HW12



For this week's blog, I discuss a work art that breaks every color system in the textbook.  The following color systems, this piece deviates from include, monochromatic, analogous, complementary, split complementary, and triadic color systems.  It was not an easy assignment, believe me, but once I looked under psychedelic art, I knew I found good examples.  This piece for instance is just a mess of color, but sure enough, it was a good example.  It depicts a very purple tinted U.S. capital with an abstract version of the U.S. flag in the background.  Confusing? Yes, very confusing, but believe it or not there is actually a deeper meaning to this composition than what the eye can see.  According to the website I found this from, the piece represents government funded research on psychedelic drugs, which would explain why you get a psychedelic vibe in the background.  In the subsequent article, it talks about the very bleak future of psychedelic drugs.  Before this gets more political than it needs to be, you can read the article in the link below.

I chose this piece because of the insane use of different colors.  Color systems in hindsight establish order to the patterns designers can use in a composition.  This is literally the exact opposite of any color system and is just as mind boggling to people who are not under the influence of drugs.  Despite this breaking every single color rule, it works by providing a visual relationship to the topic being discussed in the article.  Without reading the article though, communicating with this piece can give you a headache.

Photo & article: https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/28/15880260/trump-jeff-sessions-fda-mdma-psychedelic-drug-safety-research

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