"Stress"
Exhibition Text
''Stress"
Acrylic on Canvas
12in x 36in
September 10th, 2017
This Painting was inspired and created by the Abstract Expressionist movement and the central idea came from "Bullfight" Elaine de Kooning and "Untitled" by Jean-Michel Basquiat and his painting of himself helped me create my piece titled "Stress." This piece was made to reflect how most of my expressions in the past were cover ups to hide my true feeling from the world and everyone due to the fear of them being hurt.
Acrylic on Canvas
12in x 36in
September 10th, 2017
This Painting was inspired and created by the Abstract Expressionist movement and the central idea came from "Bullfight" Elaine de Kooning and "Untitled" by Jean-Michel Basquiat and his painting of himself helped me create my piece titled "Stress." This piece was made to reflect how most of my expressions in the past were cover ups to hide my true feeling from the world and everyone due to the fear of them being hurt.
Artist Inspiration
This piece "Untitled" by Jean-Michel Basquiat inspired my piece "Stress" because of how I could create a conceptual meaning with my piece with the same style shown in "Untitled" by Jean-Michel Basquiat I used to convey a meaning through the idea in his piece to connect my lost of identity through the use of a convoluted colors and brush strokes. The way Basquiat created a skull and the form of the skull I used to create all the faces that are on my piece. My central idea came from Basquiat's piece where i incorporated his piece into the main theme of my piece. My piece "Stress" was also inspired by "Bullfight" Elaine de Kooning and her art movement Abstract Expressionist is what inspired my piece and its elements within it. I was inspired by her use of colors in a abstract form to convey an over arching message and that is what i was attempting for my piece "Stress." My piece was also inspired by "Bullfight" Elaine de Kooning and her brush strokes within her piece and that is what inspired my background of horizontal strokes of dull warm colors bringing out the faces within my piece.
Planning
Brainstorming/Planning Sketches
Brainstorming/Planning Sketches
These were my planning sketches for what would be my project #2 for my senior portfolio
Painting Process
I started this piece with a painted black canvas, then I blended horizontal lines of pink yellow, red, and white to create the background. then using some gold paint to make the background pop out more from the dullness of the color used. and then making the main face in the background out of bronze. I used the wide curving strokes from "Bullfight" by Elaine de Kooning as my technique for my foreground and background. after painting every white face within my piece i went back and over the white lines again to make the piece not look sloppy with the craftsmanship. I used many different complex forms and surrealistic like proportions to create a sense of perception of character. I used droopy like features for the faces to represent a sorrow visual with each face within my piece "Stress."
The Meaning
the meaning of this piece is that I cover my true emotions and feelings through the many faces and expression I hide my true self over. its like wearing a mask and it covers up your identity. all the emotions I have cover up what I truly felt inside. I felt stressed out constantly with my life and my self. No matter how much I am stressed out I don't let it surface on the outside and let it effect everything within my environment. So instead of expressing my true emotions I bottle it up and keep it hidden from those around me. Then i replace my true thoughts and feelings with a mask, not literally im taking my body language and facial expressions. I act like something and someone im not and thats how i coped and have handled my inner conflicts and emotions. I also used dull colors to represent gloomy expression and feelings that aren't subtle where i should be keeping them to myself. I used the shiny bronze and gold to represent the amount of importance it is expressing my self and how i bury my feelings deeper then gold within the earth. The main reason I am stressed cause i couldn't go to anyone to express and dump my real emotion with and have closure and be consoled and guided towards the right path. Thats why i have all these fake faces cause all of them replace what is truly under all of them my stress and struggles of my feelings and aspirations.
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Experimentation
For my experimentation I wanted to see what direction my brush strokes for my background would bring my foreground out the most. But i also wanted it to blend with it to keep the abstract feel and not have them be too distracting and standing out within my piece.
Reflection
This piece is one of my best pieces that i have created in my opinion. It is very simple of a piece but thats what makes it better to me is its simplicity. How my idea turned out it was more than how I originally imagined it. During the painting process my ideas were continue to flow and as i went along i adjust many of the thoughts i had for my original plan for this piece and altered them and then created a more exemplary piece that better portrayed my meaning. if I could improve something on this piece I would improve the blending and brush strokes, this is a usual problem in many of my pieces and i must learn to put more paint on my brush and have clean solid lines within my pieces. My meaning of this piece can be compared to a drama live play with many masks with different facial expressions. The asymmetrical symmetry within my piece and how my piece has this through the larger face balancing on one side with many smaller faces equalizing the largest one on the other side. One thing I would done better is take better process photo so there isn't a large gap in between some of the major parts that was implemented within my piece.
CritiqueMy piece "Stress" reflects on my artist inspirations and how I created my piece through using their pieces and ideas intertwined with my own ideas. my meaning and purpose is represented through the movement and techniques of both of my artist inspirations. My use of faces was inspired by my artist inspiration Basquiat and his piece where he uses a skull to represent his identity and cultural struggles.
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Connecting to ACT
1. Identify cause and effect relationships between your inspiration and your artwork.
In my piece "Stress" that was inspired by "Untitled" by Jean-Michel Basquiat I applied his brush strokes and use of color to create a contrast of color within my piece to create my central theme within of my piece.
2. What is the overall approach the author has regarding the topic of your inspiration?
The author's approach in connection with "Bullfight" Elaine de Kooning piece is that she used Abstract Expressionism and represented theses experiences through the use of color and line and brush strokes to create a overall picture.
3. What kind of generalizations and conclusions have you discovered about people, ideas, cultures, etc. while you researched your inspiration?
That the use of lines within art can create feelings and perspectives through the expressionism movement within my artist inspiration.
4. What was the central idea or theme around your inspirational research?
My central theme of my piece is that the technique of your brush and how you create your piece is the most detrimental component to abstract art.
5. What kind of inferences did you make while reading your research?
when researching my inspiration of Basquiat and Kooning is I looking further into how they used the Expressionism art movement and how it influences their art and their meanings for them as well.
In my piece "Stress" that was inspired by "Untitled" by Jean-Michel Basquiat I applied his brush strokes and use of color to create a contrast of color within my piece to create my central theme within of my piece.
2. What is the overall approach the author has regarding the topic of your inspiration?
The author's approach in connection with "Bullfight" Elaine de Kooning piece is that she used Abstract Expressionism and represented theses experiences through the use of color and line and brush strokes to create a overall picture.
3. What kind of generalizations and conclusions have you discovered about people, ideas, cultures, etc. while you researched your inspiration?
That the use of lines within art can create feelings and perspectives through the expressionism movement within my artist inspiration.
4. What was the central idea or theme around your inspirational research?
My central theme of my piece is that the technique of your brush and how you create your piece is the most detrimental component to abstract art.
5. What kind of inferences did you make while reading your research?
when researching my inspiration of Basquiat and Kooning is I looking further into how they used the Expressionism art movement and how it influences their art and their meanings for them as well.
Citations
“Elaine-De-Kooning-Bullfight.jpg.” Denver Art Museum, denverartmuseum.org/file/elaine-de-kooning-bullfightjpg.
Basquiat painting fetches record $149m at New York auction. www.bing.com/cr?IG=3DC38493AB674BD281E8DDEAF4F40721&CID=135086B16BF96CFD360E8D8A6AFF6DC5&rd=1&h=TjKklYrhHLdGRIRN2rPu-R0VcQGEfOyuxyJfdHlH5oQ&v=1&r=http%3a%2f%2fwww.abc.net.au%2fnews%2f2017-05-19%2fbasquiat-painting-fetches-record-149mn-at-new-york-auction%2f8541480&p=DevEx,5040.1.
Basquiat painting fetches record $149m at New York auction. www.bing.com/cr?IG=3DC38493AB674BD281E8DDEAF4F40721&CID=135086B16BF96CFD360E8D8A6AFF6DC5&rd=1&h=TjKklYrhHLdGRIRN2rPu-R0VcQGEfOyuxyJfdHlH5oQ&v=1&r=http%3a%2f%2fwww.abc.net.au%2fnews%2f2017-05-19%2fbasquiat-painting-fetches-record-149mn-at-new-york-auction%2f8541480&p=DevEx,5040.1.