My Essay - Image Content

Sarah Eating Corn - painted art work by Michael Smithers

The content here shows a love of painting people, because it is up close and detailed, with a fascination in the detail and the vibrancy of the colours.

Whilst there is a certain amount of accuracy that can be seen in the facial features - the eyes, nose and hands appear out of proportion to the rest of her body. It is almost as if it is his way of drawing attention to what she is doing by accentuating her frown, squinted eyes and flaring nostrils. Its like it is his way of showing how she feels eating the corn, and how much she is enjoying that way of eating the corn by holding it in her hands.

And strangely enough with the amount of detail in the hair strands, corn pieces, and shading on her top, yet there is no back ground at all, which tells me his prime focus is her and what she is doing.

GALLERY VISIT - "Good Cop"

My favourite art work today was in the Art Space stairwell which was a quiet, contemplative mural done by Jeena Shin.  I liked how the not so glamorous stairwell was made into a kaleidoscope of varying shades of white.  The domination of shape and colour changed depending on what angle you viewed them from, this also changed with the amount of light falling on the wall.  The shapes were geometric with a hard edge and seemed to be gently floating or falling down the walls.  They were layered which also gave a 3-D effect.  To me it was talking about visible and invisible - a little similar to our studio topic - presence and absence.

Reminder To B Team: Chocablog

Second Assignment:
The second post needs to be done by group Three and include:
* An image from one of the galleries with comments that are either good cop or bad cop.


The second comments need to be done by group One and include:
* A couple of comments taking the opposite opinion to the post: bad cop or good cop
Good luck!
Hobbs

Reminder To B Team: Chocablog

Hello all,
it is great to see the blog page up and running.
To help get you all started:
Group One: Gerard, Kielu, Joanne, Ian, Jacqueline, Robin, Rose, Joseph, Maha and Tepora
Group Three: Fiti, Junior, Eleanor, Kofe, Sophie, Kut, Daniel, Ronald and Leah

The first post needs to be done by group One and include:
* An image from your essay
* Paragraph on the content (What)

The first comments need to be done by group Three and include:
* A couple of sentences talking about the form (How) of the image

I hope that this helps you to get started.  Please get in touch with me if things are still not clear
Hobbs

Image Content : Trip Fontaine, from "The Virgin Suicides" (Film)

There is a tinge of sadness and defeat in this image, as if he were expecting something, but it hasn't worked out to his advantage, he also comes across as vulnerable and misunderstood. I guess it can be seen as a bittersweet moment - he may think he has everything, but the best things in life can't always be handed to him on a silver platter. 

TONY MONTANA

Al Pacino as Tony Montana in the film, "Scarface" directed by "Brian De Palma".

This image reveals the character of "Tony Montana" as a wealthy man, however the image also reveals his lust for power. Brian De Palma also expresses the idea that "you should never get high on your own supply" (quote from Brian De Palma).