My Style

So the question is whats my personal style?? I don't really have a style. But if i did my style won't be much different from every one else's style. Me! i'm just happy to wear a beanie, hoodie and paints. Oh yeah! I dislike shorts because well there shorts. My favourite thing to wear will have to be beanies. It keeps your whole head warm, covers your hair if you don't like it and lastly theres heaps to choose from. So my style will always be beanies. And plus if you can't fit a beanie you can always put your big head in and mak it your size. Like me. I reakon oversized beanies are kinda weird looking. It just makes peoples heads look big. Hope i'm not offending anyone. I'm not saying that people have big heads. I'm just saying that that's not my style. This is my style it's not flash. Its just plain really.

"Mean Looking Beanies"

Jewellery and Value

Donn Salt, Black Jade Dragon

I think Donn Salt's value in his work is'nt about the material or the weight of the material. I think its more about his detailing to his work he does. Like this Black Jade Dragon he done. It makes me wonder how he done this and how long it took him. Its beautiful to look at. I don't know what other people will think of it but i'll buy it.

Paul Annear, Black Jade Bangle

I think Paul Annear's work was the opposite of Donn Salt's work. Paul Annears work was all about showing the material and its imperfections. So i think his value is all about the material. 

Mamo fico

In folk magic, the fig hand known in current times as the "figa" hand is a sign that turns away evil or reveals its presence. In common usage the gesture was also used to reveal an unfaithful mate. In some areas of the world the gesture is considered a good luck charm in others (including France, Greece, Indonesia, Japan, Russia a among others) it is considered an obscene gesture. The precise origin of the gesture is unknown but many historians speculate that it refers to female genitalia. In ancient Greece this gesture was a fertility and a good luck charm designed to ward of evil. This survived in Portugal and Brazil, where carved images of hands in this gesture are used in good luck talismans.

Figa/Fico

Symbolism

Jean Depres' Engine Ring

Jean Depres was fascinated by the mechanical world and used the engine parts rods and nuts, the look and form of metal.

This vintage enamel brooch depicts the butterfly. The butterfly can represent rebirth and ressurection.

An Unusual symbol of love

This symbol symbolises an unusual symbol of love. Traditionally this was only worn by Irish people. (most often in a ring form) If a person was seen wearing this. It meant that he/she is either looking for love or is in a relationship.

Digital Marae

Whakapapa- This refers to the tracing back of your ancesters, your family lineage, as far back as the verbal memory reaches. Often the Whakakpapa is a verbal record. The notion of Whakapapa in its wider sense is not just about genealogy but about how we connect to eachother.

Lisa Reihana's belief about time in space. Night time is the best time for story telling. Travelling in the company of those you love is time in motion. Reihana believes you can be far away from people or places you love. But time and space can collapse. Maori conception of time, i nga wa o mua that one walks towards the past guided by one's ancestors with the future behind. Lisa says, You are under the protection of your ancestors who came before you and support you. Whakapapa provides a continuum of the past present and the future.

List the media Lisa uses. Multi media and theatrical stuff.

The realism of the photographic image created a tension with carving? Represented ansestors equally but Reihana often just got permission to use the carvings. She saw this as sad and she says I've collapsed these two ideas to create a new hybrid.

What is the important function of a Wharenui?? The importance of the Wharenui is sharing stuff bringing the family together and teacing the younger ones how to respect others for the next generation.

How did photographic process came into Lisa Reihana's practice?? She was thinking about gender roles and how to transgress culture in a respectful way.  She seized upon photography because they sit outside traditional rules.

Why do Maori women decorate carvings with feathers for special occasions?? these adornments provided a mechanism for the ancestors to speak through channelling the spiritual realm through vibrations. The quiver of feathers indicated other presences responding to korero.

How does Lisa Reihana like to activate Digital Marae?? she sang a waiata.

Describe Maori conception of time. I Nga Wa O Mua.

Mahuika

 She is referring to the story about Maui asking for fire. [The story goes that Maui put out the fires in his village perhaps as an excuse to undertake the journey into the underworld to meet his grandmother Mahuika. She possessed fire in her fingernails]. Her gaze she's giving the viewers is kinda a blind look like she's seeing something else thats around her. Which gives this picture a kinda scary look. Even with the dark clouds behind her. It gives a underworld look to the picture. Her firey dark dress looks like whats its supposed to look like. FIRE. Everything about this picture is what its supposed to look like. So me as a viewer of this picture. It looks like the underworld. Her hand gesture is like she wants you to go closer to her. The feeling i got when i first saw this picture was Hine Nui Te Po [The goddess of death] Which is kinda scary in a way. What i like about Lisa's work is that the mythical meanings to her work and some of the myth stories she talks about i have read before. The pictorial elements support everything she's doing or trying to say to the viewers but in a photograph. I think that the most viewers would just see this photograph as a dark photo. But when they hear the story behind it they would see what she's doing and what she is communicating.

New Zealand Painters

Reuben Patterson "Abstract painter"

I chose this work because it's one of the nicest abstract works i've seen. Even the colours are nice to just look at. His work is usually massive. So i'm gonna guess and say that this painting is massive as well. So considering the size of this artwork it would almost be like your in the water. And i think most of us like water. So whats not to like about this work. Its just like water. If i was to make me an abstract painting like this i'll do my own designs and patterns in the same way like Reuben but instead of cold colours i'll have warm colours. And i'll make big and small ones. Some for different times and space.

Goldie The Man !!
"figurative"

Second artist i chose is Goldie because of his fine detailing he does to his portraits. You can see that the people he paints are posed. But the way they are posed makes them look happy. If i was to do something similar. i'll get my sitter to pose for me. But i won't set them up to how i want them. I'll tell the sitter to just be themself. I heard that someone forged Goldie's work. Which is kinda hard to believe. Considering there is a lot of detail to get right. I like everything about Goldie's work but only one thing stands out from them. They all have Moko. Which i think is very cool.

surrealism

Geopoliticus Child Watching The Birth Of A New Man

Salvador Dali

Surrealism is the art movement i am interested in. When it comes to surrealism. My favourite surrealist is Salvador Dali because he's the best of the best. His work he does is very much like a dream of the unknown. Where it looks like anything can happen. To me his work makes me wonder whats going on. Almost like his showing the viewers his dreams. So it gives me as a viewer   a insight into the unknown. Even the colours he chose gives the work a dark feeling. Like its the end of the world. Where a new generation of human is coming from egg like things. Although he is'nt the first surrealist. It's fair to say he is the greatest surrealist artist in the world. His golden period started after the second world war. He was interested in heaps of things like science and technology. He was influenced by the famous Raphael. some of his painting was in relation to historical events. There's not much happening with the colour you mostly only see brown and gold. But there's only one brightish colour. RED. So i don't know what Salvador's trying to show us. But maybe he's trying to catch our attention so that we only focus on whats happening in the centre of the shell. It's a mystery to me. It's a very dark painting alright. So maybe this was one of Salvador's nightmares.

The way things go

Peter Fischli and David Weiss's ideas of art is a motion form of sculpture art Kinetic sculpture is all about motion. I think the way they do there art challenges themselves about sculpture. They would've had a lot of fails on the way. And then when the viewers watch it. they might be thinking the sme thing i thought when i first watched it. How long did it take them?? because it looks like it took a few weeks. They used all sorts of materials but the one they used the most were rubber tires. they mixed a lot of elements which is why this art work is good. I like it how they used the water elements as a way to weigh staff down to pick up an object and then everything was tranfered from one thing to another.

Hair project 2012

This picture that i chose was taken by Vinesh Kumaran. I chose this picture because of his solid staunch look or vibe that he gives to the viewer. Theres no mid-ground in the portrait just foreground and background. Theres nothing special about the lighting in this portrait, the lighting to me doesn't look artificial it looks natural. The viewpoint is straight on and gives the viewer the impression that the subject is going to fuck you up. The first thing that i looked at when i saw the photograph was his tattoos because there bold and they stood out, then i looked at his beard because it looked like a tiger on his face.

Vincent Van Gogh

Vincent Van Gogh's painting of Doctor Gachet showed the viewers soul and emotions. Which is why i chose this artwork to research. It's just oil on canvas but the colour and lines are there to express the essence of what people saw. You can see why Van Gogh painted Doctor Gachet. it's a little intense on the colour but the colour is very expressing. it looks as though the person in the painting is sad and alone. Mean painting!!

Auckland Art Gallery

Edgar Dagas was an artist's work that i saw at the gallery. Which was by far the best painting i seen. He painted ballet dancers. not dancing on stage. But putting their makeup and leotards on. Which made him different in my eyes. Other artist's would've tried to paint them on stage. But Edgar Dagas painted them backstage. As i said earlier. he was an impressionist painter. So he showed emotion through some of his art. The ballet dancers had no face's but it was'nt about their facial expression. It was about the ballet dancers body movement. BY FAR THE BEST I'VE SEEN. Original piece of art. Thats been around over 100 years

C.V.A group crit

Done a line drawing on the wall and window sill. which was alright. got feedback on what needs to be improved. what was working well and all that.
My class said that i had an intelligent set up. they said i should had used different media and added more roots. which i'll try sometime in the future. my negative feedback was that it was'nt finished and the photo i took was'nt catching the light and the photo should had been straighter. I'll keep that in mind next time. My positive feedback was that i had fine detail and the contrast was GOOD. So yeah. That went alright.

John Wolseley

John Wolseley was born in Britain but then settled in Australia in 1976 and now one of the most respected artist in Australia. John Wolseley loves Australia's outback cause he can see the base of the earth. He tossed 20+ sheets into the wind and he let them blow around for days. Then he went back to gather them and start painting/drawing on it. He even buried his paper so that when he dug it up again it would had form some natural patterns. he collected particles and pigments from putting his paper up against a tree and rubbing himself against the paper. People don't think crawling around in dirt is beautful but John Wolseley is all about nature. he is'nt afraid to get his hands dirty.

Claude Heath

Claude Heath is a very unique artist who does'nt look at his work until he knows it's 100 percent complete. He draws objects like hands plants trees and mountains. He looks for horizontal contours that meet the vertical contours. He says that objects are to complex that one could'nt put down everything there is to say. He also draws with his sense of touch. Which is another reason that makes him even more unique.

Camp

Went to camp out at waiwera lodge. Stayed there over night which was mean as. I learnt heaps things well i was there.  I learnt how to draw using light. How to make headbands out of nature. How to put on a puppet show. Which had to be the most funniest thing i learnt. And i learnt a little bit about the boys and girls. I learnt how Kayla likes her milo. How sean can be a real funny guy. And how small william can snore and wake up everyone. But even that could'nt ruin my day. Best thing about camp was the people. everyone was choice. Even the teachers. Second best thing was the mad mission up and down a mountain. I never new i could walk so far with no shoes or socks. me and the bro were wearing no shoes. it was pretty funny. had a mean time. the people were choice and the food was goooood. So everything that happened was mean mean and mean.

whats are my dreams

my dream is to be the best architect i could be. ART!! I'm not much of an artist but i'm learning. My dream is to design buildings or structures. So my dream is to be an architect. If it's not that then maybe a graphic designer. My dream is still far away from my reach but my first steps have been made. By enrolling myself into art school. I also wouldn't mind being a professional photographer. I'd like to catch that moment of happiness and sharing it with the viewers. So yeah!!

what makes me different

My personality is different my likes a different my style might be different. But apart from that i'm just the same as everyone else. I'm from up north. Maybe thats why i'm different because i'm from up north and everyone else is from down here. I'm a spiritual person which some people might find different. I believe there is a god but not the same god as everyone else believe in. My god is my brother not anyone else's brother. just mine. He guides me when i need guiding and helps me when i need it. Who helps through tough times and who is their when i need anything. So thats another thing that people might find different about me. So yeah. Thats me.

where i'm from

kia ora my name is sdelius. I'm from up north. my iwi is Ngati kahu and Te apouri. My mum is also from up north. She's from Te kao and my dad was brought up in Akatere. my dad is Ngati kahu and my mum is Te apouri. i'm been in south Auckland all my life but i bring north with me. I've been in Auckland going on 17 years. I never really liked sports and school. but now i'm preparing for my future. so i enrolled myself into to art school. So yeah thats me.