January 15th 2013
Kurt Schwitters was introduced in
today's lecture. He used a lot of bird view for his paintings. The new
perspective made these boring everyday tools interesting to look at. It's
almost hard to tell what they were; instead they just became block of
colours.
Kurt Schwitters
Merz Picture with Rainbow
Mixed media and Paint on Plywood
1939
On the very same day I saw
my friend who is a professional photographer in Shanghai snapped this shot from
an office building. This photograph made me connected to Schwitters's many bird
view paintings instantly. I imagined if anyone walked on this street
beside a fence (block the mess view from contractions), cars and sky they won't
see this many block of colours. I didn't realize these ugly temporary container
house could give such vivid colour from a different perspective.
Jun Mao
Shanghai
Digital Photography
2013
Shanghai
Digital Photography
2013
If I could always looking for different perspective when
everything went wrong. I am certain that I could find better solutions or at
least a prettier image.
how dare you compare schwitters to your photographer friend! lol kd. but i think the analysis can go deeper than that. for starter, you probably have noticed how strange this painting is and how irresistibly eye-catching it is. the fact that its is a mixed media painting (wtf is that thing in the middle that doesnt look like painted on the picture) may have something to do with Schwitters' surrealistic arrangement and his subject of choice.
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