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)Leave a Reply. |
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