Critical Research of "Creativity" by Nadine Rippelmeyer

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Critical Research #3                                                        Zakir Hussain

Title of Work: Creativity

Artist Name: Nadine Rippelmeyer

Size: 14.000 x 11.000 x 1.000 inches

Medium: Painting - Mixed Media

Year: Not Available

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In this painting I see a variety of lines, some thick and some thin. Their purpose in this piece is to give form to the focal point, which is the red shape in the upper right hand corner. Waves of a “fire” appear to leak out of this focal point with colors of yellow, orange and red and eventually fade back into the canvas due to a lack of value. Although it may not take up the majority of the space it still attracts attention through the value in the color. The majority of the canvas that is taking up by the lightly valued colors appears to have a nice and smooth texture, whereas its counter part which is the heavily valued areas appears to have a gritty and bumpy texture to it. In relation this texture gives form to that selected area by producing a shadow on the piece.

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Balance is created by line, value and texture. This is evident because the thin, smooth and dark chaotic lines contrast well with the thick, gritty and light organized lines to create an equilibrium or balance and thus giving the piece unity and meaning. The darkly colored form creates movement because it draws the audience’s eye and yet it also induces movement because it also repels the eye because of the chaotic lines that seem to induce from the dark area. This creates pattern and emphasis because this is a constant cycle of movement from one line to the next. Although ...

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