The Digital Picture
Made by Jessie Li
Made by Jessie Li
I recreated a Kurt Schwitters piece by cutting and pasting different items found around the digital world
Created: September 5th, 2016
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I recreated a Kurt Schwitters piece by cutting and pasting different items found around the digital world
I like your idea of using various modern logos from online instead of found pieces of paper. It is definitely more relevant to today's society, which has little memory of World War I, than Schwitters' original work. Graphically, I feel your picture could benefit from more contrast. Right now, everything is brightly colored, even the background, so there is no strong focal point. In The Cherry Picture, the background is very dark and the objects he placed are lighter (the lightest being the titular cherries, which are the center of the piece). I think if you picked one element, such as the Apple logo, to be the focal point of your drawing and darkened/reduced the contrast of everything else, it would be more aesthetically pleasing. I like the various effects you applied to the logos; it is not identical to Schwitters' crumpling and folding of the objects but it is an interesting parallel, both conceptually (they look "broken") and visually (the Samsung logo especially caught my eye). I thought your documentation did a good job of explaining the similarities and differences between your work and The Cherry Picture.
Creativity (9/10) - This is an interesting collage in the style of Kurt Schwitters. You identified the key element of the original piece and is able to reconstruct the work using new materials. It will be better if the idea can be more elaborated, that is, deviates more from the appearance of the original work but keeps the idea of combining raw materials.
Execution (8/10) - The composition is balanced and is vivid. There are many efforts in revising the original logos and aligning them in an interesting way. However, some details should be more refined.
Context (9/10) - Good context. You researched and analyzed Kurt's original piece carefully. Your re-production shares many similarities with the original collage but is also vastly different because of the content and coloring. But aside from the appearance, the meaning of Kurt's piece should also be reflected in your work. Analyze the detail of Kurt's work and think about why he put those things in that way -- can you rearrange the logos so they also reflect certain meaning?
Documentation (10/10) - The documentation clearly informed me about the artist and the original work. The intention and the form of Kurt and his work are comprehensively analyzed.
This is a great re-interpretation of the original piece. It is an interesting idea to think that instead of the physical things around us, people tend to be cluttered with the digital garbage around them. The collage is well-put together, and the documentation is a great start to curating your work.
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