After viewing a few famous works of art, painted in the style of cubism, we decided to take on the challenge of creating our own modern interpretation of cubism. We used “Nude Decending a Staircase” by Duchamp and “Woman with a Guitar” by Braque.
We call this Singing to the Stars.
We took different elements from the pieces we observed. First, we created a more muted background that still provides interest. The light and dark grays create a shaded look, which is common in traditional cubism. Then we decided to add a human element, a musician, that was a both a little obvious and a little obscure. The tower of shapes next to the musician are representative of the stars, with the heart of the musician connected to them. We decided that a modern form of cubism should have bright colors that would create a contrast against a monochrome background. We felt that cubism is not really a great representation of skill, but more a representation of analyzing lines in life. Singing to the stars is our abstract scene of a musician playing for nature. As we have discovered by our own masterpiece, cubism can be recreated by anyone with an imagination!
~The Ruineers
