Digital "Know Thy Self" Collage
Lara Geib
Untitled Media: Digital manipulation Sep. 2014 Exhibition text: This piece is done with digital manipulation of pictures I took and photo-shopped on top of each other. My artist inspiration was Robert Mapplethorpe, a photographer who used unconventional and controversial subjects. His work was in high contrast black and white to make the message more powerful. I tried to do this in my piece to express the bare, “naked” truth. I had never used this medium before but in the end this project helped me to reflect upon who I am, who I was, and who I can be. |
A Beautiful Obsession
Lara Geib
A Beautiful Obsession
Media: Ink Block Printing ,ink on Paper
Size: 22cm x 15cm
Oct. 2014
Exhibition Text: My piece A Beautiful Obsession was one of my favorites. It was fun to do block printing for the first time, and I ended up liking my final print. I liked working with the theme of obsession. The subject of this piece is a girl with curlers in her hair, showing the obsession of beauty. People buy into this obsession and through my piece I wanted to represent that. My artist inspiration was Kathe Kollwitz, who connected to the style of cross-hatching highlights, more than the subject.
Lara Geib
A Beautiful Obsession
Media: Ink Block Printing ,ink on Paper
Size: 22cm x 15cm
Oct. 2014
Exhibition Text: My piece A Beautiful Obsession was one of my favorites. It was fun to do block printing for the first time, and I ended up liking my final print. I liked working with the theme of obsession. The subject of this piece is a girl with curlers in her hair, showing the obsession of beauty. People buy into this obsession and through my piece I wanted to represent that. My artist inspiration was Kathe Kollwitz, who connected to the style of cross-hatching highlights, more than the subject.
The God Ganesh
Ganesh
Lara Geib
The God Ganesh
Media: Dry Point, Ink and watercolor on paper
Size: 22cm x 22cm
Oct. 2014
Exhibition Text: I like this piece, because by using dry point, I was able to create dark lines that enhanced the composition of it. Although my favorite part was using water color on the finished product. Dry point, unlike block printing, meant carving out what I wanted to be black, as opposed to carving out what I wanted to be white. My subject was the God Ganesh, connecting to the Hindu culture as a religious figure. This piece let me investigate another culture I was not as familiar with before, and embrace its beauty.
The God Ganesh
Media: Dry Point, Ink and watercolor on paper
Size: 22cm x 22cm
Oct. 2014
Exhibition Text: I like this piece, because by using dry point, I was able to create dark lines that enhanced the composition of it. Although my favorite part was using water color on the finished product. Dry point, unlike block printing, meant carving out what I wanted to be black, as opposed to carving out what I wanted to be white. My subject was the God Ganesh, connecting to the Hindu culture as a religious figure. This piece let me investigate another culture I was not as familiar with before, and embrace its beauty.
A Journal in Three Dimension
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Lara Geib
A Journal in Three Dimensions Media: Found object Size: 38cm x 9cm x 23cm Nov. 2014 Exhibition Text: This piece was done with mixed media, I used things I found in my house, cut outs from magazines, and things that I bought at an estate sale. My goal was to create a shadow box, which was inspired by Joseph Cornell. Joseph Cornell took ordinary, sometimes seemingly unrelated objects, and put them together in a way that could be interpreted as a story. I wanted to do the same thing within my shadow box, and through adding different things, I was able to create a visual journal made up of three dimensional objects. |
Self Portrait
Lara Geib
Self Portrait Media: Acrylic on Canvas Size: 1m x 1m Dec. 10, 2014 Exhibition Text: My self portrait was done with acrylic paint on a stretched canvas. When doing it my main goal was not only to make it look like me, but to emulate the style of Spanish painter Jose Royo. I wanted to use Royo’s whimsical, colorful, and impressionist approach to painting. The piece is meant to be colorful, while having a contrasting white-gray background. I really liked doing this painting, because it is my favorite medium to work with, and it was my first time working on such a large scale. |
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Artist in the City |
Lara Geib Industrial Meets Organic Media: Sculpture, and acrylic Height: 26cm Jan. 2015 Exhibition Text: My piece Industrial vs. Organic was meant to represent a humans natural form becoming industrialized, and made of metal. The goal of this piece was to create the head and neck of a human, and make it look like it was made of metal. I used Pierre Matter as my main inspiration because his work is meant to send the message that things in nature also work like machines. Although, unlike his work that is made with metal, mine was made with plaster, wire, and metallic paints. This was not one of my favorite pieces, because using plaster and gauze was a long process, and was a harder media to control than I thought it would be. Lara Geib Artist in the City Media: Acrylic on Canvas Size: 30.48cm x 60.96cm Mar. 3, 2015 Exhibition Text: This piece is made up of three paintings, (starting from the left), Artist, City in the Artist and Artist in the City. Artist, is simply a portrait of myself, which I did in an Art Nouveau style, with the artist inspiration Alphonse Mucha. The second painting City in the Artist, was inspired by the painter Gustav Klimt. I used the vibrant yellows, golds and metallic's he uses in his work to create a painting that represents the pollutants of the city and its negative impact. The last panel Artist in the City, is a painting of how I see my city. It includes the Milwaukee downtown sky line, and an impressionist sky. All of which is done in Acrylic paint, canvas. |
Choice Piece: Black and White
Sacred Vessel: Nesting DollsTwelve Drawings
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Lara Geib
Nude in Black and White Media: Conte Crayon on paper Size: 46 cm x 61 cm Apr. 10, 2015 Exhibition Text:This piece is one of my favorites. In it I used Conte Crayon on a large piece of paper to draw a female figure nude. My artist inspiration for it was Georges Seurat, because of his black and white conte crayon drawings which sometimes featured nude subjects, or body parts. I really like using conte crayon as a medium and had previously done a large scale portrait of myself in conte crayon, so I was familiar with it. I really wanted to capture the high and low lights of the females body, and I think I was able to do this quite well with the medium I used. Lara Geib The Five Nesting Dolls Media: Sculpture, Acrylic on Clay Height: 20 cm - 3 cm May 1, 2015. Exhibition Text:I am proud about completing these sculptures, because of all their pieces. I wanted to create a nesting doll set of five that could represent my family. Although, the dolls may not look like my family members specifically, it includes some of our genetic features. My inspiration for Nesting Dolls came from the Eastern European culture. The dolls all stack up inside each other so that in a sense, they are holding one another and keeping them safe. That is what I wanted to show through this piece. Lara Geib Twelve Assorted Drawings Media: Ebony Pencil on Paper Size: 23 cm x 28 cm August, 2015. Exhibition Text: These drawings are done in ebony pencils on sketchbook paper. Four out of twelve drawings are self portraits, and the other eight are still lifes. These drawings were really good practice, and allowed me to work on my technique. I was able to use Leonardo da Vinci’s style, and attention to detail to inspire my self portraits. |
Light and Atmospheric Change
Lara Geib Light and Atmospheric Change Media: Photography August 24, 2015 Exhibition Text: The goal of this photography set was to embody the theme of light and atmospheric change. I used Monet’s impressionist style to create a landscape with changing clouds and colors. I think this body of work was able to capture the essence of impressionism and record the world’s ever changing beauty. |
Save Our City
Lara Geib
Save Our City Media: Acrylic on Canvas 30.5 cm x 30.5 cm October 20, 2015. Exhibition Text: This piece was inspired by World War II Polish propaganda, done with acrylic and spray-paint on canvas. It depicts Poland’s national colors, as well as a soldier by a local Polish Church that was bombed during the 1940’s. The writing across the top of the painting says: “Save our City” in Polish. This work was fun for me to do because I love history, and it was great to be able to use historic influences to create a work or art. |
Stained Glass Window Imitation
Lara Geib
Stained Glass Window Imitation Media: Acrylic on Wood Board 46 cm x 61 cm November 15, 2015. Exhibition Text: This piece was inspired by Tiffany Glass, and allowed me to experiment with new materials. This piece is done on wood board, as opposed to canvas, and was a new experience for me. It allowed me to become comfortable painting on wood, and broadened my artistic capabilities through trial and error. This piece was difficult to accomplish because of the surface I chose to work on, but made me a more patient artist in the end. I was able to create a piece that resembles a stained glass window, and carried on the significant traits of a Tiffany Glass piece, without using actual glass. |
Femme
Lara Geib
Femme Media: Ebony on Paper 30.5 cm x 46 cm October 29, 2015. Exhibition Text: This piece was inspired by eighteenth century French fashion. This means, big hair, big breasts, big dresses, and a small waist. It was done with ebony pencils on drawing paper, although I experimented with colored pencils at first. It was one of my most enjoyable pieces to do, and I am content with the way it turned out. |
The Old Man
Lara Geib
The Old Man Media: Colored pencil and acrylic paint on drawing paper December 4, 2015. Exhibition Text: This piece was heavily inspired by Pablo Picasso, and his blue period works. A piece that particularly influenced me was the painting, The Old Guitarist by Pablo Picasso. The media of this piece differs in that it is done in acrylic and colored pencil instead of oil paints. The goal was to capture sorrow and despair in a piece through the use of monochromatic cold colors, which was also inspired by local artist Carol Rode. |