Kerri's AS Art Blog...Enjoy: February 2014

Friday 28 February 2014

Robert Rauschenberg Analysis

Robert Rauschenberg - Fest
Robert Rauschenberg was born in Texas and died in Florida. He uses a variety of mediums, such as paint and photos.
In this piece, titled "Fest", shows a collage of a back pocket of someone's jeans on the top half and on the bottom half, it shows a sort of wall advertisement. The colours used are mainly blue, yellow, orange and grey. The piece looks as though it has all been done on one layer. It also looks as though it has been done with paints however, the piece has actually been done in 4 colour lithograph.
I think this piece has been composed so that we will be instantly drawn to the bright colours used in the bottom half of the piece. This then beomes the focus but then we are drawn to the top half of the piece which uses darker colours so this piece is very contradictory.

Monday 24 February 2014

Yumiko Kayukawa Analysis

Yumiko Kayukawa - Waves In the Mind
Yumiko Kayukawa grew in Hokkaido, Japan where she found a love of animals and nature, both which feature in her works. She also took inspiration from American pop culture like rock and roll, films and fashion. In her works, she puts this with her modern and traditional Japanese motifs which makes up her unique style. Yumiko frequently uses acrylic and ink for her artwork, sometimes painting onto wood but mainly onto a canvas.
The piece, titled "Waves In the Mind", seems to show an illusion or fantasy where the girls hair slowly turns into waves. Also in the background, are two whales who seemed to have been placed in the painting for added effect. When looking closely at the girl's hair in the painting, you are able to see items such as a ship and other objects related to the ocean.
The main colours in this piece are blue, black and pink. These are mainly cool colours, suggesting this piece is meant to show calmness. The colours are primary and tertiary with mainly black used in the picture.
I think the artwork has been composed so that the girl is the first place a viewer looks at on the piece and then I feel that they would be drawn to follow the "waves" that make up the hair, due to the flow.
I believe this picture was created to symbolise the freedom of imagination due to the painting looking like a fantasy scene.

Wednesday 19 February 2014

Nelina Trubach-Moshnikova Analysis

Nelina Trubach-Moshnikova - Night City 2
Nelina Trubach-Moshnikova was born in Belarus and later graduated from an art college. She now lives in Crimea. Her work is mainly oil paint on canvas.
In this piece, titled "Night City 2", seems to show a scene of a promenade in the late evening/early night hence its title. It has a mix of bright, cheerful colours and dark colours. It shows people walking in both directions and an illusion of lights on is created with tone.
The painting seems to have been created on a small canvas with exceptional mark making to fit a lot of detail on such a small scale. The lines are very sketchy in this piece adding to the details. In this piece, tone is used to create a feel of a real city at night by the way the colours have blended together.The main colours that have been used are primary and secondary, although there seems to be a large amount of blue in the painting, suggesting a cool, yet slightly busy atmosphere.
I believe this artwork has been composed so that people who view it are drawn into the city scene.They will also be drawn to the building in the background which stands out due to the colours used being warm ones such as red and yellow, which happen to be primary.
I believe this piece was created to show possibly what the artist sees in her daily life. I think this because it looks like a normal city which could be anywhere in the world. This may be what Trubach-Moshnikova wants us to wonder.