Essay thing?

this image is from th 1989 film, Harlem nights. The image portrays "fear" where the shot is shown in close-up view simply portraying Eddie's emotions of "fear". TYhe shallow depth fo field also depicts that Edie is th subject matter. eddie creates an u imagery in this film where viweres have come to assosiate with th black community!

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Reminder Post Three

PowerPoint, with 3-5 slides of your essay structure.
An example:
1. Introduction
2. Context
3. Compare
4. Contrast
5. Evaluation

Things that can help:
- learning Centre X8124
- working in pairs
- brainstorm
- research
- class notes
- blog page
- Tessa; tessa.laird@manukau.ac.nz
- Rebecca; rebecca.hobbs@manukau.ac.nz

Elements that you can discuss:
- Form
- Content
- Context
- Vocab
- Style
- Genre

Due 2nd June

The Scornful Woman (Gertrude Schiele), Egon Schiele, 1910

Naked to the waist and wearing a huge hat, she looks at someone with scorn at her side. The caricatured expression,what would have been a fine society lady in a black hat has been transformed into a fish wife, scornful, yet vulnerable.

the placing on the paper and the shortening of the hat and figure it'self reminds me of Lautrec, as does the medium, but the painting is also equally parts a distortion of Klimt.

google for the picture, my computer hates me D}=

Shane Cotton - Climbing ( Good Cop / Bad cop)

The reason why this particular piece stood out to me was because of the text ' climbing'. I love text in art as it gives you something sure to start from when you are trying to understand an artist's point of view. For this piece Shane has used white acrylic paint on a background of black and the contrast of these two colours emphasises the 'tree' and the life inherent within it. The swirls, loops and curls of the branches ( all in different sizes and textures) portray movement and a sense of unrest & wildness. They also suggest that there is power in the 'living' and in growth. At the base of the tree is a hand stretching upwards which suggests that this tree is a metaphor for human life, growing, climbing & moving in many directions. There is a sense of simplicity and yet intensity in this picture - a lone tree but yet an intricate & complex one with a story to tell

gallery visits

Hey team,

Could someone please tell me which Galleries were visited?

Michael Lett & Art Space and was there one other?

Leah

Shane Cotton - Star Eater - COMMENT

(Is this ok?) I was supposed to be COMMENTING on the form of an image, but due to the lack of posts, I was wondering if I could create a post myself, and comment on the form, instead?

I was absent on the day of the trip to the galleries, so I had a look online, and the Michael Lett gallery grabbed my attention.


Comments

The image above (Star Eater, by Shane Cotton) almost reminds me of some artwork that I used to do at primary school. I'd apply colour with felt tips or paint to a blank piece of paper, covering the entire thing, leave it to dry, and then over the top I'd cover it in a layer of black pastel. Then, with my fingernails, a coin, or another object, I'd scratch out pictures and swirly patterns, that would result in creating a really interesting & unique image. His work reminds me of those childhood memories, which is partly why I enjoy this piece.

To me, this painting has childlike elements, with the swirling patterns & the flowing doodle-like appearance of the layout - yet despite the calculated fragmentation, many parts also cohere. An initial thought was that it also contained a Maori narrative, with the red/black/white colouring and the recognisable detailed designs (ones you'd see on Maori wood carvings) that are only seen with a close-eye. The glowing masses positioned against the darkened negative space reinforces this, and perhaps the suggestion of carved body parts. When at a distance from this painting, I can almost make out a face. The large object in the middle of the image being the nose, the two dark empty spaces at each side of it - the eyes, and the space underneath at the bottom of the image - the mouth, with a pattern that reminds me of jagged teeth.

This work definitely has some sort of symbolic or cultural coding. It holds a certain mystery that I cannot quite understand, and I like that.