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Stripped drawing completed by `nimra:iconnimra:


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Submitted: September 30, 2007
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Make: NIKON CORPORATION
Model: NIKON D80
Shutter Speed: 10/1250 second
F Number: F/5.6
Focal Length: 32 mm
ISO Speed: 140
Date Picture Taken: Sep 29, 2007, 10:59:10 PM

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“Stripped”

Pencil on illustration Board

30” x 40”

Although we humans are capable of so much good, in our history we certainly have wallowed in the opposite. The idea for this drawing came from two sources; one, photos and images of the holocaust, these mass graves of men, women and children have haunted me my whole life. The roots vaguely touch on the figurative and symbolize genocide in all its guises, and yet the destruction of nature and humans parallel one another. Roots do not grow in this fashion though it's subtle enough to bring an uncertainty to the drawing.

One eye brings the viewer into the picture plane in a somewhat accusatory way, while the other eye looks beyond the viewer, into an uncertain future. The crow and skulls act as an anchor compositionally and conceptually. The second source of course is what happing around us today, especially in Iraq, as an artist I must speak out, but it’s not natural for me to be loud, propagandist or choosing the easy road of "shock art" but hidden behind veils of private symbolism.

This was my thinking; a drawing like this should not however dictate but start a process of investigation by the viewer. When all is said and done and it hangs on a gallery wall the only hint to “my truth’ is its title “Stripped” and hopefully brings a moment of interest and contemplation to the viewer.

Thanks you all so much for looking and some great questions

Armin

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~Stoewiefx:iconStoewiefx: Sep 30, 2007, 11:12:56 AM Mood: Wow!
I got one word for it:
gorgeous

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~Duessa:iconDuessa: Sep 30, 2007, 11:14:02 AM
Wow... I really can't think of more to say than that. I think I'll just stare for a little while longer.

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~zzen:iconzzen: Sep 30, 2007, 11:16:35 AM
really good one with a great idea

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~RedRiBBoNinYouRhAiR:iconRedRiBBoNinYouRhAiR: Sep 30, 2007, 11:22:31 AM
gooooooooood
gooooooodddd
you are a genius

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~Panamatt:iconPanamatt: Sep 30, 2007, 11:27:12 AM
This is a magnificent piece that shows your skill. The eyes in particular are are incredible. I am fascinated by the subtle differences between the two that make one "accusatory" and the other "uncertain". How you were able to achieve that in a drawing boggles my mind.

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~Katoflsallaht:iconKatoflsallaht: Sep 30, 2007, 11:35:23 AM Mood: Wow!
:wow: :wow: this is an incredibly awesome great work! there is so much detail and the concept is great! :wow: :wow:

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~mollygrue:iconmollygrue: Sep 30, 2007, 11:43:58 AM
One thing about vegetation though: if you don't destroy the root, it has a way of growing back.

Maybe it's just my optimism getting the better of me, and I know that all of the imagery, the raven, the skulls, the dust clouds in the background are all supposed to remind us of our mortality and of our failures. But I do see the roots as a defiantly positive thing. They allude to regeneration. Hopefulness. Even as mangled and constricted as they are. They're pulsing and alive.
`nimra:iconnimra: Sep 30, 2007, 11:47:49 AM
Personally as an artist that’s what I am after, for the viewer to complete the “art cycle” however one translates the work, that is its truth, at least for the moment.
Thank you

Armin

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