PABLO PICASSO - WEEPING WOMAN

THIS PIECE IS CALLED 'THE WEEPING WOMAN' FROM 1937. THIS IS FROM PICASSO'S CUBISM PERIOD. THIS PAINTING IS OF ONE OF HIS MISTRESSES. SHE WAS HIS MISTRESS FROM 1936 TO 1944. HE PAINTED HER AS WEEPING WOMAN AS HE EXPLAIN HE BELIEVES WOMEN WERE SUFFERING MACHINE AND HE FELT LIKE SHE WAS WEEPING WOMAN. HE PAINTED THE MISTRESS, DORA IS VARIOUS WAYS SOME IN CUBISM, SOME IN NATURAL CLASSICAL PAINTS. HE LOVED THE IDEA OF CUBISM, THIS IS ONE OF HIS MORE ELABORATE PIECES. I LOVE THIS PIECE BECAUSE YOU CAN STILL MAKE OUT THAT IS A WOMAN CRYING AND I LOVED THE DEFINED LINES TO CREATE SHAPES ON HER FACE MAKING THE PIECE AND EMOTION FEEL EDGY. THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF MOVEMENT IN THIS PAINTING BECAUSE HE HAS USED LOTS OF ANGLED SHAPES. THE BRIGHT COLOURS CONTRAST WITH THE EMOTIONS HES TRYING TO CONVEY AND I LIKE THIS, IT MAKES THE PIECE MUCH MORE INTERESTING.  

PABLO PICASSO - BLUE PERIOD

THIS IS A FAMOUS PAINTING FROM PABLO PICASSO BEFORE HE STARTED EXPLORING CUBISM. THIS PAINTING IS CALLED 'THE OLD GUITARIST' THIS IS FROM PICASSO'S BLUE PERIOD WHEN HE USED A LOT OF DIFFERENT SHADES OF BLUE, GREY'S, BLACKS AND DULL COLOURS TO REPRESENT EMOTION. THIS IS WAS THE FIRST TIME BLUE HAD BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH DEPRESSION, DEATH AND GRIEF. PICASSO'S BLUE PERIOD STARTED AFTER HIS BEST FRIEND, A FELLOW ARTIST KILLED HIMSELF IN A CAFE IN PARIS. THIS PERIOD OPENED UP NEW DOORS FOR HIM, HIS NAME GREW BIGGER AND MORE KNOWN. HE SUDDENLY STARTED GETTING THE RESPECT AND APPRECIATION HE DESERVED. WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS PAINTING IS THAT PICASSO HAS MADE THE OLD GUITARIST LOOK FRAIL AND SKINNY, THIS MAKES ME THINK THE PICASSO IS NOT ALL EXPLORING PHYSICAL FEATURES BUT HOW YOU CAN BE MENTALLY FRAIL AFTER A PASTING OF A FRIEND OR RELATIVE. THE FACT THAT THE MAN IS LOOKING DOWN MAKES YOU FEEL SORRY FOR THE MAN, MAKING YOU FEEL EMOTIONAL AND THIS WHAT PICASSO WANTED.

YINKA SHONIBARE - BLACK AND GOLD II

THIS IS A PIECE BY YINKA SHONIBARE, AN ARTIST IVE BEEN RESEARCHING FOR A GROUP FASHION UNIT. THIS PIECE IS FROM 2006, SO ITS A MODERN PIECE OF ART. MADE UP OF 25 DUTCH WAX CANVAS, THE PATTERNS ON THE CANVAS' WERE MADE BY THE TECHNIQUE BATIK. I LOVE THIS MODERN PIECE BECAUSE IT MORE ABSTRACT AND DOESNT SEEM TO HAVE A MEANING BEHIND IT. I LOVE THE FACT IT COVERS A WHOLE WALL WITH THE BLACK SPLATTERED PAINT BEHIND THE CANVAS'. I LIKE THE VARIOUS SIZES THE CIRCLE CANVAS AND THE BRIGHT COLOURS USED TO STAND OUT ON TOP OF THE BLACK PAINT. 

YINKA SHONIBARE QUOTE - 'The piece (Black Gold II 2006) is literally like a sort of oil splash on the wall, with black and gold painted onto the fabrics. I was just thinking about oil becoming a rare commodity—a source of wars because of its rarity. It’s just oil as black gold, but the explosive impact of oil on people’s lives can be traced back to oil'