Analysis Of Hockey Game By Andy Warhol - 1262 Words

The image that I have chosen from Artstor, to demonstrate the understanding of the visual culture is a painting titled, â€Å"Hockey Game†. This image was created by Andy Warhol who was an American painter, printmaker and filmmaker from 1928 until 1987. There is no date on this piece. The actual size of this image is 8 by 10 inches and the material used is Gelaton silver print. Among the images found in Artstor, there is more than one image called the Hockey Game, created by the same author which are shots in time of pieces of specific hockey games. The image I choose, was of two pairs of players fighting with another player with a referee. Finding this image was achieved through the digital library Artstor, choosing all collections and†¦show more content†¦With each view having different ideologies when viewing an image, the artist in this case has left the power of his influence up to the value of the viewer. â€Å"Ideologies are produced and affirmed throug h the social institutions that characterize a given society, such as the family, education, medicine, the law, the government, the entertainment industry, among others† (p.23). As a hockey player and coach, I would view this image of a hockey fight as a natural progression of the game. If a person, ignorant to the game of hockey viewed this image, they may take offense or even be upset with the turn of events of the game. It is interesting that the there are a series of pictures called the â€Å"Hockey Game† created by Warhol, not all at the same game but showing different events of a game through this TV screen. I think the power of the series would give a viewer a much more vivid image or representation of hockey than the one specific image I choose a given instance in time. The second visual concept that will aid in the explanation of my visual analysis is the concept of realism and perception. â€Å"Art and images are in one view, a practice dedicated to the visual and material reproduction of things and events in the world. In this view, we might say that there are things in the world and then there are their representation†. (p.143). It isShow MoreRelatedThe taste of melon by borden deal11847 Words   |  48 Pagesgirls before. But I had to admit to myself that I was interested in Willadean. She was my age, nearly as tall as I, and up till the year before, Freddy Gray told me, she had been good at playing Gully Keeper and Ante-Over. But she didn’t play such games this year. She was tall and slender, and Freddy Gray and J.D. and I had several discussions about the way she walked. I maintained she was putting it on, but J.D. claimed she couldn’t help it. Freddy Gray remarked that she hadn’t walked that way