Tyler Fuhs, The Intimate Universe
Immediate
Originally seeing this piece of artwork made me think of a tornado. The way that the design is structured it made this piece look like everything is spinning. The piece to me looks hectic but it also is simplistic at the same time. The empty space around the artwork makes me focus onto the center of the artwork. The three guys in the middle draw most of the attention from the artwork. What I noticed last out of all of this piece is that it’s a depicted being on top of a tree. The name of this piece is what I noticed first and that intrigued me into looking into this artwork more.
Objective
The background is a blank grey and start at the bottom of the page is a small tree or plant growing but growing within the plant are a lot of different things. Starting from the bottom of the objects in the tree is a not completely colored in man with a not normal face that I can not describe. Above him are three men who look to be in pajamas hold a bamboo pole some string and cloth. To the left of these men are some women mannequins without heads, arms, and legs, on bamboo poles. To the right of the men is lots of string, a bike tire, plunger like things, a chair and some shoes. That is the extent of the artwork and its all within this small plant growing.
Technical
Composition
This drawing is a very slow-moving drawing. I looked at this drawing saw the general picture then slowly moved through each part admiring the details. There is not a flow to it because its just a pile. The central design in this drawing, where I put most of my attention to is the three men in the middle of the page. This piece is harmonic even though it is a little cluttered. This piece brings peace to me. The color scheme the artist used in this artwork is very calming.
Work in the World
This piece has a lot of basic man needs. The bike to the clothing to the men working are all needs of a basic person. The men plus the shoes illustrate how these people are the average person trying to work. There are piles of yarn or fabric that a man is pulling away with. These seem to relate to how the average person works and lives.
The Story it Tells
The meaning of this artwork is to show how the men provide for their families. This artwork illustrates how and what they do to provide from the fabric to the poles to the shoes and dresses and finally to the not finished person at the bottom. They are trying to build the person that has not been drawn at the bottom of the page. This illustrates also what they can and cannot provide. The person at the bottom is holding the dresses and together the three of them are trying to provide what they can for the person. The bike tire as I can see now is makeshift spinning machine and the three of them are trying to provide the person at the bottom of the page the dress that they have been holding onto.
Drawn By Yun-Fei Ji
