lita cabellut lived on the streets of barcelona until she was adopted when she was 12 years old. as a part of a prominent family, she was exposed to art and began classical training, having her first exhibition at age 17.
her artist statement: "If my brushes Were not able to speak If my feet Were not able to take a step forward or back To gain perspective on what I see If in my head Confusion and doubt were not reigning If I don’t cry I laugh If I was not dazzled by white And moved by indigo What loneliness What loneliness I would have with myself I work in series, so the process of paintings starts with finding the concept. To sit in a chair and not move until I have the project in mind I am more than a painter, I am a storyteller." I love how all of her work is divided into different series. I really love how series work and give artists the abilities to really hone in on very specific contents and make multiple pieces about them. her work is also explosive and exciting while being simple enough to please the eye. I love her style and hope to create similar series. In reading Cristina's biographical information, I found it interesting that he spent a period of his life working as a paramedic, giving him a witness of disturbing parts of human behavior and society which has influenced his artwork.
"In my work, I want to confront that place inside of myself where our fear, hate, anger, insecurity and dysfunction reside. I want to explore what might be below the surface of those things - in a place where truths can be found, regardless of how disturbing or unpleasant they may be." - Paul Cristina What struck me most about his work is the way in which he displayed the subjects of his work to convey emotions, abstracting figures and choosing images that depicted human dynamics and the dynamics of relationships between individuals. I also loved looking through his gallery and seeing his distinct style and color schemes present in all of his pieces. I am working towards utilizing collage to effectively convey my content, as Cristina does, and also solidifying my own personal style. This is the photo I'm using to make my home project. I took this picture of my sister, Patricia, right before she left on a mission for 18 months to Russia. I really want to highlight her spirit and eagerness to help others - manifested through her willingness to set her life aside for a year and a half to serve the people of Russia. Her birthday is also approaching so I wanted to create something to show her how much I admire and care for her.
while struggling to take photographs and determine my subject matter for the collage, i've decided to work on organizing what i actually will be using to build the collage. i have cut out clips from magazines in various colors and sorted them based on their value. i really want to learn how to utilize color and value together and understand color theory better in making realistic collage.
‘It took some days to process and I’ve grown more angry and more outraged not at the theft but at the corruption of the message.’ - Brian McCarty
I found that the two articles, Daily Mail's "Mass executions, slavery... and copyright infringement: ISIS stole artist's photo and used it as propaganda to recruit new members via Twitter" by and Neumeyer's "Socialist Realism's Russian Renaissance", focused on two very different topics: the way that imagery is manipulating to create propaganda and the way that propaganda is dealt with as an art form after its active use. Reading the article regarding ISIS's use of artist Brian McCarty's artwork for their own purposes before reading about the debate of Socialist Realism's place in the art world in the present day, I was shocked at how easily an image could be manipulated and completely twisted. When I read the second article about Socialist Realism, I thought about the connection to the article about ISIS in the fact that the meaning of the original work was now being called into play - can the original meaning be overlooked for the intensity and beauty of the art form as easily as McCarty's message could be altered and used as propaganda? In the case of McCarty's work, ISIS deliberately corrupted the image and displayed it as something polar opposite to McCarty's original intent. I believe that in the case of Socialist Realism, its prevalence in art museums and shows today is mostly a tribute to the artistic style and techniques itself, not the underlying message. In addition, the degree to which painting in the Socialist Realism category blatantly support communist ideals varies. For example, "A Weekend at Grandmother's House" shows a more nostalgic scene that emphasizes the sentiment of family while others show workers or communist leaders. Lastly, I believe that its important to acknowledge the ugly parts of a country's history in order to learn from them, so I believe that completely disregarding Socialist Realism wouldn't be beneficial. |
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