Friday, February 1, 2013

Conceptual ideas - 50


1) The story of a city (artwork comprised of handwritten stories from (city) residents)
2) Constant connectivity of 21st century life
3) Cycles that occur between generations (ex: education, lack of education, etc.)
4) "Normal" - norms that vary by culture, major differences in norms from culture to culture
5) Women and societal roles - how they've changed from 50 years ago to today
6) Animals and their similarities to humans - emotions, relationships, roles
7) Anthropology - the study of a culture through a series of artwork
8) Health's role in your life - how it can affect your life, taint the glass, change daily perspective
9) The Sea - an underwater world
10) Handwriting - variations of handwriting and what they mean, a study of handwriting
11) Everyday objects turned into works of art - finding beauty in the everyday
12) A novel transformed into an elaborately illustrated story through a series of fine artworks
13) The story of a letter, series of works showing its content developed to its delivery
14) Classroom installations - installations to teach lessons in the art classroom
15) Typography - expressive typography that expresses mood, concepts, themes, etc (giant letters)
16) Upcycled stories - original stories created by taking words, phrases, illustrations, etc from upcycled books
17) Upcycled letters - original personal stories created by taking words and phrases from vintage letters, old junk mail, etc.
18) Monoprints with makeup - the "female face" painted onto acrylic then pressed onto paper
19) Upcycling - modern art created from throw away products, such as glass bottles, old notebooks, etc.
20) Least favorite artworks sectioned into pieces to create a new piece of artwork, process, process, process, playing on the idea that we do not always know what the result will be
21) Children's artwork - the development of their process and abilities
22) The world inside a seashell.. needs further development
23) Small worlds, eco-systems, ponds, etc.
24) Homes - types of homes, city apartment, suburban home, igloo, what different types of homes mean
25) Portraits of 5 different types of geniuses falling into the 5 minds of the future categories
26) The human language - body language that go across languages
27) A study of monuments and what they mean to a culture
28) Miniatures... a look into a world the public does not usually see 
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29) A study of keys, keys as a metaphor?
30) "Modern/social news" (Ex. facebook news feed) presented through classic journalism, example: laid out w/ vintage letters (stamps) or written with typewriter (what's relevant changes when information is limited)
31) Country/border study, create a series of work showing one nation's geographical & cultural changes
32) School art and "real art" comparisons, a comparison of art projects in classrooms today to what they could be (or how an artist would redesign that concept) -->this could be used as a type of propaganda to show the ways in which art curriculum can be pushed
33) Wardrobe quilts - 4 quilts, each quilt representing a different "type of person"... one quilt is made of business clothes, another quilt is made of uniforms, one made of food (chef) etc.
34) Giant clock made up of blocks of time portraying daily life... different slivers of images within the clock represent the various allotment of one person's time in a given day
35) A study of re-creation: famous artworks recreated using people and props and then capture through photography
36) House murals - what homes would look like if a mural was painted on each exterior to represent the family within (could do this on 2" paper - mache houses)
37) Giant letters (we're talking 5" tall) comprised of all the objects that start with that letter... either painted or the objects themselves.. could do a theme of what types of words..
38) Playing with the idea of moveable homes, homes that can travel all over the world. Inspired by the movie Up - hot air balloons, balloons..
39) What does a colorless world look like? A series of paintings in gray scale... I would hate doing this, but would definitely push the concept of what color means in this world. 
40) One piece - created across four mediums - painting, ceramics, 3D, installation, illustrator etc.
41) Illustrated children's book real-life photography using people, props, etc. ex: Le Petit Prince
42) Abstracting a portrait, taking an image of a person and gradually abstracting them over a series of 4 images (the last being the most relatable for the largest group of people because it has the least specific details)
43) What would Picasso's, DaVinci's, Georgia O'Keefe's, etc. Facebook profile look like - this could be better for a lesson someday, engaging students in studying backgrounds and personas of artists
44) Objects abstracted in a series of four, from most specific to least specific
45) Create one piece of art using every medium of art I have ever learned + a new medium
46) A study of trees, 3D sculptures, each tree representing a tree metaphor, the money tree, the giving tree, the forbidden fruit tree..
47) A study of sound and how it has been produced over the past century... possibly a sculpture series?
48) Clothing created from art materials, paper, canvas, paint, string, fabric - The Artist's Wardrobe
49) A study of important symbols in various regions of the world and what the icons represent (ex: eagle in U.S.,... cross, flags, etc.
50) Study of flag colors - what different colors mean in different regions of the world
51) Miniature homes made of only recyclable or natural materials...
52) Paper dolls - global paper dolls, what the various types of clothing mean in certain cultures
53) Paper dolls - identities we try on and off through adolescence 

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