Throughout the past couple of weeks, I have learnt about Avant Guard, modernism, underground culture and postmodernism.

To start off with I looked at a documentary called the Terminal Bar from this I was asked to analyse the film like it was a research project. From this I learnt basic analysing skills and learnt more about the story of the film than the technical aspect, this was good as it made analysing the film more interesting

From there I learnt about critical thinking and academic writing this help give my writing more depth. I also learnt about different theories that art often used in everyday life such as the feminist theory. I found this particular essay interesting to write as it gave me a different outlook on how some art is created.

In week three we learnt about the Avant Guard and the movements within it such as abstract art constructivism, suprematism, dada, de Stijl and surrealism, from this lecture I found a liking to Alekanadr Rodchenko who is a photographer. I liked his work as of the different angles giving the image a new look.
In this week I found it very hard to write the essay on “technology is the mortal enemy of art” as I didn’t connect or find an interest in the subject matter.

Within week four I learnt about modernism which is to make somethinging new, start again, to refresh and to move on. after learning about modernism I had to write an essay about authenticity again I found this hard to write but found it interesting to see other peoples views on how to be authentic.

Week five was the most interesting lecture and essay to write in my opinion this is because I find the 60s/70s and the underground culture very interesting from the politics of the cold war to the hippie music. As I have said I am interested in this era and I shows within my work however it was interesting to see different elements of the era.

Postmodernism I found this topic interesting as it’s an art form that deconstructs images, I particularly love David Carson work and his type as its bold and different to what I had previously seen.

Within week seven I learnt about publishing, for example, the Cuban posters all have an iconic image but it had been changed so the photographer couldn’t charge for the image. From here we wrote an essay on three published images of our choice I found this interesting as I could pick the subject of the images. I chose a photographic series on James Dean by Dennis Stock, I found this compelling and different as I learnt more about one of my favourite photographers and the stories behind some of his most beloved images.

Overall, I found this experience fascinating as I now have basic knowledge on key art movement so in the future, if I wanted to learn more for my practice I have a body of work already, also this can help me identify different art movements easily and I can see what movements influence others.