For my personal project, I explored an idea that the Yesmen inspired. When they presented the golden skeleton, Gilda, it gave me an idea to create drawings of different parts of a skeleton. This connects to my love of drawing different parts of the human anatomy. It also made me think about the idea of taking something morbid and making it glamorous. By creating a golden skeleton, the Yesmen were criticizing a company that made a decision based on money and not based on the lives that they would take away or dramatically effect. I want the viewer to consider different parts of the body that I draw like they consider different parts of themselves. I want the viewer to interpret the gold paint in their own way.
I liked how Gilda was an inspiration for your project! I think that portraying something that is typically seen as macabre in gold, thus glorifying it is really humorous. In fact, I can see that as a generative topic, in and of itself! Great job!
ReplyDeleteI thought the presentation of your work was great as in the order you put the pieces in. It is really fun to take things like that apart. Right now I'm working on a series of organs which is really fun because it ends up being a pretty painting but really grosses me out the whole time I'm working on it!
ReplyDeleteLike Beth, I really like the idea of taking an object apart because it shows how something really works. I think it would be an interesting assignment for students to deconstruct an object, anything from a flower to a stuffed animal, and do drawings of the individual components.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely agree with your statement. I think that your work was very clever in relating it to The Yes Men, and how they mockingly glorify such morbid or unethical actions. You are also staying true to your inspiration and riding out the theme of body parts etc. Hooray!
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ReplyDeleteI too really love studying human anatomy, and I think your drawings are really well done. When I look at these pieces I think about how the gold tries to overwhelm the bone, making me wonder which one is more important, which really nails your concept! I think you should continue with this series a little ways and see where it goes! great job!
your project is particularly interesting to me because looking at it could lead to so many different interpretations. As Susan stated, i like the contrast between the skeleton bones and the gold paint because both give such strong statements alone. The battle between the two causes the viewer to look beyond the surface and think about the meaning. This deeper thought-process is the goal of the yesmen, as well.
ReplyDeletein the watchmen video, i got the impression that the whole "gilda the golden skeleton" thing was done for comic effect. i like how you've re-imagined her in your pieces. the smears and streaks of "gold" make everything feel archaic; the clinical, simple drawings of the bones themselves make a good contrast. awesome
ReplyDeleteI don't think you showed that last one of the full skeleton in class but I think I like it the best. I also agree with what Sergio said about how you took the comedic statement by the YesMen and made it your own. I think it's a pretty useful skill as an artist to be able to not only generate your own ideas, but to form your own opinions and responses to things that you find interesting.
ReplyDeleteI really like how you chose to single out certain parts of the skeleton. It gives them significance and the gold paint gives the bones an importance similar. These pieces really show you have your own developed sense of style influence by street art.
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