Georgia Jagger

Last summer I interned for a bit at my friends moms art studio, The Kristi Stubbs Gallery, in Dallas. Since the first day I was obsessed with the pieces from Georgia Jagger. Georgia is one of the many daughters of Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall. She is extremely younger then myself, being born in 1992, yet she has already produced interesting art photography that is being sold by millions. Her photography is called chromogenic prints. It is printed from a chromogenic color negative which consists of dyes within gelatin layers on a plastic-coated paper base. With these types of prints the color is extremely changed, either making it darker, lighter, washed out, or plastic looking. The first pieces of the roses is my favorite. Yet I am sure the original is an extremely basic photo, making it a chromogenic changes the colors and appearance extremely. The second picture labeled, "Poppies" is also available in many different colors. It defiantly is more of an edgy piece with the drug needles included. I like her basic pieces. Taking a photograph of a more complex item and changing it through chromogenic print would be too much and over powering. I know that she is getting popular in the modeling world, but hopefully she will keep exploring with her photography skills.

Hermes

Even though Hermes is not considered an artist, or painting and is not relative to the art work i see considered it is. Hermes is a French high fashion house that was established in 1837. It started as to make products for horse riders. It produces beautiful crocodile, alligator even shark bags that have been given the names of world known actors such as the Berkin bag for Jane Berkin and the Kelly bag for Grace Kelly. They produce leather goods and colorful enamel bracelets. But what I consider as art for them are their scarfs. All over the world they have fifty designers who are in charge of illustrating these scarfs.

There themes range from horse bits to arabian elephants to seashells from the ocean. They basically focus on horses and military arms. One could not walk into the store and not have a scarf they relate too. They have scarfs for every occasion. The colors of the silk are fabulous. You can choose from deep purples to a rose colored red. The silk is woven from the silk of 250 mulberry moth cocoons. The illustrations are my favorite. Some are very modest and others are very psychedelic. All of them are extremely valuable with being 350$ and up. They are keepsakes that are usually passed down through families. One day I hope to be a Hermes designer and contribute my drawings to the scarfs.

frida

Mexican art is most appealing to me. I love the colors and the small distinct details. Everything is so happy in the art, even including the Day of the Dead. A famous mexican artist that exemplifies these attributes is Frida Kahlo. Painting was Frida's life. She even was married to a famous artist, Diego Rivera. I do like the fact that she uses symbolism in all her paintings and sketches. Some of her stuff is a little weird though. Yet she does relate to her own suffering and sexuality in almost all of her work. Her pain was related to accident that happened when she was young. She was hit by a bus when riding her bike. Although after the accident she was able to walk again, she always encountered pain. So because of that she would paint it. She painted many self portraits. One i posted for example is her and the monkey. Although monkeys were a symbol of lust, Frida saw them as protective. She also portrayed her miscarriage in a lot of her paintings. I like how she used the symbolism because you know that her paintings are meaningful. You know that she put a lot of thought into each piece.

degas

Edgar Degas is one of the founders of impressionism. My favorite work from his was his drawings on dance and ballerinas. He basically painted this series because his brother was in depb and needed the money. His studies of the ballerinas are extremely elegant and mystical. They have a lot of motion in them. The ballerinas almost look like they are dancing on the canvas. The colors he used are also very dominant. The first picture i picked was "Ballet Class". The green atmosphere and lighting are reflected on to the ballerinas themselves. They seem like they are practicing for a recital. The old man must be the choreographer. But Degas do not just portray ballerinas practicing in the studio. He also depicted them dancing in the recitals as the crowd admires. as in the next painting I like called, Musicians in the Orchestra. I like the way he composed this piece. It is almost like we are in the crown, watching the recital. The colors he portrays on the pink ballerinas are luminous. In all i really love these paintings of his because the colors and the subjects.