Sunday, May 18, 2014

Well due to the little to no communication to make partners in this project, manly due to myself not making an effort to contact them, i will be making up the rules as the go in my head.
 Rule # 1 Freedom of Speech
Rule # 2 Equality amonst themselves
Rule #3 Each area will have to contribute to the neighboring area and vice versa
Rule # 4 Freedom of religion
Rule #5 Buisnesses are not people
Rule #6 The right to own property and mark it as such with consent

Sunday, May 4, 2014

Fascination with Colors

     The first piece i will introduce is made by Kerstin Bratsch from Germany. It was made 2010, Oil on paper. The colors all blend with a each other with a outspoken sense of symmetry. Its very messy and out of place but looks as if it was made that way purposely. While looking at this art work it makes my eyes tense from the continues amount of information and pressure this work is exerting. The work only includes what seems like bendy straws, color pencils and colored tubes. The colors actually blend so well with each other that you will literally have to look closely so you might miss any.
   The second piece is more of my style. Its wild and spontaneous The Artist seemed as if he felt some urge and let his hand do all the talking. Im a big fan of the particular colors included. very bold and outspoken. The longer i look into the piece new shapes start to emerge. faces, body parts, animals even new colors start appearing. My jealousy is at an all new level. Made by Josh Smith from the U.S. in 2008.
   The next art piece was made by Amy Sillman, American in 2006. Now this piece im not obsessed with the color scheme, and this might sound a little too out of the box. I love how the colors in a way make their own shape within the painting. That might take a little too sink in but the way everything was shaped seemed as if she just painting dots of each other and let them drip into the canvas itself. As if the oil took life and wanted to become itself in its stage of consciousness.
  The final piece is my favorite. Made by Sol Lewitt, American Born, made in 2004. This piece was looks as if he took Legos and randomly arranged it into a beautiful psychedelic piece. The piece moves and twists and turns and looks as if it wants to break from the constant rectangular repetition. It waves and breathes and it wants to speak. No, im not on any drugs but this piece makes it seem that way. That illusion of movement and momentum.
  All of these art work pieces have and explosion of color that not only tricks the mind but expands it, Reforms it, and makes something beautiful out of it. You see these paintings expecting one thing and it morphs into another.
       
Amy Sillman. Psychology Today. 2006

Amy Sillman (American, born 1956)

Psychology Today


Date:
2006
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
7' 8" x 7' 1/2" (233.7 x 214.6 cm)
Credit Line:
Fund for the Twenty-First Century
MoMA Number:
459.2007
Copyright:
© 2014 Amy Sillman



Sol LeWitt. Wall Drawing #1144, Broken Bands of Color in Four Directions. 2004


Sol LeWitt (American, 1928–2007)

Wall Drawing #1144, Broken Bands of Color in Four Directions

Date:
2004
Medium:
Synthetic polymer paint on wall
Dimensions:
8' x 37' (243.8 x 1127.8 cm)
Credit Line:
Given anonymously
MoMA Number:
413.2004
Copyright:
© 2014 Sol LeWitt / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Arts

Kerstin Brätsch. Matchpoint. 2010Josh Smith. Untitled. 2008

First Piece
Date:
2010
Medium:
Oil on paper
Dimensions:
109 1/2 x 72" (278 x 183 cm)
Credit Line:
Fund for the Twenty-First Century
MoMA Number:
1114.2011

Kerstin Brätsch (German, born 1969)


Second Piece

Untitled

Date:
2008
Medium:
Mixed media on panel
Dimensions:
48 x 36" (121.9 x 91.4 cm)
Credit Line:
The Goldberg Contemporary Art Fund
MoMA Number:
577.2009
Copyright:
© 2014 Josh Smith























Mofongo & Beef


  • Garlic
  • Oregeno
  • sazon
  • adobo
  • tomato paste
  • peppers
  • red onion

  • Mashed fried plantains with garlic powder
Get a big pot, Heat it up to 350 degrees F with some oil. Add the ingredients and add the meat to the pot till it simmers. Add some water and watch is boil till the beef is soft and tender.

Fry a few plantains until you start to see some color. Mash the plantains and add some garlic its very simple.
sorry this took so long, my parents finally taught me how to make this.

My family has been making this for years already. One of the problems they have encountered making this is mostly burning the beef. thats the biggest concern and only happened once. The only problem i have is the smell of the cooking. It smells too good and makes me want to eat it while its cooking. you have to try this.


*side note: some also make chicken or other meats and mash it withing the plantans. i dont see the difference honestly.