this is the inside of the back cover. there are all of the red squares and one gray square from the pictures and a mirror to see through the pages.

this is the first page of my book. on all the pages there is a 1x1 inch square cut away so you can see a mirror through the entire book.
this is the inside of the front cover, it is partially covered by broken mirrors.
this is the front cover of my book project. it is covered with mirrors! (front and back).

i percieved this poem as one about self-fullfillment and visualization. it tells the reader to make themselves their own priority and that their success and happiness is the most important thing. the back and front covers are covered by mirrors and the inside covers have either broken mirror or a whole mirror on them as well. i liked the size because it reminded me of a hand mirror and the square shape seemed most affective. 

i wanted to represent the components of myself that are directly connected to my art and the ways i get my ideas for my work. the first panel represents my vision, the sunglasses are reflecting daisys which represent my grandmother. she recently passed away and we were very close. everything i look at seems to remind me of her and i wanted to portray that. the second panel represents my thought process. it is much more chaotic as i believe a thought is. if i had to paint what i thought the brain would look like while processing a thought that would be it. my picture that was done digitally is of me with my thinking face on. there are crayons behind me and lightbulbs representing ideas and the crayons represnt how i think of color when i look at things. for some reason i am very intrigued by color and consider colors in every object i look at. the third panel is about my heart. the pictures of me show me unbuttoning my shirt then revealing my heart to the viewer, it is a human heart that shows not one of those cheesey love hearts. i also redid the words on a heart diagram to make up what i think the main components of my heart are. i did this panel very childlike because i feel i am childish at heart and bright and cheery. the last panel is about my output of expression. i took a bunch of different pictures of my hand with different artists utensils and made a treelike structure out of them.  i made butterflies fluttering out of the outspread hands at the top and i scanned sketches from my sketch book and put them under the hands. there are some common motifs among all of the panels such as real flowers and a screen printed face. drying flowers has always been something i have done with my mom and grandmother and i still do it all the time today (there are actually bundles of flowers drying in my dorm room now) and i am very inspired by nature. i really had fun with this project and though there are a few things i would like to tweak i am still satisfied with the outcome and i hope everyone enjoyed it.

i really loved the dia: beacon. i found the entire building to be fascinating with its factory like feel and its abundance of artists i recognized. it was exciting to walk into a gallery and know of every artist in it. "the privet" by john chamberlain really caught my attention. he had a few metal works at the dia: beacon but this one really caught my eye. the metal had a soft look to it that made you want to feel it. the colors and patterns on the peices of scrap put it on a new aesthetic plain changing the metal into pure color and shape.
my other favorite artist at the dia: beacon was richard serra. i have studied him in other classes and have been intrigued by his work in print, but these are to be experienced not just read about. his work gives off so many vibes, it is exciting, playful, interactive, demeaning, rough, dizzying, unsettling, and comforting. the combination of feelings experienced through his pieces can be described but can not be understood unless experienced.

The font i used for my word visualization is Giddyup Std.
My word was Grow so i used flowers to portray this because they are quickly associated with growth.

The Man In The Glass
Peter Dale Wimbrow Sr.


When you get what you want in your struggle for self
And the world makes you king for a day
Just go to the mirror and look at yourself
And see what that man has to say.

For it isn’t your father, or mother, or wife
Whose judgment upon you must pass
The fellow whose verdict counts most in your life
Is the one staring back from the glass.

He’s the fellow to please – never mind all the rest
For he’s with you, clear to the end
And you’ve passed your most difficult, dangerous test
If the man in the glass is your friend.

You may fool the whole world down the pathway of years
And get pats on the back as you pass
But your final reward will be heartache and tears
If you’ve cheated the man in the glass.



I perceive this as a poem about self-visualization. i think it is expressing success in life through self-fulfillment and he is telling the reader that they are the only ones that matter most and to make yourself you own priority or you will not be happy in the end with yourself. in the end it is your own judgment of your life that really matters. for my project i am going to make a book with mirrors as the cover and a mosaic of broken mirrors for the back cover the pages will be able to come our and stand on their own with 10 different faces and personalities on each page and the poem will be either on the cover somehow or under the faces, not quite sure yet.

I think for our next project i will do something involving a picture of my eyes, hands, heart, and head. i will alter these digitally and then involve them on four separate multi-media collages... this should be interesting. i want to represent myself as an artist and how i perceive the things around me and my processes behind my artwork in general. i want to integrate personal experiences that affect me and other important aspects of my life and personality.

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Cui Xiuwen's work is very striking. it gives off a very pure and serene sense to it. you can feel her passion for feminism through her work. She expresses pregnancy especially in young women and teens. her subjects seem very young and vulnerable. Angle No. 13 was my favorite of her Angels Series. i love the pure vibrant sky over the not so pure city skyline. i also like the way the subject looks uncomfortably comfortable. i think Cui Xiuwen's work is a successful expression for her feminism and outlook on womanhood. the female portrayal in her work is strong but has a type of peace to it. 

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Cindy Sherman's work is very strong in the sense of feminism. her work is very dramatic and gives off less of a peacefulness than that of Cui Xiuwen. i like the fact that it seems more raw but careful at the same time. her portrayal of women is harsher and leans heavily toward sex and sexuality. i feel a sense of brokenness when i look at her work it may be the mediums she uses or the color schemes but it seems erratic and dark. most of her work makes you want to keep looking to see the next scene. her photographs are like frames of a movie leave you hanging to make your own scene play in your head. Sherman's work is very successful when it comes to feminism and also when it comes to giving off an emotional connotation. 

•    Frida Kahlo is one of the most famous feministic artists. she did numerous self portaits all of which depicted her broadly with a unibrow and serious features. i feel her work is not very easy to understand unless you know her background and era. when you take these things into consideration you can see that her works were direct representations to her experiences, idea, and thoughts. Las Dos Fridas is my favorite piece of hers. it gives off the feeling of gloom right away. whether or not the viewer knows her background its obvious that she is torn between two. on the left there is a self portrait in dressy proper clothes and on the right there she is in petty workers clothes. i think all women can relate to this obvious split of person. they are connected by a vein and hold hands. Kahlo's work is definitely strong and successful it represents a prime example of feminism and self judgement.
  

all three of these artists have something in common, passion, they all show great emotion and passion in there works. they may represent the female gender in very different ways but they all execute their strong feelings and expressions in a very successful way. 

I put some Illustrator twist on it.

This is the result of my first Photoshop Project.

This is the result of my first Illustrator exercise.

This is the result of my first photo shop exercise.

This is my picture for project #1!!!

artists

I found Crewdson's work to be very interesting. The settings of his works seem to be very creepy still frames, but also look like places you would see in everyday life. It seems like time stops dead. The images seem haunting and use people and lighting to display his messages.They make you wonder why the people are in those settings and what they are thinking. The frames seem intimate like they were not meant to be seen. They all have a sense of gloom to them and are also eye catching.

The works done by Hocks seem to project hidden and non hidden images. His works seem to have a very distinct type of humor in them. I enjoy the color styles he uses and I really appreciate his techniques. His work seems somewhat whimsical and it makes you think.

I really enjoyed the works by Jeff Wall. One of my favorites of what I've seen is The Destroyed Room. I liked it because even though the room is completely destroyed it still gives a sense of homeliness. Even though it was destroyed it is still colorful and seems somehow arranged. His work involved a lot of people, the people in his work for the most part seem to be in the middle of something. They show motion and emotion in a fluid manner.

I was very intrigued by Cindy Sherman's work. It was very vintage which draws my attention. It was also very feminine and the scenery was also very catching. She seemed to show different feminine stylization in her work. I enjoyed looking through her works.I felt the MOMA had the best assortment of Sherman's work.

inspiration

My inspiration is generally nature and life happenings. I am interested in confusion, color, and things that make you think too hard.

digital arts

My name is Sarah im a freshman at The College of New Jersey and my major is Art Education. I am from Cape May New Jersey, I love long nights and beach days, animals, being with family and friends, and art. I am not very good at explaning myself and it shows in this instance.

i enjoy the works of annette messager, odilon redon, chuck close, sigmar polke, and many more.