Analyze That!

This piece is simply amazing. I’m not sure of the artist, but I have seen similar works done like this that are done on a flat surface, but look entirely 3-d. The line shown here is that of a genius. It utilizes straight lines that actually line up with lines that are on or in the street that help add to it’s optical illusion. The color here is utilized in a dynamic way by accenting itself off of the otherwise drab, “boring” colors of the asphalt. This helps to make the image itself pop and come out at you also adding to the optical illusion. Within this work I believe that texture is an important element for two reasons. The first is that this work is depicting a woman in a pool extending her leg upwards. The work displays several different textures including water or liquid, smoothness from the tiles that make up the pool, and also the soft supple texture of the woman that is in the pool. One thing that subtracts from the works reality is the mass of the woman. As you can tell there are people walking near this work of art and a person actually standing on part of it. It’s pretty easy to tell that the woman is a lot bigger than she normally would be if drawn to scale. Another key concept that makes this piece more believable is the use of the overlap. When this work was created, overlap had to be accounted for when drawing the depth of the pool and the sandals, and all the things that are floating. Obviously the space and light depicted are right on with what the artist was trying to accomplish. The space occupied totally tricks your mind into thinking that there’s real depth there, and the light looks like it would be from summer time in the heat of the day. This piece is very interesting and a work of art in itself!

-Shawn