Olympic Winner?
I stopped on my track when I saw this picture. Okay, the scanned image didn't turn out that good. The red is supposed to be more vibrant than this and the overall color is supposed to be brighter.
This poster is designed by Primo Angeli from Primo Designs for San Fransisco U.S. Bid City 2012 Olympic Games. Well, they didn't win but London did. But this is still a GREAT design from the color to concept to everything, in my opinion. The inspiration behind this design was the cubist movement. We can see it from the squares on the background.
If I have to analyze this picture based on the unity concepts, this is how it will be:
1. Continuity - Yes, we can see that the design starts from the top (the hand of the person) down the body length and to the feet and to the ground.
2. Proximity - Yes, there is one focal point on the picture with the olympic logo and they are all close by each other.
3. Repetition - Yes, we can see this from the squares on the background and some curves. I think they are all based on geometric shapes.
4. Color - Yes! I think the main color here is red. Even though the colors are not exactly from the same family, they all work. I can see that they are trying to use the colors of olympic (the five rings) and cooperate them in this picture. The end result is a very dynamic and vibrant design.
I absolutely LOVE this design. What about you? What do you think?
Music for Love
I saw both these paintings at an apartment building and I absolutely love it! The painter's name is Park (based on the signature) - I am not sure who he/she is though. I love them because of the impression it made.
They are both oil paintings. I can see her love for her music from these paintings. The first one when she was studying her music and the second one, teaching a girl how to play the piano. I can tell that she spends a lot of time in front of the piano. She is probably also a singer in addition to a pianist. The little girl is probably one of her many students. She is also still performing across the country.
Isn't it amazing how one can create a story based on a painting? I think a great painting will let your mind wanders and creates stories about the painting. I suppose I am a little biased because I do love music :)
Massachusetts College of Art Catalog
The following image is the front cover of Massachussets College of Art, which offers programs from fine arts, media studies, and design. It is created by
Clifford Stolze who is a leading graphic design in Greater Boston Area. I found this image from
The Art of Design book by Cheryl Dangel Cullen.
Stolze said, "
We explored the inter-connectivity of these varied visual disciplines, finding common ideas across them. All art forms can be reduced to or comprised of the basic building blocks of geometric and organic form..." For this specific design, he found his inspiration in the work of the art students and the world in which they live, Paul Klee's painting - a Swiss artist, and cubism and elements of geometry.
The first thing that attracts me to this design is the color and the different layer/shapes of the background. At first I didn't even pay attention to the 9 symbols on the cover. I was so drawn into the background that the 9 symbols disappeared. But then I looked again and I saw them and paid more attention to each of them, also trying to figure out what they are supposed to represent. I suppose Stolze explained this concept himself when he said all art forms comprised of geometric and organic form. The symbols are different things that are actually made of different geometric shapes.
I just love the way he used the color! This is considered as an abstract art, I believe. I am not usually attracted to abstracts, but this one, because of the color, drew me into it.
So, how do you like it?
A Blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot
The following is a wine bottle label design - Sonata:
I found this design from The Art of Design book by Cheryl Dangel Cullen. This is a Michael Osborne Design and its sources of inspiration are elements of music and Caio Fonesca, an Italian-American painter whose abstract paintings are based on musical themes.
I can actually see that there is a musical element in the design. I love the color and I see the background has a flowy quality like how melody is, flowing smoothly from one to the next. It is an abstract painting and it may not make sense. But the overall presentation with the font (the word Sonata), the color, and the random shapes (which represents music I suppose) make it interesting to me and I like how they match the bottle.
A Little Devilish?
To show a contrast from the previous posting, I posted a picture of a graffiti that I saw on the wall of an arcade in Charleston, West Virginia.
I actually find this picture a little disturbing. From the strong color that the artist used to the lines and also the expression of the subject. Sometimes I wonder what drew people to this kind of art, but if I have to analyze it I would say that the artist must not be a very happy person. I think the arts reflect the artist and the somber color represents the mood that they are in.
Roses
Since I haven't had a chance to go to Parkland Library yet, I decided to post a photograph I love that was taken by a friend of mine.
I know that this is probably a different kind of art that most of you are doing or attracted to. I think this is more of a commercial kind? I find this photograph artistic and I love how the red from the roses is contrasted with the ivory from the bedsheet and how the roses are off centered. It drew your attention to it.
My Gallery
Hello Everyone,
First entry on my blog: I chose to use blogger instead of wordpress because I have a blogger account and I am pretty familiar with it. So I decided to use what I've already known rather than having to relearn how to use a new one.
This blog will consist of some of the arts that I found interesting and also disturbing. I think it will be fun having to critique an art piece as I've never done it before.
So there...
This poster is designed by Primo Angeli from Primo Designs for San Fransisco U.S. Bid City 2012 Olympic Games. Well, they didn't win but London did. But this is still a GREAT design from the color to concept to everything, in my opinion. The inspiration behind this design was the cubist movement. We can see it from the squares on the background.
