Comparison Between 'Headlong And Untitled'

The artists have used the art form of photography to express their ideas and how these affect their work. Zoe Croggon, the artist of the artwork ‘headlong’ is a type c media, created in 2016 with the art form of a collage. Another artist is Bill Henson, with an artwork titled ‘untitled’ has a medium of type c, which is made in 2016. Both artworks can be found in the National Gallery of Victoria. Throughout this essay, I will be comparing and contrasting the 2 artworks that I have chosen in terms of how they look and how they convey messages.
‘Headlong’ is a collage in which lots of elements are used to show viewers it is conveying an important message. Whereas in comparison, the ‘Untitled’ is the art form of photography, however the message is just as important. In ‘Headlong’, we see a long cursive ‘E’ shape right in the middle of the artwork. The ‘E’ shape looks like it’s been printed out from the computer with the colour scheme of white, and
The ‘Untitled’ by Bill Henson presents the mood and feeling. By showing the picture of the wave, this symbolizes the emotion that is being portrayed. Another obvious device is light. Light symbolizes hope and goodness, with the light dominant over the black colour of the background. This tells us that there is hope for the good to win over the bad. This message is quite different to the one portrayed in ‘Headlong’ as its art form is different. This artwork seem to evoke a sense of danger as though the artist wants to warn us about something. And that the cursive ‘E’ letter could potentially represent a name who is a threat. The black colour in the background symbolizes mysteriousness and fear. The feeling of awareness this painting inflicts reflect this, whereas the feeling of ‘Untitled’ was hope, which also compliments its message. In both artworks, the subject matter, symbolism and mood or feeling are very important devices, as well as the