Dain
Miranda Right, 2013 (Dain).
Miranda Right was made in 2013, the
artworks appearance connects with the time it was made, because it uses bright
primary colors, for instance blue, pink and yellow, all present on the
background. The composition of the drawing contributes to the contemporary
appearance.
Dain does a lot of street art, mainly in
Brooklyn, New York. Dain usually takes the face of a female glamour star and
matches it to a body of a male. He then add a mixture of spray paint, bright
color, graffiti and collage. Dain mostly commonly uses bits of ripped up
magazine titles. Dain doesn’t make his artwork for a certain person, but for
everyone in New York. His artwork is made for the public, because his artwork
is presented on the streets of New York. Dain’s trademark is the circle with
the drip.
In 2013 and presently women are presented
by Hollywood and the media to be sex objects and weak. Dain in his artwork
shows the views of graffiti as well as femininity of Hollywood subjects. This
work shows the clear and common appearance of people, which live in a more
economically developed country such as America. The bit of an image of jewelry,
perhaps diamonds shows off the wealth of the country, it also supports the idea
of diamonds being a girl’s best friend.
The artist doesn’t use any information for
instance labels this makes the audience able to have a wider imagination of
what’s happening in the piece of art work. The artwork’s, meaning isn’t influenced
as much as it would with information (words present on the artwork.)
This work (Miranda Right) makes me almost
feel quite serious, this is because the females face used is unemotional and
has a serious nature to it. The work has a sense of humor because it almost
appears that she is wearing bits of magazine’s and paper for clothing. I like
this work because it has a unique and creative feeling. This piece of artwork
reminds me of the fashion magazines and advertisement found in New York and
other wealth countries, this is because of the way she is poising in the image.
Dain uses vivid primary colors, which
represents peace and harmony. They illuminate the darkness and seriousness of
the image. The placement of the colours is not organized, instead they are placed
very messily, representing madness and almost conflict. The images is carved
and ripped in sharp, pointed and smooth ways. I assume the texture of the work
is quite bumpy, because of the layering effect. The size of the work was based
around the location of where the artwork was going to be placed, in New York. The
artwork size is 121.9 × 91.4 × 5.1 cm which is very large, this made it more noticeable
to the public, as well as make his point clearer. I believe the focus point on
this work, is the eyes of the female. This is indicated by Dain’s trademark,
which is the circle with the drip, this is around the eye and almost suggest to
target it.
I believe this artwork is impacting the
world because it’s implying the negative representation of women. In addition, I
also believe that the artwork is successfully appealing and makes the environment
it’s placed at more visually appealing as well.
