Artist name: Mark Bradford
Title of Work: Untitled, 2009
Medium: Collaged paper on printed paper
Contents: images of a band, the Rapture; advertisements found on the street
Bradford described his work as "Like those tagged up, repainted, tagged up, sanded, and repainted walls you pass everyday on the street, my process is both reductive and additive." I was attracted to this work because of the layers within this piece. I have been working with layers of text, ink, color, and images. Layers are very important to the process I am working on. I find that my studio practice has been both reductive and additive. I add layers of color, text, or image with other layers; as well adding water to take away from specific areas. I was drawn to this work because of the layers and distortion of text. Bradforad's Untitled piece requires closer attention to fully read what the piece says. I admire this aspect of the piece, because I want my pieces with quotes to have a similar text quality.
Artist name: Vik Muniz
Title of Work: Walt Disney, Pantheon (from Pictures of Ink), 2000
Medium: Silver-dye bleach print
Contents: animator's ink, image of Walt Disney
I was attracted to this work, because Vik Muniz is the artist. I really like some of his other work; specifically the film Wasteland, and the work inspired by that project.
The main connection I have to this work is the medium of ink. I want to incorporate more portraits into my ink drawings. I like how this piece is a portrait, but the way the ink is applied makes the image look different at different points of view. When you are close to the piece, the portrait seems more distorted. Conceptually, I relate to some of Muniz's other work more. Some of his other projects have more of an awareness based concept.
I differ from this work, because I have been working with less literal imagery. Most of my work this semester has been more expressive and somewhat abstract. The images are not as obvious as a portrait of someone.
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