Donya Potter
Based on the PEM exhibit, I would
like to further explore with using unrealistic sizes and ratios to objects and
things along those lines. In the “Sizing it up: Scale in Nature and Art”
category of the exhibit, I found the art to be very engaging and interesting
because it was so abnormal and abstract.
An artist and theme that has always
stuck out to me was Frida Kahlo. I have known about her and her artwork since I
was young and traveled around Mexico and have always been fascinated with the
way she painted. Her paintings are all very deep and intensely meaningful. They
are extremely abstract and unusual but once you understand the emotion she was
trying to express, it all makes perfect sense. They are often sad and have a
lot of pain in them, which also draws me in and makes me want to know more
about Frida as a person as well as an artist. Her theme is her and her emotions
in a portrait. For me, this would be very cool to experiment with but also very
challenging.
This video inspires me because it
talks about her pain, and how it made her stronger and rise above her
difficulties in life. This makes me think she is a very inspirational artist.
What draws me in about her portraits are that her face is usually consistent
and similar but what’s surrounding her is always the interesting part. What is
happening to her or what she’s doing is what expresses her emotion.
I like this drawing because it has a very whimsical feel to
it. It reminds me of when I was a kid and had a huge imagination. I like how
the flowers are ginormous because it could possibly have an underlying concept
of the pollution in our planet right now and how we desperately need to take
care of our earth and plants. The flowers are big to show the importance of
this issue. It appeals to children most likely which is exactly who needs to be
targeted so the next generation will be saved. I like how there are multiple
kinds of flowers for diversity and how they are crammed in a room representing
the small world.
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