"As the rose fed the poor; it brought tears to their eyes"
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Exhibition Text"As the Rose fed the poor, it brought tears to their eyes" is meant to symbolize that for some humans they love the idea of having someone become dependent on them and want to feel the need of being wanted. It is also meant to depict how in today's society people do not care for the less fortunate and when they do, it is for the wrong reasons.The entire piece is a block print which was inspired by two artists: David Alfaro's "Our present Image" as well as Kathe Kollwitz "Prisoners Listening to Music". The medium used was block printing ink and a lino print-making plate.
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Inspiration: Kathe Kollwitz & David Alfaro Siqueiros For my inspiration for this piece, I was inspired by both artists Kathe Kollwitz and David Alfaro Siquieros. David Alfaro, is a Mexican painter whose many pieces depicted the society he saw everyday and were mostly political. Most of his work was invested into his Marxist Ideology and how he saw politics.
The second artist I was inspired by was Kathe Kollwitz. Kollwitz who was mainly involved within the art movement of German Expressionism. Within this art movement, the intention of the artists' artwork was to use forms and colors for an emotional impact and social criticism. Within this movement many of the artists were divided into two sub groups: Die Brucke (The bridge) and Der Blaue Reiter (The blue rider). Die brucke artists believed their artwork was the bridge to the future while Der Blaue Reiter was the second sect of German Expressionists and is remembered for the breakthrough to pure abstraction. With each of the artworks that I inspires, I plan to incorporate the idea of having something else (perhaps something uncommon) replace the head of the main figure of my block print. I want this piece to replicate the ideas of Kollwitz and Siquerios in the way that they display the truth and reality of society. |
Our present image by David Alfaro |
prisoners listening to music by Kathee Kollwitz |
My first sketch was inspired by two of kathe Kollwitz' artworks: (shown above)
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Inspired by Kathe Kollwitz Artwork (shown above):
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I began with first sketching my ideas down into my sketchbook. I came up with at least three different sketches of what I wanted to to for my block print. Once finishing each of the sketches, I choose the one that I liked best I chose the first one I had done, which was the one inspired by David Alfaro Siquerios and Kathe Kollwitz.
After choosing the image that I wanted to use for my block print, I transferred the image onto a blank plate using the method of coloring the entire backside of the sketch with pencil and placing the image onto the plate and going over the lines within the image. Once the image was transferred onto the plate, I grabbed the blade and began to cut into the lino print making plates. I discovered that I had to make the lines deep and thick. Next thing I did (after I had finished cutting out image) was to begin my print making process. |
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