Art 21 ProjectJalane Tesfaye

This is an instillation by the brilliant artist Diana Al-Hadid. Diana created

many instillations such as this one with purposes of creating a story that is also seen as ambiguous. In the art 21 video,

Diana says that her art isn't one decision but rather a lot of interwoven

and fluctuating decisions. She also discusses how in her art it looks like it is dripping or still moving. Diana creates images on a certain canvas on the wall

before she peels it away and suspends it so that it becomes an object.

Diana Al-HadidGround and Figures

OHWOW GalleryApril 8- May 16, 2015

Jalane TesfayeJan. 26

11x14 canvas

I created this piece by simply gluing down crayons and using a hot tool to melt them down on my canvas. Diana

Al-Hadid’s artwork inspired me to create this for a couple of reasons. When I first

saw Diana’s art 21 video and saw pictures of her art instillations I

immediately saw a commonality in all of her artwork. She lets her paint drip down

near the end of her canvas to make it look like the art is in motion and in my response artwork I wanted to capture this dripping design and I used several different crayons to get that fluctuating

interwoven design that is seen throughout Diana’s work.

Kara Walker - "Untitled (Hunting Scenes)," 2001Cut paper and adhesive on wallLeft panel: 98 x 68 inchesRight panel: 103 x 63 inchesCollection of Centro Nazionale per le Arti Contemporanea, Rome, Italy

Kara Walker is an artist who is known for her bold

silhouette figures that are usually placed directly on the walls of galleries. Kara works to capture scenes of conflict and create them in

a theatrical way. In this scene there are “white

sitters” and a slave. The artist also utilizes strong

light to cast shadows on her art to make it seem like the viewer’s shadow is mingling

with the people in her artwork.

Jalane TesfayeJan. 26

11x14 canvas

In response to Kara Walker’s art, I painted this tree in black paint on a white canvas. What really stood out

to me was the bold, black silhouettes in the artist’s work. I like how

minimalistic yet powerful Walker’s pieces can be and I painted this tree

in an effort to mimic the style of Kara’s art, although the process and

ideas where different.

Daniel Gordon One Star Press, Fruits et Riche Vaisselle Sur

Une Table1640-2015

Daniel Gordon is an artist who uses a lot of

cut out images and paper in color to create images that are a little

abstract. In almost all of his artwork on the art 21 website, there are bold

and bright colors incorporated and some even appear to be 3D. In these images, the

vases are actually made out of paper and placed

on the colorful background.

Jalane TesfayeJan. 2711x14

I created this in response to Daniel Gordon’s art display because of the simple elements he used to make

his art standout. I like how the artist chooses bright background colors that contrast against the bright color of the object in the painting to make it pop. I was

trying to follow the style of Daniel’s work by doing this and making one object be the sole focal point and

really stand out.