Jasmine Sanchez Art Blog

Who is Saul Bass ? One of many Graphic Design heroes Saul Bass was an Academy Award winning American designer best known for his work in Hollywood during the 60s and 70s while also making his presence felt in the corporate design world during the 80s. Bass was born and rasied in the Bronx New York. He studied at the Art Students League in Manhattan and was also mentored by New Bauhaus teacher Gyorgy Kepes. What make Bass an inspiration and a talent are his creativity on film posters, his innovations in film title sequences, and his indelible mark on corporate logos. When Bass moved to Hollywood in the 40s he started his career by making film posters. Saul Bass coming from New York City, “cityscapes became a major inspiration for the work of Saul Bass. The grid structure in his design work mirrors the perpendicular lines of urban architecture” (Horak 228). When his big break came to design the poster for the noir film The Man With The Golden Arm in 1955 for di...

What is the South Cove? Battery Park public art    The name of this public artwork is called “South Cove.” The name, South Cove, originates from the art piece being placed in the south of Battery Park as well as the city itself and it is a bay area that feels separated from the city. The stairs part of the South Cove is made of metal that leads to nowhere but to give a elevated view. The landscape of the artwork cycles from land to water. No matter where you are you can get a clear view of Jersey city. The piece includes natural materials, plantings, constructed elements, the water and sky themselves were combined to create a beautiful and very moving environment. South Cove was designed by three artists. Mary Miss, the main artist, is an environmental artist that studied at the University of California. There she megered her passion of sculpting, landscaping, and architecture into a career in the mid-1960s. In 1988, She decided to collaborate with ...

Tribute to Jacob Riis Photographer, Writer, Social Reformer Jacob Riis an American immigrant was born in Denmark. After a series of jobs, Riis’s heart was capture by the life of New York City’s tenement housing. He became a photographer to use his camera as a tool to show imagery to grab people’s attention, a writer explain to open other eyes to these conditions immigrants were facing, and became a social activist of the harsh conditions people were living. All together in his one book called How the Other Half Lives. Using photography on How the Other Half Lives shows how much a photograph can impact a people’s lives. Flash photography just being invented shortly beforehand helped him capture the scenes that he saw with his eyes indoor and outdoor at night. Adding his prints in articles forced the public to realize the way immigrants were living words alone couldn't do it. The images people’s eyes onto taking action. His photographs only basically start...