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Knowledge Mushohwe Art Zone Creators of any products, including artists should by now be aware of what constitutes copyright laws. Some artworks, however, appear to ignore the statutes that govern works of artistic expression. Appropriation art, a form of creativity that borrows images from popular culture, advertising, the mass media, other

Knowledge Mushohwe Art Zone Graphic design, like any other form of art, reflects society and its colour usage is tied to how its targeted audience interprets meaning. Colour meaning is well grounded in theories. Wassily Kandinsky, a prominent post-modernism abstract painter widely regarded as a pioneer art theorist, attached several meanings

A danger to visual artists is the proliferation of online con-artists who are specialists in exploiting others for financial gain.

Knowledge Mushohwe Art Zone It has now become standard practice for graphic designers working on advertising materials to seek ‘inspiration’ from the internet. During concept development, designers, under art directors’ supervision, work with copyrighters to come up with a draft idea that may be developed further. Whoever within

Knowledge Mushohwe Art Zone Some historians feel the ability of humans to complete visuals using information that would otherwise not be provided is a survival instinct that has for many years allowed us to complete the form of a predator even with inadequate information.

Knowledge Mushohwe Art Zone THERE is no universal dress code for artists. However, it is not uncommon for artists’ choice of apparel to be branded ‘funny’, appalling, strange or too casual because of its uniqueness.

Knowledge Mushohwe Art Zone IN 1949, the American National Art Education Association issued an interesting policy regarding art education. The statement read in part, “Art experiences are essential to the fullest development of all people at all levels of growth. Art is especially well suited to such growth because it encourages freedom of

Knowledge Mushohwe Art Zone Back in 1990, Syne Chikove, then the editor of the now defunct, The Artist tackled a problem that was only starting then, but has become even more widespread today.

Knowledge Mushowe Art Zone SOME artworks are sold for millions of dollars. But some, like the majority of contemporary Zimbabwean artworks, change hands for a song. What makes a Van Gogh worth millions of dollars and any of our local artworks almost worthless?

Knowledge Mushohwe Correspondent “As a weapon, caricature is much stronger than a poem or a painting. In order to reach masses, it should be realised that caricature is the short cut in order to say something”.

Knowledge Mushohwe Art Zone Formalist criticism of art is based upon an aesthetic assessment of artworks that gives priority to such formal elements as line, shape, and colour at the expense of representational elements involved with narrative, iconography and iconology.

Knowledge Mushohwe Art Zone Drawing using the computer is one of the new techniques in artistic expression and judging from the expansion of the Internet users’ base, a market for such digital art exists online.

Knowledge Mushohwe Art Zone OVER the years, art theories have helped artists and art critics to come up with selection criteria to evaluate the aesthetics of products of human creativity.

Last week, Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko spoke at the launch of this year’s United Nations-recognised Culture Week at Nemakonde High School in Chinhoyi and highlighted a major problem faced by today’s visual artists.

Knowledge Mushowe Art Zone The just-ended Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) in Bulawayo was an ideal eye opener for Zimbabwe tertiary institutions’ art educators.