Class's Reviews of 4 Artists

When reading the class's reactions to the 4 artists' work, new views of there pieces were brought to my attention. Such as Gregory Crewdson's use of blues and greens and his "story-like images". For Tuen Hocks, Michelle had said that "His work seems to try to address the human struggles and issues like homelessness." After looking at his work again, I did notice that intention. Hocks has humor in his work yet it is still done creatively and perfectly. And also Liz had said that "Hocks main series uses the same model so that the focus is on the action, not the person." When looking through the reviews of Jeff Wall, Keri had said that "His work seems to capture a moment rather than a scene." And many had agreed that his work is completely different from Crewdson and Hocks. As for Cindy Sherman some had said that her works have a "touch of glamour". And Kaitlin had said when comparing all of the artists that "contrary to the other three, seems to only work in black and white."

EXERCISE 1

For this first exercise I wanted to combine graffiti with New York City. The idea of the Brooklyn Bridge with a graffiti background shows that both are an art form in some way. The Brooklyn Bridge for being a historic piece of architecture and the graffiti because it is painted on the walls of the streets of New York. And even though it may seem as defacement, it's still a form of art.

4 ARTISTS

GREGORY CREWDSON

His work seems very static and still. There is a gloominess among his work. They seem very vacant, even when there are people in the composition. In a sense, they seem lonely. Also he does a lot of landscape work that although seems empty, is very busy because of the objects in the composition, such as houses, buildings, tree, etc.

TEUN HOCKS

His works appear to be based in sections. Each section a continued piece of the section next to it. Some pieces are divided equally and others are divided with organic lines, giving it a feel of abstraction. His other works consist of self portraits that are playing with photography and painted media. And like Gregory Crewdson have a gloomy and sad sense to them. And also like Crewdson, landscape is incorporated immensely in Hocks' works.

JEFF WALL

His photographs focus on everyday life. Whether there is an interaction or no interaction with the subjects, the photos arecompositionally with the lines and the way your eye moves throughout the composition.

CINDY SHERMAN

Her photography. unlike Wall, uses females as all of her subjects. Also unlike some of Wall's photos, Sherman's are staged compositions. She is showing women as innocent yet devious at the same time.

INSPIRATIONS

One of my inspirations is Wassily Kandinsky. I love his boldness and abstraction in all of his works. And I tend to do the same in my works also. His use of color is vibrant and and also even though there is so much going on in his pieces, they are always unified.