Comparative study

By:Yanelyah Lucio

In this comparative study I will be comparing Andy Warhol and two art works from different styles of
street art. I will talk about the comparison between the different use of color, line, Their artistic styles,
meanings behind each art piece, and themes that are occuring in all the artworks. Both of these
artworks have had a impact on my art work and how I construct my art pieces, the main way being to
get a message across and to serve my point in a bold way. Yet there is more meaning than the
boldness. Just because we are coming from different time periods they still have a strong impact on
my artwork. This is what I will be discussing in this comparative study along with details supporting
the themes with several artworks that I will analyze.
Evaluation of culture significance of Street Art

Expression in our modern world because its purpose is Reynaldo

to draw upon what the viewers know and manipulate the Hernandez
physicality of the subject to make their point.
Analysis of Formal Qualities of street artwork

Bold colorful LINES are used in each one of these street

artworks. You can tell that there to bring attention to them
and stand out. Also in these art pieces you will see many
different colors, such as Primary, to secondary, to tertiary,
and also other colors such as different skin tones and
different shades.

You will also see how each photo is Balanced there is a

constant amount of work on both sides. Another principal
you can find in the artworks is
 Interpretation of function and purpose
Repetition the lines are
Texture within the repeated throughout the
eagle and the artwork. Also with the
children they stay constant
feathers yet different

In this artwork you will see that

line is almost over used yet its
In both of these places you
will find line demonstrated
in two different ways.
Evaluation of culture significance of Andy Warhol

Andy created pop art so that when you are looking at the
art piece you can tell what the main message is. He also
has different things going on in the background and uses
cartoon or comic like lettering. So I choose to have pop
art as a inspiration because I want someone to look at my
piece and know what I am trying to say or what my point
is without explanation.
 Evaluation of culture significance of Andy Warhol

Four Seasons consisted of four distinct series in form of

seasons. Stereotypically, spring represents a new beginning.
Thewarm colors in the background and underly in the
foreground is a representation of hope and contentment. This
is ironic considering the time period this piece was created
during (Trump’s inauguration where Pierluissi’s
predominantly minority community was lacking hope).
 Evaluation of culture significance of Andy Warhol

The formal elements of Pierluissi’s art is what ties the meaning into the extraordinary piece.
Balance refers to the position of the elements of design within the composition. It offers stability or takes it away
from the piece and its meaning. Pierluissi’s use of balance in seemingly random among the multiple paintings in
this series. This is meant to show the natural imbalance of life, symbolizing the ebbs and flows of a season. It helps
show the cycle of hope in form of the life span of a poppy. It also creates a chaotic tone, along with the help of the
piece’stexture created from the wild brush strokes, especially seen in the grass.
 Evaluation of culture significance of Andy Warhol

Andy created pop art so that when you are looking at the
art piece you can tell what the main message is. He also
has different things going on in the background and uses
cartoon or comic like lettering. So I choose to have pop
art as a inspiration because I want someone to look at my
piece and know what I am trying to say or what my point
is without explanation.
Analysis of Formal Qualities of Andy Warhol

Formal qualities that are in pop art are BOLD weather

its thick LINES or the COLOR that they are trying to
use. Throughout Pop art you will find the same
techniques being used and shown.
Interpretation of function and purpose
Another example of
Bold lines are found Thick black lines
in the crying girl in that stand out and
her hair which are draw the attention.
dark, thick, black
lines.

Movement the falling With the girls lips

action of her tear is you can see a gloss
suggesting the which gives her
movement. Texture the thought
of you being able to
touch and feel them.
 Interpretation of function and purpose
Color is a very important formal
quality in Adrienne Pierluissi’s
work The Four Seasons. This is
similar to Vincent van Gogh’s
Bold colors are use of color, recalling the
pieceFourteen Sunflowers in a
found Vase where the background of
the piece helps create the
overall tone of the piece using
warm colors.

The vibrance in the color present in the

poppies create emphasis to the rebirth
of these vividly depicted flowers. This
helps build the symbolism of beginning
and hope.
Interpretation of function and purpose
● Bold colors
● Stands out
● Draws the eye
Pierluissi uses color in a different
way in these pieces than in her
spring pieces shown before. As
the warm colors represented
content and hope in her spring
collection, the contrasting yellow
with grey in summer represents
● There are discontent and unsettle. This is to
evoke emotion in her pece, and
different kind of she is representing the anxiety of
textures her community following the 2016
election.
Use of Texture

While Pierluissi uses texture to strengthen her piece’s theme, Van

Gogh usestexture to show the turbulence of his mind. During his most
psychotic episodes, in the most instability of his mind, Van Gogh is
able to mimic turbulence as we know it naturally. This turbulent
texture can be specifically seen in A Starry Night where Van Gogh
captures the complex mathematical turbulence of luminescence
fluctuations seen in the natural world.

These two artists use texture in similar ways, capturing agitation,

while Adrienne Pierluissi uses sweeping texture to create an agitated
tone in her piece by creating randomized marks and disrupting the
preciousness of art as the viewer accepted it, Vincent van Gogh
captures the turbulence of his mind and taps into the mathematical
realm when explaining his own psychosis.
Use of balance Balance creates movement in adriennes
piece, to better show how time passes with
the seasons and the how the community
changes and copes with life as we move on
○ Asymmetric balance
○ Lines help create the right heavy piece○
Movement
● Balance is centered in Van Gogh’s piece
to show how natural and easy it is to age○
The flowers all balance themselves out and
the vase is centered in the
painting
Creation of Meaning in the two art pieces
As can be seen to the far right, Adrienne Pierluissi uses abstract shape
and fast brushstrokes to create movement of time using sweeping texture
to represent flowers and the seasons’ toll on them. While flowers are
normally seen as delicate little things, Pierluissi exposes the poppies
depicted in her piece both in the painting—as shown with the change of
seasons—and literally—via the installation of her pieces. Each painting was
on either a 3’ by 6’ or a 4’ by 6’ canvas, and was installed in a large circle
outside; these painting were exposed to the elements and stood their
ground. This created a certain feel of strength in her piece, and by installing
the paintings in a circle, that strength was only emphasized by the sense
ofunity and community it created.

In Vincent van Gogh’s piece, however, the detailed flowers use

contrasting color to represent isolation and loneliness, and similar color
to show death. In van Gogh’s piece Irises, the white iris flower contrasts in
the sea of blue flowers and disrupts the sense of unity and community,
creating a lonely tone. The movement created in the curving lines of the
stems of the surrounding flowers help emphasize this different flower. This
helps the viewer feel awkward and hopeless in a world where they are
alone, which is exactly as van Gogh felt.