Recreation of the Whistler's Mother
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Title
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Recreation of the Whistler's Mother
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Description
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Hi, my major is Economics with a business administration minor, some of my interests are hanging out with my family and friends, traveling and watching sports. My background in art is that we had to take it from kindergarten to fifth grade. Then when I was in high school I took it all of my 4 years. During my childhood I loved painting, but when I took more classes in high school I experienced more techniques in painting and loved those when I could use them on the project that we would do. During my sophomore year of high school I wanted to experiment with photography so I did and that is what my concentration was when I took AP Art & Design senior year.
The first step in my process was finding this picture. I chose this picture because it reminded me of a wall in my room because I have gray walls and I have a picture frame on one of my walls. My second step was finding the materials so I got one of my old textbooks to put my feet on, but you cannot see it because the blanket is so big so it covered the textbook. Then I had to find something that was flowy and black but this was the only color blanket that I could find. The materials that I used were 2 old textbooks, a blanket, and my desk chair. Then I put my phone on the side of my bed and put a timer on and then took the picture. I took this picture over and over because I kept forgetting to look at the wall and not the camera.
The name of the painting that I recreated is Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1, the painting better known as Whistler’s Mother, James Abbott McNeill Whistler is the artist and it was created in 1871. I chose this photograph to recreate because it was very appealing to me. I liked how the white from the picture frame and the white accents from her dress contrasted with the colors that are around her. This is a self portrait because it represented a person that he thought very high of and was very important in his life.
This project was very creative of me because I had to find the right setting to place myself in so that the backgrounds resembled each other. I also had to find things that resembled what she was wearing. So I had to turn the right side of my brain on and not left the left side of my brain take over while I was trying to recreate the image.
I think that this was a cool project especially when people were sheltering in because you can recreate any image with any materials whether you have all the right pieces or not that is where your creative part of your brain comes in and you think of other things that could symbolize the pieces that are missing from the picture or painting that you have available to use.
Remaking an art piece as part of the Getty Art Challenge. The Getty Museum of Art created the challenge as a way to keep people engaged during the pandemic. This was created as an assignment for Susan Ludeke's ART 1910: Art Appreciation course.
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Creator
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Anonymous
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Date
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2021-10-28
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Coverage
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Greenville, North Carolina
