Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Chinue Hazelwood's Collage

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4 comments:

  1. Kristina ElshoffSeptember 15, 2009 at 1:33 PM

    I think this piece works very good compositionally. The flowers being different sizes and colors do a good job of luring your eye around the image. I think its also a nice touch that the clocks are used as the center of the flower in some and not all. I am glad you chose not to add that feature to all the flowers, for fear that it may have cheapened the overall content of your work. I think the use of the overlaying texture does a great job of unifying the image since it has so many different aspects that don't lie in a grounded space. The use of color also I think was done well, its saturated but not contrasting too much, so it really remains balance.

    one thing that keeps pulling my eye away from where it wants to go, is the upper right corner. I love the cut edge of the bushy lookin' environment, and I love the color and texture of the orange-ish negative space. I think however, the stark contrast between the two by the dark and light area, and it being defined by that edge, detract from the movement my eye is wanting to make. I think maybe if the corner was darkened or the bushy are at the edge was lightened a bit, it would help to make an easy transition to that corner and than back away from it. Its honestly not THAT distracting, but it is something I noticed.I think also it would be a nice touch to add that similar cut looking edge somewhere to the bottom left to also try to bring you eye back down and around.

    I really enjoy how this piece makes me question the meaning behind it. It feels to me that there is a very obvious purpose, yet somewhat private concept thats trying to make itself know to the masses. It feels very satirical, and I like not knowing any specific facts and that there's no dead givaways to the concept. I think the feeling that something is there without knowing any exacts if more powerful to a viewer than an image that hands them all the facts... because then there is no incentive for them to keep looking, and thinking and trying to link particular meanings to the imagery.

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  2. NiaSeptember 15, 2009 at 1:36 PM

    The colours and the texture work very well together. The shapes are very pleasing to look at and compliment each other, pulling the piece together.

    The toilet in the middle of the picture is not boring due to the "flower-clocks" that surround it and the irregular shape of the bush.

    It would have been more consistent if all the flowers contained clocks, but even without them the piece still works.

    More contrasting darks would have made certain elements in the piece pop out a little bit more.

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 15, 2009 at 1:43 PM

    I like this image, but feel like it was cropped off a little too much. I want to see more of it. I like the roughly cut, almost torn looking edges of the bush, like it could be construction paper.
    I think the flowers could be set apart a little more, but their being close together emphasizes the privacy the toilet seems to demand. The toilet has a great color thats darker than that of the background, but because the background has the same color and texture, I don't know if it unifies the whole piece or detracts from it. I love the rest of the colors because they match tonally and bring a playful message to the otherwise 'private' scene.
    The only thing that bothers me is the upper right hand corner that is a lighter color than that of the toilet. It leads my eye right off the page instead of staying in the composition. Maybe if it were darker in the corner or had another bush in the piece lining the right edge. I do like how the whole bush scene is off to the left hand corner, though.
    Overall, it is well tied together, especially texturally and by color.

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  4. garlanaSeptember 15, 2009 at 1:44 PM

    Your imagery is great! They all appear to fit together well…. I like the blocky images (trees)…I like that they are not smooth and perfectly cutout. The flowers give a surprising element of shape variation and it makes it interesting. It makes you want to know how the toilet and the flowers are connected.
    The filters or blending modes used give it a nice texture that implicates fun, spring and whimsical. You took a very mundane object (toilet) and gave it a canvas.
    Really cool…
    The only thing that I notice that could be better is the movement…. I get stuck in the center of the piece.

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