Loading the Canon
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Loading the Canon #22: That’s Not What You Think That Is
Loading the Canon #22 by Helena-Anne Hittel That’s Not What You Think That Is Here’s a photograph of a work titled Princess X (1915-16). I want you to take a good, long look at it. Ready? Go. Yeah. It’s okay to feel what you’re feeling. “Helena-Anne. That’s a penis. Why am I looking at a giant penis?”… Continue reading
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Loading the Canon #20: Juliet DiIenno
Loading the Canon #20 by Helena-Anne Hittel Interview With an Artist: Juliet DiIenno It’s not every day that your work, as a student artist, gets picked up by an institution, let alone a museum overseas. The planets aligned for Juliet DiIenno of UCF, though, and one of her pieces is now in the permanent collection… Continue reading
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Loading the Canon # 19: The Appeal of De Stijl
Loading the Canon #19 by Helena-Anne Hittel The Appeal of De Stijl 20th Century Art History was probably one of my most favorite courses my last semester at UCF. I have quite the soft spot for modern art–modern, in the art world, described as anything from roughly the late 19th century to the late 20th… Continue reading
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Loading the Canon #18: Iconoclasm
Loading the Canon #18 by Helena-Anne Hittel Iconoclasm On February 17, Maximo Caminero walked into the Perez Art Museum in Miami, which was currently housing an exhibit of the work of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, according to The Times. Caminero picked up one of sixteen colored vases (from the work “Colored Vases,” dated 2006-2012) and… Continue reading
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Loading the Canon #17: St. Basil’s Cathedral
Loading the Canon #17 by Helena-Anne Hittel St. Basil’s Cathedral I’m a huge Olympics fan. I wait as patiently as I possibly can to hear that opening theme and see the athletes of the world push themselves to the breaking point-some, unfortunately, literally do just that. This year, the Olympics call their stage Sochi, Russia.… Continue reading
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Loading the Canon #16: I See Naked People
Loading the Canon #16 by Helena-Anne Hittel I See Naked People If you were to take all of your clothes off, it shouldn’t really surprise you what you’d see. You know by now what a naked man or woman looks like. Given this, why do people freak out over seeing another naked human being in… Continue reading
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Loading the Canon #13: I Was a Greek Goddess
Loading the Canon #13 by Helena-Anne Hittel I Was a Greek Goddess You’ve noticed it. It’s impossible to ignore. The magazines, the TV commercials-it’s everywhere. Skinny women and guys with rippling pectorals. We’re made to believe that this is what we should aspire to be. THIS is what you want. Well, not way back when, it… Continue reading
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Loading the Canon #12: Ars Moriendi
Loading the Canon #12 by Helena-Anne Hittel Ars Moriendi: The Art of Dying Happy Halloween, Drunken Odysseans! Loading the Canon is taking a deathly turn today, as I examine all things… well, slightly morbid, actually. People have been making offerings to the dead since time began. They can be things as small as a few… Continue reading
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Loading the Canon #11: Return of Third Thursdays
Loading the Canon #11 by Helena-Anne Hittel Return of Third Thursdays: By Design Thursday’s offering at the Gallery at Avalon Island is both aesthetically pleasing and architecturally sound. October 17th was the Downtown Arts District’s monthly gallery hop, Third Thursdays. If you didn’t attend this one, you’ve missed out. The Gallery at Avalon Island’s Patrick… Continue reading
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Loading the Canon #10: Wrapping it Up
Loading the Canon #10 by Helena-Anne Hittel Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Wrapping it Up When you wrap things in fabric, they sometimes look more interesting. The essential shape of the object is more visible. Look at things this way. If you were to wrap a rock face in fabric, you’d see so much more. You could… Continue reading
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