The Galleries at UTA increase student’s culture and allows them to see what the students of the art and art history department are capable of doing. The gallery contains contemporary art, and is presented in creative and critical context, including “the creation of new art by regional, national and international artists through residencies, exhibitions, and other programming forums” (galleries).
The artwork that intrigued me was titled “Time and Space of Books” and was designed by a liberal arts fine arts student named Tan Huili. There are many art elements included in the artwork. The line elements were very apparent. It was easy to see the objects clearly defined, and the artwork was divided into seven sections, each with a different image of books. The lines were going in many directions, some straight across, and a lot diagonal. The artist utilized the lines well, because it is easy to see the separation of the seven subsections of the artwork. The shapes that are used in the artwork are all square and rectangular. The sizes of the objects are pretty proportional to each other, although in some of the subsections, the sizes of the books are slightly smaller than other sections.
In this two-dimensional artwork, the artist uses space elements to visually project the art into our space. The area of the artwork where there is an open book overlapping the sections gives this effect. The actually texture of the artwork is smooth like a photograph, but with the space elements giving the effect of a book popping out, I think the there is an implied texture of how a book would feel. The light source in this artwork is artificial. You can see that light is hitting the books, and in one of the sections, the artist used shadows and you can see where light is coming in through blinds.
The most used color in this artwork is grey, but the artist uses red as the main accent. Red is placed a little bit on all of the books in the different sections. The artist uses only about three hues, and it creates a sense of unity among the books.
The artist created a balance in the artwork by creating the different subsections of books, and there is emphasis placed on the book that is open and overlapping each section. All of the sections have their own focal point, but the open book is the main foal point of the entire artwork. The artist created repetition by using red as an accent in each one of the books.
The media and technique the artist used was drawing and it is a two-dimensional object. I believe the artist started to draw everything by hand, but probably used a computer graphic skills to finish editing all the images to make things overlap and to create the different sections. I do not see any limits that this medium could run into except that maybe some people wouldn’t appreciate the art as much since he may have used a computer.
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