Blog Post # 5

 

I chose this Painting from  the Museum of Modern Art. This painting is untilled; it is Synthetic polymer paint on canvas. It was painted by Henry Taylor on 2011. This is a 2D painting. This painting is a representational style of art because by seeing the painting you can say exactly what it is. We can also say that it is realistic because it makes actual reference to human form. This painting has many details that a human being has for example the necklace that is hanging over his neck, his skin’s color. This painting could represent any person. The way that he is holding his hands makes the painting look even real, because those details make a big emphasis on the way that human being acts or the style that they have. This art work shows some of the design principles for example, the emphasis that is where we as viewers will center more attention and the focal point that in this case is the men sitting. It is where one's attention is directed once we look at the painting. The artist also played with the negative and the positive space. The positive space in this case is where the man is sitting the rest that is in gray and that is behind him is negative space. This painting also includes geographic shapes for example circles is his head and in his necklace a triangle in his hands, and square in his legs. The balance in this painting is symmetrical because if we fold this painting both sides are going to look like the same.