Tuesday, 27 October 2015

American Flag Experiments

These experiments began by studying Robert Rauschenberg's American, 1925–2008 Original offset lithograph, created by Rauschenberg in 1994, as Rauschenberg loved to use the American flag and American famous figures in his work due to the political statement for war and history.


I used white emulsion, followed by colours on the American flag to spray paint over the top in an experiment, by doing this on cardboard rough shapes, that could represent the states of America.


Overall I would say all of these experiments were somewhat of a success, however some are stronger than others due to what I learnt through doing these experiments - such as using too much emulsion to cover the whole cardboard piece, this didn't work due to variety and 'less is more' due to it being more effective. I also feel that by using just two spray paints, of a similar tone it is more striking than conflicting colours and overcrowding of colour.


To further improve I could continue this technique on a larger scale or experiment in trying to use other textures as backgrounds, such as simple paper, or fabrics.