purcc 2012 - University of the Pacific
purcc 2012 - University of the Pacific
purcc 2012 - University of the Pacific
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Senior Art & Design Show – Artist Statements<br />
Untitled<br />
Mixed media (collage, cardboard, screen printing, transfer)<br />
Zachary Bates<br />
Faculty Mentor: Marie Lee<br />
As a graphic designer, it is required that my artistic output consistently solves problems—immediately<br />
imparting a specific idea/desire onto a targeted demographic.<br />
This series strays from <strong>the</strong> aforementioned, hopefully leaving you, <strong>the</strong> viewer, questioning ra<strong>the</strong>r than<br />
content.<br />
The collages serve as an outlet; a freeing exercise from <strong>the</strong> constraints experienced within <strong>the</strong> specificity <strong>of</strong><br />
graphic design. All <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> imagery has been repurposed from previous artistic endeavors or appropriated<br />
and decontextualized from various printed media and trash. They provide an obscured personal<br />
retrospective, allowing one’s own meaning(s) to be attached to <strong>the</strong> work.<br />
Each element was been built up slowly and simultaneously, adding and subtracting elements until deemed<br />
satisfactory. The overlaid contour line drawings are indicative <strong>of</strong> experiences and individuals—contrasting<br />
<strong>the</strong> happenstance choosing <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> underlying collage elements chosen mainly for <strong>the</strong>ir complementary<br />
aes<strong>the</strong>tic.<br />
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