Research

Waldemar Strempler

Collage I DID 2013

https://stremplerart.tumblr.com/post/66699205859/collage-i-did-2013-waldemar-strempler-tumblr

What captivates me in this collage is the destabilization of our perception of death. The expectation of a woman’s face (also in the mirror) being let down by the skeletal face replacing hers and her reflection implies that she is dead inside as skeletons typically symbolizes death. The rose in full bloom and the bird in motion, are two objects that are very vivid and charged with vitality. They are full of life and this contrasts with the skeleton and reinforces the idea that she is dead inside. It suggests that death is not just a destination and that we all carry death inside of us. Skeletons are the symbols of pirates hence suggesting danger and despite so, the bird heads towards the bright flower. This reflects our tendency to chase after something we are attracted to even if we see the danger in doing so.

Loui Jover

Deconstructed Freida

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/35325178306653340/

Looking at this collage, I was captivated by the fact that even though the woman’s face is being split up, I was not as disorientated as I thought I would be. Instead, I found it pleasing to the eyes. There is somewhat a sense of harmony and cohesion despite the deconstruction. This is probably because the woman is looking to her right and we can tell so because although her face is deconstructed, the way her pupils are at the far left of her eye indicates the direction she is looking at. The parting of her face invites us into her inner world previously bordered by her appearance. What resembling branches heading  in many directions and the curved arrows contrasts her inner world and her portrayal and gives insight into her frenzied and vivid mind that her calmly looking to the right would not give.

 

 

Mark Making Research

I like the messiness of ink. I like how it can represent the bizarre things going on inside of me that cannot be represented by shapes or symbols.

Michael Chase
The Crow’s Nest
24/09/2012
http://the-crows-nest.tumblr.com/post/32200126835/michael-chase