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Research Paper On Carl Knickerbocker

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Carl Knickerbocker What is art? A question asked by many yet never answered. Art is something one can not really reply without personal bias. Every human alive has had experiences in life to form there like dislike and personal tastes. What one finds beautiful another might not. When one views an exhibit what question should one ask themselves? Let’s explore Carl knickerbockers exhibit “Incomplete Guide to Suburban Primitive”. Art in the past has been viewed as still portraits that either show a important person of interest or complicated forms of landscapes, yet carl knickerbockers art form is far from the usual in fact it is highly unique . His works are a mixture of intense color in simple forms that show a story. For example his piece called “Puppet Master” show cases a man in profile view with seven fingers. …show more content…

The puppet master has more details on him then his puppets, who are just pink humanoid figures in a profile view only the face, mouth, and foot are in somewhat detail. It shows the master controlling his puppets with a wall in front it’s like he is doing a show, but in fact he is not because on the other side there another pair of hand with puppets as well. An interesting twist to carl knickerbocker’s art is its made in a way that when viewed by the naked eye one might think it’s a simple two dimensional art, but it is not it’s in fact a three dimensional. With the help of 3-d glasses the art pops out and the bright colors seem to make sense. The three dimensional effect applies to most of his canvas art works only. Another interesting piece he has in his exhibit is not an actual panting in canvas, but in fact statue. The little houses were all cookie

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