Post 2 - Influences in Art Practice - Carla Herrera

 1-Who are the 5+ artists you chose?   - Anne Hamilton, Hand work (textile artist, medium (cloth speaks volume))  

Porcupine, hide work,  
Work: Textile serves as a metaphor for social connections, installation art  

Uses pinhole cameras to capture images, giving a unique approach to art making.  

“Make things that are invisible feel visible by experience” 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjcKRb8YF1U 

-  Janine Antoni, Influenced from childhood when artist and mother use to create work together  

Cowhide artwork 

• Human like attributions 

• Relate to the cow, and relationship to it  

• Hollow inside, viewer to feel absence of artist and the animal, “cow” 

“To get on my hands and knees, is it imitate the animal in some way” 

 

Lard statue  

• made a mold of herself on her hands and knee 

Replica of herself in chocolate and soap 

• Feed herself  

• Licking the chocolate and wash herself with the soap (essentially cleaning herself) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xkaQAE6BVg&t=639s 

- Walton Ford 

• Audubon image maker  

• Mixture of humor and tragedy  

• Maximalist, Imagery, unfold the meaning of his work  

• Capturing the essence of nature 

• His work explores the relationships that humans have with nature. 

• Ford’s artwork is about having rich details that enhances the viewer’s experience. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJvWRIfUGX4c 

- John Feodorov, Native American artist 

• Finds spiritually in ambiguity  

• Reflection of growing up on a reservation  

• Blending cultural Native American and modern ideologies 

• Western society  

 

- Andrea Zittel, Experimental artist 

• Work concept came from a breeding unit she worked with animals. Developed the idea to a similar structure to have everything needed for survival.  

“Variety seemed more oppressive or restrictive than continuity” 

The artist gives her living space a meaningful existence for survival  

She emphasizes functionality in her artwork. Her work emphasizes how art is a method of interpretation to people’s experiences of the world. In example, she grew up in suburban California and after moving to New York she deeply appreciated her unique perspective from where she was upbrought.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnJzp9-YGGE 

2-What were 5+ themes the artists addressed about making work? 

Themes:

• Attraction 

• Repulsion  

• Conservation 

• Desire 

• Perspective 

• Perception 

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3-What were 5+ challenges the artists faced in making their work? 

Societal norms, modern consumer culture autonomy, values, meaning 

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4-What were 5+ inspirations you drew from the artists 

- Acceptance 

- Rejection 

- Nature 

- Personal experiences 

- Imagination 

5-What were 5+ things you would like to incorporate into your own work after watching these videos? 

- Traditional Means 

- Color Addition 

- Detailed Work 

- References 

- Relationship between form and function