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Alex Castro







1. This work takes color (and its effect on the viewer) as the main as its main subject. The colors here are monochromatic and analagous - blues and purples. These colors are supposed to elicit calm and sadness. Instead of one large canvas that envelops you with a single color or colors as in color field paintings, here the artist uses multiple, arranged salon style, to achieve a similar effect.





This is an example of relief sculpture. The parts of the body that are closest to the viewer - the artist's left knee and the model's buttocks - are in higher relief - than those in the in the distance (the model's hands for instance). The face of the artist is like that of a coin portait - in profile and almost completely flat.

This mirrored sculpture by Beverly Pepper in the Hirshhorn's sculpture gallery illustrates the importance of context. It reflects its environment so where it is placed is significant. Here it reflects nature - tree branches and other greenery. If this were placed inside the galleries, it would reflect viewers and other works in the same space, so the meaning would change completely.