Visual Culture Database Form ARTE344 Spring 2020

Provider: Kristiana M Vasil

Number:
4
Big Idea/Subject:
Nature
Major Theme:
Experience
Medium/
Presentation:
Acryclic, Ink, Oil,
Spray Paint, Oil Stick
Visual Components:
Balance, Line,
Movement, Color,
Variety
Category:
Fine Art
Pop art
Pop culture
Non-art

Authorship: Eddie Love

Title: AVANT GARDENER Painting
Original Location: The Other Art Fair by Saatchi Art in Dallas
Description/Interpr When I look at this painting my immediate thought is that it
etation provokes the relaxed feeling you get when you spend time outside,
along with the constant feeling of wonder. Wonder of what will
happen next. I see a flock of birds flying over the open land, and
away from the storm that is about to come. I also see farms and
homes in the in the image.
I think that the artist was trying to say that as free as nature is,
there is also chaos within it. Storms come and go, they cause
destruction, animals loose their homes, or have to hide within
them. The land that the storm crosses either needs the rain, or gets
too much, and the people that own the land have to deal with it
accordingly.
Use in Teaching: This would be a really good piece to teach students about abstract
art, and multi medium use. The artist was able to an entire story
through his piece and I think it is important for students to be able
to do the same.
I would initially show this to my students and ask them what they
 of it. I would want them to share what they observe, and why/how
they observed it. I want them to be able to recognize how the artist
was able to convey what the students saw (what mediums were
used, how were they used, how did he manipulate them?). Then we
would discuss the different mediums, and all the different ways
that they can be used.
I would then have my students make a list of a few “big ideas” that
they want to get across in a piece of work, with mediums they
would use next to them.
From there, we would get started in a multi-medium project, on a
18”x 24” canvas.

Source: https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-AVANT-GARDENER/351
018/2411832/view