- Stitch
- 13 January 08
- Illustration Friday
- 10 Comments
Medium: Graphite,/coloured pencil/conte
Size: 250mm x 200mm
I couldn't get a drawing finished in time for last week's IF but have found time to contribute this week. Not sure what this is trying to say: whether it's about familial ties, or something deeper about political ideology. The artistic influence for this drawing is most certainly derived from Zhang Xiaogang (in particular Three Comrades that I saw late last year at the Queensland Art Gallery). For some reason it also reminds me of a transplanted and juxtaposed version of Grant Wood's American Gothic. Go figure. <<Older Main Newer>>
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This is really nice - nice idea and good rendering!
Posted by Ellen Byrne on 13.01.08 at 08.22am
Blessed be the tie that binds
my collar to my shirt
through thin and thick
through Jane and Dick
through cleanliness and dirt
Blessed be the stitch that saves
those other stitches, nine
through meager sups
and downish ups
and and forks with just one tine
Posted by neilornstein on 13.01.08 at 08.37am
This is really wonderful. And I totally agree with your references. I also love what Neil added!
Posted by studio lolo on 13.01.08 at 05.15pm
Hmmmm, my comment didn’t post but I said the same about references as Studio Lolo. OH and it’s interesting the bits you have chosen to colour with red ... They look like zombies or sheep visited by Aliens. I think they are Chinese.
Posted by Anonymous on 13.01.08 at 07.00pm
Wow, this is well executed. I really like the shading. The details of their twin-like expressions is very stunning. My first thought was they were twins. The needle is just awesome. Great details.
Posted by ces on 14.01.08 at 12.31am
This is pure genius.
Posted by willie on 14.01.08 at 09.39am
This actually makes me think of how couples tend to take one each other’s characteristics as they grow older together… the only thing that would be missing then is a dog who looks like the two people! Your work is quite marvelous - beautifully executed and subtly humorous.
Posted by carla on 15.01.08 at 02.47am
There is something off-setting about this…I can’t pin-point it…but it troubles me…maybe they have the look I’ve seen in Holocaust movies…where the victims are told some sort of lie and not to worry everything is going to be okay…and in their hearts the victims know it is a lie…and for what reason, perhaps hoping against hope, they put on their best face instead of fighting right then and there…I digress…great job with the needle and the thread really pops…
Posted by Brine Blank on 15.01.08 at 11.52am
What Carla said. I was thinking about how married couples actually start to look like each other, sharing facial expressions, etc.
I like that the thread is red.
Posted by catnapping on 17.01.08 at 07.19am
A very intriguing conceptual piece!
Posted by Suana on 28.01.08 at 07.18am