Civil War Art Revival

 
 Nowadays, the Civil War is still on the minds of Americans. Movies and museums are being made to commemorate the historic event in history. Even though the civil war was a dark time in American History; it still is something that helped shape the United States to be what it is. Artwork depicting the Civil War is not always accurate because many battles scenes had hundreds of corpses on the battleground. Artists were worried about how their artwork would be received with the gory battle scenes. According to many museum curators: “The Civil War and American Art” revisits the history of American painting and asks why art historians have often overlooked the impact of the Civil War on American artists. Many contemporary artists are now recreating scenes from this time capsuled war. This is a growing trend for recreations and it will continue to grow.

http://www.artnews.com/2013/05/15/the-civil-war-in-art-then-andnow/

Artwork about Angry Birds

 Lee Walton is an artist, that made artwork that was inspired by the popular mobile game Angry Birds. He create his charcoal sketches while playing the game. He connects his iPad to a projector to begin his sketching of the blocks in the scenery. As he continues playing the game he erases the blocks that were destroyed. As each level ends he boldly outlines what is left after the blocks are collapsed. His work was inspired by his daughter's obsession with the game. The artist was quoted saying, "[it] was a weird combination of leisure and work". Walton will continue doing more works like this in the future.
   
http://www.artnews.com/2013/05/07/lee-walton-angry-birds-drawings/

Giants Take Over Rockefeller Center

 
 In the course of three days Rockefeller Center Plaza was taken over by a fleet of giants. These giant pieces of art were created by a Swedish artist named Ugo Rondinone. Ugo has not been to New York since 2007 when he built another art exhibit. The exhibit is called, "Human Nature" and is part of the re-installation of the Rockefeller Center Show which is the return of public art there. These 'giants' are truly gigantic weighing roughly thirty thousand pounds each and stand up to twenty feet high. Ugo's goal of the exhibit is to have people feel awed in the presence of giant rocks in the era of technology.

http://www.artnews.com/2013/04/25/rondinone-gentle-giants-rockefeller-center/