Taxi By Eugenie Mcevoy

The art piece that I will be criticizing will be “Taxi Taxi” by Eugenie McEvoy. This picture contains a swirling movement between cars and people. The picture has a larger portion of people surrounding the streets and cars than there are vehicles. The streets are full of chaos and contrasted colors. The pictures background comes from the view of a particular taxi cab with the driver wearing a dark-colored hat and jacket and the sun barely grazing his head. What stands out in the taxi that we are looking through is a masked reflection of a couple in the back seat. Although their faces are only seen through the reflection, there is a glimpse of the woman’s feet next to the man’s brown leather shoes. There is also a blurry identification card attached to the back of the driver’s seat, which is perceived to be the driver’s face and
The shapes that the artists used lean more towards free-form and realistic and the point of view above the chaotic environment is through the taxi window with the calm and distinct couple. The colors from the point of view of the taxi are dull and soft which contrasts to that outside of the taxi which are bold and bright. The artists used a repetition of images of people with blurred faces to give a sense of a faced-paced environment full of crowded people. The crowd of people and cars in the street create an illusion of movement in traffic and a hurry to get to the next destination. There also is a symmetrical balance in the background of the buildings on each side of the street to show continuation along the road. The proportion of size from smallest to largest go from the tiny dog to the people, cars, large bus, and then the buildings on the side of the street. Each of these elements the artist used gave the picture a sense of unity being that each item had its part to play to portray the image of a large