Photography Lecture – Response

The three artists and their art that struck out to me during this assignment were Juergen Teller, Jayson Musson, and Andy Warhol. To begin with, my impressions of all of the three artists’ work were contradictory to how I generally portray art in my mind as being deep and elegant. The photographs taken by Juergen Teller are mostly revolving around female nudity while others capture views of people in distorted settings. One of his photographs depicted a huge gallery surrounded by a number of paintings, seemingly famous and expensive, with a couple of naked women sitting in the center frame of the picture. It is hard to understand what exactly is going on in the frames but that in itself is what captures the audience’s attention. Moving on, Andy Warhol visual art included a number of different mediums, including but not limited to paintings, sculptures, sketches, photographs, etc. Unlike Juergen Teller, it was rather easier to interpret the image. I personally like still portraits with subtleties enabling the viewer to have a personal connection to the art and that is exactly what I enjoyed the most about Andy Warhol. Lastly, Jayson Musson was the most fun out of all the artists. From his honest take on the stereotype in the artist community to his extremely candid work, Mr. Musson makes his art speak his philosophy. Interestingly, my first impression when I saw Jayson Musson’s work was how it reminded me of the NFT (non-fungible token) art that is being bought and sold nowadays for a lot of money. Even then, Mr. Musson successfully envelops great meaning in very basic artwork.