Tryptich
"Volatile"
Medium: Acrylic Paint on Canvas
Size: 2 ft x 3 ft
Date: February 2017
Exhibition Text:
Demeanor of a Dreamer is a set of three canvases that represent how I perceive myself in my environment. It is greatly influenced by the styles of Frida Kahlo, Henri Matisse and Kaneoya Sachicko. The first panel, represents how I view myself as an influence to my environment, the second panel represents how my environment affects me and drives me to certain actions, and the third panel represents how I wish to be viewed as well as how I would like to influence my environment.
Meaning Behind the Piece:
For this piece, I wished to combine the cartoon-like elements of Matisse's works with the format of Frida Kahlo's iconic self portraits and bring it all together with the strange and imaginative style and aesthetic of Kaneoya Sachicko's artworks. The three panels are essentially self portraits of myself as viewed from different perspectives to reflect the unique properties of my character from those separate viewpoints.
The first panel, which I call "Development", displays myself being coiled by vines of red roses that blossom around me throughout the painting while also binding my body and causing me harm. This panel represents how I affect my environment in a way that is meant to please others while also being detrimental to myself. The roses hold a great significance by being the product of my being, the manifestation of my self-expression. I feel that in any environment, especially school, I am hardly given the freedom to do things for myself or my own enjoyment, my actions are usually dictated by the expectations of those in my life that I wish to please. The roses represent the blossoming of my character as I grow and develop during a very liminal stage of my life. The roses are what I have to offer to the world, my environment. Roses as object are very beautiful and are given to loved one's as gifts and are in general visually pleasing and evoke positive feelings. Some additional details are the two burning polaroid's that are at the corners of the painting. The polaroid's are significant to the piece and to me as a person because they represent my development being halted and destroyed by my environment which brings much pain and frustration upon me hence the flames that surround the blank polaroid's.
The second panel represents how my environment affects me and I call it, "Sick Puppet". This piece represent how I feel like I am being manipulated by my environment as if I were a marionette and how that is detrimental to me. In the piece you can see me holding a pill bottle which is meant to be a medication that I use to control my anxiety. From the pill bottle emerges a colorful flower that blossoms and presents a large pill. This aspect of the piece addresses my mental illness as a result from my stress-inducing environment, more specifically, my school environment. Overall, I perceive my school environment to be very harmful to my mental health. As a socially anxious person, I find it very hard for me to communicate and connect with people. This aspect of my character is represented by the TV static pattern in my hair and the "no signal" pattern on my dress. By associating myself with those patterns, I am relating myself to a television without signal that is unable to display the desired channel or television program. A malfunctioning television eludes from it's intended purpose as a source of entertainment.
The first panel, which I call "Development", displays myself being coiled by vines of red roses that blossom around me throughout the painting while also binding my body and causing me harm. This panel represents how I affect my environment in a way that is meant to please others while also being detrimental to myself. The roses hold a great significance by being the product of my being, the manifestation of my self-expression. I feel that in any environment, especially school, I am hardly given the freedom to do things for myself or my own enjoyment, my actions are usually dictated by the expectations of those in my life that I wish to please. The roses represent the blossoming of my character as I grow and develop during a very liminal stage of my life. The roses are what I have to offer to the world, my environment. Roses as object are very beautiful and are given to loved one's as gifts and are in general visually pleasing and evoke positive feelings. Some additional details are the two burning polaroid's that are at the corners of the painting. The polaroid's are significant to the piece and to me as a person because they represent my development being halted and destroyed by my environment which brings much pain and frustration upon me hence the flames that surround the blank polaroid's.
The second panel represents how my environment affects me and I call it, "Sick Puppet". This piece represent how I feel like I am being manipulated by my environment as if I were a marionette and how that is detrimental to me. In the piece you can see me holding a pill bottle which is meant to be a medication that I use to control my anxiety. From the pill bottle emerges a colorful flower that blossoms and presents a large pill. This aspect of the piece addresses my mental illness as a result from my stress-inducing environment, more specifically, my school environment. Overall, I perceive my school environment to be very harmful to my mental health. As a socially anxious person, I find it very hard for me to communicate and connect with people. This aspect of my character is represented by the TV static pattern in my hair and the "no signal" pattern on my dress. By associating myself with those patterns, I am relating myself to a television without signal that is unable to display the desired channel or television program. A malfunctioning television eludes from it's intended purpose as a source of entertainment.
Artistic Inspirations:
Inspirations:
Henri Matisse:
Additional Inspiration:
Earthbound:
Journal
Planning Sketches
Process
Experimentation:
Reflection:
Connection 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?