Content Notes & Data of Art 21: Time, Stores, and Place

William Kentridge and his works of art correlates directly to that of time and space due to the fact that he references a period in history, particularly during the South African apartheid. His creations and process are done with a "darkly imagined charcoal drawings that serve as the basis of his animated films." With observation and immersion, the works he made are wild, intense, full of feeling, and powerful. Chris Ofili's art work, "The Holy Virgin Mary," reflects to time by deriving the traditional imagery and notion of the Virgin Mary and then modernizing the image in order to mirror well to that of his African heritage.

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Martin Puryear – When watching the video, it presented us to see a number of artworks that he made that provokes time and place, a state of its chronological result. One his work, Booker T. Washington, symbolizes a distant and tall ladder, which was made of wood. His work shows us that as you go up the ladder, time and space progesses and changes continuously. His statement of this artwork shows that "the view from where you start and the end, the goal," definitely invokes such. It made me wonder with his stone artworks if they're trying to say "This is what becomes of this in a matter of years," and that his works do take time, so it seems that we all live under such continuums for as long as we see evidence of changes and that our memories are still ever existant and operable.

Kara Walker – This artist utilizes silhouettes and shapes in her artwork with the method of drawing figures via black paper, cutting them out, inserting them into the scenes called "epic moments," and so forth. After much analysis of the arts and contents of her work, we viewers realize that the characters and scenes depict slavery, control, torture, etc. And that is projected by her works in the form of creating a story referencing from that tough period off of actual historical events.

Sally Mann – A photographer of light, shadow, and contrast, she is highly driven and energetic. Using her time and place in her photo works by transforming the way we see objects in any space, she enjoys the mystery and intrigue in the works as she enjoys creating photographs of object, places, and other connected subject matter that encourages us to take the viewer's time to determine what they're aiming for in her photographs. That being said, it makes me perceive her works, both by children depicted and the setting scene seen, as a sense of memory and 19^th century aura. This announced a theme of innocence, freedom, and a "timeless" peace for what she has visually created.