Kyung Jeon - detail of "Waterlilies" - water color/pencil Aug. 7 2011
Karen Moss - part 3 of 3 from "Street Life" - collage & acrylic paint on paper (24.5" x 157")
2009
Gale Gibbs - An Irritating Red Bird in the House - c-print (16" x 20") 2011
Jennifer Delilah – Unfamiliar Desire – oil on linen (29” x 21”)
Mark Joshua Epstein - It Was Sad When The Great Ship Went Down - Oil on Canvas (60"x48") 2011
PART 2:
Q1. Exaplin what it is you like about these 5 artworks (elements/common threads)
In general, I like the simplicity in these art works. I like the limited use of color, with the exception of the one by Jennifer Delilah - Unfamiliar Desire. The rest of them relate to my personal style through the less intricate, and simple techniques used by these various artists.
Q2. What is it that these elements are expressing?
These elements all express quite various things. However, the factor that, in a way, ties them together is their simplicity. The first one by Kyung Jeon is very much like my personal style. This is because I like to draw things off the top of my head, but also take images from actual photographs that I take. Also, the second one by Karen Moss, the third by Gale Gibbs, and the fifth one by Mark Joshua Epstein, all are very limited in color. There is only one dominant color throughout each individual artwork. The fourth one by Jennifer Delilah seems to be the most different, but the thing that stands out is the use of patterns and various colors. I like this one quite a lot because of its odd but interesting use of patterns and colors. These all, although some more abstract than others, emits a sense of everyday reality.
Q3. How could you take some of these strategies and apply them to your own work -- either in terms of media, formal quatlities, and/or theme?
I could continue to have the limited-color technique in my following artworks. I could also maintain the simplicity, because that is my personal style. Although my concentration is Black and White Memories, I could try to make my artwork a little bit more abstract and see how that works out.
PART 3: Artist In-Depth
Choose one artist and research what has influenced his or her work. If the artist is alive and has a website you should look at what they've written about their work. If the artist is not
contemporary
Kyung Jeon, a Korean-American artiste, was born in 1975 in Jersey City, New Jersey. She went to various art schools including ones in New York City, NY, and Boston, MA. Her artworks consists of cartoon-ish little characters. In her work, she tries to explore various mediums, including rice paper and vinyl. Jeon's work is influenced by sources such as childrens' fairytales, traditional Korean-genre paintings, and the eccentric worlds of Henry Darger and Heironymus Bosch. She includes the various characters who play out various scenarios in a full spectrum of emotions.
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