understanding how we see

given the painting Glasses, Newspaper & Bottle of Wine by cubist painter Juan Gris we were told to, in a sense, "understand" the painting. Cut it up, push and pull and ultimately tease out what the painting was about.


the whole idea behind this is to stand up the fronts of the objects on the painting and keep flat the surfaces that were parallel to the table top. i also cut the painting along the strong vertical lines to try to align the table edge to better understand the space.

this was an attempt at further cutting and disecting the painting. i turned the different pieces into various planes. giving them a certain depth i was able to create something that while it looked like the painting head on became very distorted when viewed from an angle.

 this was an attempt at creating layers of color to "flatten" the painting by pushing the lighter colors to the back and bringing the darker colors to the front.

using clear plastic i used layers in this model as well but chose to layer the objects within the space. this is the least successful of the studies as it is the most difficult to read the painting through the modifications.