This work is a warning against climate change. Every year the weather gets crazier, and scientists tell us the same things I have heard since grade school, “the end is neigh if we don't change our ways.” we see evidence of it every day, and there are those that would stand in the way of progress simply because of their deep denial. You can believe what you want, but it is a fact that 93% of the great barrier reef is dead, and 10 years ago, I was learning about it in school, hoping to see it one day, food insecurity is at an all-time high, and forest fires are increasing on a global scale. This piece is meant to envelop you in a sky of fire and water scarcity and remind you of the local forest fires that plague our own area each year and their increasing intensity.
The upper part of the wall would have the texture of cracked mud, and be painted to look like a sky on fire, the mountain range below bare and deserted. The mountains in the sketch are generic mountains; however, I would like to use mountain range silhouettes that locals from the rocky mountain area would recognize. Of course, all conveniently fit into a traffic cone to emphasize the idea of a WARNING.
Inspirationshttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2039467/John-Martin-Destruction-Pompeii-painting-restored-Tate-Britain-exhibition.htmlJohn Martin's The Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum, ironically torn in half by the Thames flood in 1928.
The perspective is meant to force the viewer to ask themselves questions like; what is my actual part in our government-run “by the people?” How hard is it to fill these chairs? What does it take? Is it achievable for the common man the government is meant to serve?
A toy house of representatives, larger than life, all are contained in a toy castle, emphasizing child-like behavior.
Inspirations
Robert Therrien (Pictured; Folding table and chairs Dark Brown, 2009)
“Therrien is known as an object maker who transforms elements from everyday life into works of art that evoke mythic archetypes,” - Gagosian Gallery.
His work includes, but is not limited to, oversized furniture and everyday objects. These works take commonly seen objects and enlarge them, dramatically changing the viewer's relationship with said objects.
If you choose the traffic cone, would you distress the outside of it too? And these don't read "warning" to me, but more of a direction to follow... how does that change the meaning/direction?
ReplyDeleteIf you were to do the castle idea would you distinguish each side of the benches from each other. I think it could be interesting, but it could also take away from the main idea of your piece.
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