cultures of past, present, and future at once
title: yet to be determined
medium: enamel and acrylic paint on gessoed burlap jute
size: 16" x 20", 2" thick
Pointillism. I've never done a pointillism-style painting before. This technique is visually rich, yet simple. That duality is fascinating. It's so simple. It's just dots. The dots form a recognizable image. Yet, the human eye is able to define details within the overall shape. It's that interpretation of details that makes pointillism so rich. I decided to keep the pointillism technique strictly in white. I feel that applying color detracts away from the simple, yet rich impact. With color, the focus shifts towards color choice and arrangement rather than the presentation of the dots themselves.
Other sources inspire the use of Pointillism. I've been playing a lot of Stars Wars Battlefront II on XBox Live lately. I often see stars from the game when i go to bed and close my eyes. It's a wild experience.
To complement the duality within the pointillism technique, the subject matter follows a common theme found in my Art which is taking two objects and grouping them in the composition to emphasize or sometimes redefine their meaning.
This painting features an astronaut and an ornamental detail of a soffit in the Mosque in Tooloon, Cairo. Cultures of past, present and future and their interaction are examined.
Past is represented by the Tooloon Mosque soffit. Present is represented by the modern day astronaut. Future is represented by the combination of the two.
Star Wars Battlefronts II has an influence in defining how the future is represented in this painting. The Star Wars universe takes cultural queues from our world's past and elevates them to grandious heights.
It's this cultural elevation that I believe current science and space exploration wishes to achieve. It extends beyond our current struggle to travel past our moon by a limited few wearing cumbersome white space suits. It's about elevating the cultural experience throughout life. That's what the Star Wars setting portrays. It's a rich tapestry of technological evolution through the influence of the cultural past. This cultural elevation is not just a thing of the future. It's happened in the past as represented by the Tooloon soffit . It's also happening in the present represented by the astronaut and it's all represented by a simple gathering of dots. Quite simple really.
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