Solvent Transfer Montages on the Taoist theme of Wu Xing and in the style of Robert Rauschenberg3/28/2016 Final. I wanted this to stand as a powerful, unnerving, and mesmerizing piece. The viewer's eyes quickly go to that of the child, with a distressed look on it's face, with the words "CRUCIFY ME" right below them, and other words scattered throughout. One may also feel some sort of sympathy or guilt, it's definitely has implied emotion. I decided to take advantage of the color in some of my prints to distribute throughout the piece as well as write words, such as "HELP" and "HELL" seen throughout the composition. There is also an "X" and cross element that is seen throughout the composition to reinforce the "CRUCIFY ME" and to further add to a sensation of morbidness or uneasiness. Gestural strokes were used instead of transferring entire images, as seen with the African youth. This is to not only add balance with the dark and ground, but to strengthen the emotion in that child's eyes. The haphazard and bold gestural strokes are also consistent throughout the piece, with these strokes in particular being some of the darkest and most prominent. I did transfer entirely, however, elements found in the prints, such as the child's eyes and mouth, same goes for the image I have for "tears" at the bottom of the piece where we see a disturbing image of a distressed face with just eyes and mouth. Overall I am very proud of the outcome. Below are the images used for this project. (link to source in each picture's caption)I found this project to be interesting in that you become much more keen on identifying an artist's particular style when trying to replicate, and all their work just becomes much more interesting. For my rendition, I wanted to take into account the abstracted sexual imagery and the decorative swirls found in the paintings. I added dry brush dabs onto the canvas the replicate those found in "Male an Female", as well as using mathematical calculations to show man. Quick and rough brush strokes, especially with outlines, are also apparent in his early paintings, so I attempted to replicate that as well. In regards to sexual imagery in my painting, breasts can be identified, as well as a vulva where the larger pear is in the original Marilyn piece by Flack. Roundness and curviness is also applied throughout the piece to hint at the female body figure.
Overall I am content with the outcome. I feel I have captured Pollock's early style fairly accurately. |
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