Myself =]

This collage is pretty much just about myself and some things that i feel strongly about. First of all the background is of the ocean and boats and beach and i chose this because it represents where i live and also that i feel relaxed and out of time and space when I'm on the water or lying on the beach. Another thing that i chose is the bat which is one of the main attractions in the collage. I love horror movies and horror books and a bat is usually quite scary to people so i thought that this would give that feeling. Down the bottom right hand corner there is an image of a mosh pit at a concert and i have used this because being in a mosh pit at a concert is another time when i feel out of time and space and that everything around me has stopped. I feel really strongly about homophobia and i really think that no one no matter how different they are to anyone or if they like different things they shouldn't be treated or talked about differently to anyone else. The boy with a pink t-shirt on and a black eye i placed there to represent gay bashing. And last of all up in the right hand corner there is a picture of a "Mothership" blimp which is on the cover of a Led Zeppelin album and that is there to represent one of my goals in life to be able to play the Stairway To Heaven guitar solo. Pretty silly but its true.

Multiculturalism

This is another collage made of magazine cutouts. In this one i was focusing multiculturalism and how a lot of cultures are just being forgotten about and we are loosing foreign tradition. I have chosen four different people from different cultures and have placed them on a background that is a very deserted area. This is representing how we are just forgetting about these traditions and loosing them.

Andy Warhol Exhibition

This is me, Dodge and Katrina at the Andy Warhol Exhibition. I had the best time on the day. i learnt so much more about him and i was so excited to see his artworks because he is one of my favourite artists. From the videos and artworks that i read and watched i really got a good insight on what type of person his was. I think that there is a lot more to him then people really think. He is definitely an extremely smart person and really has strong opinions and isn't afraid to make a statement which was very clear when he first released his artwork of the Cambels Soup Can and took a chance at really challenging everyone to what art could be. I think that he really didn't see himself as a celebrity and a lot of people thought that his art was a joke. In some ways he is a very bizarre person in that he was in a way living in a different, surreal world to the rest of us which was brought out in his artworks. From reading most of the papers he had kept and edited he obviously wasn't afraid to criticize and tell people if he thought something was ridiculous or stupid or if he thought someone was an idiot, this probably has a lot to do with why he would say that he was a bit of a loner or and outcast until his fame. Andy Warhol believes that everyone will be famous someday. He said "I like boring things" and this gave me the impression that he really didn't look at himself as a great artist but more just a normal person or a boring person that did something different.

NIGHTMARE

This collage is about a very, very, very bad nightmare that i had. In the nightmare it was basically a really happy, fun Christmas eve (which is my birthday) and all my family were together for dinner for my birthday and i can't actually remember why but there was a huge fire and most of the house burnt down and as i ran outside everyone disappeared and i was all alone and then there was this mad cereal killer after me! So i tried my best to put how i felt and what happened in the dream into this collage. The main attraction on the collage is the image of the man dressed in black cloth with dripping blood from his fingers. The man is actually Danni Filth from the band Cradle Of Filth. I chose this picture to really set the mood and to make viewers realise the horror in this dream. He is there as the "Cereal Killer" in my dream. The background is a couple of different images all giving different emotions. The background at the very top really is showing how i was all alone and i felt like there was no one one anywhere to help and i was lost and didn't know where to run and hide. The background in the middle is really just representing the fire and the Christmas decorations for Christmas eve, it is showing the happiness at the start of the dream and the nightmare beginning. At the very bottom of the collage there is a image of trees and it is all sort of blurry and different neon glowing colours. I thought when i saw this picture that it really showed the sense of the dream where i was running from this man and how i felt that everything around me was blurry and i didn't know what to do. Also that i was confused and scared. The last image is of the hawk. I have used this bird of prey as an example as to the feeling that you are being "hunted" of chased.

Exquisite Corpse

This here is my Exquisite Corpse. I also have made this entirely out of magazine cutouts. When i put this together i didn't really think about what each image could mean about me, i just chose it cause i liked it. But there is actually a lot of meaning behind these pictures that sub-consciously i knew about. For instance the Guitar might have something to do with the fact that i am very musical and music means everything to me. The Word "BANG" probably is to represent aspects of my personality like how i can be very loud and i do talk alot and i really always like to have noise around me. The face at the top is actually the face of Eddie who is the iconic mascot for the metal band Iron Maiden. I think this is probably representing my absolute love for heavy metal, also the fact that i love drawing things much like it. It could also reflect on my personality as a bit of a metal head. Lastly the image of the skull with wings which is the "Death Bat" another iconic mascot for the band Avenged Sevenfold. I think this image really says alot about me and the type of person i am by the way it is kind of glowing but it is also very dark. I am a very mysterious person and i am really quite shy when i first meet people and it takes a while before i can really open up and i think that's what the glowing colours are bringing out. This Exquisite Corpse also very obviously states that my favourite colour is purple.

The Stolen Generation

This collage was made entirely from magazine cutouts. The meaning behind it and the inspiration was "The lost generation". There is a pile of rocks with lots of little wood carved people. I have used them to represent the Aboriginals. Around these wood people i have placed white people from today to represent that we took their land and kicked them out. On the far right there is a large women representing how we took power and told them what to do and controled there every move. the wood carved people are small to show how the white people looked down apon them and treated them like they were litrally that small. the backround i have chosed is a big flock of birds and i have placed it so that its like the bird are coming into the picture to land. This is to give the idea that the white people really just came into the land and took over everything.

My Favourite Andy Warhol Art

Andy Warhol's portrait of Mick Jagger reflects lots of aspects of his personality. For instance the way he appears to be looking at you shows his rock and roll attitude. i think the colours (bright pink) shows how he is very confident and entertaining. I also think that the way Andy Warhol has placed ripped paper around the image is representing Mick Jagger's edgy and jagged personality. This is my favourite artwork.

This is Andy Warhol's "Electric Chair" i am really not sure why i like this artwork so much but it really stood out to me from all the rest. To me i think this is symbolizing something about being alone and because an electric chair could kill you i think it might be something about dying alone.The colour yellow makes it seem very bright and happy but then the red really is quite dark and daunting. I think they might be representing the death and the light of heaven.

This Portrait of Marilyn Monroe by Andy Warhol reflects a lot of aspects of her personality and how she was viewed by people. I think the colours he has used are very bright to represent her as a lively and exciting person. Also he has made her lips red, this could be relating to her reputation as a sex icon and that fact that majority of the country thought she was extremely sexy. The yellow in her hair makes her hair seem very bouncy which reflects her personality traits too. The green in the background may be representing the American money because she was very wealthy. i also think the pose she has been photographed shows her confidence and seduction.