Nothing to Something..
This image is filled with color. Different, shades, hues, and patterns I see scattered across this image, gives me a sense of fun, and happiness. When Jon Coffet created this image I believe he was just having fun. The vocal point of this image is all of the colors, shades, and patterns on the shirts. It takes you in, having your eyes wonder around looking at all what is shown.
Honestly, and personally right when my eyes met this image I instantly thought about when I didn’t having anything. I was so bad that the only thing that my mom could do to me to punish me was to not buy me as much clothing as I needed. To be honest, I don’t even blame her. I was so disobedient, she did nothing for me to do the things I’ve done, for my Mother wasn’t my only influence and picked up bad habits from others. She’s such a good woman, God fearing woman and honestly if she does nothing else for me, SHE’S DONE ENOUGH. So, when I was younger I didn’t have much. This boy would constantly down me because the clothes and shoes on my feet. He was very fortunate, very spoiled, too spoiled and was very devoted to his materials and labels he worn on his back. As soon as I decided to change my ways and finally do right by my Mom and do what was expecting, that’s when my blessings started to overflow. As soon as I got in high school I became the real me. I was very trendy, sweet, and respectable. I went from two five pair of shoes, to 20 pair of heels. I went from borrowing clothes, to giving away clothes to those in need. I thank God everyday when I walk in my closet, for I am abundantly blessed. I’m so blessed to have what I need and want. I’ve absolutely went from ” Nothing to something”, so I owe it all to him, and my Mother.
Hope you enjoyed, thanks for reading.
Shon
“The Road to York Through Sledmore”
For my Pop artist I chose David Hockney. Before I critique this piece of art, I would like to share brief information about the pop art movement, and David Hockney himself. David Hockney is one of the most popular British artists of the 20th century, instantly recognisable with his trademark circular glasses and exuberant personality, Hockney is also one of the most versatile artists, being successful as a painter, photographer, print-maker, stage designer and a draughtsman.
Despite David Hockney rejecting the labelling of his works as “Pop Art”, his paintings often reference this movement, and one of his favourite subjects is the Californian swimming pool, displaying his love of Los Angeles. It is these paintings of Californian swimming pools that have associated him with the Pop Art movement emerging in the UK and US in the 1960s.
Moreover, Pop Art was one of the United States major artistic movements of the 20th century - aside from Abstract Expressionism, it was probably the biggest. It actually was first coined in Britain in 1955 but unsurprisingly the Americans took up the consumerist cause with much greater effect and conviction, and became the pioneers of the movement. Pop art and pop culture refers to the products of the mass media evolving in the late 1950s and 60s and also to the works of art that draw upon popular culture - packaging, television, advertisements, comic books, the cinema. Pop art was the medium that made real the breaking down of barriers that had existed for hundreds of hears between high (old-fashioned) art and mass culture.
To conclude, The name of this piece is called, “The Road to York Through Sledmore.” This painting is very welcoming. It gives you a sense of happiness, because of the light colors David decided to use. The Vocal point is the road, it makes you wonder what’s lies further up the road. This painting makes you feel at peace when you look at this, and that is why I chose this piece.
Thanks for reading, hoped you enjoyed.
Shon.
“Torn”
Out of all the pictures I looked at, this one in particular captures the feeling That I’ve felt. The vocal point is the girl. Her sad and confused facial expression to be exact. Ever been torn in between the two? Being in love with someone and then out of nowhere someone comes and make you feel so good and brand new?
This is the worse situation to be in, to be in love, then to have somebody come into your life and turn it upside and make you question your love. You try so hard to block out the thoughts about the other person, you start to think about them more than the one you’re with. Soon you began to feel guilty, and sad. Here’s this person you’re with left in the dark not knowing you’re falling for someone else, but you just can’t help how you feel. What if you leave the one you’re with and find out that the grass isn’t always greener on the other side? Both are very attractive, great personality, but for me that’s what I only knew about the one I was falling for. The one I was in love with, we had, history, strong passion, and a bond. Why would I leave that for something I knew nothing about? What if the grass was greener on the other side?
What if the one I was falling for could love, treat, and respect me so much better? I couldn’t tame my feelings when it came to her. I would stare at her and fall into a absolute daze. She gave me chills down my body and just the thought of her made my heart drop. All the feelings she gave me were the exact feelings my love did. I felt so wrong, guilty, and sad, but then aroused with happiness when in her presence. So, who do I choose? Do I stay with my love, or leave and be with the other one? The question I always asked myself was why leave when I’m happy? Either way it goes, someone will get hurt, and the most thing I feared was hurting them. They didn’t deserve it, and I didn’t want to be the one doing the hurting. I had the weight of guilt, love, confusion, and emotions on my shoulders. Spinning in circles, not knowing what direction to turn to. I was on a emotional roller coaster and didn’t know how to get off. I don’t know what to do. The only thing I had to turn to were my thoughts, and emotions. “I’m falling for you hard, but I love her.” I hated being in that predicament. A situation where you feel there’s no solution, no way out. I don’t know what to do. I hate, I hate, I hate, the feeling of being….. “TORN.”
Antony Gormley’s sculpture ( Trapped)
Antony sculpted an interesting sculpture. He made a great choice to chose black for this sculpture. It gives you the feeling of depression, and confusion. It almost looks as if he’s in a tight place, how his legs and arms are close together. Of course the vocal point is the sculpture and you can get any story just from looking at this. My story, I think about my granny, how I feel she doesn’t love me as much as she loves my other cousin. How this sculpture is place is what I want to do sit in a corner and ball up. This, is how I feel on the inside, trapped, abandoned, unloved, and left alone. A grandmother is someone you should trust, depend on, and enjoy their company, but I don’t. I feel she does certain things for me, because she feel she has to. This sculpture, brought all of my feelings to the surface. This is how I really feel, left alone. On the outside I look like I don’t really care, but on the inside it’s killing me, I just feel trapped. All the comparing, me not ever doing anything right, her gossiping, and the words that comes at her mouth makes me resent her. What grandmother says, ” I don’t f*** with her anymore”? WHAT grandmother talks about their grandchild?? WHO? All the things I’ve witness with this woman makes me want to explode! How the sculpture is sitting, maybe I need to do this, and just sit and think about how God will bring me out of this and just let go and let God. If I do that, I probably won’t feel what I’m feeling anymore, I want feel so, TRAPPED.
Thank you for reading, hope you enjoyed.
Shon
The Wicked Eye.
The Dada artist I chose, was Marcel Duchamp. I also decided to give brief information about this French artist.
He was considered by some to be one of the most important artists of the 20th century. His output influenced the development of post-World War I Western art. The Dada movement surfaced in the early twentieth century as a literary and artistic movement that celebrated random chance, ready-made artworks, and outrageous performances. Its practitioners, including Hugo Ball, Tristan Tzara, and Marcel Duchamp himself, scorned common conventions of high culture, especially the appreciation for artistic intention and skill.
On to this interesting painting he’s done. I found a bit strange, but unique. The warm, dark shades give me a sense of misery, and wickedness. The vocal point is the eye. This is why I call this painting ”The wicked eye.” It shows that he is slowly becoming wicked like this profane world we live in. Maybe he has no way out and all he knows is immoral. If you stare at both eyes it seems as though he’s becoming inhuman. I also think about the saying, ” what you surround yourself with you become.” This painting screams evil, and maybe the artist was in a down spiral in his life when he brought himself to paint this interesting, yet terrifying piece of art. Despite it being insanely creepy it makes you think, “How was he feeling when he created this painting?” That’s why I chose to critique Marcel’s work.
Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed.
Shon.
Sleeping With A Stranger
This portrait is actually named Cocteau in Bed with Mask (1927). When I first laid eyes on this piece it scared me at first. It looked weird and out of place to me, actually the only work that Berenice Abbott did that made me stop, look, and think. I don’t know the message she tried to deliver, but what caught my eye was the pale, white mask laying beside a man in his bed. The focal point for this portrait is the man and the mask. What I got from this work of art was lost of self- identity. Yes, I know a lot about this word. I use to wear I mask, walking around being someone I wasn’t, afraid to shine, and be the person I was destined to be. You soon become lost within yourself, and sleep an unpeaceful rest. The man in this portrait looks disturbed and unhappy with himself. For he is sleeping with an stranger. I wonder if I looked like this in my sleep for I wasn’t happy with myself, upset for letting people pull me different directions in my life. I was my worse enemy, heading for destruction. You soon get tired of wearing a mask every single day of your life. You soon became closed up and begin to suffocate. It’s hard to answer the question, ” who are you”? when don’t even know yourself. I took my mask off along time ago. Now I know my worth, and myself. No one can rob my identity, nor my Character. Don’t let people put a label on you and you accept it, don’t let anyone change who you are. Turn down the mask that is offered, and be who YOU want to be. Just do me one favor and ask yourself this question…. Am I sleeping with a stranger?
Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed.
Shon
CHANEL IMAN
In this picture above is a young model by the name of Chanel Iman.
It’s obvious that I Love fashion and anything that represents it, like Fashion Modeling. I always wanted to be a model in particular, if the opportunity reveals itself to me, I will take it with no hesitation. Modeling seems very intriguing, so I wouldn’t mine making that my second career. The vocal point of this photo is Chanel Iman, the photo positioned in the middle to be exact. To the left she haves on a tan assemble she is modeling and to the right is black and white. In the middle the editor decided to place a pop of color in the middle picture to balance out the photo. In conclusion, I’m a slave for fashion and paint to the canvas is like trendy clothes to the body, so fashion, and fashion modeling has always been art to me. My last sentence pretty much brought this critique to its end for more information about Chanel Iman go to www.chaneliman.com. Hope you enjoyed and thank you for reading.
Shon Booker. : )
This Painting is interesting. I love how the painter ( Alena Lazareva) Had the mermaid sitting out in the middle of the ocean, looking like she’s at peace despite the strom infront of her. As you can see behind her there’s a bright light, which also symbolizes peace and calmness, in my opinion. She’s beautiful and everything sorrounding her is, which is the reason why I was drawn to this picture.
I love this picture, because it’s beautiful to me. There’s a message behind this painting. The name of this painting is “Black is Black”. I think about a lot when I looked at this picture, such as colorisim within the black community. Darker skin individuals get picked on by the shade of their skin, which leads to low self-esteem. As people we should embrace the skin that we’re in, love one another and come to a realization that black is black and all shades are beautiful from light, brown and dark brown. We’re all beautiful. The shade of your skin doesn’t make you.
When I look at this picture, this tree symbolizes strength. No matter what storm came in the tree’s path it stood strong. Even through it’s been stripped of it’s leaves. It’s INERT and will soon be rebirth and leaves will recreate itself.
