Murals!

Art|TRa

HOw can we make the work of famous artist relevant for MHS today?

Inspired Artists

Mural!
- Group (max 3 people) or individual
- inspiration artist
- theme and message of your work
- size and location
- detailed sketch approval

Research an artist to find a mural style that you would like to replicate:

1. Vincent Van Gogh
2. Fernand Leger
3. Roy Lichtenstein
4. George Seurat
5. Edward Hopper
6. Joan Miro
7. Geogia O'Keefe
8. Georges Brague
9. Pablo Picasso
10 Robert Indiana
11. Jasper Johns
12. Frank Stella
13. Salvador Dali
14. Frida Kahlo
15. Franz Marc
16. Marsden Hartley
17. Max Ernst
18. Charles Demuth
19. Stuart Davis

Already taken:
- Shepard Fairey
- Andy Warhol
- Keith Haring
- Stan Lee

write up.....

With your work will be a mounted plaque explaining your mural. Please answer the following questions and use these answers to form a well written paragraph explaining your work.

Here are the guiding questions to use for your paragraph:

In the Style of ________________________________________
1. What "mark" or key message did this artist leave?
2. How was this new to art? ( This artist did ______________ when everyone else was doing _________)
3. How did you interpret this artist work? (style? subject matter? etc)
4. What is the meaning behind your mural? What message are you trying to deliver?

Example: Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol, who is a leading artist of the "Pop Art" movement, made his mark in art history by reflecting popular culture in art. His work broke boundaries of traditional subject matter and techniques and instead concentrated on celebrities and consumer products while utilizing more commercial techniques such as screen printing and repetition. This gave a fresh. bold look to his work and opened up art to self examination of our capitalistic society. In our interpretation, we borrowed the color scheme and graphic layout of Andy Warhol and applied it to a contemporary consumer product. In doing this, we are expressing that Andy Warhol's Pop Art style is still contemporary and that current cultural symbols are still celebrated.