Art 21 Project

Jessica Downs

Ai Weiwei

• The process and intent that Ai Weiwei uses included minimal means. His piece of work uses sarcasm, juxtaposition and repetition.

• Information:

– Sunflower Seeds

– Ai Weiwei

– 2010

– Porcelain, paint, 100 million sunflower seeds

– Dimensions variable

My Response

• My reaction to Ai Weiwei’sSunflower seeds, was that something so distinguished when see alone or up close looked so different when put together with the same object over 100 million times

• The ideas and qualities that inspired my response were the repetition that was used and the choice of composition material. The sunflower seeds are well known up close but from far away they all blend together.

• Information– Jessica Downs – Lost Penney – 2014

Book Relation

• The connection that the book and piece of artwork I show both include repetition and a look of a continuing space. Both pieces have minimal colors used and create patterns that makes the compositions cohesive.

• Information– Interior of the sanctuary of the Mosque

at Cordoba, Spain, 786-987– Architecture

El Anatsui

• El Anatsui’s process and intent consisted of a free and flexible aspect. The images were colorful and densely packed bottle caps that were put together and organized to reflect moments in history.

• Information

– Dusasa II

– El Anatsui

– 2007

– Aluminum liquor bottle caps and copper wire

– 240 x 240 x 6 inches

My Response

• My reaction to El Anatsui’spiece was that I thought it was innovative to use common object like bottle caps to form a piece that can reflect an historical event by the movement created by the placement of the caps

• The ideas and qualities that inspired me include using the similar techniques of creating movement throughout my piece

• Information– Jessica Downs – 2014– Hershey Miss

Book Relation

• The connection that El Anatsui’s composition and the Column of Trajan have in common are that up close they both have a lot of detail and differ in the same images. However, from far away both piece look like one flow of movement.

• Information– Attributed to Apollodorus, Column of

Trajan, Rome, 113 C.E. – Architecture

Richard Tuttle

• The process and intent that Richard Tuttle had was that there was a part in the audience that can’t see part of the image. His pieces were simplistic and they manipulated space.

• Information

– “’Village III, No. I, 18’”

– Richard Tuttle

– 2004

– Acrylic and graphite on paper with oak frame

– 17 5/8 x 14 3/4 x 1 1/4 inches

My Response

• My reaction to Richard Tuttle’s composition was that the color use was intriguing as well as the simple design of the painting.

• The ideas and qualities that inspired me included the use of warm colors and the placement of my composition

• Information– Jessica Downs – Warm Blocks, Dark Border – 2014

Book Relation

• The connection that Richard Tuttle’s composition has to Cheng Sixiao’s composition is that the images are in the middle of the composition and they are both simplistic for the audience to understand but at the same time have color surrounding the main image

• Information

– Cheng Sixiao, Ink Orchids, Yuan dynasty, 1306.

– Handscroll, ink on paper

– 10 1/8 x 16 3/4 in.