Mountain
Made by Toya Rosuello
Made by Toya Rosuello
This is a remake of Agnes Martin's Mountain. I varied the space between the lines to enhance the feeling of perspective and I switched the white and black to put a more modern spin on it. I wanted it to look like a mountain reflected in a lake.
Created: September 6th, 2016
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This is a remake of Agnes Martin's Mountain. I varied the space between the lines to enhance the feeling of perspective and I switched the white and black to put a more modern spin on it. I wanted it to look like a mountain reflected in a lake.
I wish you'd included a picture of the original work in your description, but it wasn't too hard to find on my own. I'd love to know more about how you created it or more description of your thoughts before starting! I think your take is extremely clean and aesthetically appealing, although I did feel that the original Mountain was a lot more messy and busy: there's a lot of "noise" in the original, but I suppose the digital nature of your work takes a sharper, even more exaggeratedly minimalist look at the same shape. The extreme black/white contrast contributes to this extremely clean feel.
Creativity: Creating a mountain's reflection in lake sounds interesting to me. While preserving the texture and style of the original work, your reproduction looks modern and incorporates your own style.
Execution: The digital reproduction clearly presented a sense of reflection, which indicates that your idea is well executed.
Context: Your work well embodies the idea of minimalism, and therefore I consider you have an thorough understanding toward the original work and its style.
Documentation: The documentation is concise in general and easy to read and understand. Adding the original work to the document to present comparison would be good.
As two people have said now, including the original in your description would've been convenient for comparisons, but I didn't do this with mine either. I appreciate the minimalist design of your version compared to the more crowded, chaotic original, as well as the reflection on a lake effect that you were going for. For me, the painting is simple and easy on the eyes. I would have gone into a little more detail in the documentation, but there doesn't seem to be much room for that due to the simplistic nature of your work (and the original, for that matter). Overall, I would rate 8-9/10, especially for a first pass.
Your reproduction of the work is austere and striking. I especially like the texture you added at the bottom. One thing you could have done to exaggerate a sense of scale or depth would be to make the lines at the top of the composition thinner, to make them appear as though they’re receding into the distance. But it’s a nice composition. The documentation leaves a lot to be desired. There’s no research on the artist or the work, no context provided, and very little explanation of the aesthetic choices you made.
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