Thursday, May 5, 2011

I'm trying to understand this grit

As you might have guessed, most things are new and chrome and streamlined in the future... SO, all these pictures are pretty foreign to me. Do you think you could identify the origins of these pictures? They look like they're close ups of similar colors.

 Theres a similar red in "Canyon" but this one looks more naturally occurring. What could this be a picture of? What makes that rich red color?

 Theres a likeness to the red here, though it doesn't looks like its made of the same stuff as the first picture. Most of this object looks a little more brown too. What is this, what is it made of?

Could you draw any connections between these two photographs and "Canyon" ?


I think it might be important to think about how the color pallet in the painting is similar to many of these photographs. They also appear to be taken primarily outside.


After looking through these photographs with me, would you agree that Rauschenburg may have been referencing nature both with his paintings title, and choice of colors ?

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