Postmodern Blog
Roy Lichtenstein's work was very new to me. The comic book look is a new thing I have looked at. I also noticed while looking through his work that it often depicts women. The elements that stand out to me here are Texture, pattern, and color. I could assume with comic book-style art texture is a really big element at play and that's obvious here. The color choices kinda remind me of the time it was made, in the 60s, with lots of blonde hair, white pearls, red lipstick, and blue eyes. The color choices here just remind me of the look that was popular at the time it was made. I also think that pattern across the women's face in Crying Girl is quite interesting, I think it maybe goes towards the comic book feel. I like the work, I think it's unique and not something I would have pictured myself being drawn to.
Next, I looked at Andy Warhol. Warhol's work is definitely something more to my liking. I do like all these works, but I also tried to pick things I wouldn't have expected me to like.
Andy Warhol | Grevy's Zebra (1983)
These works are something I have definitely seen in life before this class, especially Shot Sage Blue Marilyn. Obviously, color is a giant element here. I love how in Grevy's Zebra it looks like we are looking at it through many different colored lenses. I think value, or tone, is also present here. Space is also here with the Zebra, it seems layered with the way the colors work in different lenses.
Gerhard Richter's art is probably my favorite for this blog. I love this first piece 944-954.
Color is always the first element my eyes are drawn to. In 944-954, they are vibrant and messy. In Grauwald, it's bleak and a bit haunting. The tone of both these works are polar opposites of each other. One has more color and light, while the second is dark and only offers pieces of the full landscape. I do personally think Texture is present here in both works. When I look at them I can't help but imagine what they feel like. Grauwald looks more like a picture-turned art project, and we know what trees and leaves feel like, and we can tell they look wet and cold. Then with 944-954, I can't help but think about how the paint was spread onto the canvas and if it has ridges you could feel. I love both works.
Hi Lylian, I also really liked 944-954. I really like how the different colors and shapes used in the artwork caught my eye the second I looked at the painting. I really enjoyed all the different kids of art that you chose for your blog post.
ReplyDeleteI agree that Roy Lichtenstein has very interesting art. My favorite aspect of his art is the bold line and selective color choices. I love it when artwork is super colorful, but I like it even more when artwork has a small group of colors that work very well together. In my opinion the bolder the better. I think it’s super cool that all of his works give off a printed feel, even though they’re all hand-painted. I also think including the dotted texture that comic books used to use to save ink is a nice touch.
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