ARTC 321: ASSIGNMENT_Artists

Leah Dixon

Leah is a sorority girl who branched out into art during her college experience at Ohio State University. She attributed her personality and art style to her involvement with her sorority and the art community. She enjoys painting and prefers working in the abstract style.

In her work, “Temple: Time Tapestry” she takes pictures based off of nature and alters the photos by using symmetrical reflection, very much like a kaleidoscope. All of her images change into each other during her video. Leah goes further by taking screen shots of her video and placing the images next to each other to represent the work in a more 2D way. Each photo looks like a symbol, an icon, a letter in an abstract alphabet. I enjoy making new symbols and sequencing them; I’ve never fully incorporated them into any school works, and I’d like to do more of that.

Lisa Erdman

She is a Dominican American artist who has worked in a variety of multimedia environments. She has been working since 1992 as a digital artist, writer, educator, and performer. She draws form her Dominican American background and other features of society in America.

Lisa does a series of works based off of pharmaceutical ads. She parodies how society is looking for a quick fix by creating fictional medications that are designed to solve lack of patriotism as well as Christian faith. Using pop culture references to create humorous yet meaningful pieces is an effective way to get people interested in one’s works. I’d like to use more humor in an effective and meaningful way.

Murat Germen

This artist uses multiple photos and reassembles them to create an entirely new environment. He blends photos from different angles to create optical illusions of impossible space. I’ve done work recreating an environment from pieces of another and I found them to be successful. His work feels more like an optical illusion and I’d like to recreate my environments to seem the same way yet also realistic.

Most of these artists also use bright colors in their works. I find bright colors and a high contrast aesthetically pleasing. I’d like to work with these tools more to improve my work overall, as well.