I basically was just inspired from him by the way he does corky and odd things with peoples bodies. I find there is always a sense humour to his work and That's what i wanted. A corky, odd portrait.
The tassels in front of his face are from curtains. Curtains are what we use to conceal and hide things. Instead of concealing and covering up the body for a portrait picture ( that almost looking like your school would take it, being straight dead on, the way its cropped) instead the face is what we are concealing.
I first tried to wrap the head with curtain but it looked like a turban and I didn't want any references to culture, so i changed it to wrapping paper. Wrapping paper is also something used to conceal. Maybe A present, something we want to see, something we want, but yet again its concealing the head and not The body. It's an ironic twist that instead of wanting to take off his clothes to see his body, we would be aroused or excited to see his face.
The tassels in front of his face are from curtains. Curtains are what we use to conceal and hide things. Instead of concealing and covering up the body for a portrait picture ( that almost looking like your school would take it, being straight dead on, the way its cropped) instead the face is what we are concealing.
I first tried to wrap the head with curtain but it looked like a turban and I didn't want any references to culture, so i changed it to wrapping paper. Wrapping paper is also something used to conceal. Maybe A present, something we want to see, something we want, but yet again its concealing the head and not The body. It's an ironic twist that instead of wanting to take off his clothes to see his body, we would be aroused or excited to see his face.
Hi Emily,
ReplyDeleteThis is indeed an odd portrait and echoes Olaf Breuning's work. Good choice on the similar cholor choice, its like the odd things on him are almost apart of him. I might want to fix the wrinkles on the fabric, but that's up to you. Otherwise, good job!
-Camille-Marie