Jeffrey Shaw/ My work

Pick and Artist and write about themselves and three of their work. The artist I pick is Jeffrey Shaw (The Legible City, interactive bicycling videoscape), I need to talk about him and his work and compare my work to his work, so I just need you to write about him and his work..... PS: For his work-I need an deep analysis of his specific work or series. Do not report the artist's biographical details unless they are directly relevant to the work at hand. Here is the web site of my work www(dot)coroflot(dot)com/wingchong-william The work I need to compare with is the folder call" Marvel Avengers Action Figure" It is an action figure line base on the movie Avengers coming up in 2012 So here is some outline for the essay 1. Introduction: Identify central focal point & theme [1‐2 paragraphs] 2. Analyze a one to three works (or a defined series of works) by a visual artist who uses text and imagery (or whose work features text prominently). Use credible research sources to support your claims. 3. Transition: Move from artist's work to your own project [1 paragraph] (from here i will write by myself, i just need you to write about the artist, and three of his work. So that is all about this essay Here is some note you may follow as the direction of the paper.... You may focus on a one to three individual pieces or a specific series, but do not try to address an artist's whole career. It may be important to put a piece or series into the context of the artist's career or oeuvre; however, your primary task is to build an adequately deep analysis of a specific work or series. Do not report the artist's biographical details unless they are directly relevant to the work at hand. Throughout your paper, avoid filler, generalities, and needless repetition. Questions to Consider and Address How does the artist use text AS image or INSTEAD OF image? Why has the artist chosen to make text‐dominated visual art, as opposed to using traditional “image” or producing “writing”? What is the role of artistic intention? How does art historical or cultural context inform our “reading” of the work? How does the work alter our “reading” and/or “viewing” and/or perceptive processes by using text? How does the work shed light on (or question) the nature of “the verbal” & “the visual”? If image and text are used together, what is their relationship (harmonious, combative, etc.)? Which works (by artists, philosophers, etc.) influenced the making of this piece/series? Which works were influenced by this piece/series? What background info. is essential to understanding the way this work functions? What do you think about this work? How do you interpret it? Did you see it differently before you began to study it? Why is this piece (or series) interesting or important — personally, artistically, historically, and/or culturally? Which concerns do you share with this artist? (Which concerns does your work share with this artist's work?) What are the similarities/differences between this artist's themes, materials, processes, techniques, etc. and your own? How has learning more about this work influenced you own artistic practice, or how might it in the future? How have you chosen to APPROPRIATE some aspect of this artist's concept, methods, materials, etc.? Why did you choose to make the studio project that you did for this assignment? What key decisions did you make while conceptualizing/producing your studio project? How did you make these decisions? What might the artist think of your finished studio project? What do you think? What are your successes and failures?