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Dawn S. McFadden

ART 131 2-DIMENSIONAL DESIGN Dawn S. McFadden, Instructor, Community College of Denver NOTES for construction your artist statement for the painted object project Your typed Artist Statement is “due” at the time of our final critique. You will read your artist statement as part of your project #5 presentation. What should the artist statement for this project look like? The statement should include: State the theme, style and/or mood of your art work Support your remarks with examples of how the “form” enhances the meaning. Use design vocabulary to elaborate on how the work meets your intentions/goals. Describe how the style, media and formal choices of your work support the theme? Media, and Influence/Inspiration Student highlights their historical references. How is the purpose of the work is expressed, demonstrated or reinforced through the choice of media. What have you “taken” from your hybrid artist? In what ways has your artist influenced this work? Organization, Style and Fluency Sentences, paragraphs, and ideas are well organized. Correct sentence structure is used. There are a variety of sentence types that create rhythm and invite reading. Correct design vocabulary is used in a creative and elegant manner. Correct grammar, usage, spelling, punctuation have been incorporated. 2 Student Examples – Project Artist Statements

ARTIST STATEMENT - Master artist/Student Hybrid painted chair: homage to Roy Lichtenstein It could be said that Roy Lichtenstein changed the way we view art. Being one of the most popular artists of the 60’s to the 90’s, he’s left the world of hundreds of fantastic pieces. He showed how simple printing techniques, primary colors and recognizable shapes can go from simple to sophisticated, from dull to dynamic. When I think of Pop art, I immediately think of Lichtenstein. His work, to me, is the true epitome of dynamic art, and his work in marketing and comics is a true inspiration. You really can’t look at a piece of Liechtenstein's work without being engaged. Every ironic comic piece he did forms an instant storyline in your head, and every marketing piece he did instantly makes you want to buy. I am in awe of his work, and wish to one day emulate his path. For my “art history” painted chair piece, I took my favorite aspects of Liechtenstein's work and used them to create a bright, energetic artifact. He has created many comic-style scenes and is well known for them, so I created my own Comic panel using the back of the chair. For the rest of the chair, I used some of his common patterns; Benday dots, diagonal lines, and brush marks. To finish it off, I used his well-known ‘paintbrush’ style to sign my name on the seat of the chair. This final touch was particularly inspiring. To see my signature with his ‘signature’ I felt as though it connected us over time. MASHUP of 2 ARTISTS - STATEMENT The task I set for my final assignment was to use a post-modern strategy in art: appropriation. The idea was to pick two contemporary artists, and borrow elements from each, to combine onto a painted, found object. I picked my two artists, Chuck Anderson, and Josh Brill, because I admire their styles, and thought the two would contrast each other well. Chuck Anderson is known for his use of highly saturated, polychromatic color schemes, which, in an assignment that was intended to build color acuity, seemed like a perfect first pick. Josh Brill, on the other hand, is known for his use of layered geometric shapes. I knew that his simple, geometric forms and layers would contribute nicely to the color palette I had in mind. My found object, an old am/fm radio, had a nostalgic character that caught my eye. In addition to the two artists, I also wanted to incorporate styles from the era of the radio, the 1980s. The style of the piece is a throwback to the 80s, while the polychromatic color scheme echoes the vibrant colors used in Anderson’s work. The prismatic shapes were inspired by the geometry in brill’s works, yet give the overall work an 80’s feel.