For this project, we were supposed to convey something that we "wanted to say but never did" in an art piece. Something that I sometimes wish I would say more often is, "Hello," because greeting someone is always the first step in forming relationships that can potentially build into friendships. I expressed this in a linoleum cut, which depicts two seahorses coming face-to-face in a sort of "initial interaction" scene taking place deep in the ocean. In all four of them, I tried to have the intensity of each color that I used vary. For example, the top right has more visible yellow than blue, and the bottom left has more visible blue than yellow, etc. And then I kind of just threw them on a black sheet of paper so that it would have a natural/organic looking layout.
Last week, our art class took a field trip to the North Carolina Museum of Art. Here's a brief snippet of what we saw. Starting from least understandable to most brilliant (in my individual opinion, of course).This. When I first saw this, I really didn't get it. It almost looks like something that could be found pinned up somewhere in an elementary school hallway. But to each his own... This piece I feel was a lot more involved. In a sense, it is a visual map of people gone missing during a specific time period in history (I can't remember the details). Each red or pink rectangle (pink for females, red for males) has written on it a name, and that name is placed on a geographical map of where the person was from. At first all the bells and whistles made it a tad confusing, but after reading the information plaque to it's right, the subject matter and presentation of real life events seemed outstanding. Finally, there is The Bride. Ever since Mrs. Purtee showed it to us in Art II, I always liked this sculpture. And seeing it in real life did not disappoint. I have always felt that the state of glass tells a story as the the tiers descend, and at the bottom everything is shattered and broken- a stark contrast to the top. I feel like this piece is filled with many beautiful metaphors, obvious or not, that might not be so apparent at first glance.
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AuthorLiah Carpenter is a junior in high school, with a passion for all things liberating. Archives
January 2016
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