Lecture 10/1 Assignment, Looking for Repitetion

Abstract Impressionism

Jackson Pollock

Number 31, 1950

Repitetion is shown here by the lines Pollock threw on the page, he also works with  a limited amount of colors that i think goes along with repitetion

I think that this is chaos, but in a good way. to me its very balanced and that makes the chaos okay

i like how he used repetition with to colors and the lines, it looks very messy but in a good way, and the colors all go together well i think, it seems like a very serious peice to me

 Blue Poles, 1952

i think the repetition in this peice has everything to do with the lines that are going up and down the page

on the scale of harmony and chaos, i think its right in the middle because the dark lines create the harmony but the colorful mess in the back creates the chaos

Kenneth Noland

Open End, 1967

i think the repetition here is pretty obvious, the red and white lines with the green ones at the end.

id say that this peice is pretty harmonious, i dont think theres anything chaotic about a bunch of parralle lines

i think the repetion looks good here, this kind of reminds me of the american flag, but if you stare at this for too long it starts to give me a headache

Beginning, 1958

the repetition here is in the circles and the colors, theres something different about each one like the boarder or thickness, but essentially the same

again, id have to say that this is harmonious, i think the only thing that is chaotic about ths is the outter edge of the black circle, but i dont think its hardly enough to call this peice chaotic

i think the repetition here works good, this reminds me of a dart board. i also like how clean all the lines are untill you get to the outter edge and then its just messy, like they decided to change it up a bit.

Minimalism

Ellsworth Kelly

Tiger, 1955

here, the squares are the object of repetition, big or small, theyre all squares.

i feel like i might end up calling alot of these more harmonious than chaotic, but agian this just seems like a peaceful peice, i like the colors and the placement of the squares, i dont see anything chaotic about this.

Red, Yellow, Blue (Harvard Square Print), 2000

 again the repitetion is in the squares,

and again, i think this lies more on the harmony side of the scale, due to the fact that theres three squares and three colors.

for myself, the repetition looks continuous!

Ad Reinhardt

Yellow Painting (Abstraction), 1946

in this painting, i think there are many different things that represent repitition, like the circles and squares and the different colors of yellow.
i think on the scale of harmony and chaos, this could lie closer to the chaos side, because to me, this really just makes no sense to me what so ever. i can hardly make out what anything is besides some of the shapes and the colors.

Untitled, 1947

in this peice, i think the entire painting itself represents repitition,

i thinnk that this is definitley on the chaotic side because its kinda blurry and i cant make anything out

for me the reptition here reminds me of like cavemen who carved pictures and things into the walls of their caves, if i look at it in that way, i kind of like this peice, but otherwise, not a fan of this painting at all.



Post Minimalism

Sol Lewitt

Wall Drawing #260

i think the repitition here is obvious, theres like a certain number of different lines and shapes and their just repeated over and over to fill the canvas

i think this lies closer to the harmony side of the scale, because when i look at this, i think of an ocean  with fish and other sea life in it and an ocean usually seems very peaceful, it just feels like theres some sort of peaceful flow to this peice

Splotch #15, 2005

so this sculpture is probably one of my favorite things in the entire world.

i think the only thing that represents repitition here are the colors,

i think that the colors of this make the peice lie closer to the harmony side of the scale, but the shape and all the sharp objects bring it closer to the chaotic side. i guess you could say that this is in the middle of the scale for me.

i love how LeWitt compromised the beautiful colors with such harsh shapes

Eva Hesse

Ohne Titel, 1961

i dont think theres much repitition here besides the flower like objects.
again for me this painting lies more towards the middle of the scale because of the colors and the odd shapes.
im really not a fan of this painting, i dont like the use of the color or the odd shapes, and the little repitition in this dosent do anything to help it out.

Untitled, 1963

well i think the object being repeated here is definitley apparent, squares!

i think this is on the harmony side of the scale, because of the brighter colors and the just of all shapes and sizes of squares, its like they all have their own little place and they all fit together, almost like a map of squares if you will

Todays Art

Chuck Close

Emma, 2002

so i think this peice is completly awesome, the technique close used is called japenese style woodblock. i really like the repitition here isnt in what is being painted but the way he chose to paint it.

i think just because this peice is of a child, this lies on the harmony side of the scale, even though the technique is a little retro kind of, i mean theres nothing chaotic about a baby girl smiling.

LUCAS - PULP, 2006

again i chose this peice because the repitition was represented in the technique of the drawing, not what was actually being drawn.

i think this could like closer to the chaotic side of the scale but in a cool way, i mean this actually looks like a real many and you can still see all the detail in the little lines that chuck close drew.

Chris Millar

Skate the Hate, 2008

in this peice, if you look closley at the center, you can see alot of the lines and shapes in the the maze around it, repeated in the little details.

i think this is pushing more towards the chaos side, because of all the lines and then in the middle its like a sea of crazyness.

im not exactly sure what it does for me, i like the maze around it, and the repeated shapes and lines in the center are nice but i dont understand the peice as a whole.

Dang De Nang, 2006

here, the color red is obviously repeated a lot, and some of the faces are also repeated a couple times.

this is definitly on the chaotic side for me, it just looks like crazyness, theres so many different things going on in a giant puddle of red paint, you dont know what to look at first.