Art is around us, everywhere we can see art. At now, art is wonderful, freedom and enormous. For example street art, performances, singing, advertisement. Art makes our life more fun, meaningful and different way to express yourself. Share with others, be involved. Art can be reflect to a person, society or yourself.

I believe art has rules, especially realistic painting, there is lots of theory behind. Things like perspective, colour theory, light and shadow… But these are just guideline. We don’t need to follow exactly the same. Because we are different. This is the everyday in art.

Most of the art presented desire, hope to get something be possible or come true. For example your artwork is about comedy. A piece of caricature drawing. You desire your audiences is laugh. All you need to do is makes the drawing looks funny, hilarious and stupid. Your desire may come true.

Artist – Tim Sheppard

Theme can be authentic, looks real. Democratic, you want everyone is equal, social welfare. Subterfuge or Quotidian. Things we do everyday like routine. Eating,drinking and sleeping.

Work can be obvious as well as secretive and strange, for example artist like Annette Messager, her work base on children stories. In my opinion her work feel quite dark and scary for children. Is about the artist childhood experience. She may wants the viewers got the same feeling like her.

Some Artists and curators saw art in relation to everyday life, for example objects. Looking the object relationship, it can be abstract and contrasts, also it can the meaning or just playful.

Art could be creative, playful and inventive. For example Gabriel Orozco. He makes things interesting and playful. When my first saw his work. I feel quite strange, especially the football patterns sculptures, a ball usually be round. He created a illusion makes round objects become wider.

His most successful work must be For the Love of God, 2007, platinum and diamonds. The piece cost $23.6 million (£12 million) to make, and was put on sale for close to $100 million (£50 million). According to Art Knowledge News, a sale was completed at the $100 million asking price and purchased by an anonymous buyer. In my opinion, he is bold and crazy artist. Not many people will go for this idea. Think about if this 50 millions Love of God cannot be sold, you use your entire life of money to make this artwork. It is too risky like a gambling. Also this the art desire. Makes you Famous? Become rich? or Makes other people remember you?

Portrait could be a various topic, when this word comes out, my first idea was painting a face. We often see some 19th century artist would paint their face in different way. However, portrait not just about paint an realistic people. A portrait could reflect society, personal, history and entertainment.

Andy Warhol artwork react to social criticism, theme could be various. Such as Death and Disaster. Sometime also using famous pop star or iconic people for inspiration. For example Marilyn Diptych and Elvis. When we look back his work, we could know from that moment what is famous. Portrait could record people and things.

Other artist like Gerhard Richter, he like to using some shocking image or popular news for portrait. He used photography for portrait. Sometimes a piece of drawing or painting may not show enough details to the audience. Take shocking image photography may better show.

Although not all of the artist like to react society, some of the artist like to did some small painting. Elizabeth Peyton get inspired from pop singer and culture. For example Elvis Presley and Jarvis Cocker. Those were painted high contrast colour. Saturated colour for the  clothes, warm environment and coolest skin colour creates strong atmosphere.