Engage with the below videos and compare and contrast the two artists. Please let us know your opinion. Is there one of their works that you prefer

For this discussion please watch and engage with the below videos and compare and contrast the two artists.  Please let us know your opinion.  Is there one of their works that you prefer?  If so why?  

Here are some ideas you can use to get your creative juices flowing for your essay.  

Why do you prefer one work over the other?

What you think the work you chose is about: what is it trying so say?

What kind of emotional response did the sculpture bring up for you?

How are these sculpture different from each other?  How are the similar?

Do you think your perception of them would change if you saw/experienced them in person?

Does one sculpture use narrative?

Can a sculpture be an experience?

What do you think about the way Arneson portraid Mayor George Moscone?

Is art a good way to portray historical events?

Do you think that the Arneson work is controversial?

For the discussion, make a post and include an image of the work you are discussing.  You might want to do some internet research to find another image of Arneson’s or Serra’s  work that you want to discuss.  

Watch these videos

Richard Serra: Tools & Strategies | Art21 “Extended Play” – YouTube

Robert Arneson’s controversial portrait of Mayor Moscone – YouTube