Theme: Earth-Body Art
Introduction
Today we come full circle to the idea the art should exist for art's sake. The term "environmental art," for instance, often encompasses "ecological" concerns but is not specific to them. It primarily celebrates an artist's connection with nature using natural materials. The concept is best understood in relationship to historic earth/Land art and the evolving field of ecological art.
Another form of art inspired by nature is Ephemeral art. Artistic creations are made from items found in nature including leaves, sticks, bark, pebbles, seedpod, nuts, berries, petals, sand or shells. Options are endless, anything in nature can be used to create art for art's sake.
A third form of art that uses nature as its medium is Earth Body Art.
This form allows artists to use their bodies in relation to nature to
make a personal statement. The term was coined by Ana Mendieta who is
our case study for today's class. Mendieta's art is the ultimate example of what art for art's sake can look like.
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Learning Objectives
- Understand the significance of earth-body art
- Explain the elements used in the creation of earth-body art
- Gain an awareness of the importance of nature's classical elements in Mendieta's work
- Experience the creation of an individual and collective earth-body piece
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Main Lesson
Question 1
What is Earth body art?
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- Explore your chosen location. ...
- Choose a site to create your art. ...
- Find an interesting idea to make your art.
- Let your imagination run free. ...
- Create earth-body art combining your body with the elements of site.
- Take pictures to record your creations.
Question 2
Summarize in your own words the instructions given above.
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A Note to Remember
Earth art is art that is made directly in the landscape, sculpting the land itself into earthworks or making structures in the landscape using natural materials such as rocks or twigs. Earth art, also referred to as Land art or Earthworks, is largely an American movement that uses the natural landscape to create art. Land art, variously known as Earth art, environmental art, and Earthworks, is an art movement that emerged in the 1960s and 1970s, largely associated with Great Britain and the United States but that also includes examples from many countries.
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Case Study
Ana Mendieta
Ana Mendieta (November 18, 1948 – September 8, 1985) was a Cuban-American performance artist, sculptor, painter and video artist. She was best known for her "earth-body" artwork. She was born in Havana and left for the United States in 1961 through the Peter Pan Exodus. In a brief yet prolific career, Mendieta created groundbreaking work in photography, film, video, drawing, sculpture and performance art.
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Question 3
Raquel Cecilia Mendieta on Ana Mendieta at Galerie Lelong
Question 6
In which way was Mendieta's work experimental?
Question 7
After watching these videos, why is Mendieta's art work considered conceptual?
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Teamwork makes the dream work
Sofia Garcia
Working together as a team you can accomplish so much and in the picture its showing us work together to get over my fear.
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Even if you don't have anyone around you can have fun by yourself in nature.
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Hidden
This picture represents the feeling of wanting to be hidden at times and not seen.
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Nicole Tortora
Exploration. What lies beyond the surface, we only know if we take a leap and stick our nose into the unknown.
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We all connect with nature differently. Find where you belong: among the flowers? the sea? the sun? Your "match" will feed your soul and energize your spirit.
I feel like the little tree represents me and my aspirations as a young kid to play baseball after high school. And i represent the moment because I've made the dreams come true while being at the U.
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Power and Strength
Mia Romanach
My photo represents power and strength.
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Piece is demonstrating how finding a path different than the norm can be beautiful and valid. Showing my body curved in comparison to the straight tree demonstrates being unique.
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Art
Art can be made anywhere.
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Love
Olivia Conti
Love can be found everywhere in anyone or anything.
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This picture is called growth. My hands in the ground represent the roots of the tree next to me. We both start our lives as small little seeds and the conditions of our environment allow us to grow and to all heights. My legs are the branches and represent how much I have transformed with time.
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Put your faith in me I got us.
From traumatic events, we're given the chance to grow in more beautiful and unique ways, more than just the person we were. Here, I show the idea that I as a person have grown from the trauma that I've experienced and become stronger and better, almost like a phoenix with her feathers.
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Grounded by the Earth
Nour Abduljawad
Being in nature helps me reconnect with myself and grounds me. Being surrounded by nature helps me feel safe, and calm during times of stress, and anxiety.
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Earth Body from the Earth
Michael McLaughlin
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Giving Branches
Kitty Dowd
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I am attempting to camouflage myself with the branch. From your perspective, its very ineffective. but from my perspective I am hidden. There are billions of perspectives, but we only ever see things from our own.
Let me drive the cart, taking responsibility and accountability since nobody wants to drive it. I’ll be the one to drive it.
This photo symbolizes joy and happiness , being surrounded by the beauty of nature.
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Nature's Steady Structure
Joe Piazza
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Division
Jason Egre
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In this photo, the green clothing symbolizes our seamless integration with nature, reminding us of our role in preserving the environment.
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Lesson Plans
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Age group : Third grade
Component:- Environmental Arts & Sculpting
Objective:- Using various art tools, and their hands to enable self expression.
Competency :- Enables Self expression, self confidence , imagination and creativity.
Assessment:- Their ability to complete the task.
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Age Group: Third grade
Component: Earth-body art in groups
Objective: For the Third Grade students to interact with nature and each-other to find a way to express themselves and peers using nature
Assessment: Students go outside of classroom. First, we'll show them
earth-body art examples. Then, we will have them go in groups of five to
create earth-body art as a group. We will then walk around and see each
of their art pieces and have them explain to us what they are trying to
express.
Component- Connection of Art & Nature
Objectives- identifying beauty in nature, recognizing different patterns and designs within the natural world
Competency- students will be able to find art in nature, and will see the world around them as beautiful
Assessment:
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Age Group: 3rd Grade
Component: Teaching children art vocabulary can help them better understand the elements of art.
Objective: For the students to be in touch with nature.
Competency:The student can identify the elements of art and principles of design.
Assessment: Present their projects to class.
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Age group: Kindergarden
Component:
Objective: Identifying textures in art and in the environment When going outside and exploring we find so many different and unique leaves, branches, rocks, and so much more.
Competency:
Assessment: If they actually complete the task.
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Grade Level: Kindergarden
Lesson Name: Artistic Explorers: Colors, Shapes, and the Natural World
Objective: have the kids feel like they're explorers in nature and urge them to connect nature with art.
Competency: The students feel connected to art using critical thinking on how they tied art and nature.
Assessment: "show and tell' of the student's art like a mini art show.
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Q1: Earth art is art from the world around you rejecting traditional things like art galleries.
Q2: In my eyes the instructions tell you to go outside and explore a location, pick where you would like to demonstrate said art and then let your imagination take flight.
Q3: Mendieta used elements from the earth and related her answer back to Cuba. She brought this back to the fact the land was not hers therefor she did not have a “motherland”.
Q4: According to Howard Oransky, elements of Medietas life like her separation from her family in Cuba in 1961 as well as her love for Cuba and nature that surrounds it.
Q5: Mendieta’s work was experimental in the sense that she used film that had been previously heavily damaged. She made work possible that others had previously not been able to.
Q6: Mendieta's work was considered conceptual because she used her body as a medium to explore themes of identity, nature, and spirituality.
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