Belonging essay
5 texts: belonging.
Artwork: Watching on
Artist: Judith Redman
The artist has used a range of different techniques to symbolise isolation and non-acceptance. This text reinforces that fundamental human need.
The repetition of various faces that are scattered around the painting are similar in shape and color conveying belonging and normality which leads the viewer to question the placing of the dark character at the bottom of the painting. This highlights to us the separation of an individual from society.
Upon examining Judith Redman’s use of color symbolism in depicting the use of primary colors, imply positivity opposed to the charcoal black, suggestive of unhappiness, loneliness and despair, the audience is thus led to conclude that the character is an outcast and is ‘left out of the crowd’. This in turn shows the salience of the painting, bringing the viewers eye to the bottom of the artwork displaying the dark figure. The colorful characters facial expressions propose an optimistic future whilst the cloaked figure seems destined for failure symbolizing disappointment, struggle and the subsequent letdown to fit into society. Furthermore Redman has hinted at the power dynamics of the hooded figures relationship opposed to the colored, for example, the vibrant figures heads are larger in shape contrasting to the smaller head of the cloaked stature presenting to the audience weakness and helplessness. It seems as though the artist has positioned the black figure in the foreground to create an almost 3D effect, making the character stand out from the colorful crowd deliberately because they’re different and unusual to everyone else. As well as positioning the character so that they are viewed from the audience below eye level creating a realistic effect of power. Judith Redman has implemented belonging as well as not belonging in her artwork by colors, contrast, symbolism and including the view society and groups have on people who don’t fit in.
Artwork: Watching on
Artist: Judith Redman
The artist has used a range of different techniques to symbolise isolation and non-acceptance. This text reinforces that fundamental human need.
The repetition of various faces that are scattered around the painting are similar in shape and color conveying belonging and normality which leads the viewer to question the placing of the dark character at the bottom of the painting. This highlights to us the separation of an individual from society.
Upon examining Judith Redman’s use of color symbolism in depicting the use of primary colors, imply positivity opposed to the charcoal black, suggestive of unhappiness, loneliness and despair, the audience is thus led to conclude that the character is an outcast and is ‘left out of the crowd’. This in turn shows the salience of the painting, bringing the viewers eye to the bottom of the artwork displaying the dark figure. The colorful characters facial expressions propose an optimistic future whilst the cloaked figure seems destined for failure symbolizing disappointment, struggle and the subsequent letdown to fit into society. Furthermore Redman has hinted at the power dynamics of the hooded figures relationship opposed to the colored, for example, the vibrant figures heads are larger in shape contrasting to the smaller head of the cloaked stature presenting to the audience weakness and helplessness. It seems as though the artist has positioned the black figure in the foreground to create an almost 3D effect, making the character stand out from the colorful crowd deliberately because they’re different and unusual to everyone else. As well as positioning the character so that they are viewed from the audience below eye level creating a realistic effect of power. Judith Redman has implemented belonging as well as not belonging in her artwork by colors, contrast, symbolism and including the view society and groups have on people who don’t fit in.