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Reflective Analysis 1(Themes)
The name of the artist I choose is Dan Flavin and the title of his artwork is called A Retrospective. The reason why I choose this artwork is because it’s about light and how he uses these lights to create a meaningful pattern. He actually used about four different lights: Blue, yellow, green, and pink fluorescent light. The themes associated with the art work are Light and value, lines, texture and pattern, and color. The artwork is a good example of the themes I mention above, because the artwork uses four different color of fluorescent light. The light was lined on each other forming a beautiful pattern of unique value that made it retrospective. The artwork also entails four different color lined on top of each other, giving the artwork a glowing outlook.
The artwork based on my own imagination conveyed social and political messages. It shows that aligning different color of skin in a society and political system could bring a gloomy ideal that exalt a nation beyond expected economic and social breakeven. I will say to some extent, my initial interpretation of art object was correct; but this topic as broaden my understanding.
Reflective Analysis #1 – Themes in Art
The Reflective Analysis provides you the opportunity to apply what you’ve learned to artworks that you haven’t seen before with an emphasis on your personal response and interpretation.
Reflective Analysis #1 focuses on themes in art and finding meaning in what we see.
Process:
● Choose one of the themes from this week’s lecture and/or reading that interests you – one you’d like to explore further.
● Identify an artist that interests you from among the readings we’ve completed, the links provided or an artist that you are already familiar with.
● Find an artwork by that artist other than one we’ve seen in class which you’d like to reflect on.
In your analysis include a copy of the picture and answer the following reflective questions in one to two paragraphs:
1. Who is the artist and what is the title of the artwork?
2. Why did you choose the artist/artwork – what is generally interesting to you about it?
3. Which theme(s) that we learned about can you associate with the artwork? Remember, an artwork is never about one thing.
4. Reflect in detail how/why the artwork is a good example of the theme(s).
5. Are there broader social, cultural or political messages conveyed by the artwork?
6. Was your initial, subjective interpretation of the art object correct? Or, did it change as you found out more about the context of the artwork?
