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The Mirror Has Two Faces. How do you depict an identity?. Artists. Pablo Picasso. Joy Hester. Pablo Picasso was born in October 1881, in Málaga. He married Olga Khokhlova, but separated from her until her death. He then married Jacqueline Roque in 1961. He died on 8 April, 1973.
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The Mirror Has Two Faces How do you depict an identity?
Artists Pablo Picasso Joy Hester Pablo Picasso was born in October 1881, in Málaga. He married Olga Khokhlova, but separated from her until her death. He then married Jacqueline Roque in 1961. He died on 8 April, 1973. Joy Hester was born in August 1920, in Melbourne. She married Albert Tucker in 1941, and had a son. Three years after his birth, Hester was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. She died in December, 1960.
Faces - Joy Hester ‘Faces’ is actually a collection of inked pictures by Joy Hester. This one, I think, is particularly good. It relates to the subjective frame as the face seems contemplating, as though she is thinking deeply about something. The angle of the head is looking up are something, and the eyes look big and serious.
Girl Before A Mirror - Pablo Picasso This is Pablo Picasso’s ‘Girl Before A Mirror’. He has used bright colours and obvious cubism to define the girl and her reflection. It relates to the structural frame because he focuses on the colours, lines and shapes more than the deep meaning or symbolism of the artwork.
Faces – Joy Hester This picture is a picture of a woman thinking deeply about something. I think it is particularly striking because of the woman’s direction. She is looking up at something, or maybe because she is thinking over something. Her eyes seem tinged with worry, and she looks indecisive. This picture could be expressing what Hester herself felt, or maybe what she saw other people feeling. All her artworks in this series seem to be very emotional.
Girl Before A Mirror– Pablo Picasso This picture – Girl Before A Mirror – is very eye catching. Maybe because of the way her expression is: she seems both sad and resigned at the same time. But I think it is the way Picasso has combined colour and bold shapes that makes this picture truly interesting. The girl’s reflection looks different to the girl herself, signifying change or maybe dreams. I see it as a way of expressing self-doubt and the fact that what you look like is not necessarily all you are.
Tools and Techniques Pablo Picasso Joy Hester Picasso was very interested in cubism and colour. His artworks were often bright in colour and defined in shape. Because of this, he is often associated with the structural frame, because he preferred how a picture looks to what it means or expresses. Hester primarily used ink for her pictures and artworks, and centred her pictures around the face. A lot of her pictures show most of the emotions in the eyes. Hester used sure, confident lines as well as softer ones, and combined outlining with fading to create stunning works.
Materials Pablo Picasso Joy Hester Picasso experimented in a wide variety and range of materials in his artworks and pictures. It was not uncommon for him to be using multiple materials in one artwork. He preferred to use paint, however, and he often painted very cubist paintings. As said before, Hester favoured inking. She used inks of various colours, primarily black and dark blues, greens and browns. Often she sat on the floor and produced her artworks very quickly and confidently, inking straight onto the paper.
