Ans: Never!
A week later..
I.... need to go to visit National Gallery of Australia and .. choose an art piece to look for an hour.
Here is what I have chosen..
Reef 1976
synthetic polimer paint on canvas
Bridget Riley
Great Britain - born 1931
Purchased 1977
National Gallery of Australia
Reflecting on this painting in first 10 minutes..
In this painting I see a wavy curve line in 4 colors, which are gray, green, purple, and orange. I kinda impress with this painting because the painting keep moving as it's not 2D. It's somehow powerful and be able to attract and pull me in. I feel the motion as I slowly move my body or my eyes. It's like a wave, a colorful wave.
My interest towards this painting is how it makes me feel, keep moving, and I like the colors. When I see this painting it somehow reminds me of the trip that I go to the south of Thailand with my university friends, when we were on the boat looking down onto the wave. It also reminds me of the water in the pool, when the wind blows to create a small tiny water movement.
Even though the colors of this painting is colorful, I see sadness in it. Even four colors are almost in the same amount, I feel like gray has the highest proportion. For me I feel like the artist need to paint them very carefully to keep it organized and unity, because all of the part in this painting looks the same. I wonder if he used any guideline before he painted it. If I would be able to ask the artist about this work, I would ask lots of questions: Why you produce this piece? What does it mean? What you were trying to say? What is you inspiration? How do you choose those colors and why? Is this piece really important for you and why? How long does it take for you to get in done? What is the process of making this piece?
Since I definitely cannot ask the artist, I would interpret it base on my understanding. This picture could be the memory during the artist's vacation on some ocean, or big flood such as Tsunami might had happened. Maybe the artist were having a broken heart because I feel the movement, feel like something it moving, supposed to be good, but it's not. I also feel like some kind of sadness was on, because as I look more and more, this painting make me feel a bit dull and sad. Suppose I am in the painting, I will feel like don't know where to go. Overall, I think the artist made this painting because she want to express her feeling at the moment. The soundtrack of this painting could make of moving water or the small wave. If I might name this painting, I will name it "Moving". The reason I decided to the name it that way is to be sarcastic, the picture is not moving, it's just an eye-illusion.
In conclusion, this painting is good in color and how it keeps moving. It is not so good because it makes me feel sad when I look at it for a long time. I think the artist has done a good job because I think he need to plan on how to make it move and finally it moves. I think other people should see this work because it's not easy to make this kind of illusion especially in the past. Also, I want more people to help me interpret this together. I think everyone who see this paint would say, "It's moving", and I actually heard someone said that already. If I own this work, it would be so awesome, but I will need a lots of time to think where should I put it. It's worth remembering this painting, 2D moving wave art piece.
After 45 minutes..
I see more detail, the gray line is the most perfectly drawn, it runs from the beginning to the end. I recognize that every line is totally different. My eyes start to control it, it's almost not moving. But if keep my mind and heart open, it able to move again. As the time pass, it's getting a bit boring. I tried to move back and fourth, I see yellow color for far distance. Blue color turns to me more than gray. I realized the most important part is the perfect gray lines. I would like to add some more questions to the artist: Were you sad when painted this? Are you successful in creating this piece? I might change the title of the painting to "Where should I go?" because I feel like I'm in the middle of nowhere.
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