ART F200X Non Western Blog Exhibit
The Three-Eyed King
2020, Japan
Hirokazu Yokohara
The Three-Eyed King is a piece of 3d modeling in blender designed to look like a 2d picture. A cyborg human linked up and breathing. The heavy use of shadows to give the cyborg shape and depth and to contrast the white color of the metal, flesh, and the yellow of the eyes. The crown just gently floating above the Three-Eyed King. I don’t know how to describe the feeling it gives besides mystery, intrigue, and morbid curiosity.
Upside Down World
2014, Japan
GorosArt
Upside Down World is a piece made digitally by GorosArt in Japan in 2014. Most of the background is blurry but just in focus enough to show us what we are looking at and the foreground shows us a single blade of grass with three drops of water and in the third and largest drop of water shows a reflection of the background but in focus creating such a surreal and captivating piece. The background is a young boy inquisitively looking at the drop of water with his reflection in it. I love the way the blur in the background really brings the subject into the foreground by drawing out eyes to the droplet with the reflection of the young boy. The light colors are very warm and welcoming as well with the last bit I liked is the little bit of sunshine on the boy’s left side casing a shadow across his face.
The Self-Portraits of Yasumasa Morimura
2016, Japan
Yasumasa Morimura
The Self-Portraits of Yasumasa Morimura is an awesome portrait of a man, Yasumasa Morimura. Although it is a self-portrait, it is different from most as it is a painting of man painting a self-portrait of a man painting a self-portrait all looking at an egg. With each iteration showing a different version. In the first, a broken egg, in the second a solid egg, in the final there is a bird near the egg. Another really cool aspect of the paintings is that they get darker as you go through the recursion of the painting. The beautiful red cloth becomes orange in the second painting and dark orange in the third. I am sure this is a metaphor for something but I could not find any more information to tell me. Upside Down World I loved the
Why I chose the art
I chose the art for the final post because I wanted to show that art from japan has changed so much over the years and show western influences. As well as the very creative style such as the Upside Down World piece showing a very creative way to see the face of the boy in the art. I love the ideas that come from the east, Japan is a cultural hub of beautiful art in all forms and mediums. Each piece of art I have selected really stood out to me in an interesting way that showcased the art. For The Self-Portraits of Yasumasa Morimura it was the recursion with slight variations, for the Upside Down World it was the fascinating way the background was used to really bring the beauty out of the foreground drawing the focusing on the reflection of the boy in the water droplet, and lastly The Three-Eyed King. The Three-Eyed King really sticks out to me because it is 3d designed to look like 2d and draws my attention so immensely. As this is the last post, thank you all for taking the time to learn and experience all the art with me as well as sharing what you found and learned as well. Good luck and goodbye everyone!
References
Upside Down World by GorosArt on DeviantArt. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.deviantart.com/gorosart/art/Upside-Down-World-495226838
Yasumasa Morimura. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.luhringaugustine.com/artists/yasumasa-morimura#tab:slideshow;slide:2;enlarge:true
Hmm, I am not really sure what to say about “The Three-eyed King”. It is interesting but a bit to weird for me. It does have great lines and depth to it though.
ReplyDeleteI like the “Upside Down World” painting. It really does make you think about and view the world from a different perspective. I like how the background is blurry, but that there is a lot of detail within that one tiny drop of water.
The Self-portraits of Yasumasa Morimura is cool looking. I like the depth that is created and the subtle difference in them. Good job on your blog. We’ve been so focused on historical arts, I didn’t even think to use modern art for this blog.
I find the self-portrait one pretty interesting, especially how it changes with each cycle in the recursion. It's pretty skillful for the artist to be able to paint something so realistic but also recurse like that. The Three-Eyed king is not like any other art I've seen before, and that's probably because they use Blender and skillfully make it appear 2D. Surprising how a powerful 3D modeling program like Blender can be used to create 2D art.
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