Intro to Visual Practice / Fall 2010

One of the works that I enjoyed most in the Records exhibit at the Nasher was Christian Marclay’s series of large, illustrated records.  I liked the concept that it is possible to turn almost anything into art.  In addition, I am really interested in the concept of pop-art.  While the individual records may not fall under the pop-art umbrella, Marclay utilizes colors common in pop-art and in my opinion, the collection and displays of the CDs in their linear formation constitutes as pop-art.

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Andy Warhol is one of the designers I look to most for inspiration.  I really appreciate his use of bright colors and color experimentation.  Even though I am trying to focus my art mainly on vector drawings on the computer, I still identify with Warhol’s use of bright complimentary colors and repeating shapes.  In addition, I also really enjoy sketching faces and I hope to possibly incorporate more bright colors into my analog artwork.