Warm Up :
Answer the following questions in your journal!
How much do we actually have to see to know what is going on, or who it is?
Why is that?
Is it because the image is so icon and burned into our brains?
Is it because it is so common or simple?
John Baldessari is an amazing mixed media artist who changed the way we saw collage and painting on images.
Read a bit about him here!
Today, we are going to play with images n the a similar way he does.
Let's look at his work.
it is clean, bold and simple.
it uses large blocks of bright colors that covers vital parts of the image, yet you are still able to see the meaning of the work, or recognize the people or actions!!
Now let's look at how his work has influenced so many people!
Choose one way to add large ares with color.
Create 2 pieces to add to your Baldessari piece.
Turn them in as #_BnB_lastname firstname.jpeg (1 and 2, turn them in seperately)
Here is my quick example: