Friday, January 8, 2010
Friday, November 27, 2009
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Monday, October 26, 2009
Friday, October 16, 2009
Final Photo Manipulation
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Friday, May 29, 2009
Hero Essay
Tiger Woods Essay
By Alex Solway
Eldrick “Tiger” Woods was born on December 30, 1975 in Cypress, California to his parents Earl and Kultida. As a child, Woods became a child prodigy golfer, appearing on such TV shows as The Mike Douglas Show at the age of 2. He also appeared on the cover of the most popular golf magazine Golf Digest at the age of 5. He continued his journey to becoming the best golfer in the world when he won multiple US Junior Amateur Championships and became the youngest player ever to win the US Amateur at the age of 19. He then turned pro at the age of 21 after attending Stanford University for one year and playing on their golf team. Since then, Tiger has become the most successful golfer ever winning 66 PGA Tour events and 14 Majors.
Since becoming so successful, Tiger has done a lot to give back to the community. He started The Tiger Woods Foundation in 1996, which helps create and support programs that help education, health, and safety of children in America. The program has generated millions and millions of dollars to help these kids and has lead to other programs such as the Tiger Woods Learning Centre. The learning centre was created in 2006 for underprivileged children with day programs for kid’s grades 4-6 and night programs for kid’s grades 7-12. The building is a 35, 000 square foot state of the art centre located in Anaheim, California. It gives thousands of kids a chance to learn and enjoy it too.
Tiger now resides outside of Orlando, Florida with his wife Elin and their two children, Sam Alexis who was born on June 18, 2007 and their newest child, Charlie Axel who was recently born on February 8, 2009.
Tiger Woods is important to me because he gives me a great golf role model to look up to. He is arguably the best golf ever and his focus and intensity to become the best is unrivaled. He is also amazing at giving back to the community with his foundation and all he has done for kids around America. He also broke the colour barrier with golf being the first African American to ever win the Masters golf tournament and the first successful African American golfer. He really is a perfect role model for not just a golfer but anyone who needs someone to look up to.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Pop Art Summative Icon Person
By Alex Solway
1. What was the influence on him by the culture of the 60’s?
Andy Warhol was one of the pioneers of pop art in the United States during the 1960’s. He started this by using popular and iconic people and items. He used such items as the Campbell’s soup cans, dollar bills, and coca cola cans. He used lots of famous people such as Marilyn Munroe, Tony Donahue, and Elizabeth Taylor. He became very famous in New York and later throughout the US. His artwork was displayed throughout famous museums in New York such as the Museum of Modern Art. Many things influenced him through his life like civil rights movement, headline news stories, and anything that was creating headlines in the media. He became so famous that he opened his own studio in New York with other members of the Factory people including Freddie Herko, Ondine, Ronald Tavel, Mary Woronov, Billy Name, and Brigid Berlin.
2. How does it relate to present day culture?
Andy Warhol’s work still relates to present day culture very well. The things that he worked on such as the coca cola bottle, the Campbell’s soup can, and the dollar bill are still very prominent and recognizable items in society today. Also, the iconic and famous people he used in his work are still famous to this day. Pop culture and media, such as television, new papers, and magazines are everywhere in society. His artwork allowed people look at and interpret things differently.
Why did he do what he did with his art?
3. He did this to make his artwork different than other peoples and to stand out. He started by using cartoon and advertisement pictures and hand painted them with paint drops. He then moved on to doing his art using famous people and famous objects. His objective was reached and people loved his artwork. He became really famous and is now considered one of the founders of pop art and one of the first to incorporate media and the news into his artwork. He combined commercial art and fine art together and basically created commercial art. Before Warhol, the only type of art was fine art and when he came along he made commercial art into a legitimate type of artwork.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Triptych Unit One Summative
Triptych Questions
By Alex Solway
1. Explain what each panel represents around you.
I think that the area on the triptych that could have used more attention is the top part of the left section. It looks a little bit blurred and if I put a little bit more attention on it, it could have looked a bit better.