Love Is Touching Souls Analysis

The work of art that this paper is written about is ‘Love is Touching Souls’ by Sandhi Schimmel. The work depicts a woman’s face made from recycled paper. She has few facial features that stand out within the piece. However, she does have pursed lips and dilated eyes. It is unclear what her emotional state is, but it can be assumed her pleasant facial features were chosen for aesthetic appeal. She is looking at the viewer in a dreamy, almost lustful state, that is meant to invoke feelings within the viewer.

Two visual elements are used in this piece. One of those elements is line. Organic lines are used in the hair of the woman to give a natural yet passionate feel to the piece. The curvature of the lines are meant to incite a fluid sense of spontaneity. The contour lines are vague because the piece was made using recycled paper. There is also four intersecting lines surrounding the edge of the piece that frames and give structure to the chaotic hair. This creates a lot of contrast. The second element used in this piece is color. Cool colors are used in this piece to give contrast to the passionate lines. The color scheme of dark and light blue, black, white, and green really give the piece a calming sensation. This better controls the firey passion that is the
Her face is so pretty that it is boring. Most viewers will probably look at this and believe the features are too perfect to depict a real person. I think the artist tried too hard to make the woman’s face aesthetically pleasing, thus, gave up a chance to make facial features that popped out to the viewer. However, I feel the wild and swirling hair gives a needed contrast to the predictable features of the woman. The the use of cool colors was also a great choice in my opinion because it is not a color scheme most would think would go with such passionate