Does Size Matter?
The size of the work should be driven by the content rather than the market. Right? The fact is, in the art industry where selling work and getting gallery representation drives many artists’ working methods, working either very large or very small seems to be the shtick. It would seem there is no in between.
How Photographs Inform
My knowledge of Pietà and preconceived ideas surrounding the crucifixion of Christ bring context to LaChapelle’s image. Pietà is an iconic sculpture, one known for it’s beautiful rendition of the crucified Christ. It harnesses the power and emotion of a mother and child, as well as that of a sacrificial servant.
What is Connotation vs. Denotation
The capture of light, translated onto a picture plane as line, shape and form presented in a two-dimensional object, is the photograph, or the denotation of reality. What the viewer feels, understands, or reads into the picture is the connotative meaning.
Filtered Through Association
All of the images we read are presented through the filter of editors whose aim is to present their arguments. From the billboard you see while driving down the highway to the AD you read about the School of Visual Arts, arguments are presented front and center with forethought regarding their viewing audience. Whether these [...]
