Subjective Frame:
The surrealist artwork 'Hotel du Pavot, Chambre 202' by Dorothea Tanning uses multiple principles and elements of art to convey feelings of emptiness and melancholy to the audience. In my opinion the most prominent of these are shape, contrast and proportion. When I first looked at this artwork I saw a small, run down hotel room with dreary colours, but after that first glance the artwork becomes confusing. The couch, table, wall ornaments and fireplace symbolize the human form, they look as if they are in the process of growing into humans. The artwork also has contrast in that it has organic lines that give a calming appeal, but sharp, unsettling geometric shapes. This adds to the feeling of unease and tension. It also makes me think of someone sleeping in a hotel room as a child, being frightened of the room coming to life at night. This is emphasized by the proportion, in that the shapes morphing into humans do not look like humans, but we jump to the conclusion of what they are, in the same way a child can see a tree’s shadow through the curtain and decide it is a figure. In conclusion, this surrealist artwork uses shape, contrast and proportion to convey feelings of emptiness and melancholy to the audience.
Structural Frame:
The artwork ‘Hotel du Pavot, Chambre 202' by Dorothea Tanning is surreal piece made in 1973. It is a sculpture made of Fabric, wool, synthetic fur, cardboard, and Ping-Pong balls. It contains multiple elements and principles of the art, the most outstanding of these being shape, balance and rhythm. There is shape in the different structures of the wall ornaments and furniture, balance in the placement of the pieces inside the room, and rhythm in the repetition of organic lines. These aspects help to convey the unsettling feeling the artwork gives. The works is 133 x 7/8 x 122 1/8 x 185 in. The artist says that she made the work in response to a trending song of her youth by Kitty Kane. These are the words it was based off ‘In room two hundred and two, The walls keep talkin' to you, I'll never tell you what they said, So turn out the light and come to bed. Interestingly enough, the song writer killed herself in room 202 of a hotel room, and this is why the artist named the work Hotel du Pavot, Chambre 202 (Poppy Hotel, Room 202).
In summary, this work is a strong surrealist sculpture.
The surrealist artwork 'Hotel du Pavot, Chambre 202' by Dorothea Tanning uses multiple principles and elements of art to convey feelings of emptiness and melancholy to the audience. In my opinion the most prominent of these are shape, contrast and proportion. When I first looked at this artwork I saw a small, run down hotel room with dreary colours, but after that first glance the artwork becomes confusing. The couch, table, wall ornaments and fireplace symbolize the human form, they look as if they are in the process of growing into humans. The artwork also has contrast in that it has organic lines that give a calming appeal, but sharp, unsettling geometric shapes. This adds to the feeling of unease and tension. It also makes me think of someone sleeping in a hotel room as a child, being frightened of the room coming to life at night. This is emphasized by the proportion, in that the shapes morphing into humans do not look like humans, but we jump to the conclusion of what they are, in the same way a child can see a tree’s shadow through the curtain and decide it is a figure. In conclusion, this surrealist artwork uses shape, contrast and proportion to convey feelings of emptiness and melancholy to the audience.
Structural Frame:
The artwork ‘Hotel du Pavot, Chambre 202' by Dorothea Tanning is surreal piece made in 1973. It is a sculpture made of Fabric, wool, synthetic fur, cardboard, and Ping-Pong balls. It contains multiple elements and principles of the art, the most outstanding of these being shape, balance and rhythm. There is shape in the different structures of the wall ornaments and furniture, balance in the placement of the pieces inside the room, and rhythm in the repetition of organic lines. These aspects help to convey the unsettling feeling the artwork gives. The works is 133 x 7/8 x 122 1/8 x 185 in. The artist says that she made the work in response to a trending song of her youth by Kitty Kane. These are the words it was based off ‘In room two hundred and two, The walls keep talkin' to you, I'll never tell you what they said, So turn out the light and come to bed. Interestingly enough, the song writer killed herself in room 202 of a hotel room, and this is why the artist named the work Hotel du Pavot, Chambre 202 (Poppy Hotel, Room 202).
In summary, this work is a strong surrealist sculpture.