Student Blog 2 - Entry #1

Prompts:

1. Which traditional role/roles of the artist do you think this artist fulfills? Support your response with evidence.

2. Note three or more surprising things that you learned about creating art in general from the video.

                The artist I picked for today’s blog post is Marela Zacarías. While living and creating in both New York and Mexico City, she creates and paints 3-D sculpted art pieces. Originally a muralist, after grad school she found her “voice” through sculpture and 3-D rendered art. I think Marela fulfils multiple of the traditional roles of an artist. The first role I automatically felt she fulfilled was by giving visual and tangible forms to ideas and feelings. In a world changing and moving so quickly, she wanted to bring people back to the past. She brought to life the idea of where we come from and the history of our country and ourselves.  She also helps us to see the world in a new and different way. Her art is unique and different than most things you would expect to see in a hotel lobby for example. It makes the viewer stop and think. The abstract sense of it all makes the viewer ask questions and see the world differently. I found quite a few things interesting and learned a lot from this artist. First, I loved learning about how she incorporated her history as a muralist into her own type of art. When I studied in Chile, street art was a huge form of expression. It was interesting to learn how artists in the 21^st century are using this means of expression in a more formal setting. I also learned about how 3-D rendering can effect art. It was so interesting to me to see how they create almost blueprints for a piece online before the real thing is created. This is a side of modern art I was not aware of. The third thing I learned from this artist’s video was that someone can be both a painter and a sculpture. This artist really proves that she is a multi-talented artist and can master many different skills and it shows in her art. I think Zacarias really shows how a modern artist can fulfill the traditional roles of an artist while still teaching us new and interesting things about the growing and changing world of art.