Description: The image contains several small rectangular shapes which drastically increase in size, and decrease in distance from one another. This occurs roughly halfway down the piece, and 1/8 of the way from the left border. In addition, the shapes elongate both vertically and horizontally, further enhancing their rectangular features. At the bottom right corner of the piece, the shapes return to their original form. The color of the rectangles is dark brown, however the ones surrounding the bottom right corner vary in color (sea green, sky blue, red, olive, etc...). The background of the piece is an offset white.
Interpretation: The sudden change in proportion, color, and size occurring from top left to bottom right, followed by an even more drastic return to normalcy, creates a sensation of disrupted growth. Our eyes are then drawn back to the starting point (top left corner), due to the similarity between the shapes of the top left and bottom right corners, and are meant to repeat the process.
Evaluate: Overall the piece is successful, because it provides constant visual stimulation. It is clear that much thought was placed into the making of the piece, because of the individual proportions of each shape. Also, the squares are not aligned in a grid, but carefully positioned to create curves in the background that pull towards the bottom right corner.
1 comment:
Nice and clear. It's not a position I would take, but you argued your opinion well and convincingly.
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