Exhibition Text
A lot goes through the mind of a young adolescent female. Being one myself, I observe how adolescents are the biggest victims of time itself. Time is what produces the many clamorous thoughts and anxieties that we create in our head and manifest into our realities. Time is a very broad and sometimes tedious concept that can sometimes produce existential dread among individuals, especially young people, like me. During the teenage years in a person's life, they sometimes may be confused about how to utilize time correctly. Teenagers, although are given time to practice their freedom of expression and time management, are usually directed by an instructor as to how they should utilize their time. This may stir up anxiety over deadlines, and lack of time.
Meaning Behind the Piece:
The main idea that I was hoping to get across with this piece is wonderment and calamity." Wonderment" are "calamity" are both ideal word's to use when describing adolescence. The concept of time is a big theme that I wanted to make apparent with my piece, as I express how time is the catalyst of such wonderment and calamity that is experienced throughout adolescence. The subject of the piece is meant to be a representation of a teenage girl who is going through a transitional and experimental phase in her life. Her strange hairstyle along with accessories and exaggerated makeup composes an appearance that is meant to be desirable and aesthetically pleasing to teenage girls. The most important aspect of the piece is of course the glasses. The lenses of the glasses are made of functioning clocks. The clocks hold a significant purpose that is meant to symbolize how everything that is observed by the eyes of a teenager is ultimately affected by time. The lenses which are made of clocks are meant to obscure the vision of the wearer and this provokes mixed feelings. Those feelings are expressed by the flying colors that outline the subject and serves as the background of the piece. Another notable aspect of my piece that holds great significance is the use of notebook paper as the complexion of the teenaged girl. The purpose for this was to express how teenage girls are stereotypically "thin skinned" meaning they are overly emotional and very sensitive. I used pages from my notebooks to represent the essence of the teenage girl consuming her time by doing school work. In a way, her story is written on her skin, with doodles, notes, and school work being present among the notebook pages.
Artistic Inspiration:
Harumi Hironaka:
Hironaka is a Peruvian/Japanese illustrator who specializes in traditional Surrealist painting. She typically paints female figures with dramatic facial expressions and exaggerated makeup. Her artwork can be described as mystic, glamorous, and aesthetically pleasing. Her work is mostly inspired by internet culture and the females that tend to be her audience on social media websites such as Instagram, where about 73% of her followers are female. The colors that she incorporates into her art are the colors of the sky at different times which produce the effect of creating different moods.
Hironaka is a Peruvian/Japanese illustrator who specializes in traditional Surrealist painting. She typically paints female figures with dramatic facial expressions and exaggerated makeup. Her artwork can be described as mystic, glamorous, and aesthetically pleasing. Her work is mostly inspired by internet culture and the females that tend to be her audience on social media websites such as Instagram, where about 73% of her followers are female. The colors that she incorporates into her art are the colors of the sky at different times which produce the effect of creating different moods.
Jackson Pollock:
Jackson Pollock was an American artist during the abstract expressionist art movement. He was a major artist of his generation and was described as volatile and reclusive. He also struggled with alcoholism throughout most of his life. Pollock specialized in pouring liquid paint over his canvases and created the unique pieces that made him an icon for abstract expressionist art. His most famous pieces were made during his "Drip" period which lasted from 1947 to 1950. His technique was thought to be the origin of action painting as he used different tools to create the paint pouring technique. He used the force of his body to paint which was expressed on his large canvases.
"When I am in my painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It is only after a sort of 'get acquainted' period that I see what I have been about. I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own. I try to let it come through. It is only when I lose contact with the painting that the result is a mess. Otherwise there is pure harmony, an easy give and take, and the painting comes out well."
-Jackson Pollock, My Painting, 1956
Jackson Pollock was an American artist during the abstract expressionist art movement. He was a major artist of his generation and was described as volatile and reclusive. He also struggled with alcoholism throughout most of his life. Pollock specialized in pouring liquid paint over his canvases and created the unique pieces that made him an icon for abstract expressionist art. His most famous pieces were made during his "Drip" period which lasted from 1947 to 1950. His technique was thought to be the origin of action painting as he used different tools to create the paint pouring technique. He used the force of his body to paint which was expressed on his large canvases.
"When I am in my painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It is only after a sort of 'get acquainted' period that I see what I have been about. I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own. I try to let it come through. It is only when I lose contact with the painting that the result is a mess. Otherwise there is pure harmony, an easy give and take, and the painting comes out well."
-Jackson Pollock, My Painting, 1956
Journal:
Planning Sketches:
Process:
Materials Used:
Acrylic Paint- While I am used to working with acrylic paint for art projects, I admit that a different kind of paint would have been more suitable for this particular piece, especially for emulating Jackson Pollock's painting style.
Notebook Paper- I teared out pages from my old notebooks for school. Some pages had doodles, others had notes and some even had random excerpts.
Wall Clocks- The clocks were the most important part of the piece, they were the aspect that justified my piece as a mixed media piece. I was really glad to find them at an inexpensive price and easy to work. I find it really cool to have actual working clocks as a part of my piece.
Acrylic Paint- While I am used to working with acrylic paint for art projects, I admit that a different kind of paint would have been more suitable for this particular piece, especially for emulating Jackson Pollock's painting style.
Notebook Paper- I teared out pages from my old notebooks for school. Some pages had doodles, others had notes and some even had random excerpts.
Wall Clocks- The clocks were the most important part of the piece, they were the aspect that justified my piece as a mixed media piece. I was really glad to find them at an inexpensive price and easy to work. I find it really cool to have actual working clocks as a part of my piece.
The first step was to create the colorful background by acquiring painting techniques that were used by Jackson Pollock to create his works. I used the video below to help me develop the techniques I required to emulate Jackson Pollock's unique painting style.
After creating the background, I teared out some pages from my notebook and laid it on the canvas to create the face and neck of the girl in my piece. Then I
Reflection:
To reflect on my overall piece, there are multiple changes that I would like to have made to improve the quality of my work. The first and 'foremost aspect that I could have improved drastically was the painting technique that I used to recreate Jackson Pollock's style. If I could change that, I would use more liquid-based paint to allow the steaks of paint to drip onto the canvas. Another thing I would like to have changed was the quality of the notebook paper.
Connecting to the ACT:
1. Clearly explain how you are able to identify the cause-effect relationships between your inspiration and its effect upon your artwork
2.What is the overall approach (pov) the author (from research) has regarding the topic of your inspiration?
3.What kind of generalizations and conclusions have you discovered about people, ideas, cultures, etc. while you researched your inspiration?
4.What was the central idea or theme around your inspirational research?
5.What kind of inferences did you make while reading your research?
2.What is the overall approach (pov) the author (from research) has regarding the topic of your inspiration?
3.What kind of generalizations and conclusions have you discovered about people, ideas, cultures, etc. while you researched your inspiration?
4.What was the central idea or theme around your inspirational research?
5.What kind of inferences did you make while reading your research?