Cubism

David Hockney's Joiners

Cubism

An early 20th-century avant-garde art movement pioneered by Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso.  In cubist artwork, objects are analyzed, broken up and reassembled in an abstract form. Instead of depicting objects from one viewpoint, Cubism depicts a subject from multiple viewpoints to represent the subject in a greater context.

Joshua Naylor

Stephen McNally

Diptychs and Triptychs

Diptych

A work of art split into two pieces.  It may be one photo split into two panels, or two separate photos that relate to each other and compliment each other when displayed as a pair.

Jason Travis

David Hillard 

Matt Clayton

Triptych

A work of art split into three pieces.  It may be one large photo split into three panels, or three photos that are variants on a theme.

Adde Adesokan

Lindsay Susla

Tom Spianti

Self Portrait- Formalistic

For my formalistic self portrait I wanted to use backlighting.  I really like the effects that backlighting can have on a photo, especially portraits.  I took this photo on a sunny day around 3pm when the sun was still fairly high in the sky,  and the light was hitting the back of my head.  I took several different portraits, but this one was my favorite.

Independent Project- Shadows

For my independent project I played with shadows and the shapes they could create on people's faces. I used several different materials to create the shadows: 3 different kinds of lace, a fishnet, and tree leaves.  I held each material in front of my beautiful model Jade, and with the sun shining through the material I was able to cast a shadow on her face.  I took the photos digitally in color, but also made them all black and white.  I like the black and white ones the best because the shadows are really emphasized, although the color ones are pretty too.  Here are some of my favorites.

Then & Now

When I was younger, arts and crafts were my favorite thing in the world.  I was always coming up with new ideas and making new messes... When I was really little, finger painting, or rather body painting, as you can see in this picture, was my style of choice.  It then progressed to coloring and painting real pictures, making jewelry out of those giant plastic beads, making bookmarks and cards with the thousands of stickers my grandma supplied me with, and making clothes out of anything I could get my hands on.  I'd say not much has changed, although I'd like to think my artwork has become a little more sophisticated. 

Blue Sky Gallery- Image Analysis

Blue Sky Gallery

Maria José D’Amico: Bien de Familia #32

This is a photo of what seems to be a child’s abandoned bedroom. The wall is dirty and covered in drawings, and there is a box of old toys left open.

To me the most striking aspect of the piece is the drawings on the wall.  You can tell this used to be a little kids room, and for some reason that makes it more eerie to me than if it were an adult’s room.  Also, the drawing of the A inside a circle in the top left corner, is a symbol for anarchy, rebellion against government.  I’m not sure if that’s what the person who drew it intended for it to be, but it’s interesting to me.

The photograph makes me feel sad, and I wonder what happened to the little kid that lived in that room, whether their family had a choice of leaving their house or not.  José D’Amico’s “Bien de Familia” show is all about what’s left of abandoned houses, and this photograph in particular makes me think about what the family living in this house was life.

The whole show makes me think about the families that inhabited the places in the photographs, and why the houses are abandoned.

I thought the lighting in all the pieces was interesting, so I might experiment with similar lighting in my future work.

"Thinking Sideways"