Art 21 Response

 Salah Elmur

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Salah's work is emotion and soulful

"My mind is full of small boxes. Each box, it has an image. This image, I capture it from my childhood, from any time of my life.. I just take the soul of these things, I take that emotion." - Salah Elmur

This works to expand and push emotion on large scale with using color, space, and perspective, truly capturing the essence of a memory. The perspective of the women standing in a white dress with a red rose and with on of the men in the same suit and hat but with a red undershirt. This can be taken as she has feelings for him or could be looked at from many different perspectives such as jealousy. 

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This work tells many stories, this piece in particular looks to focus in on contrast and shape. There is a strong contrast from the mother holding her child but also she is staying on the red side of the painting. Only a little bit on the "husbands side," this contrast can be read in many different ways, such as looking at the variety of shapes within these people.

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Elements and Principles

Griffin Torrey, Student work

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This piece displays contrast with the organic lines being the center of the piece.

Personal Photo

 This photo I took is of one of my favorite trees displayed in this photo a nice contrast from the tree and the branches can be seen as organic lines.

Creativity I Admire

The Swing, by Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1767

https://smarthistory.org/jean-honore-fragonard-the-swing/

La Belle Dame sans Merci, by Frank Dicksee, 1902

https://byronsmuse.wordpress.com/2018/10/11/la-belle-dame-sans-merci-pre-raphaelites-and-john-keats/

Alexandre Cabanel, Fallen Angel, 1847

https://kuurth.com/blogs/art-for-all/the-story-of-the-fallen-angel-by-alexander-cabanel?srsltid=AfmBOoptFlgmfRzCf6ioiP6gslWn1YhB0-JYIRtgTzdHXB9LBRAVOMl6

Hans Holbein the Younger, The Ambassadors, 1533

https://smarthistory.org/hans-holbein-the-younger-the-ambassadors/

A Few of My Favorite Things

1.) Love Poems, this is one of my favorite things to read, my love poems. It captures the emotions, desires, and connections that are at the core of experiences. It also provides a place for me to reflect on my feeling, no only in love but emotions in a whole.

2.) A Peacock Feather, I grew up with many peacock feathers everywhere as a child, they are my mothers favorite, they leave me with much comfort whenever I see one.

3.) Seashells, I always collect seashells weather it's for comfort, joy, or memories. Each one to me hold a story the sea urchin from the first time I visited the virgin Islands, where I fell in love with snorkeling under the water and the beauty of everything.

4.) Meaningful Photo, I always keep photos close to me such as this photo of my dad and me, which is one of my favorites.

5.) Momento Jewelry, I always wear a lot of jewelry but this necklace is very important to me and is rarely ever taken off, holding many memories.