Owners of the World Series Piece 2 By Wilfredo Menendez
Medium: Dry-point
Length: 6.8 Inches (17.5 cm) Width: 4.9 Inches (12.5 cm) Completed: October, 2015 |
Exhibition Text: This piece is meant to go along with my Owners of the World Series Piece 1. It is also social commentary. However, this time is more about the disregard that the wealthy 1% and big companies have for the environment.
German Expressionism: Even though dry points usually consist of lots of details and most German Expressionist pieces are block prints which have reduced detail I choose to make my piece in German Expressionist style. However, since it erected from the reaction to the dehumanizing effect of industrialization and the growth of cities I found it applied perfectly to this piece. |
Process, Symbols & Meaning: The shaded area makes the non-shaded area look like a feminine figure which is meant to represent mother nature. The light bulb is meant to represent our businesses and how much they're responsible for many aspects of our life. The fist represents nature and environmental activism and it shines brighter than the light bulb because of how important it is.
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Environmental Activism: I used environmental activism as a theme for this piece because of the upcoming UN COP21 event in Paris. This Conference of Parties was scheduled for countries belonging to the UN to try to "tackle" climate change for the 21st time. This is why I choose to make this piece about climate change. In our country the Republican party, which currently is the majority in Congress has a stance that states that they don't believe in climate change. They say that climate change was something created by scientist in other for them to get more funding. However, our democrat President has done an outstanding job in spearheading a global effort to regulate pollution created by companies and governments.
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Reflection: If I were to re do this piece I would get rid of the light bulb and female shape and just focus on the fist. I wanted the fist to be the main part of the piece. I tried to have the fist made up of leafs, however you can't really tell. So if I were to redo I'd focus on that and maybe painted afterwards with water colors so that you can actually tell what is happening in the piece.
Research:
Pechstein, Max. Head. 1920. Almanach 1920. Spaight Wood Galleries. Web. Oct. 2015.
Pechstein, Max. Head. 1920. Almanach 1920. Spaight Wood Galleries. Web. Oct. 2015.