1. The name of the exhibit is "The Complexity of Life" by Jonathan Rogers.
2. The theme of the exhibit is trying to reach balance in life.
Step 2.
1. The lighting of the exhibit is very low, practically shading.
2. The walls are a navy blue (very dark) adding to the shadow effect.
3. There was no significant architecture of the space, just wooden floors.
4. The gallery space is rectangular with a large stand in the center with a painting on either side as well as a glass stand that containing a drawing and an explanation of the exhibit.
Step 3.
1. The artworks are arranged in no particular way. There's a mixture of paintings and drawings on 3 walls of the exhibit.
2. Most of the artwork contain small children that appear to be dancing. The drawings are all of a hand with a baby angel in a different position in every artwork.
3. There's a wide range of colors using for each artwork making them unique and they highlight different things.
4. The oil paintings on canvas are hung while the drawings are put in a black frame.
5. The drawings and painting are all relatively close to each other with black plates next to thing telling the name, artist, media, year, and scale.
Step 4.
Let Go and Let God
Jonathan Rogers
graphite on paper
1997
The drawing is of a baby in the hand of an adult. There's a dim light coming down on the baby that contrast the shadow of the background and the hand. The picture appears to be the hand of God holding newly created life, in the form of a baby. The two big elements of art used is space and value. The single hand in the picture takes up most of the space, especially in contrast to the tiny baby. The value of the drawing is shown through the dim light shining on the baby that hits the tip of the hand and fingers, while the rest of the hand is dark and shadowed. I believe the artists was emphasizing how special newly created life is and how it should be praised by the people (hand) that creates it.
Nap Time from The Little Dancer series
Jonathan Rogers
1990-2006
oil on canvas
This painting is showing a group of children jumping around on a bed. Some of the children appear to be regular humans, while others are solid colors from head to toe. I believe Rogers is expressing the carefree and imaginative nature children tend to have in early in life. Also, the children in solid colors can be interpreted as something other than human. Color and shape are highlighted in this painting. The color of the some children, blue, red, green, orange, etc, was probably used to emphasize the difference in humans and other worldly beings in the painting. Rogers used religion a lot in his artwork so this may be a product of that. Shape can be shown based of the bodies of the children. Their limbs seem to be more loose and wild than normal children, which could have been done to show the expressiveness of children.
Little Dancer Escapes Almost from The Little Dancer series
Jonathan Rogers
1990-2006
oil on canvas
This painting is showing a child running around from an altar. I believe Rogers was showing how sometimes children are forced into religion and as they grow up, that aspect of their life slowly leaves them and then, they stop going to church or participating in religion as a whole. Value is heavily used in the painting. Value can be see when looking at the child's first appearance to his last. The further he gets from the alter, the brighter he becomes. This could emphasize the person feeling are letting go of something that you do not find pleasure in anymore and how free that feeling is. Value can also be scene we showing how dark the altar and church is in comparison to the light and lively outside that is shown on the right-hand side of the painting. Color is also shown in the painting. The church is very dark and black in color, with the exception of the windows and carpet. This compared to the brightness of the outside can be interpreted as a good vs bad scenario.
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