My title-less postmodernism project was constructed on a sheet on Bristol paper using paint, ink, and photoshopped images printed on pieces of printer paper which were then cut out and glued down. The piece is fairly asymmetrical, but that does not mean that it is not balanced. In fact, the paint, ink, and paper is distributed in such a way that no one part of the Bristol sheet is overpowering the others. However, the eye is drawn more towards the focal point which is the largest picture of the baby in the road, located in the bottom left. From the focal point, the eye follows the red and black path to the right-hand side of the piece where it loops around a silhouette of a baby and fades into a blue and black color scheme. From there, the viewer's eyes follow the lines that were extended from the crosswalk in the photoshopped images. While there is definitely an irregular and uncomfortable feeling to the painting, the shapes are geometrical for the most part and the color scheme is complementary with the orange and blue highlights.
Besides the white background, the swooping black stream of paint gives an eery and dark tone to the piece. Further, the extended crosswalk creates a three-dimensional feeling that keeps the viewer's eye moving. And although the painting creates a bit of uneasiness, it's color scheme is satisfying and therefore balances out some of the chaos. If I was not the creator of this painting and didn't already know what quote I was trying to portray, I would guess that the work is trying to express feelings of frustration which lead to rebellion of normal standards. The baby with the pipe and a wild hair cut makes that pretty clear, and then the chaos created by paint blotches and scattered lines emphasizes this feeling. Further, the silhouette of the baby seen on the right side of the canvas portrays the unknown while the black swooping paint provokes uncertainty and dissent.
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