Ascension /Expulsion
Cristi Rinklin
Ascension / Expulsion, 2011 by Cristi Rinklin. It is a 60"x 40" oil and acrylic piece on dibond aluminum. It is abstract and hints at physical world objects like trees, branches, rock formations and human figures in the darker background part. It seems to depict smoke after an explosion.
The colors in the painting are used skillfully to develop a foreground and background, having warm colors pop out from the cool colored background. Indefinite shapes are used cohesively to depicts clouds of smoke. The juxtaposition of the realistic, three-dimensional smoke clouds and the linear, very graphic looking smoke above the orange clouds adds to the piece's abstract and unique style. The texture of the three-dimensional clouds versus the flat, one colored smoke lines gives the feeling that this world the artist created blurs the lines of three-dimensional and two-dimensional principles in the world.
This piece is radial due to the smoke clouds extending out from the middle of the painting, creating a definite point. Contrast between warm and cool colors help establish that the orange-yellow clouds are closer than the rock-like structures in the cool colored background. The larger proportions of the orange-yellow clouds compared to the background also help create that effect. The variety of blended colors compared to the hard lines of the graphic smoke clouds is very aesthetically pleasing. The piece incorporates movement using the rumples of the clouds and curvy shapes to hint at the circular, airy nature of smoke.
This piece puts me in wonder. It gives me the feeling of being in a foreign world. The puffy look of the smoke clouds and the vibrant colors draws me to it. It seems to depict destruction but the graphic smoke clouds make me feel peaceful amidst the chaos below it. I see a line between the top and bottom halves of the piece which seem to divide the two different feelings of destruction and peace that I experienced. The name could defend this claim because Ascension is usually good and references going to heaven while Expulsion evokes an unwanted feeling or rejection.
I really enjoy this piece and most of Cristi Rinkley's pieces. They are very open ended and creates a vague mood that lets the viewer interpret it however they like. Ascension / Expulsion deserves to be an important influence in modern art because it establishes a convincing space while using impossible arrangements of shape.
The colors in the painting are used skillfully to develop a foreground and background, having warm colors pop out from the cool colored background. Indefinite shapes are used cohesively to depicts clouds of smoke. The juxtaposition of the realistic, three-dimensional smoke clouds and the linear, very graphic looking smoke above the orange clouds adds to the piece's abstract and unique style. The texture of the three-dimensional clouds versus the flat, one colored smoke lines gives the feeling that this world the artist created blurs the lines of three-dimensional and two-dimensional principles in the world.
This piece is radial due to the smoke clouds extending out from the middle of the painting, creating a definite point. Contrast between warm and cool colors help establish that the orange-yellow clouds are closer than the rock-like structures in the cool colored background. The larger proportions of the orange-yellow clouds compared to the background also help create that effect. The variety of blended colors compared to the hard lines of the graphic smoke clouds is very aesthetically pleasing. The piece incorporates movement using the rumples of the clouds and curvy shapes to hint at the circular, airy nature of smoke.
This piece puts me in wonder. It gives me the feeling of being in a foreign world. The puffy look of the smoke clouds and the vibrant colors draws me to it. It seems to depict destruction but the graphic smoke clouds make me feel peaceful amidst the chaos below it. I see a line between the top and bottom halves of the piece which seem to divide the two different feelings of destruction and peace that I experienced. The name could defend this claim because Ascension is usually good and references going to heaven while Expulsion evokes an unwanted feeling or rejection.
I really enjoy this piece and most of Cristi Rinkley's pieces. They are very open ended and creates a vague mood that lets the viewer interpret it however they like. Ascension / Expulsion deserves to be an important influence in modern art because it establishes a convincing space while using impossible arrangements of shape.