For my final assignment I wanted to draw something very plain, recognizable, and without a lot of inherent meaning and create interest in the object through a process of abstraction. I settled on drawing an apple because of how common they are and how they are often represented in art in still life drawings. To abstract the drawing I divided to paper into 2” x 2” squares, cut them out, and then randomly organized them into a grid. The squares present in the final drawing also have random orientations and do not adhere to the layout of the original piece.
The question I wanted to answer for myself in this work was if whether an image is still recognizable after a fairly extreme level of abstraction. I knew this wouldn’t be possible with just the apple alone due to the small size of the squares, so I decided to include the sticker on the apple to add written hints to what the drawing may be of after it was cut up, and see if that would elude enough to an apple.
I named to piece Gala because that is the most prominent word present in the final drawing.
