KITSCH?

According to my research . Originally Kitsch means to produce something sickly sentimental.Originate from the word "Verkitchen Etwas" , a more suitable definition for it. Shortly in my own definition, Kitsch is a bad taste of style but superior idea that can turn a tasteless object pleasuring. The example like below created by post modernism, the artistic and elegance metallic art frame are "kitsch" with modern pop art creates something new new. You can say the two things are unfitting, the combination of two style devalue each other. But this of course is what "Kitsch" all about, inappropriate use of materials or designs which in turn make things fun.

(Photosource:http://va312aslifilis.wordpress.com/category/kitsch-art/

                         Category Archives: kitsch art.Jeff Khoon)

Malaysian culture influences

As the world stay connected nowadays, sharing thoughts and culture is common. Useful and meaningful culture are shared  among each other to refer and blend into our own to make life better and easy. The blended culture somehow form a new culture, not to mention famous heritage culture of Baba and Nyonya  in Malaysia, is a mixture of Chinese and Malay traditional culture formed a long time ago.

New culture formed and people accept it, simple because it creates belief and convenient to the applier . 

malaysia's stadium (theatre) (Greek
influence)

Photosource:http://j4z0el1.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/bukitjalil4.jpg

Examples like above, the structure of stadium Malaysia are using the design structure of Greek building Colosseum in Rome, because it was a great invention and apparently not just Malaysia but most of country are using it. Very logically the design of this structure can stand a huge pressure from outer force and its interior design can fit in large amount of audience not worry about blocking the view by the front audience because it design diagonally to allow every audience to see clearly for the happening scene. This is the sample for so called convenient culture influence to Malaysia. Not only the physical structure, the internal system such as differentiation of audience to VIP and normal audience indicate the social ranking of Rome. People with lesser wealth sits far from the happening scene , where else people with wealth and power sits near to the happening scene
                                                        afterlife offerings (Egyptian culture influence)
Photosource:http://www.hanter.pl/uploads/Image/2011/04/06/swietozmarlych-8613/main/swietozmarlych.jpg?1302079551

  Another culture influence like afterlife offerings from Egypt is more on belief, Chinese belief that death people their soul will travel to another  world more or less same as the current world with basic needs of human like food ,money,vehicle, and houses.The Chinese believe that by burning object paper formed properties such as vehicles, houses, clothes, money and other properties that can be found in daily life along with ritual could transfer the paper made objects into real item in the other world as the smoke rise to the sky and reach to their ancestor and their loved one. Almost same as Egypt culture ,they provide offering by putting gold and valuable stuff buried with the deceased. They believe in afterlife, Good soul will be blessed and the bad one will be punished.
                                                     

                                                         
                                   Gate of secondary school SMK Chung Hwa  (Greek architecture influence)

This picture was taken by me long time ago in my secondary school. Located at my hometown Miri, Sarawak. At the front gate of my school, stands a 4 high pillars supporting the name of the school. I believe that the pillars are under doric column.

Photo source: http://www.citizenarcane.com/files/2005/May/17/doric_ionic_corinthian.jpg

According to the picture above taken by the research of one of my member Kevin Chan Leong Kit. Doric column didn't have much pattern on the surface and carving but actual size are more larger than the Ionic and Corinthian. So i assume that the school pillar are referring to the design of doric pillar as it contain most of the similarity between.  I believe that the reason of placing the column at the gate of the school is to show the confident and success, the height of the pillar obviously shows the achievement level of the school. The fact is supported where the school is the best secondary of my state.

                                                       KL Railway Station (Greek influen)  
                                                   

photosource: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/Kuala_Lumpur_railway_station_(Rawang-Seremban_%26_Sentul-Port_Klang_Line)_(frontal_facade),_Kuala_Lumpur.jpg\

This is another example of Greek culture. A huge credit for Kevin Chan for bringing up the picture and with his discussion. He mention that Malaysia has once colonized  by British and mixed up the style of architecture.  The combination of Islamic and Greek architecture. This style and architecture are commonly found in Malaysia. Typically kitsch such as housing of Malaysia as shown as the picture above. This is very identical to  the housing of Malaysia, people accepted the style and it became one of Malaysia widely used architecture as its own style.

Photosource: http://oh-blab.blogspot.com/2010/10/micasa.html

5 questions about me

5 Questions 
1. Why am I doing this course?
Because i want to be a creator.To Design something new graphically or non-graphically. My own story, style, technique and more. 

2. What do I want from this course?
I want to learn the technique to survive. Interact to understand the need of society. To test my capability.

3. What do I want to be doing in 5, 10, 20 years?
I want to become an illustrator, manganist, and character designer. (creator type)



4. What do I want to get from this class?
The knowledge of the history, Inspiration for my creation, details of history that are very helpful for a concept development. 


5. Is History of Art & Design necessary for your large goals. 
From the answer above. It can assure that it is a process to my goal. The need of achieving future is to understand the past. 

BOOK OF DEATH - Judgement of OSIRIS

 

(Photosource:http://platopagan.tripod.com/ 

Mysteries of ISIS and OSIRIS，copyright 2009 by Phil Norfleet)

This is The Judgement of death by Osiris , my first assignment with Miss Clare as my tutor.

After some research i did for this picture .. i formed some questions for better understanding/ I don't understand some of the arrangement.
1.Why the 15 gods are drawn on the top of the drawing, where they are not doing anything in this judgement
    they basically are useless.Unless to show the differences in status and power.

2.The first sitting god at the top looks like RA with a red stone/egg on its head, and the second looks like        
   Osiris.Is it really them?

3.I can understand good people deserve better ending after they die and judgement is needed. But
   is it that happy to follow and serve Osiris at the end of the journey? What will Osiris do to them?

I like Egypt mythology and history cause it basically related my childhood favorite anime YU-GI-OH

(Photosource:http://nowtrip.vip-blog.com/express.php?pseudo=nowtrip

08/02/2005) Yu -Gi- Oh)

. The anime main character was the new life of pharaoh uses Egypt myth as source of reference and apply the relationship,connection, and source of power for their happening affair.  While researching back the history of Egypt, I found familiar and interesting, the story more or less are the same from my childhood memories.

(What i'd realize)
Perhaps we know too much fact of the world now a day, it restrict our imagination as a creator. Compare to the ancient times, not much fact has been told, so people form imagination.. one's share thoughts with another and then form reality and facts, that imagination then grown wider and wider until it forms a story/legend/mythology.

Egypt

After some research of Egypt and went through lecture class of Prof. Ray. I found Egypt religion and mythology deeply interest me, as every name and purpose have its own stories and its all related.

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This is a blog created for the subject. "History Of Art" . Nothing much to say, just a place to share my thought in this subject.