We've been making many collages in my 2-D Foundations course. Our last series of collages was focused on how meaning is created visually. We also talked about music, and how non-lyrical music and visual art are both non-verbal means of communication. We learned ways of creating meaning with only formal elements such as high/low contrast, shape, size, and mark making. Music employs the same ideas to create meaning with only sound. All this was meant to ease us into abstraction and understanding how 'abstract' art conveys meaning just like representational art.
The collage posted here is the final collage I did on this theme for class. It turned out the best out of all the collages I did. I really focused on shape, value, and placement of the elements to create a specific feeling. I wanted it to have a feeling of nervousness and anxiety that is neither good nor bad. The collage is mounted on foam core that is cut to fit the irregular form.
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