Week 10: The OG’z Vs. The Young GunZ
Today I am writing my last blog entry for this class and I find myself reading and writing this blog differently than when I started. I feel like I have more art insight then I did ten weeks ago in the beginning of September.
On Tuesday artist, Donald Morgan came into class to share his art and inspirations with us. At first he showed some pieces by artists that inspired him like an abstract nature painting by Per Kirkeby. What I found interesting about Morgan was he is a painter but also a sculptor who is very versatile with his mediums. Morgan’s pieces used paint but many of them were more like instillations. I really found his plaster-molded stumps very cool. Many artists do not show how they make their work but Morgan went into detail on how he crafted this piece. I respected him even more when he showed us his process. By pouring plaster into the ground around a stump and then burning the wood away he got the mold he wanted to gain a natural abstract form. Morgan had other installations like his drunken robots. You can tell Oregon natural environment have influenced Morgan artistic thought process so many of his pieces have to do with natures beauty. From spider webs to trees his pieces show his love for the outdoors and his surroundings.
This week in our reading Gablik interviewed art historian, collector and gallery owner Leo Castelli. Castelli is true artist historian; being involved in the world art for decades. He explained how the art world is constantly changing and how art is evolving everyday. As an elder art collector he has an classic view on art where he feels a lot of the older generation of artists is now lost. “I felt that what had been there before, during the sixties, was just unbeatable, and the nothing of that kind could succeed the heroic times that we had had here in New York after the end of the war… I admired: Pollock, de Kooning, Kline, Still, that group. I just felt that was gone forever.” P. 460. I understand that the era he grew with had masters and wonderful artwork but to believe great art is gone is just ignorant. I am not disagreeing with him I just think he said art changes. With the rise of the Internet and other sources galleries and museum are probably not getting as much attention as they used to. Castelli is very honest which I enjoy in this quote, “I realized that I had to change my attitude, and not be rejecting- as people generally are, as you know. Some one like Kahnweiler, for instance, after Picasso and the Cubists, felt that there was no good art anymore.” P. 261. It was to see when reading an understanding of the new age art. He talks about how he is not as aware or understanding of some of the newer art movements (like film) but that does not mean there is no more good artists or art. Personally I enjoyed this book but it would be nice if they got some input from younger up and coming artists who could have some input in the newer art movements and advancements like art going into a digital direction. Personally I think with the Internet art is taking more independent turn like music, artists do not need a gallery to get exposure and to get their name out there. It is going to be very interesting to see were art is in 10 or 15 years. 
Telegraph Ave. Berkeley, CA. A place where different artists of all different ages from all over the bay come to display and sell their artwork.
Justin Bau Dj Painting
