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David Hockney was born in 1937 in Bradford England and attended art school in London. Later, he moved to Los Angeles where he painted in the 1960s before beginning his photography career with joiner panoramas. He often used poems and quotations from Walt Whitman to inspire his work in the beginning, and by the late 1970s he had all but abandoned his career in painting to pursue photography, In 2011, Hockney won the award of the most influencial British artist of all time. Though later in life he has gone back to his paintings to create scenes of flowers or loved ones, he continues his joiner photography while incorporating new technology and advocating for art funding still today.
City Trees - Edna St. Vincent MillayThe trees along this city street, Save for the traffic and the trains, Would make a sound as thin and sweet As trees in country lanes. And people standing in their shade Out of a shower, undoubtedly Would hear such music as is made Upon a country tree. Oh, little leaves that are so dumb Against the shrieking city air, I watch you when the wind has come,-- I know what sound is there. Edna St. Vincent Millay “Through The Trees” Inkjet Print, Grade 10, Briana Burke
This photograph was inspired by Edna St. Vincent Millay’s poem City Trees. It portrays that although the trees seem to be fading in the industrial energy of the buildings in the background, they are still able to create a happy mood. This is shown by the sunlight shining through the bleak looking clouds. Overall, despite being in a seemingly unnatural environment, nature in the city are still able to bring a fresh appeal. LifeSherman was born in New Jersey in 1954, but was raised in New York. As a child, her father enjoyed taking family photos and collecting cameras. When she went to college at State University College in Buffalo, she began to study painting, in which she focused on self portraits and realism. Because of difficulty printmaking, she failed her first introduction to photography course. In 1975, she began conceptual work and created a series of photographs called "Cutouts" where she made a plot and acted as the characters. When she graduated in 1977, Sherman moved to New York City and continued her role-play photographic style that shaped the rest of her artistic career. ArtworkSherman's photography has been very focused on depersonalized self portraits, in which she takes pictures of herself without ever looking like herself. Many believe her work has created criticism against a medium in which its entire purpose was to document the truth. She has made a big impact in the world of conceptual art and covers topics from pop culture. Overall, Cindy Sherman's art is said to open a new world in the field of photography which portrays an unresolved and disturbing plot. I like this picture because of how much the foreground and background go together. She portrays the character well by incorporating the stairs behind her that create an expensive vibe. She completely filled the frame with subject matter and kept the emphasis on the foreground. This photograph interested me a lot because of the subject matter. The outfit seems complex but works well with the more simplified background. I like how she incorporated the rule of space in the top left of the photo, and I am curious about her intent of this piece and what it represents for her. I like the organized chaos created with this piece. It definitely portrays an artist voice, and the double exposure creates a new perspective. She also uses the rule of thirds well with the three faces with completely different expressions. InterpretationMy interpretation of her work is that it may be a criticism of the dishonesty of pop culture, and she is portraying how easily someone can be a completely different person. They all create a certain emotion whether it be the somber feeling in Untitled #465, interest in Untitled #213, or even being a little disturbed from Untitled #417. Works Cited https://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2012/cindysherman/#/11/
http://www.theartstory.org/artist-sherman-cindy.htm I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud (Daffodils) - Poem by William WordswortI wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. The waves beside them danced; but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: A poet could not but be gay, In such a jocund company: I gazed- and gazed- but little thought What wealth the show to me had brought: For oft, when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude; And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils. Robert Motherwell's painting applies the best to my poem because it shows the black intercepting with the yellow, which can symbolize the daffodil field versus the day where the author is sitting alone inside like in the poem, and the mood that comes with each situation. In this piece, the main focus is on the three gray figures in the middle, which are being intercepted by lines of the black surrounding them. Also, the bottom and right sides are surrounded by a bright yellow. The value differences in the black versus the yellow color creates emphasis on the yellow and the gray pieces in the center. Additionally, the black lines outlining the gray and crossing over them create movement between the three components. My interpretation of this art would be a difference between the light and dark parts of life, and how sometimes the dark crosses over the light and vice versa, which can be shown with the intensity and thickness of the black lines crossing over the yellow. Overall, this piece is very successful because it easily portrays a meaning without straying from the abstract aspect of the design.
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