Module 7- Analyzing Artwork
The first artwork is the Marilyn Monroe painting by Andy Warhol. The
original piece was first created in August 1962, shortly after Marilyn’s
death. He used a photograph from her film “Niagara” in 1952, which he
then cropped to bring her features into greater focus. The Marilyn Monroe
series he created in 1967 shows a very bright and bold image. He uses
many colors to define the piece. The palette includes a bright yellow, acid
green, hot pink, and many more. In many of the portraits, Warhol uses the
bright yellow variant to emphasize her platinum blonde hair. One portrait
in particular, he uses that same bright yellow on the hair, but on top of a
hot pink background. Warhol defines the shadows on her face and body
with a black color, while again using the hot pink for her eyeshadow and
an orchid-like outline around her lips. This portrait speaks volumes to me
due to the different splash of colors and variants used, and how well they
all blend and complement each other. This portfolio contains 10
photographs and each print is vibrantly colored to reflect her vivacious
personality. In one of the prints, she is colored in silver and black. This
brings to mind the effect of watching Marilyn on the screen in black and
white coloring. The dark colors are also a somber reminder of her passing.
Warhol put immense detail into the coloring of this photograph, even going
as far as coloring the mole on her face a red-ish shade and her pupil’s
bright yellow, as opposed to the basic white color. Warhol is known for his
use of eye popping colors that speak to his audience. The colors also bring
to life Marilyn Monroe’s iconic status and celebrity glamor.
The next artwork I will be analyzing is “Cow Series” by Andy Warhol.
This simple screen print of a New Jersey cow played a huge part in the
development of Andy Warhol’s career as an artist. Warhol had no interest
in cows, however. It was Ivan Karp’s idea after Andy asked him for ideas.
He suggested the cow, because they were “so wonderfully pastoral” and a
“durable image in the history of art.” For this piece, Warhol once again
chose to use such bright and aggressive color schemes. Painting the cows
color such as hot pink, purple, yellow, etc. Though, not as colorful as the
Marilyn Monroe series, they are both detailed greatly. The brush strokes
around the canvas are very neat. The dark shadows he used on the head of
the cow are fine in detail as well. The pink and yellow colors of the
original piece are very complementary of each other. This cow was the
first of four-color schemes in Warhol’s Cow series. When you look at the
image, you can see how vintage it looks. The more you view the artwork,
the more it begins to pop out at you. The hot pink outline around the cow
placed on top of the lively yellow background really sets the tone for the
piece, and causes the image to jump out at you. The ink residue is very
apparent in this image as well. Especially on the yellow background. You
can see the black colored ink around parts of the canvas, as well as on the
cow itself. This can be seen on the nose of the cow and directly on the right
eye.
The next art I will be analyzing is the Brillo Box by Andy Warhol. The Brillo Box was created in 1964. The sculpture is in the shape of a cube and is rather colorful. It uses a few different color schemes such as red, white and blue. The box itself is all white. However, it features the word "Brillo" in giant bold letters and in both red and blue coloring. The design around the text is also in red.
The next to be analyzed is the "Bird Basket" by Henry Moore. First sculpted in 1939. The influence for this piece comes from non-Western art. Friction drums made on the Oceanic island of New Ireland, to be exact. It also demonstrates the way Moore combined aspects of Surrealism and Constructivism in the 1930s. The sculpture itself looks like that of a birds nest. It's brown in color and appears to look wooden. It's placed on top of a brown standee, and has what looks like a netting on top in the colors red and blue.
The next two works I will be analyzing are drawings by a local artist named Javereirie. I follow his drawings on social media, where he posts them. He usually mixes the cartoon world and pop culture in his drawings. For example, in the photograph above, he bases his drawing from a popular Netflix series titled "The Get Down." In this colorful image, he also replaces the women on the original cover for the series with well-known cartoon characters. In the front, he uses Maya from the children's cartoon "Maya and Miguel." She's seen wearing a red headband, a pink and white blouse, and light blue jeans. To the left of her is Lacienega from Disney's "The Proud Family." She is wearing a yellow tank top with blue jeans. Finally, to the right of Maya is Suzie from "The Rugrats." She has on a fitted red crop top with the picture of a strawberry over it. She also has on dark blue jeans with red netting on the sides. The background for the image in general is purple with black and gold accents.
In this image, Javereirie takes inspiration from famous movie "Mean Girls." He once again uses cartoon characters as representation of the movie characters. In place of Cady Herron, he uses Stevonnie from Steven's Universe, a show on Cartoon Network. He puts her in a long sleeve crop top, embedded with a golden star in the front. The wording around the top is actually his name. She also has on blue jeans and black heel boots. Representing The Plastics on the cover is Roberta from The Cleveland Show, Miranda from As Told by Ginger and Ashley from Recess. They're all wearing pink mini skirts and high heels.
The next artwork I will be analyzing is “Cow Series” by Andy Warhol.
This simple screen print of a New Jersey cow played a huge part in the
development of Andy Warhol’s career as an artist. Warhol had no interest
in cows, however. It was Ivan Karp’s idea after Andy asked him for ideas.
He suggested the cow, because they were “so wonderfully pastoral” and a
“durable image in the history of art.” For this piece, Warhol once again
chose to use such bright and aggressive color schemes. Painting the cows
color such as hot pink, purple, yellow, etc. Though, not as colorful as the
Marilyn Monroe series, they are both detailed greatly. The brush strokes
around the canvas are very neat. The dark shadows he used on the head of
the cow are fine in detail as well. The pink and yellow colors of the
original piece are very complementary of each other. This cow was the
first of four-color schemes in Warhol’s Cow series. When you look at the
image, you can see how vintage it looks. The more you view the artwork,
the more it begins to pop out at you. The hot pink outline around the cow
placed on top of the lively yellow background really sets the tone for the
piece, and causes the image to jump out at you. The ink residue is very
apparent in this image as well. Especially on the yellow background. You
can see the black colored ink around parts of the canvas, as well as on the
cow itself. This can be seen on the nose of the cow and directly on the right
eye.
The next art I will be analyzing is the Brillo Box by Andy Warhol. The Brillo Box was created in 1964. The sculpture is in the shape of a cube and is rather colorful. It uses a few different color schemes such as red, white and blue. The box itself is all white. However, it features the word "Brillo" in giant bold letters and in both red and blue coloring. The design around the text is also in red.
The next to be analyzed is the "Bird Basket" by Henry Moore. First sculpted in 1939. The influence for this piece comes from non-Western art. Friction drums made on the Oceanic island of New Ireland, to be exact. It also demonstrates the way Moore combined aspects of Surrealism and Constructivism in the 1930s. The sculpture itself looks like that of a birds nest. It's brown in color and appears to look wooden. It's placed on top of a brown standee, and has what looks like a netting on top in the colors red and blue.
The next two works I will be analyzing are drawings by a local artist named Javereirie. I follow his drawings on social media, where he posts them. He usually mixes the cartoon world and pop culture in his drawings. For example, in the photograph above, he bases his drawing from a popular Netflix series titled "The Get Down." In this colorful image, he also replaces the women on the original cover for the series with well-known cartoon characters. In the front, he uses Maya from the children's cartoon "Maya and Miguel." She's seen wearing a red headband, a pink and white blouse, and light blue jeans. To the left of her is Lacienega from Disney's "The Proud Family." She is wearing a yellow tank top with blue jeans. Finally, to the right of Maya is Suzie from "The Rugrats." She has on a fitted red crop top with the picture of a strawberry over it. She also has on dark blue jeans with red netting on the sides. The background for the image in general is purple with black and gold accents.
In this image, Javereirie takes inspiration from famous movie "Mean Girls." He once again uses cartoon characters as representation of the movie characters. In place of Cady Herron, he uses Stevonnie from Steven's Universe, a show on Cartoon Network. He puts her in a long sleeve crop top, embedded with a golden star in the front. The wording around the top is actually his name. She also has on blue jeans and black heel boots. Representing The Plastics on the cover is Roberta from The Cleveland Show, Miranda from As Told by Ginger and Ashley from Recess. They're all wearing pink mini skirts and high heels.
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