Semester II Artwork

All of the work done this semester was painting about painting. With that as an umbrella, the main theme was the readability of art, hence the sign motifs and use of text throughout. With that established, I felt free to address my own artistic concerns in the works: the nature of postmodern art being largely appropriation, or recycled.

Yield, oil on wood, 30"x30"

Appropriation: Homage to Sherrie Levine, oil on wood, 24"x24"
Sherrie Levine, queen of appropriation, seated on her "throne": a bronzed urinal after Duchamp, a woman in a man's realm (the "men's room"), who has the "balls"(see motif on her skirt) to appropriate works by male artists Edward Weston, Elliot Porter, etc. and using her interpretation of art history (read the actual interview from ARTS MAG. 1985 on the toilet paper) to efface (or reinstate, depending on your view) these artists.
Of Course, the entire image is appropriated from Foreigner's legendary 1978 album "Head Games."

Details of the interview (click image for enlargement):

Other work:

Self-Referential Piece #2, oil, 24"x20"

Untitled, oil, 24"x18"

Sign 1, oil, 36"x40"

Sketch for Sign 1, charcoal, 24"x18"

Head Study, oil, 12"x16"




















Head and Hand, Oil, 12"x16"




















Head Study, 12"x16"

Head Study, 12"x16"