Art is a way of life.

Monday, 19 September 2011

Pseudo-Science

Artists;

Have practiced Pseudo-Science in their Photography and each have produced unique images
But what is Pseudo-Science?
It's a belief which is presented as scientific but does not actually have a valid scientific method.
It just phrased for unprovable claims!

Fontcuberta examines the truthfulness of Photography and now who teaches photography in a Fine Arts programme at a University in Barcelona, has stated Photography "should be taught not in fine art schools…but in philosophy schools." He insists photography is a way of thinking more than a way of art, and he sees his role as undermining the legitimacy and authority of the photograph as a depiction of unquestioned reality.



Fontcuberta is mostly known for his diverse work - Fauna (1987) and Sputnik (1997)     





 In this series, Fontcuberta "arranged inanimate objects such as electrical cord, plastic, a shaving brush or a rubber hose into what appear to be exotic plants",thereby creating "pseudo plants".The black and white still-life photographs of these constructions were "drily classified in Latin and thereby resembled the photographs of Karl Blossfeldt The photographs were exhibited in Belgium, the United States, Germany, Japan, Italy, Spain, Canada, and France.


 FontCuberta artistic imagination is shown in his series called Miracles & Co which are not intended to represent reality as it documents an imaginary isolated sect of monks who have developed miraculous but useless powers.  What I like most about the selected image is not knowing what the monk is doing to the 
tree. Overall its a magical Photograph.



Peter Fischli and David Weiss adapt objects and situations from everyday life and place them into an artistic context. Most people don't see everyday objects in their surroundings as art, but the Equlibres Photograph has made a statement. Both are influenced by Dada, Surrealism, Pop, and Conceptual art.
Fischli/Weiss have been collaberting since 1979 and are the most renowned contemporary artists of Switzerland. Their best known work is the film "Der Lauf der Dinge (The Way Things Go)." 

This was described by The Guardian as being "post apocalyptic" as it is all about chain reactions and the way in which objects fly, crash, and explode across the studio it was shot in. Both artists live and work in Zurich.


What triggers my mind when seeing their work is 'Why' and 'How'
Why did they decide to do a series of objects and possibly how did they think of it?
What could it mean to them or even to us - the audience?




Chema Madoz - Spanish Photographer is best known for his surrealist images
The image on top left is called 'Stairway to heaven' which is portraying a ladder in the mirror - but where does it go?
The irony with which Madoz assaults recognizible objects creates a relationship with viewers that leads to paths of a parallel universe. - Which is what Madoz creates in his studio. 







The beauty of Madoz's Photography is that he allows us to participate in his work, by being the viewers we  get to decide what his images mean or what they may mean and play a game of our own perception. 
He allows us to think about 'understanding Photography' on a whole different level and his
art-work is mind-blowing. Which not only makes the viewers think and grow but it trains the human mind. Madoz's work is filled with facination and exhilarating imagination, which I've never seen before in Photography. 






Jenkins is interested in recording the visual and material world and she wanted to create images which promised to give some information but actually relayed nothing. 




Recently Jenkins has turned her attention to Alchemy - the attempt to change base metals into a higher material, often lead into gold using the transforming properties of Lapis Philosophorum [the philosopher's stone].
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