Create/Abort the flow strikes me initially as a excellent example of color gradation, the fade of red to white is perfectly gradual.
The imagery of the piece has me leaning in two different directions however. When I see fetuses used in such a way, lined up in rows, many of which seem drained of their life, I immediately think about a Kurt Vonnegut-esque dystopian future, where we grow babies in little rows so that we can use them for food or fuel. Where as when i look at the title I am immediately reminded of the issue of abortion, a subject that I have long been tired of seeing in artwork.
The documentation used does a successful job in showing us the composition of the piece, as well as the detail of the fetus, the background in the 3rd and 4th pictures is slightly distracting from the image, but not so much that I don't understand whats going on.
Shelley Park's Create/Abort the Flow portrays wax fetuses in a rectangular grid. The wax fetuses show a visual color gradation from red to a translucent.
The documentation is done quite well with clear pictures and does not detract anything from seeing it in person. The piece itself is interesting in the direction being not too clear. I get from it something about abortion but whether or not it is for or against it is registering unclear to me. I take the color of the reddest one to represent the fetus being alive and full of blood and the translucent to represent the dead fetus. However, which way this goes is unnoticed possibly leaving it open for the viewers to think about it for themselves instead of being forced opinions.
Create/Abort the flow strikes me initially as a excellent example of color gradation, the fade of red to white is perfectly gradual.
ReplyDeleteThe imagery of the piece has me leaning in two different directions however. When I see fetuses used in such a way, lined up in rows, many of which seem drained of their life, I immediately think about a Kurt Vonnegut-esque dystopian future, where we grow babies in little rows so that we can use them for food or fuel. Where as when i look at the title I am immediately reminded of the issue of abortion, a subject that I have long been tired of seeing in artwork.
The documentation used does a successful job in showing us the composition of the piece, as well as the detail of the fetus, the background in the 3rd and 4th pictures is slightly distracting from the image, but not so much that I don't understand whats going on.
All in all I believe it is a successful work.
Shelley Park's Create/Abort the Flow portrays wax fetuses in a rectangular grid. The wax fetuses show a visual color gradation from red to a translucent.
ReplyDeleteThe documentation is done quite well with clear pictures and does not detract anything from seeing it in person. The piece itself is interesting in the direction being not too clear. I get from it something about abortion but whether or not it is for or against it is registering unclear to me. I take the color of the reddest one to represent the fetus being alive and full of blood and the translucent to represent the dead fetus. However, which way this goes is unnoticed possibly leaving it open for the viewers to think about it for themselves instead of being forced opinions.