Response to the Walker and Barrett articles

Walker Big Idea

This article talks about the big idea of the artmaking. It compares big idea with subject matter and theme. To some degree, they are not the same thing as subject matter is the topic while big idea is the concepts. And I also remeber the vedio about the artist who use her hair to draw something on the ground. It was amazing for me at first. I thought she was crazy and that was not art for me. However, after her talking about her point of views, I could understand her better. Some artists' work may not be accepted at that time, but they may be understood well in the future. That's an interesting thing.

As I learn the definition of big idea and subject matter first, I find it difficult to distinguish. In my opinion, the big idea is more about the innermost being and the subject matter is more about what we can see about the artworking.

 

Barrett Visual Culture 

Nowadays, the skills of art are used in many areas, such as advertisement. The article talks about the distinction between denotations and connotations. The part of the article which interested me most is the application of denotations and connotations in the ad. In the example, the connotations express two values to the custom. The first one is freshness and the second one is goodness for cooking. Not only the variety of object but also the freshness of the vegetables all draw the customers' attention. They all show the connotation of the ad. The interpertion of the message is also important for us as we would like to buy or wear the things which we can understand better.

I think the article is easy to understand and I haven't find the difficult now.