So the full mini-doc is now here!
Make sure to check out our video about the shirts. We need all the help we can get!
Here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1YxBVbaNJ8&feature=related
And if you haven't watched PART I yet, watch it first:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Me7om2OWOmw
The piece is about a third of the way done now. So this video is quite outdated. You will see more soon!
This is a short description of the piece. We submitted this to the gallery owners in order to get our spot for the September show.
Justin Galindo and Jacob Patterson met in a Design class at Cosumnes River College in Spring of 2008. An assignment in the class required students to compare colors based on paint chips picked up from local hardware stores. Upon seeing how many of these paint chips were going to waste (there were literally hundreds of unused pieces), the two decided to come up with an artwork based around this unlikely medium. After the professor's doubt that such a feat could be accomplished, the duo began creation of this three-story mosaic with those excess paint chips.
Beginning almost backwards from most projects, the piece was to be conceived based around the materials, rather than the subject matter. This did not, however, take away from the overall ideologies presented in the piece, as the image of the artwork goes just as deep as its viewers are willing to perceive.
Justin and Jacob decided to base the piece around irony, juxtaposition, and contrast. They wanted an image that somehow represented an unbalance in society. The first thing that came to mind was political protests, where two sides of an issue confront each other head to head, creating a unique perspective on contrasts within social values. After much research, even more irony was found within the image of the Polish riot control police force, whose gas masks held an eerie similarity to Disney's classic character, Mickey Mouse.
The idea clicked perfectly with what the artists were trying to accomplish. Always keeping the medium of paint chips in mind, the two came to the realization that Disney has its own line of paint, within which bright colors are focused on, and the paint chips are presented in the shape of the recognizable head of Mickey. This created the opportunity for even more contrasts. The decision was made to adjust the color of the central figure, making him pop from the background and become the main area of focus. This also allowed for the artists to use these Disney paint chips almost exclusively on this area. In addition, it brought about the idea of adding ears to the figure, answering all questions as to what the artwork is eluding to.
As noted, the piece has been created to focus on contrast and irony. The very project presents juxtaposition within itself. Using materials that were "free" to the artists for the image itself, while spending a lot on the project as a whole, creates contrast. Using Disney paint chips—Disney being a company that represents happiness and innocence within society—to create an image that so obviously represents violence creates still more irony. The nature of the piece's origin creates a contrast in the professor's insistence that such a large-scale feat could not be accomplished, and her voiced doubts on this opinion creates and opposition between teacher and student, doubter and believer. The comparison between the background natural colors and the brightness of the central figure creates an obvious visual conflict. The subject matter of the government versus the people makes for more contrast. But perhaps the most impressive contrast is the enormous size of the piece in comparison to the size of the materials used to make it—paint chips no larger than three inches in width.
More contrasts can and will be made, as irony is the very meaning of the piece itself. A focus on the collaboration between two Sacramento-area artists to create such an unlikely work of art also holds importance; Justin and Jacob hope that this is taken into account as well.
Oh, and we made a video of it, too.
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Paint Chip Mosaic Documentary - Part Iby WiggaTriggaTV3,583 views
project is pretty cool.. but you suck at speaking to you concept... you'll become better at speaking towards your concept, but this is THIN... after a few more years you'll be 1000 times better, when you make a series and vein of work that specifically asks a question, and by making the work you find the answer...
angry at the government is played out... few big artists are reallllly working towards that concept...
kingpinup 2 years ago
It's funny, I just had a dream about this today. Then I came in and someone had commented on it. The piece was not about "eff the gov," rather "eff those telling me what I can and cannot do." Like my teacher telling me I can't make a mosaic out of paint chips.
I disagree that few artists are working towards the concept though. Fairey has a new series that is earth-shattering. You should check it.
WiggaTriggaTV 2 years ago
That said, this was over a year ago, and my work HAS evolved since then. THAT said, if I had time to work on art more, and I decided that I did want to work some angry at the government stuff, then who is to say that few big artists would be working on that? Maybe I am the artist that changes the game? Maybe I move art past its limited views on government?
Anyway, I highly appreciate your opinionated comment, I rarely get those. I hope you watch more vids! Thanks bro
WiggaTriggaTV 2 years ago
I love it-- so fitting with the RNC and DNC riots and the brutal, unjustified responses of the police-- with the beatings and tear gas and all. Hope you can get across the country more before election day!
Good luck tomorrow!
dorkypinklvr 3 years ago
We're trying bro. We got a show in Merced in October and hopefully one in Santa Monica after that.
WiggaTriggaTV 3 years ago
Do you use CS3?
bronzedeuce 3 years ago
CS2
WiggaTriggaTV 3 years ago