Author: Danielle Porter

    I looked at 3 different artists: Marela Zacarías, Aki Sasamoto, and Doreen Garner. These three female artists have a very different and very broad range of expression in their work. Zacarías’s work was associated in the artist’s mind with her own personal pregnancy and the work I watched a video about is dedicated to… Continue reading Danielle Porter–Art21 Assignment #2

Part 3: Strategy Beth Cavener, “Obariyon”, 2013, https://followtheblackrabbit.com/gallery/obariyon-2/#toggle-id-1 Beth Cavener is an artist I really like, and for this project I’d like to emulate the way she has incorporated a different material as part of the animal, which gives the work (which is based in Japanese myth and other aspects of culture) a magical and… Continue reading Danielle Porter–Project 3 Research Parts 3 & 4

I’m picking the question of how certain magical stories/beings originated in human cultures. I’m fascinated by the idea that despite differences in landscape, culture, surroundings, and native species, many people from many areas of the world have some sort of spirit, magical beast, or higher power/entity that has magical capabilities. There are a few reasons… Continue reading Danielle Project 3 Pt. 1 & 2

    I watched videos for two different artists, Diana Al-Hadid and Katharina Grosse. When watching Al-Hadid’s videos, I was impressed by the way she made delicate structures, which seem almost too fragile to stay together, hang off the ground. The liquid-like forms in her work are really fascinating to me. She also mentioned that she… Continue reading Danielle Porter Art21 Assignment

Part 1 For this project, I want to do a shrine for water. Water, both fresh and salt, has shaped my life. I love rain and snow, and watching streams. My family, due to our original home in Rhode Island, as well as our life on my family’s boat, were influential to the places I’ve… Continue reading Project 2 Research Parts 1-3, Danielle Porter