Michael Yanagisawa - final project

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my final project, a portrait of my two late grandparents from hong kong.

in addition, i did a spraypaint stencil of a urinal, perfect for that friday night when you don't know what part of the building to urinate on. So if you see a spray painted urinal around ....

Also, there was a great article in the sunday new york times magazine ... may 9, 2010. it's entitled "just priceless," and describes a piece of "art" -- a black box, in fact -- that, once purchased, resells itself (so a complex black box). Is this art? I think so. I'd say, that in the modern day and age, art is subjective, and art is whatever you want it to be. To some, a piece is art; to some, it is garbage. My standards for art, no doubt, differ from a lot of people's; I do not think that a urinal is art in the traditional sense, but I can see how people would this such. I think this correlates perfectly with the fact that art is an "emotional experience" -- if you feel some sort of emotion, elicit some reaction, then the piece of work is art, to you. But art is like religion -- you believe it, or don't. Art is an opinion, something noone can take away. Subjectiveness, beauty, emotions, opinion -- that, to me, is art.

~Mike Y.

Michael Yanagisawa - Final Project

For my final project, I am going to make either a painting, spray painting, or a wood-something. Depends on what medium I like best. And the subject, is whatever feels right.

Michael Yanagisawa - Material Alchemy

It's a tree made of cardboard (the tree is a not as tree-like as I had wanted so I put a swing on it). I found it funny that we can do so much with cardboard but we can't ever turn it back into a living tree.

Michael Yanagisawa - Self Portrait

I think I forgot to post this ...

Go math

Perspective drawing at its best

-mike y.

Michael Yanagisawa - Imitation

For my copy I did Picasso's "Bullfight." We went to the Guggenheim in high school, and this picture has since became my favorite. I tried to copy faithfully, but it was surprisingly very difficult, so the result is a fairly-close copy. The pencil was too light to show up on a picture, but here's the original:

I was thinking about coloring mine in too.

3. Michael Yanagisawa - Tshirt designs

First:

A dove holding ammunition ... ironically the only way to peace? T below with just image, T also posted up with text "End violence fight war." Also considered a statue of liberty with an uzi.

Second: a series of 4 "panel" things intended for a tot, more or less. Giraffe posted up on a T.

Last: The characters mean "sight is a privilege" in the moon alphabet, a language for blind. it has no audience, however

2. Michael Yanagisawa - Business Card

or alternatively

I can't say that I scuba dive, but I'd love to be able to, and be good enough at it to have a business card.

1. Michael Yanagisawa - What is Art?

I feel as if art used to be an aesthetic piece coming in many forms: painting, sculpture, etc. Somewhere along the road, though, art has become any medium that provides an intentional statement, emotional, political, etc.

Take for example Picasso -- his art went from traditionally beautiful to "modern" art. Art such as his "Three Musicians" seemed to spark a change in art perception, so much so that a signed urinal can pass as art. A regular urinal means nothing, but an intentionally placed one? That's art.