COURSE: Art 107: Introduction to Digital Forms
MEDIUM: Digital Collage
DESCRIPTION:
I designed two contrasting collage pieces that reflected stylistic elements of early digital art. I incorporated photographs I took from a trip to New York City in one piece and images from my travels around Europe during my semester studying abroad in the other.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT:
In Commercialism as Religion I wanted to expose the materialism and commercialism that I witnessed in New York City as part of a greater trend throughout the United States. I intended to both criticize capitalism’s almost religious worship of material goods and to also portray the commercialization of material aspects of religions today. I created the piece with an 80s vaporwave aesthetic, with a neon color palette, and a satirical take on popular culture.
Conversely, My Version of Spirituality is a visual representation of what I consider to be true spirituality in my own life. The line work throughout the piece reflects the connection I experience with nature and the spiritual energy I feel through my senses. This connection inspires creative ideas in my mind, which is represented by logical and abstract illustrations around the Greek head sculpture, an art form I strongly relate to. I focused on incorporating plotter and code-based geometric styles of digital art from the 60s and 70s, similar to Sol Lewitt’s Incomplete Open Cubes.
