With this project I am reinstating the ambiguity into art historical paintings that are typically read from a flattened perspective. By introducing a new extreme into the realm of historical art interpretations I am building a wider spectrum of possible perspectives for contemporary art historians. This reflection based in antiquity that I am taking onContinue reading “The Impacts of Reclaiming Hetero-centric Interpretations of Ambiguous Histories”
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Progressing with New Techniques
Nearly a third of the way through summer, I have nearly completed my first two paintings! Having started the break with the first half of my investigations done and my compositions selected, I gathered my materials, set up my oil paints on my hometown porch, and jumped right into production mode. For reference, here areContinue reading “Progressing with New Techniques”
Build Your Own Hapine$$
I’m thrilled to share the progress of my IDEA Grant project, which aims to critique modern advertising and corporate environmental impacts through an innovative and provocative ad campaign. The central concept of my campaign is to commodify happiness, emphasizing the elusive and deceptive nature of consumer advertising. For this advertising campaign, I have chosen to keepContinue reading “Build Your Own Hapine$$”
Matthew Forrest aka briteso
About Me Working under the pseudonym briteso, I use painting and digital media to examine the unspoken language of American life and culture. I am most interested in Portraiture and figurative art. On my path to becoming an artist, I discovered a passion for public art and have twice, in the last year, had theContinue reading “Matthew Forrest aka briteso”
William Rowe: Creating Awareness about Transness through Art
My name is William Rowe and this summer I am going to create a series of paintings related to biblical and mythological beheadings. These beheading scenes in my paintings are a metaphor for the transgender experience. In Caravaggio’s painting of David with the Head of Goliath, Goliath’s head is actually a self portrait of theContinue reading “William Rowe: Creating Awareness about Transness through Art”
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