in class presentation
per request here is the presentation i have prepared. i have heard of the name david ho before. being an art teacher, i try to stay in-tune with all the big names of up-and-coming artists (as well as canonized) artists. and there almost seems to be this game with artsy folk involved with the art world of knowing more artists than anyone else (especially the person you are talking with at that moment.) but going back to david ho, one of my students mentioned his name and showed me an image of his once before and it stuck. in fact, i love talking with my students on various artists they are hearing about. street art is huge right now with my little ones with names like banksy, blu, and blek le rat dominating a lot of conversations.
anyhoo, david ho. his work is intriguing to me because of how obscure it is. some may say freaky or obscene. i enjoy that about art (for the most part and to a certain extent.) david ho definitely creates new art. not only that the medium he is using is “new” but the images he creates are new to the art world-that they have never been seen before in any medium. they are surreal, grotesque and beautiful. i don’t believe they are meant to be understood and that may trouble some people as people generally like to know what they are looking at and what is going on. david ho throws that out of the window and that is what i like to do with my own work as well. confusion shouldn’t be seen as annoying when looking at art…it should be embraced. let the art be what it is…art.
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July 25, 2008 at 3:11 am
Kyle,
I took a better look at the website of David Ho, his immages are very illustrative to me. The ones that you refer to as “darker” images have many surreal elements in them, like the paintings of Salvador Dalli. Similar to Lars the artist that Maria showed us I like that I can look at the work of David Ho and pick out an art history thread that was maybe conciously or unconciously influencing him. Had you noticed that surreal element yourself? Is this work that you can use with students? I would think that the students would be drawn to some of the more “cartoony” art history images but you would have to heavily sensor this site with middle school age students. -Whitney