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Exams: 2006 Studio Art Drawing: Concentration -- Loide B. Marwanga

Richard Montgomery High School
Rockville, MD

Student Work
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Student Commentary: 
 What was your initial idea?
My initial idea was to create a series of self-portraits that reflected my personality and my African Heritage.
 

How did your idea grow and develop as you worked? You may refer to specific slides as examples.
After viewing the works of painters Janet Fish and Kehinde Wiley, I began to experiment with not only my palette (slide 1) but also my content. I cloned myself to represent my affinity with being alone and, literally, keeping myself company. My self-portraits began to mock my usually traditional learnings as I experimented with content, including more references not to my culture, but to popular culture and street art. I added typography to relate back to my interest in graphic design and comic books.
 

Rationale for Score:
One of the unique qualities of this portfolio is that it has both visual and thematic coherence.

This student takes a broad theme and uses an icon (in this case herself) and the work of other artists to focus an artistic vision.

Subject and background are fully integrated using a variety of design principles such as rhythm and scale, as well as spatial systems in both real and invented environments.

This work demonstrates technical versatility.

The images are moving and appear deeply personal.

* Important Note:
The numbers of the slides run from top left to bottom right.

  1. 40” x 30” acrylic
  2. 40” x 27” graphite
  2*. [detail] graphite
  3. 38” x 24” graphite
  3*. [detail] graphite
  4. 18” x 24” acrylic
  5. 40” x 31” graphite
  6. 18” x 24” acrylic
  7. 85” x 28” charcoal
  8. 18” x 24” pencil
  9. 26” x 16” acrylic
10. 20” x 25” mixed media


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