Silk Screening Project:We are studying Andy Warhol and his style of art. As an artist, Warhol pushed the boundaries of what is considered art. My composition was influenced by Warhol in that Warhol often used large images and repeated them in different colors. The strongest structures in this piece are gradation through color and repitition through repeating the image. There is also a similarity structure within the image - the sub image in repeated with different lengths and widths. I took a risk with this project by doing a very detailed image which didn't always come out very clear and by layering the colors together so that they mixed on top of each other to create a color in between the original two shades. The image of the perfume bottle reflects consumerism because it is such an expensive, superfluous item, and it is repeated a lot which also reflects consumerism. The image deals with the influence of the media because perfumes are advertised. It also pushes the boundaries of portraiture because it is not a person or group of people; however, there is still a main subject so it is a portrait.
I like the idea, Its got a lot of meaning behing it and i can tell you put a lot of thought into designing it. Great job Laura!
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ReplyDeleteFirst, let me state that your self-critique is excellent. I appreciate your writing style and ability to answer the questions that I asked on the evaluation clearly. Good job! Your prints demonstrate that you have mastery of the printing process and I love how you manipulated the perfume bottles in photoshop to loosely resemble figures and perhaps even a family or grouops of friends in the way that they are arranged. The way you shifted the image to get the second ink tone adds a certain mood to your images that helps your work to have more of a voice and is successful for you. The long composition is successful and works as a panorama shot of the images! You have good contrast and clearly took pride in going beyond the basics! Way to go!
Laura, I really like the image you chose. It definetely reflects on consumerism. I like the colors because they go very well with your images. Great job overall Laura!
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