Visual Arts, Columbia University, New York

This course examines ways of looking and ways of seeing, both personally & professionally as artists and in a larger cultural context. Through field trips to contemporary art and other cultural sites, conversations with visiting critical thinkers and practicioners, readings, discussions, and visual & written responses, we will examine how we look, think, act, create and respond--critically questioning our own artistic practices and ways of looking at the world.

Thursday, February 2, 2012

What Happens? (HC)















































I chose to pair these 2 images together because I think they aesthetically belong with one another. I like their shared softened, faded, mute, quiet feeling. Both seem extremely still and thoughtful almost. I think putting one next to the other makes them both much stronger as a result. To me, the exaggerated muted grey color of the face brings out the similar lack of contrast in the landscape, while the warm colors in the mountains help to bring out the few moments of warmth in the woman's features and hair. Together I think they begin to make the viewer curious as to what a third or fourth image would be, and how those additional images would continue to elaborate on a central story or aesthetic.
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