Day four

In our fourth class, we were divided into three groups. And each group got a topic to debate about.
group one:  Conceptual Art
group two: Pop Art
group three: Minimalism

I was in the minimalism art. We started researching and debating about it, and came across the fact that minimalism is actually a form of art created as a form of revolt against Abstract Expressionism.
Artist stripped down their art to basic forms.



Donald Judd’s art
Sol LeWitt's Art

Minimalism is using the basic forms, but they can be repeated as well as played around with.
While reading and looking at the art, we also saw how a form of art which was made to oppose abstract expressionism has slowly mixed with it and become abstract as well.
We also talked about Andy Warhol’s pop art and how the underlying meaning of capitalism comes across.

Then, the groups were reversed. The group of conceptual art had to do an installation based on pop art and vice versa. Whereas, our group had to do an installation based on Abstract expressionism. Abstract expressionism was the form of art that developed in America post world war II. It brought upon the idea of surrealism, and the emotional state of mind of the artist.

My group: Me, Anahita Ganjoo, Barkha Gupta and Priyank Malukar.
We thought of doing something spontaneous and in the moment. We wanted to do a Jackson Pollock with the materials that we had.
So, we went on the terrace and took the materials available to us. We found coconut husk and sand and started working with it.

Our concept note:
This piece of art depicts the most common of the problems faced in life. Making decision based on the current situation. The husk can be seen as the state of our minds. Just like its texture, it’s chaotic and wavering.The shift in shadow depicts situations that we can contemplate. The wind can be seen as spontaneous events that spring up in our lives randomly. The combination of both these forces bring about a disturbance in our so-called ‘plans’. The empty spaces between the mud signify how void our plans feel retrospectively because we poured the mud in reference to the husk’s past position.