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I'm Sebastian Hurtado,
Ever since I was a child, I've always enjoyed making art. I've always been very arrogant and have always thought "Wow I can do that better" or "Mine is better" or "You think her's is good? Wait till you see mine." Yes mama I know. But when I entered high school and enrolled into art classes I knew that I was in different waters. People were more "Gifted" than me and people were at my level I supposed. Then I hit sophomore year and I grew 13' taller. Then I knew no one was on my level. {yes that was a pun, have a problem with it you can **** my *******. I still think I'm the baddest *itch in the club regardless. But like most sensible people it's not good to be egotistic so I decided to be nice and humble.
Entering into AP studio art, I knew right away that even though I was going to be independent, it was going to kick my butt. I was very undecided with what to pick for my concentration (as was everyone else) regardless I had to start my portfolio so I came up with the concept of beauty and maybe it would progress from there, since I had not set narrative. Later, I had watched a documentary on the most expensive works of arts ever sold at auction. At the time, Jackson Pollock's No. 5 (on the right) was the most expensive ever sold at auction, sold for 140 million, and my biggest question was, why would splatters of paint be so expensive? Why would something that I could literally do in a day be worth so much money? I looked into it and I found out that Jackson Pollock was an Abstract Expressionist. In the list of the most expensive paintings ever sold I saw that many other works were made by abstract expressionists and that very few in the list, were paintings of classical art or art that is technically excellent. Same question, why are "ugly," "Childlike," paintings so expensive? Then I wonderd into a different art movement called Neo-Expressionism. The art movement emerged during the late 70's early 80's producing artists such as Julian Schnabel, Eric Fischl and most importantly Jean Michelle Basquiat. I fell in love with the paintings of Basquiat. I researched the artist and found out that he actually has a very large influence in the mainstream world and his work is quite famous and desired. His painting (below) was sold for a whopping 48.8 million.
Ever since I was a child, I've always enjoyed making art. I've always been very arrogant and have always thought "Wow I can do that better" or "Mine is better" or "You think her's is good? Wait till you see mine." Yes mama I know. But when I entered high school and enrolled into art classes I knew that I was in different waters. People were more "Gifted" than me and people were at my level I supposed. Then I hit sophomore year and I grew 13' taller. Then I knew no one was on my level. {yes that was a pun, have a problem with it you can **** my *******. I still think I'm the baddest *itch in the club regardless. But like most sensible people it's not good to be egotistic so I decided to be nice and humble.
Entering into AP studio art, I knew right away that even though I was going to be independent, it was going to kick my butt. I was very undecided with what to pick for my concentration (as was everyone else) regardless I had to start my portfolio so I came up with the concept of beauty and maybe it would progress from there, since I had not set narrative. Later, I had watched a documentary on the most expensive works of arts ever sold at auction. At the time, Jackson Pollock's No. 5 (on the right) was the most expensive ever sold at auction, sold for 140 million, and my biggest question was, why would splatters of paint be so expensive? Why would something that I could literally do in a day be worth so much money? I looked into it and I found out that Jackson Pollock was an Abstract Expressionist. In the list of the most expensive paintings ever sold I saw that many other works were made by abstract expressionists and that very few in the list, were paintings of classical art or art that is technically excellent. Same question, why are "ugly," "Childlike," paintings so expensive? Then I wonderd into a different art movement called Neo-Expressionism. The art movement emerged during the late 70's early 80's producing artists such as Julian Schnabel, Eric Fischl and most importantly Jean Michelle Basquiat. I fell in love with the paintings of Basquiat. I researched the artist and found out that he actually has a very large influence in the mainstream world and his work is quite famous and desired. His painting (below) was sold for a whopping 48.8 million.
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The I would admire his work, the more the thought of "That looks so simple, like I could do that" popped into my mind. So I did.
I experimented and built up an idea to build upon beauty and to bring the grotesque and "ugly" and rough look of abstract expressionism into my art. I concluded while working on the work that its actually a lot tougher to create abstract artwork than it looks. I struggled harder with that piece than I had ever with any other artwork. But I had never had so much fun and I was happy I did. Out of that struggle I created "The Fame monster "as shown below."
I experimented and built up an idea to build upon beauty and to bring the grotesque and "ugly" and rough look of abstract expressionism into my art. I concluded while working on the work that its actually a lot tougher to create abstract artwork than it looks. I struggled harder with that piece than I had ever with any other artwork. But I had never had so much fun and I was happy I did. Out of that struggle I created "The Fame monster "as shown below."
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Defensively, my proudest work and the reason I started taking an interest into art history.
This work was created using mixed-media. Mixed-Media has been my preferred media for the past year. I enjoy it because it does not gives me the limitations that using one media has. For example, when creating works with heavy and clean black lines its difficult to achieve a desired effect in painting. Therefore using a black marker or a micron in a painting is a lot easier than using a paint brush. Also using multiple medias like printed images in works, allows me to work faster and deliver a stronger, more direct message. Acrylic paint whilst working was definitely my favorite material. I was able to manipulate the paint and thin it down with water and re-activate the paint even after it dried; allowing me to blend the paint much like oil paint.
In the end, I love expressionism because of its interpretation with the intentionally grotesque and ugly. Therefore when my works come out ugly I can just say "Its suppose to be like that, it's expressionism." It gives me a lot of freedom since to create what I'm feeling, since that is what art is, painting your feelings. Not saying that I don't like my pretty things like my "Elephants," but I definitely don't feel good doing things like that since in a way, I feel like they weren't for me. I feel satisfied and good about an artwork when I am grossed out or repulsed by it, since in my opinion it art is suppose to stir your feelings and give you a reaction. I'm happy to have gone away from the common narrative and create these things like my model series. My favorite color is red, like blood.
This work was created using mixed-media. Mixed-Media has been my preferred media for the past year. I enjoy it because it does not gives me the limitations that using one media has. For example, when creating works with heavy and clean black lines its difficult to achieve a desired effect in painting. Therefore using a black marker or a micron in a painting is a lot easier than using a paint brush. Also using multiple medias like printed images in works, allows me to work faster and deliver a stronger, more direct message. Acrylic paint whilst working was definitely my favorite material. I was able to manipulate the paint and thin it down with water and re-activate the paint even after it dried; allowing me to blend the paint much like oil paint.
In the end, I love expressionism because of its interpretation with the intentionally grotesque and ugly. Therefore when my works come out ugly I can just say "Its suppose to be like that, it's expressionism." It gives me a lot of freedom since to create what I'm feeling, since that is what art is, painting your feelings. Not saying that I don't like my pretty things like my "Elephants," but I definitely don't feel good doing things like that since in a way, I feel like they weren't for me. I feel satisfied and good about an artwork when I am grossed out or repulsed by it, since in my opinion it art is suppose to stir your feelings and give you a reaction. I'm happy to have gone away from the common narrative and create these things like my model series. My favorite color is red, like blood.