1. What is the title of the exhibit?
Contemporary Project Space.
2. What is the theme of the exhibition?
Chemical Light.
3. The exhibit holds a low light. The room is almost dark; however, it allows enough light to illuminate the artist’s work displayed on the high walls.
4. The walls hold a blank canvas and assist in drawing focus into the exhibit’s art. Each piece is lit up and displayed in a way that catches the viewers’ attention. In detail, there is a dim light that shines across each hand made collage. Victor Shanchuk does a wonderful job of catching the attention of the viewer.
5. The materials are mainly light based. There are projectors that screen Victors’ other work and there are many collages that are displayed in groups. The exhibit was built for viewers to spend some time in. There are benches for people to sit and the low light brings great focus into the detail of the work. It was designed creatively.
6. The movement of the viewer should be slow and steady. The art is meant to capture the attention of the viewer in a way that is captivating.
7. The artworks are organized by collages and projections.
8. The pieces are similar in color and design. All of the work is made with bright colors that are eye-catching and hold visual texture.
9. The artworks come off similar, however, within the projections are hidden images within the slides. You have to look closely to recognize the images. In contrast, the solid collages do not hold the same feature but are fascinating to study.
10. The collages are framed in an all-black mount that have plastic covering. The film is just a projection up on the wall so there is no frame to be displayed in this section.
11. The artworks are identified as handmade and untitled. The artist wanted it this way because he wants the viewer to title and identify the work as we see it. He describes them as rediscoveries of the overlooked and the reorganized. He doesn’t want to limit the viewers creativity by labeling each piece of work.
12. The artist describes the images as dynamism, power, movement, energy and speed. The images are sensual, each changing into one another, a transition into infinite space, unknown space, a window, an icon; a serious place, filled with force fields, the spiritual energy in art. This is the artists way of explaining how the different pieces of work feeds off one-another.
Art Criticism: Describing, Analyzing, and Interpreting Artwork
Artist:_Victor Shanchuk______________________________________________________________________
Title of work:__Untitled Polarizations_________________________________________________________
Media: Digital Scans___________________________________________________________
Date:__1970-2019___________________________________________________________
Size:__35mm slides_________________________________________________________
1. Be receptive - Keep an open mind. Look for what is good. No put-downs allowed.
The artwork is creative and holds an extreme amount of detail within each slide.
2. Description –Describe what you see. (subject matter)?
The art is colorful and eye-popping. The images are full of different graphics that challenge the mind to explore.
3. Formal analysis – (form) What principles and elements were used and how are they used?
- Shapes-visual depth within the work
- Free flowing form- there are no specific shapes involved
- Value of light shining- the spotlight illuminates the work and holds power with the light value
- The intensity of color- brings attention to the piece
- Visual Texture- the art is realistic and gives an idea of how the art might feel if it wasn’t in the frame.
4. Bracketing - Is there anything in or about this work that reminds you of anything else? Do you see any symbols, metaphors, or allegories? (iconography)
This work actually reminded me of salt water fish. When I looked at the slides, especially, the different colors and movement within the work reminded me of a moving school of fish. The visual texture corresponded with the scales that you’d find on a fish along with the bright colors. Salt water fish are more prone to be bright colored so I find it easy to relate the images to salt water fish.
4. Interpretation - (content) What do you think the artist was trying to say?
The artist is trying to expand the minds of the viewers by making this their personal exhibit. He wants the work to be personalized and justified to their opinion. For example, this art reminded me of a school of fish; it could symbolize a different meaning to someone else.
Artist:_Victor Shanchuk______________________________________________________________________
Title of work:__Untitled Polarizations____________________________________________________________
Media: Inkjet Prints of Plastics and Polarization Film_______________________________________
Date:__1970-2019_______________________________________________________________
Size:__35mm Mount_____________________________________________________________
1. Be receptive - Keep an open mind. Look for what is good. No put-downs allowed.
The artwork is creative and holds an extreme amount of detail within each slide.
2. Description –Describe what you see. (subject matter)?
The art is colorful and eye-popping. The images are full of different graphics that challenge the mind to explore.
3. Formal analysis – (form) What principles and elements were used and how are they used?
- Shapes-visual depth within the work
- Free flowing form- there are no specific shapes involved
- Value of light shining- the spotlight illuminates the work and holds power with the light value
- The intensity of color- brings attention to the piece
- Visual Texture- the art is realistic and gives an idea of how the art might feel if it wasn’t in the frame.
4. Bracketing - Is there anything in or about this work that reminds you of anything else? Do you see any symbols, metaphors, or allegories? (iconography)
This work reminded me of origami. When I looked at the collages, the images showed the different folds and sequence that a paper origami figure has.
4. Interpretation - (content) What do you think the artist was trying to say?
The artist is trying to expand the minds of the viewers by making this their personal exhibit. He wants the work to be personalized and justified to their opinion. For example, this art reminded me of origami; it could symbolize a different meaning to someone else.
Artist:_Victor Shanchuk______________________________________________________________________
Title of work:__Untitled Polarizations____________________________________________________________
Media: Hand-made plastic collages with polarizing wheel______________________________
Date:__1970-2019________________________________________________________________
Size:__35mm slides______________________________________________________________
1. Be receptive - Keep an open mind. Look for what is good. No put-downs allowed.
The artwork is creative and holds an extreme amount of detail within each slide.
2. Description –Describe what you see. (subject matter)?
The art is colorful and eye-popping. The images are full of different graphics that challenge the mind to explore.
3. Formal analysis – (form) What principles and elements were used and how are they used?
- Shapes-visual depth within the work
- Free flowing form- there are no specific shapes involved
- Value of light shining- the spotlight illuminates the work and holds power with the light value
- The intensity of color- brings attention to the piece
- Visual Texture- the art is realistic and gives an idea of how the art might feel if it wasn’t in the frame.
4. Bracketing - Is there anything in or about this work that reminds you of anything else? Do you see any symbols, metaphors, or allegories? (iconography)
This work reminded me of outer space. When I looked at the collages, the images showed the features of the complete darkness and the bright planets that light up in the solar system.
4. Interpretation - (content) What do you think the artist was trying to say?
The artist is trying to expand the minds of the viewers by making this their personal exhibit. He wants the work to be personalized and justified to their opinion. For example, this art reminded me of outer space; it could symbolize a different meaning to someone else.
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