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Ashley Hancock Art Event: World War II Exhibit

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Comparison of Folk, Fine, and Applied Artists

Applied art deals with functional art, such as interior design, landscape architecture, and decorative art. Fine art is art in which the artist went to some sort of school to learn their craft. Folk art is simply art by an artist with no formal training. All three of our artists alluded to "affecting others" when asked why the did what they did. All three artists made it clear that what they are doing is something they enjoy and/or have a passion for. Our applied artist said the meaning behind his work was to please others by using his creativity, while our folk artist said the meaning behind his work was mostly for his own personal pleasure. The fine artist said the meaning behind his work was to discover new ways of using his art.

Interview with an Applied Artist

What is your name?

Mike Abercrombie.

What do you do?
I an owner of a landscaping business.

Why do you do it?
Because it's my passion in life and I like to use my talent to give back to the community by making their yard look as nice as possible.

What is the meaning behind what you do?
To use my creativity to bring a pleasing appearance to people's yards.

How did your work influence my life?
By being able to open my own company and live enjoyably by doing what I like doing very often.

Interview with a Folk Artist

What is your name?
Joseph Cilli

What do you do?
I will be graduating in the spring from Georgia State University with a degree in Criminal Justice. I taught myself to play the guitar during my time at Georgia State.

Why do you play the guitar?
I find that playing music expresses how I am feeling at that particular moment. Making music is soothing and satisfying. When I came home from a stressful day, I can sit down and play the cuitar to alleviate all that stress. It is also enjoyable for people listening, which makes me enjoy it more.

What is the meaning behind your work?
Because I have no formal training, music serves only as a hobby for me; however, I do feel that I can express emotion and feeling through my guitar. The meaning behind my work is mostly for my own pleasure, but it is nice when I can share it with others.

Interview with a Fine Artist

What is your name?
Tristan Paul.

What do you do?
Currently I am studying to be a Graphic Designer at UWG.

Why do you do it?
I really enjoy the different styles and types of graphic design including Media advertising. Advertising has always intrigued me and I have to have a career I love.

What is the meaning behind your work?
Realizing the new and interesting way art can be applied to print advertising. Creating new styles which I might be noticed for.

How did your work influence your life?
My life influences my work constantly by my troubles and battles in everyday life.

Nature By Ashley Hancock

"Beauty" Christopher West

To me this is beautiful. Any time I get the chance when nothings around or I see someone else walk a motorcycle, that's beauty.

Self Portrait By Ashley Hancock

Self Portarit Christopher West

This is a picture of me stunting on my Zx9r. This is who I am, out of the box, risk taker and thrill seeker.

Architecture By: Andrew Willis

I found this lovely little gem on the outskirts of downtown Newnan. It most certainly fits in with its surroundings and society. The wrap around porches and columns have a classic southern feel. Many of the surrounding homes have the same style architecture. This home is probably close to one hundred years old.

Public Art By: Andrew Willis

I found this art outside of my local Dillard's in one of the landscaped beds. This little statue is of girl leap-frogging over a young boy who is hunched over. This piece fits in with its surroundings because of the family setting at the strip mall. This is only one piece in a series of small statues of children playing and having fun in defferent ways. The art is here to envoke feelings in the people that walk by it. It is meant to put people in a happy place.

Self Portrait By: Andrew Willis

This self portrait is meant to show the many different moods we all go through. The warm, reddish tinted picture is happier than the dreary cooler colors of blue and green. I drew inspiration from Andy Warhol for this style and look.

Self Portrait by Rodriquez Neal

My self portrait is a little different because I decided to create a portrait of "things" that make me who I am. In other words this is a creation of images put together to tell a story of my life. Not only do i have pictures of me, but i also have pictures of my family and people that inspire me.

"Beauty" By: Andrew Willis

Beauty Is In The Eye Of The Beholder

Personally no offense in any kind is directed towards this class or presentation, yet I feel that beauty is truly in the eye of the beholder. This is, to me atleast, beauty because looking back upon my exquisite collection of bottles I don't just see interior decoration, but rather a story. Each one of these bottles has led to a series of extremely eventful evenings, sometimes days, that provide me with a reason for laughter simply because upon the semester drawing to a conclusion I look back at these bottles now and reminisce upon what a journey it has been so far this year. So really memory to me is beauty, the bottles are just a representation of it.

Beauty by Rodriquez Neal

Shania Neal: April 10, 2008

Downtown LaGrange Graffiti (Christopher West)

This painting is downtown La Grange, it on the side of a jewelry store. It represents the history of LaGrange and how downtown use to look before; most of the buildings have been torn down or remodled into somthing else. Other than trains passing thruogh this is just about the only graffiti you'll see in this town. The city officals have made imporvements to make the city look better.

"When Silence Was Golden" by Andrew Willis

graffiti is defined in the dictionary as markings, as initials, slogans, or drawings, written, spray-painted, or sketched on a sidewalk, wall of a building or public restroom, or the like...With this I discovered a more simple example of graffiti right here in Carrollton. These pictures consist of the space just above the awning at Mellow Mushroom, and the side of the building that belongs to a bicycle shop. Along with this display of graffiti I posted some of my own artwork that was influenced by graffiti as well. Obviously I do believe that graffiti is art, a rather rebellious and expressive form, but yes it is definately art because art is any form of expression.

Downtown Atl Graffiti (Isaac Bargen)

These are pictures I took in Little Five points. The main wall is a sound barrier for the railroad right on the other side of the wall. Behind me were new, very nice town homes. At first, I was almost shocked to see all that graffiti along a quarter mile stretch, but it grew on me. It actually adds a lot of color to the place, and doesn't look trashy or inappropriate. It seems as if the wall was put there for that very reason.

"When Silence Was Golden" by Andrew Willis

I found this graffiti in downtown Newnan on the side of a pawn shop. I chose this piece because it looks more like art rather than a tag. He has a sad face with cutting eyes, and it makes me wonder where this guy is from, or if the artist just made him up. Along with the picture is a saying that interests even more, "when silence was golden." There is also a RIP on the bottom, so this must have been done in memory of someone. Graffiti is most certainly art, and anyone that disagrees has not seen real graffiti. With newer generations coming up, graffiti is becoming more accepted throughout the world. Graffiti is an artistic form of expression that is here to stay.

"Fight Or Die" by Rodriquez Neal

This graffiti was found on an old school building on Lovvorn Rd. in Carrollton, GA. The artist drew a balled-up fist with the phrase “Fight Or Die” beside it. There no way to know exactly what the artist was saying, but in my opinion he is expressing his anger by saying that fighting is the only way to survive. And yes, I do believe it is art because it is someone’s feeling drawn out for others to see.

The Sleepwalker by: Eric Fischl (Controversial Art)

Eric Fischl was born in New York City and grew up on suburban Long Island; his family moved to Phoenix, Arizona in 1967. In 1974, he took a job teaching painting at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, where he met painter April Gornik, with whom he moved back to New York City in 1978 and later married. Fischl has embraced the description of himself as a painter of the suburbs, not generally considered appropriate subject matter prior to his generation. Some of Fischl's earlier works have a theme of adolescent sexuality and voyeurism, such as Sleepwalker (1979) which depicts an adolescent boy masturbating into a children's pool.