Lyrical Abstraction

Absurdity is key to this exhibition and bringing some humour or levity to minimalist art which otherwise is too often seen as confrontational, anti-humanist, emotionless and intellectually cold. Minimalism may hide its humour behind imposing machine-made structures or recontextualized ready made industrialized forms, but curator John Hampton attempts to show a lighter side of minimalism, he attempts to show us that it is inherently absurd that we take it so seriously. Upon entering the space, even before we ascend the stairs we are met with a cartoonish cacophony of bird like sounds which immediately engages the listener in a light-hearted welcome. At the top of the stairs, we are met with Jon Sasaki’s Slab, Base for a Future Monument, 2014, a rudimentary box placed on a blue tarp filled with cement that has been modified to never set. Scrawled into the wet cement are the words “This is not art”. This elicited a good smirk from me and my partner, we are immediately engaging with the art in a non-serious way. While I didn’t think this was visually particularly representative of minimalism, the form being quite messy, it was in principal. The use of simple, everyday objects from the hardware store, implying that the art is accessible and not specialized in any way pokes fun at the seriousness of art and in particular contemporary art practice. The fact that the cement has been modified to never set, allows for an interactive time specific, ever-changing piece that is no…

The painting is composed using all of the elements of art, with special attention to line, color, and texture. Abstraction art is supposed to be about the act of painting itself, with a nonobjective, universal concept. However, the way that this painting is composed it resembles a human being, most specifically a skeleton. I can clearly see a skull, with a lines shaped like a brain, and a rib cage, that of a human form. This painting makes me think of death or dying not only because of the line…

Many paintings that come further after previously stated ‘Banksia Cobs’, truly presents Preston’s change in themes ideas and concepts through the styles and techniques she has elected to use. A set of paintings all incorporating banksia’s in them, including ‘Rose and Banksia’ (1936), ‘Banksia’ (1938), and ‘The Brown Pot’ (1940), all present the drastic changes in the styles, techniques, elements, and principles Preston uses. In ‘Rose and Banksia’ it features exactly what would have been depicted…

In the article, The Role of Definition, the author discusses how a mere definition can affect the way a student will interpret information. A definition can contain concepts that are difficult to understand and will hamper a student’s ability to learn. As math in the classroom progresses, The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics recommends that the students create their own definitions of for mathematical terminology with the modification from a teacher. This is done to get the student to…

Transact is a website that provides language translation. Schools can use this program to communicate with non English speaking families. The school nurse can operate this program in the role as the school nurse. School health forms are available in many languages on the Transact program. Growth screens are done on the students yearly. This includes height, weight, and BMI. The school nurse can use Transact to get documentation that is sent home in the families in their primary language. The…

As discussed in class the concept of ideology is simple, it is seen as a set of ideas and assumptions or premises that aim particularly to reinforce a dominant social order, which can also be seen as the power of a dominant social group. The quote on page 7 in lecture captures this perfectly, “To study ideology is to study how ideas and power intersect.” Ideology is seen as most dominant when there is a set of certain ideas that will particularly catch the interest of an elite group, as it is…

Reflection Essay 1 This week, I grasped the importance of teamwork. I didn’t recognize how vital it was, and how pooling together our resources would be so crucial to the advancement of our project. For the first session, the ideas we had were dull, to say the least. It was not a fruitful discussion. I attempted to bring some ideas to the fore but my thoughts were instantly shot down. I tried to appeal to those gathered around the table; what if we tweaked it? What if we made a change here, and…

Speaking and Listening – Elizabeth has shown she has good speaking and listening skills this year. She loves show and tell and takes great pride in presenting to the class items that she has bought in from home. When presenting, Elizabeth articulates well and holds good eye contact with her audience. During carpet sessions, she listens well most of the time but can occasionally become distracted by what others are doing around her. When taking part in School performances, Elizabeth is more…

To understand the depth of the standard above we must address the three main components that form the standard: Science and Engineering Practices, Disciplinary Core Ideas, and Crosscutting Concepts. The standard in this context applies to a fourth grade unit on earth 's systems, and more specifically: soils, rocks, and landforms. The disciplinary core ideas that this standard is addressing exist in two parts, ESS2.A which focuses on rainfall shaping the land and the movement of sediments…

The book Wringer is a book that explains the life of an average ten year old kid who really does not fit in his community because he does not want to wring the necks of pigeons . Everyone wrings pigeons necks when they turn ten years old and most kids are excited for it. Wringer written by Jerry Spinelli is a great book for people like myself who love animals and never want to see anything bad happen to them. It is a very sweet book about a boy named Palmer LaRue, who takes in a pigeon as a pet…