Sympathy with Pablo

Picasso
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During the last Thanksgiving holidays(2006), our family went to Washington DC and spent a lot of time in museums. Luke was so excited (sometimes scared) to see various artworks.

At the first encounter with this Pablo Picasso's artwork in National Gallery of Art, he shouted, "Mama" and "Chi Chi." As you know, mama is a baby word for mother and "Chi chi" is a Korean baby word meaning nipples of woman. I don't know if he felt a kind of mother´s warm breast by seeing the sculpture but it is certain that he recognized the simplified (so difficult to recognize) figure as a woman. I think he might have felt some sympathy with Pablo Picasso which I could not feel. Interestingly, after his remark, I could also see a mother and the mother´s warm breast in the statue.

Perhaps criticising art at the level of kid's eyes may give us more fruitful enjoyment of art.

Whose artworks? - Jackson Pollock's case

Let's look at next two artworks.

Guess whose they are. What do you like more?

The first one is Fall Colors (2006) by Luke Chang, who is my son.

The second one is Untitled by Jackson Pollock, who is .... you know who.

Blue Yellow and White

Blue Yellow and White
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Blue Yellow and White (2006) by Luke Chang, watercolor on paper.

He might have thought...

"I used colors of blue, yellow and white. But where's the yellow? Where that green came from?"

Colorfulness with only 3 colors

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Untitled #1 (2006) by Luke Chang, Watercolor on paper.

He only used 2 colors but it seems extremely colorful, which reminds me that the recognition of colorfulness is not from the number of colors. Rather it is from the physical movement taken in the work.

Arts and Kids.com

Arts and Kids.com is an interesting website where you can enjoy over 30,000 artworks of kids.

They offer its Annual Open Art Competition which is open to everyone 17 years of age and under, and entry is free. Artists entering the contest will be featured on the website (www.artsandkids.com). It is said that many of the artists will also be considered for publication in a deluxe, hardbound anthology. In addition, the participating kids have a chance to win $5,000 in Prizes.

"Everyone will receive an individual acknowledgement of their artwork, and will enjoy an equal chance of winning the contest, since entrants will be judged using age-appropriate standards," stated Suzanne Lawrence of Arts and Kids, an organization dedicated to bringing the work of young artists to the public’s attention.

Go to Arts and Kids.com

Head & Shoulders, Knees & Toes

Head & Shoulders, Knees & Toes is One of Luke's favorite songs.

You will be amazed to see that just pointing his head, shoulder, knees and toes makes so adorable dance!!

Now, Head & Shoulders, Knees & Toes is one of my favorite songs. Here's an interesting clip to see and I am sure that this song will also you will also be one of your favorite songs. They are dancing too!!! Who? See the clip.

Head & Shoulders, Knees & Toes - Mono with ME2by Boffomedia

Decalcomanie by Luke

Here are two pieces of Decalcomanie created by Luke.
What is decalcomanie?
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary says as follows.

Decalcomania \De*cal`co*ma"ni*a\, Decalcomanie\De*cal`co*ma"nie\, n. [F. d['e]calcomanie.] The art or process of transferring pictures and designs to china, glass, marble, etc., and permanently fixing them thereto.

According to Jan Thor(http://www.janthor.de/briefsCollage/index.html) a decalcomanie is made the following way: Take a piece of paper (or a canvas). Cover it generously with oil paint (at least two different colors) and terpentine. Cover the whole with a second piece of paper. Press the second piece of paper against the first. Seperate both papers.

With these two pieces in mind, please appreciate the next piece of artwork.


This artwork is Decalcomanie by Georges Hugnet (1904-1974) and you can buy this artwork at the price of $2,754 via http://www.artprice.com

So I feel like I earned more than $5,000 just by enjoying my son's creativity.

A Restful Night with a Hazy Moon

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Untitled #2 (2006) by Luke Chang, Watercolor on white paper.

One of the early terms that Luke has been using is "Dal." Dal means moon in Korean. It was interesting to see that he recognized moon very quickly whenever he looked up even in the daylight. As you know, you can see white moon in the morning sometimes.
It seems certain that he has a unique feeling or notion about moon.

By the way, this piece of artwork always remind me of a restful night with a hazy moon, and makes me want to drink and be hazy.

The Institutional Theory of Art

As for me, I am a real enthusiast for the institutional theory of art, which, in short, argues that everything can be art if it is with in the art institution.This statement that everything can be art seems very simple but in other words, the theory can be saying that nothing can be art unless the institution doesn't endorse it to be. Above all, the statement that something is everything means that it is recognized as nothing at all.

However, here, the institution is usually composed of individual artists, arts organizations, critics and audiences. So if you are confident enough to reconize youself within the institution of art, you can say something is art. Although this doesn't mean that everybody will agree to that but you still need to be more confident.

Believe it or not, I believe that I as an arts administrator, and my wife as a music composer are certainly within the artworld. Thus, we can confidently say that Luke is a real artists!!!

Different Texture of Red

different texture of red
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Different Texture of Red (2006), Collage with magazine, linen, flower and pasta on black paper.

Collage (From the French: coller, to stick) is regarded as a work of visual arts made from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole. This technique made its first appearance in the early 20th century as a groundbreaking novelty, but with the passing of time it has become ubiquitous.
For example, an artistic collage work may include newspaper clippings, ribbons, bits of colored or hand-made papers, photographs, etc., glued to a solid support or canvas.
Its adoption has crossed the boundaries of visual arts. In music, with the advances on recording technology, avant-garde artists started experimenting with cutting and pasting since the middle of the 20th century. However in the 1990s and 2000s it is completely apparent that "musical collages" have already become the norm for popular music, especially on rap, hip hop (rap-pop) and electronic music. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collage)

Night Sky

Night Sky
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Night Sky (2006) by Luke Chang

What a dynamic movement.

Whose artworks? - Joan Mitchell's case

Let's look at next two artworks.

Guess whose they are. What do you like more?

The first one is Untitled (2006) by Luke Chang, who is my son.
and the second one is Lucky Seven (1962) by Joan Mitchell, who is a famous American abstract expressionist painter.

Paint like children

“It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child”
- Pablo Picasso

This Picasso's humble statement coined my blog.
I am a father of a son whose name is Luke. He is 2 years old now. Actually today is his second birthday. So far, I've been amazed by his artistic creativity. He is a real artist.

"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up."
- Pablo Picasso

I want my boy to remain artist and I want to be a help.
This blog is one my efforts to be a help.
My blog will present Luke's works of the arts which include his artworks, performance, dance, songs and his early childhood life.

If it is possible, I want to interpret his works. Well, my judgment of his works will be always same. "How lovely it is!!"

Urban Garden

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Green Always Refreshes.

This is my first entry.

I've just left the starting point. But am I moving forward?