Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Connecting the dots...

All right, here are a couple more pieces to write home about! These were done back in 2004 and are both screen prints. I have listed two pieces here, although they are very similar, some might even say, the same except for their colors. I have connected one of the "dots" to give more information about the object the represent.

My sister once was a piano student and as her fingers danced across the ivory keys at here weekly lessons, I played oblivious to the music she produced. At her piano recital, her performances were awarded with miniature busts of famous composers. At some point years later I stumbled upon these status and was surprised about the memories they flooded me with.

At this same point, I had been thinking about the ideas surround identity and how we distinguish ourselves from others. I had been wanting to do a piece using connect-the-dots to specifically comment on how we see and are seen by others. I used the figure of the bust of Mozart because 1. The overall profile of the statue had a very interesting shape to it, and 2. Mozart's compositions and prodigal musical understanding has always fascinated me.



Title: Connect-the-Mozart
Medium: Screen print, wax marker
Date: 2004

Title: Connect-the-Mozart
Medium: Screen print
Date: 2004

What do you think, connected or unconnected??

1 comments:

trevor said...

do a connect the dots linus next.