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Exams: 2005 Studio Art Drawing: Concentration -- Jamie L. Allaire
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Jackson Memorial High School
Jackson, New Jersey
Student Work
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This artist's concept for the concentration is highly original and shows informed risk-taking and achievement beyond the technical. The works are ambitious in scale and exemplary in terms of technique. The variety of images shows an original vision. The concentration elicits thoughtful analysis as it engages the viewer. Regardless of the original frame of reference, the artist imbues the work with a larger personal vision.
Student Commentary
What was your initial idea?
My concentration is "Composition within Composition," an investigation to find or create different compositions inside the original. I found that everywhere we go, there are thousands of different compositions being framed around us, whether it be with arches, doorways, or reflections. I took it a step further so not only are there multiple compositions within the one original picture plane, but also, if it is a series, each additional piece of the puzzle has an interesting composition as well. For example, in my 3-panel viewfinder and my 4-panel interpretive self-portrait (slide 4), although there are multiple compositions created within the final one, each panel has its own appealing composition, all put together as a whole.
How did your idea grow and develop as you worked? You may refer to specific slides as examples.
When first studying my still lives in the beginning of my Junior year, I discovered the idea of multiple compositions, trying to decide on which composition I would choose among the many possibilities. I saw these ideas in the work of the Masters such as in Jan van Eyck's "The Arnolfini Marriage" and in Diego Velasquez's "Las Meninas." With all the inspiration and ideas, I began to see that everywhere I went, something was framing compositions, most commonly doorways and mirrors. In my concentration, I tried to incorporate both clear and ambiguous compositions. Not all are easy to see at first, and take further examination to realize the pieces within as well as the entire whole. Each piece has an explanation; having a purpose to why I pointed out the additional compositions, whether it be in an everyday setting where one might just miss, or a typical still life than has endless possibilities.
* Important Note:
The numbers of the slides run from top left to bottom right.
- 24" x 18" conté
- 20" x 30" ebony pencil
- 24" x 60" oil paint
- 48" x 36" charcoal
- 11" x 14" watercolor
- 16" x 16" ebony pencil
- 24" x 18" acrylic paint
- 20" x 16" ebony pencil
- 16" x 20" ebony pencil
- 24" x 36" oil paint
- 48" x 120" acrylic paint
- 24" x 18" acrylic paint
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