Yuxuan Song
Maelstrom and Order
Prompt: From the experimental compositions created for the last Activity, choose 4 to reconfigure and construct on one new clean sheet of 18” x 24” drawing/bristol paper. Each of the 4 should portray a different gestalt principle(s) introduced in class (figure/ground, scale, alteration, rhythm, proportion, axis, focal Point, contrast, balance, symmetry, etc.)What do the marks convey? How does the expression of a body of marks in one shape define or conflict with another body of marks in the other shape?
A composition where chaos and control converse. The page is divided into geometric fragments rectangles and triangles each with its own rhythm of lines and textures, like small worlds operating within a larger system. markers/ink, graphite pencil, and charcoal.