The artwork I made for this self portrait project incorporates two approaches of both collage and drawing. It shows a composition of these massive figures of me. And each of them is making a different gestures. Composition is one of the most powerful elements that contribute to build my piece. This is an asymmetrical composition because it has similar visual weights in two sides. Figures in both two sides are filled with decorate tapes‚ each of them has different pattern. They all come together
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“Analyze an example of a self portrait painting by one artist through the Subjective and Structural Frame.” Name: Del Kathryn Barton Title: “You Are What is Most Beautiful About Me” Date: unknown‚ 2008 Media: synthetic polymer paint‚ watercolour‚ gouache and pen on polyester canvas Size: 280 x 180cm STRUCTURAL FRAME In 2008 Del Kathryn Barton created a self portrait of her and her children for the Archibald Prize (and received first place). In the painting it depicts her and her children
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Unlike Pompadour‚ Kahlo was an artist who made very powerful self portraits about political‚ social‚ and emotional issues. Born in 1907 to a German immigrant and his Mexican wife‚ Kahlo developed polio when she was 6. However‚ this was not the last of her health problems. She was thrown out of a moving bus in her 20’s
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“Visual language is used in art to give meaning to artworks. Discuss with reference to 3 artists” Visual language is used in art to give meaning to artworks. Many artists use signs and symbols to convey many messages or communicate certain ideas or even to express their thoughts and feelings on certain topics‚ whether political or personal. Some artists who used symbolism in their artworks included: Pablo Picasso‚ Frida Kahlo‚ and Gordon Bennett. Pablo Picasso was an artist who often used signs
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world in their paintings. Kahlo’s artworks such as he “Self-Portrait as a Tehuana (Diego in my thoughts)” and “Henry Ford Hospital 1932” provide an insight of her life and her obsessions with child-bearing and her husband‚ Diego Rivera. Likewise‚ Francis Bacon’s “Three Studies for the Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion” and his “Self-portrait 1971” conveys the suppression of his sexuality and inhumanity of one man to another. Self-Portrait as a Tehuana (Diego on my thoughts) 1943 Oil On Masonite
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CULTURAL SELF-PORTRAIT AND REFLECTION By Manuel Chong Filipino-Chinese. That is what I am. The term “Filipino-Chinese” simply refers to a Chinese descent born and bred in the Philippines. Being a third generation Chinese in the Philippines‚ I did not grow up in a culture that is purely Chinese nor is it purely Filipino. The older generation of Filipino-Chinese is trying their best to pass on to the younger ones the traditional Chinese teachings which they acquired and learned from their ancestors
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Frida Kahlo was a Mexican artist who describes the natural culture of Mexico in a style combining Realism‚ Symbolism and Surrealism. An active communist supporter‚ she was the wife of Mexican artist called Diego Rivera. Frida is known for her self-portraits often expressing her illnesses and suffering through her painting. In the last three decades she has gained admiration in Europe and the US resulting in the 2002 movie about her life starring Salma Hayek‚ which sparked even further interest in
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who have done this are Frida Kahlo and Vincent Van Gogh. Frida Kahlo was one of the most important Mexican artists of her time. She is well known for her harsh revealing self-portraits. She started to paint at the age of 15 after she was in a horrific bus accident‚ where she then began her career as an artist. These self-portraits‚ mainly reflected her physical and emotional suffering she has gone through since the accident and later on in her life. Along with this she was greatly influenced by her
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Frida Kahlo: The Wonders behind the Tragedies Nathalie Sarju Candidate Number: Visual Arts Mr. Randall Scott Session: May 2014 Word Count: 3‚829 Abstract Miscarriages‚ betrayal‚ sickness‚ and relationships all assist in forming the damaged‚ difficult life Frida Kahlo survived through her art. Upon encountering the harsh experiences she went through‚ Kahlo would use art as her escape and as a means to express her feelings. This research was conducted to reflect and discuss the in depth
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their portraits of society which are often disturbing to the viewer. The role of an artist often includes acting as a social critic‚ to show us aspects of our cultural landscape that are unpleasant. In this manner‚ the art acts as a commentary on the negative aspects of Western civilisation. During the thirties and forties‚ Kahlo incorporated the hidden realities of economic and social depression into her works. Frida Kahlo was a Mexican artist‚ most often recognized for her series of self-portraits
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