#aura #thatpaintingcostwhat #ineedtobecomeapainter #andthenhaveascandel

Last class on the 18th stuck with me for a little bit while I walked home to my house. There were a couple points that I really enjoyed thinking and talking about. I enjoy doing the readings and coming to class to help get those readings explained to me.

The first point I want to talk about is are the characteristic of film. In mainstream media we get this idea of what a place looks like or "is like." Every time I watch a movie that is filmed in New York, the directors only show us what "we" want to see. They do not show the trash on the side of the street at night or the hundreds of people coming up to you trying to sell you anything and everything. Through movies we see the amazing parts of New York. The director of a movie is smart to show "the cleaner" part of New York because nobody likes to see the 10 Hello Kitty's trying to make a living off taking pictures with tourists. I find it interesting to think about how we have been shown cities or cultures through movies or the media and make a judgment. There is a lot that the media does not show and sometimes "we" forgot to think about that.

 

 

The second and last point is the idea an "aura." Dr. Cummings talked about this "aura" of a painting. Instead of the history and the message it is sending as an "aura," our society has turned a painting's "aura" into a price tag. The more a painting cost the better an "aura" the painting has. Also, I started to think who decides which painting has a better "aura." People who by paintings worth more than 500,000 dollars are only doing so because it is a statement of wealth or because society says "this painting is good." People can be convinced that some paintings that have no meaning are worth money. This idea of an "aura" of a painting really got me thinking about other things that have "auras" as well. Whether it be a certain music artist, a director, or a clothing brand.

- This painting sold for 1.5 million. Painted by  Concetto spaziale, Attese by Lucio Fontana. I found off of http://www.artsumo.com/blog/post/4/They_Paid_What_Top_10_Absurd_Paintings_that_Sold_for_Millions/