Irreverent Art World Standardized Test
Below is a test I came up with, mostly for my own amusement.
Let me know what you think of it in the comments below, or make suggestions for new questions!
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Jay Gidwitz
The Online Art Portfolio of Jay Gidwitz
Surrealism
Mandala, Beta Version 3
Edited by Hillary Dixler. Music by Synthopolis. Image and motion graphics by Jay Gidwitz.
(Be patient, large file.)
Mandala — Motion Graphics by Jay — Editing by Hillary from Jay on Vimeo.
Elephant Painting a Picture
Well, this doesn’t surprise me. It’s from the Telegraph newspaper, if you click the image it’ll take you to the site.
I think it’s genuine, and I’ve heard of elephants making art before.
If an elephant can paint a picture, anyone can paint a picture.
And it goes to my theory that we’re are all creative and that [...]
Jay Gidwitz Art Google Gadget
Here’s a “google gadget” with my art.
The picture changes every few minutes if the page is reloaded.
Can you be a Surrealist and NOT be in the Surrealist Movement?
My “Dada and Surrealism” professor made the distinction between Surrealists and surrealists. According to him, the people who were deemed to be in the surrealist movement at any given time (by Andre Breton) were surrealists, and the people who weren’t in the movement weren’t surrealists, even if their work was surreal.
I like the professor, but [...]
New images: the “Rachel’s Knife” series
These images were produced through and from the installation project “Rachel’s Knife,” which I created with David Harrington. We created the installation by using chance operations to choose objects to get from the free stuff section on Craig’s List.
After acquiring a room full of stuff the next stage was to decide what to do [...]
Blue Room Show
Two more pieces are going up in a show at the Blue Room at Brown University.
“Dark River” and “Dream Logic” are going to be in it.
Below: “Dream Logic”
Below: “Dark River”
Big thanks to Caroline Washington.
