Today in class, we were inspired by Picasso’s image Woman in an Armchair. To bring this painting more into the 21st century, Natalie and I took a photo on the computer that swirled our faces around. I represented the white side of the woman in the armchair, and she the dark side of the woman in the armchair. We digitally enhanced the image to have a gold-green background and darkened/lighted each side of the photo.
We had believed that Picasso was trying to bring to life the many personalities and attitudes of life. Picasso seemed to be depicting people more and integrating them more into his works. For this work, he seemed to emphasize the darker side of the woman, so with ours, we did the same. He had a bright background that really emphasized the woman, which really draws your attention inward to the distortions and unproportional woman.
Background on Picasso:
Pablo Picasso is credited with a form of art described as Cubism. This form of art was a new and interesting style that developed in the late 1800′s, early 1900′s. Cubism is a very distinct form of geometric triangles and distortions. Picasso worked closely alongside another man, George Barque, who also helped him with the development and progression of Cubism. The painting that is interpreted here, was created by Picasso late in his career and shortly after he had developed inspiration from African art and had moved into more of an Analytic Cubism characterized by distortions and overlapping of pieces/triangles in his art.
Background: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/cube/hd_cube.htm
