Art Update

For Art, I have finished my portfolio and this is the explanation of my artwork. My kaupapa is about water pollution and emission.

This is the first artwork in my panel 1 portfolio. Basically, this is like an introduction, the factory represents the idea of emission and a dirty water/sea represent the idea of water pollution. And also the man is like throwing a fishnet and it's shaped into a skull to emphasise the meaning that sea creatures are in danger.

The size A5 painting is the view of the factory from the small mountain. I intentionally paint the smoke in the shape of the whale to present the connection of the effect of the emission. As more CO2 is absorbed into the ocean, it lowers the pH balance of the water, causing it to be more acidic.  

I am happy with how it ended up, but while doing this I was not thinking of the size of the paper, which ended up being a size A5.

The first artwork connects with the paintings below. These paintings below are the common species that we would see in the social media that have fishnets around their body, therefore, for this series of sea creatures, I want to call this series "Preso" meaning trapped in Portugues. Even though this series is a bit far from my artist model artworks, as the patterns are in front of the subject, I decided to use the colours blue(background) and black(fishnet) as her most colour palette for environment or nature is aqua/sea colour pallet. 

Below the preso series is the series which I called "óleo" meaning oil. For this series, the black paint represents the oil spill that is from the chemical factory from the digital painting. The technique that I used for the first one is paint splatter and as for the middle painting, I put some black paint and then stamped it onto the painting to create a unique texture. The artwork on the right is a picture of a plastic that I moulded into the shape of jellyfish and then I edit it and put a picture of jellyfish. From my research, I found some artworks of my artist model that has dripping black paint, and this is where the idea of black paint came from. I just decided to have different types of patterns or shapes.

This is where panel 2 starts at. This artwork may look like it's based on Tracey Tawhiao as I added a paper, but the point of the paper is to represent rubbish. I have also seen the artwork of Sofia Minson that has a pattern of triangles and the pattern of my artwork is based on her. 

As for this series, I used photography(the first one), printmaking(second) and lastly I did digital artwork and then I tried to make an oil spill, using black paint with some water. This series starts off with water, as you can see it is clean water but then in the artwork below it becomes a drop of clean water mixed with oil, then it, later on, becomes a thick drop of oil. As for the last artwork, I have decided to put a vignette.

Putting them as a series or connecting them was not part of my plan, but then I see some connection between the three artwork, which make me decide to just put them together.

I would say that this artwork can be linked with the artwork above.

It may not be obvious but the empty Pepsi can is a picture taken by me then I edited it and put a tail of a fish to make it look like a fish is hiding behind the Pepsi can or make it look like the Pepsi can is a fish. I also added to put a group of redfish that can be seen in the artwork below.

This artwork is still linked with emission and water pollution. As you can see it is a mask that is usually used and found in factories. The glass of the mask is acting as a fish tank, that's why there's fish and the colour of the water is a bit dark. 

I decided to add some vignette effects by using a black water flow. I also tried to add some vignettes as Sofia Minson mostly used//add vignette on her landscape/environment artwork.

Lastly, this is the final A3 size digital artwork in panel 2. I would say that this is the conclusion of my portfolio. In this artwork, I decided to draw a shore that is full of rubbish and dumped fishing gear and dead fish/ dolphins.  I have also decided to put the factory that is seen on the first panel. 

Art 1.2 Art + Portfolio Art

In Art, my kaupapa is about water pollution and emission. As for my panel board 1, I mainly used acrylic paint. And so far, I have managed to finish the first board and now I am focusing on my second board. On the other hand, for 1.2 Art internals,  I was able to produce 3 dry media on A3 paper, proof sheet and I am using the artworks from my portfolio for the wet media.

Why? 

I have decided to draw, paint and take a picture of the following objects as my kaupapa is about water pollution and emission. Even though water pollution emission is a common subject matter for art, I have decided on this kaupapa as I thought that it's better if my kaupapa is something I have a deep knowledge of. Other than that, I also wanted to know more about this topic as water pollution and emission is still a problem to other countries outside New Zealand. And think about the effect of stray rubbish and emission has on the sea creatures.

All these drawings and pictures are referred from all the objects I could see during the time I was doing this. 

.The first drawing is a sketch of the bottom or base of a plastic bottle. I have used 5 different types of sketching. 

The techniques that I used are: 

- Finger blending
- Cross-hatching
- Scribble
- Hatching

- 3s

The second drawing is an empty cup(left) and a crashed can. In this drawing, the light is coming from the back which makes the shadow casting in front. The very dark shaded is the shadow of the can and the less dark is the surface the object was in.

This is the last dry medium that I sketch. Just like the tin can(right) above, this plastic bottle is also crashed. In this case, the light is coming from the bottom right or I should say from the front-right side of the object, which makes the shadow cast on its left-rear side. Personally, out of all the 3 dry media, this is my least favourite, as the shadow looked awkward and the dark shaded part in the plastic bottle looked off. 

As for this proof sheet, I have decided to take a picture of the unclean plastic water cup when I was painting. This picture is about the different perspectives/sides of the cup. I have used studio light, natural light and a monochrome effect of the camera. 

Wet media and brief explanation and meaning behind the artwork:

This is the first artwork on panel board 1. 

The first artwork on the folio board is digital artwork. The picture is about a fisherman throwing a fishnet in the sea during sunset. As for the fishnet, I deliberately made it look like a skull to indicate the meaning of danger to the species. The chemical factory is also reflected in the water. 

                       Panel 1                                                            Panel 2

So far this is all the artwork I have done. The first panel, it's mostly acrylic painting while the second panel, it mostly consists of digital painting. 

Panel Two Plan

This past few weeks I have been thinking about what's my panel two going to look like. For now, I have decided that this is the layout of my panel two.

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What connections can you make between the two Artists Kaupapa and uses of the grid?

Tracey Tawhiao and Sofia Minson both use grids but Minson's gridding is not visible in her work, unlike Tawhiao. Sofia and Tracey both use patterns to express their ideas. Patterns are also seen in both of the work of the two artists. As for their kaupapa, both their artworks has a touch of Maori culture, they also use patterns and in their pieces. Sofia mostly used an earth tones palette and Tracey sometimes use this type of colour for her works, but most of Tracey's work consists of vibrant colour. 

This si an example of Sofia Minson's artwork.

In this artwork, you can see Minson uses grids but it's not pronounced as Tawhiao but we can still see it, especially when seeing different shades of blue. At the bottom of the artwork, we could see dark blue and as it goes up it becomes lighter and lighter. The triangle patterns also help us to see the horizontal lines. 

This an example of Tracey Tawhiao's artwork

In Tracey's artwork, she painted it on newspaper and she uses the grids of the newspaper to separate parts of her work.

Series and Sequence (ART)

 In art, we have been planning and thinking about our folios. Our teacher gave us a task that helps us with our folio. She gave us an excellent portfolio where we had to label the things that make it relate to the folio as a whole. 

Rinko Kawauchi Photography

In Art, we have been doing work that involves a camera. We have chosen a model artist, and I chose Rinko Kawauchi. After scrolling through all her work, I tried to replicate her photography style and edit it in Photoshop. Since I couldn't imitate her work, I tried to apply two or more styles of her work and edit it.

Rinko Kawauchi's style in photography is usually zoomed in or has a highlighted part in her photography. A serene, poetic style and depicting ordinary life characterises Kawauchi's work.

These are the picture that I took and edited.
After taking photos around the school, I edit them in Photoshop. Most of the pictures that I edit are focused on blue and white. I only adjust few things to exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, white and black. I have also adjusted the clarity to 100%.

Tracey Tawhiao Subversion AS 90913 v4 internal assessment 4 credits - Literacy (Blog Post 4)

 Surrealist subversion; read or listen and watch.

Locate one artwork
- Quick Thumbnail label everything.

Original Artwork

 Name: Mystery and Melancholy of a Street 

 Artist: Giorgio De Chiro

 Genre: Modernist urban landscape.

 Movement: Metaphysical painting.

Thumbnail

 

Describe the Artwork

The artwork comprises two buildings and a girl running with a hoop. The girl with the hoop looks like running towards the shadow of a large man with a stick or a spear in his right hand. The light is coming from behind the right building and illuminating the arcades on the left. In the dark area, we appear to see an open horsebox. This artwork of De Chirico is a set of parallel lines. 

Explain how subversion is demonstrated in this artwork's subject matter. 

The predecessor of the Surrealist movement, Giorgio de Chirico, intentionally subverted fictive spaces, typically city squares bordered by arcades or brick walls, to create an enigmatic experience and refute reality. The artist became interested in the notion of the eternal return and re-enactment of the myth after reading the German philosophers, particularly Friedrich Nietzsche. It was French poet Guillaume Apollinaire who first called de Chirico’s work ‘metaphysical’, from where the Metaphysical Art movement originated, with Giorgio de Chirico and Carlo Carrà as its leaders. - Statement from Gallery Intell

Explain subversion is demonstrated in space and paint applications used by De Chirico.

Subversion is showed by spacing out within the objects and show a vanishing point. We see the vanishing point in the left building as the end of the building is fading away from the further away it goes from us. We can also see a colour contrast. The building on the right has a shade of black, the street and so the sunlight illuminates the architecture on the left side. 

In the painting, it has a girl with a hoop and a figure of a man and few materials (two buildings and a horse-box). The lack of interest in the materials in this painting is probably the point he is trying to highlight and the colour of his choice for this artwork is the idea he is trying to convey.

 What similarities can you list between Tawhiao and De Chirico's artwork?

- Tracey and De Chirico are both subversive artists. 

- The two artists both use grids, but De Chirico's artwork is less noticeable. 

- They both use a subject that will emphasise their artwork.

Tracey Tawhiao Subversion AS 90913 v4 internal assessment 4 credits - Literacy - (Blog Post 3)

 Subversion through reconciling?

Sofia Minson- listen, read the transcript and/or closed captions, take notes, link the video.

- Sofia Minson hopes the viewers will experience the ' qualities' of our nature reflecting back to us' through her exhibit.

- Sofia Minson like to honour the ancestors by naming her artwork after the ancestors and mythological deities from Maori culture.

- Her artwork is mostly Maori culture-inspired and link it to other culture.

- The portraits of each woman is not real or inspired by a real person, but it's influenced by deities from different cultures around the world.

Locate one artwork - Quick thumbnail label everything.

Original Image

Thumbnail

Describe the Artwork:

This artwork shows a Maori paddle (waka) with very detailed patterns and symbols. It also has a gloomy weather background with a small amount of light from the sun. From my perspective, the background of the paddle, the dark clouds somehow look like a wave.  

Does Minson's work show subversion? If so how? If not, why?

This artwork of Sofia Minson shows subversion as it has meaning behind the work. For example, this artwork is reminding and bringing out the idea that without the Maori ancestor, travelling through the Pacific, they won't be here in New Zealand. Since according to the description of the artwork, this artwork is about honouring and remembering our ancestors who navigated throughout the Pacific. It also says that the three waka represent our ancestors who survived and face the hurdles in their life, just like how they handle the waves in the ocean when they were sailing. 

How does she use what exists already to inform her ideas?

Minson uses a massive range of ideas and put them in her own understanding. She didn't just use one culture in her artwork but she combined all other culture such as; Maori, Polynesian, Asian, Egyptian and other cultures. She uses the other culture to find the similarity from her Maori culture.  

                                                                                                                                                                   

What difference can you list between Minson and Tracey's work?

- Tracey used diverse vivid and polychromatic colours, unlike Minson she used monochrome colours and if she would add colour, it's going to be dark and bold. 

- Tracey's pieces are done in the newspaper while Minson's works are done on canvas. 

- Tracey includes text on her artwork, Minson doesn't.

- Tracey's artworks are mostly Maori patterns, and Sofia's artworks are diverse-cultured. 

Blog Post 2 -Tracey Tawhiao Subversion AS 90913 v4 internal assessment 4 credits - Literacy

1. Wide reading approach: Subversion as a compositional framework. Tracey Tawhiao- Draw a thumbnail sketch and label everything - one Artwork

2. Record: What can you categorise the objects she uses as and why?

Tracey Tahwiao uses a triangle(maunga), fish, a double koru, a shaded line, a rectangle with rounded ends and a rectangle inside and South Canterbury cave art. 

- Maunga/ triangle is used to represent the mountains.

- Fish is used to represent

- Double koru- means that two lives growing together.

- Rectangle with rounded ends and a rectangle inside- I think it represents that two race is living in the same place. In this case,  the outside rectangle represents the pakeha while the inside rectangle represents the Maori.

Triangle - represent the 2 race

- South Canterbury cave art- it represents the Maori culture and the cave was used as their shelter.

The reason why she did this was to show how the Maori people lose their land after the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840. The rectangles represent the lands that were confiscated from them. The triangles that are shaded and the triangles with lines represent the separation of the 2 ethnic groups living in the same community or nation. Maunga and fish represent the decrease of the economy due to government purchases and outright confiscation.

3. Record: Talk about space in his word-what do you notice?

She separates her work using grids. She also left some spaces to show the text from the newspaper and to add more meaning to her painting. 

4. Record: Talk about colour in his work- what can you describe?

The colour that she uses in this painting is monochromatic green, blue and as well as grey. 

Tracey Tawhiao Subversion AS 90913 v4 internal assessment 4 credits - Literacy

 Subversion in Art

Thumbnail Sketche

In Art, we sketched some of Tracey Tawhiao's artworks.

MoodBoard

In Art, I have made a mood board that contains artwork of several artists around Aotearoa. Most of the artwork in my mood board has a warm colour pallet. By looking at it my mood board are mostly about the environment and women. 

Brainstorming Themes and Ideas

 In Art, I have created a mindmap to put all of my ideas for each theme, doing this will help me with my portfolio. I'm still deciding what theme I should do but I think I there are til more ideas I can put for each theme.

Subject Matter and Theme Art

Last week in Art we had to make a copy of a slideshow with questions about the subject matter and various themes. Each slide has two paintings, it has the same subject matter but had two different meanings.