Original paintings; Francis bacon - Lucian Freud,
adjusted price in millions $146.4
My interpretations:
I think overall these are my favourite pieces for the COP journal, aesthetically I really enjoy the contracts of flat block colour and precise lines. I used the original paintings and took from them what jumped out to me visually. I wanted to create a modern piece that relied just on visuals and design no meaning to get the viewer to start questioning the true meanings of certain paintings and what makes them sell for such ridiculous amounts of money. I think using digital has been really great for my ideas, not only do I think it works really well visually I think using a modern media gives the pieces interesting connotations as many prestigious fine artists or art institutes don't count digital art as a high form of fine art - it often has a stigma attached. with these pieces I'm asking why does one image cost over 100 million dollars and why is one unlikely to ever be worth anything to an art collector.
one of the other pieces I focused on was Mr and Mrs Andrews, however I don't think its as relevant to the themes I'm exploring in the journal as its in a private collection and hasn't been sold unlike some of the other paintings I've reinterpreted such as the one above which has a specific monetary value I can comment on
I picked elements here that stood out to me such as Mr Andrews hat shoes and gun, notice poor Mrs Andrews doesn't even end up featuring here... I'd say I'm most happy with the aesthetics of the blue page on the left. The shape of the journal made it difficult to re interpret landscape images but I'm still happy with how things have turned out. As I said earlier however contextually I don't think these pieces work as well as some of the others
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