Statement of Intent:
On the recent visit to the tenderloin it came upon me how jarring it was to see the inconsistencies in the quality, cleanliness, and sense of the street. I explored these inconsistencies through the process of traveling, sketching, editing and then translating it to a painted mixed media piece. For my project I created a clear map of the tenderloin and cut out blocks which contain architecture that serves to rebuild, embrace, or provide for the community. Areas exuding this positivity include schools, churches, mosques, rehab centers and hospitals. These blocks are cut out of wood and painted over to highlight these areas and then placed over the clear map. The average height of the buildings in the block are calculated and added to the shapes I painted these areas in to show potentially positive influences in the tenderloin since initial reactions are often negative. Though the area is mostly seen as rough and separate from the “ideal” of San Francisco it is a harbor of culture and variety. There are infinite potential happening at every corner and people feel that most vividly in the Tenderloin. It is an extremely multifaceted place with many different appearances. This fuzziness of the tenderloin is what defines it. The faces in the painted blocks aim to show this dissociation and detachment using mapping techniques and fragmented senses of people. . The wood blocks are eroded with organically shaped cuts and will show these inconsistencies through morphing shapes, faces, and changing hues tones, and shades. The changing skin colors show the diversity of ethnicity the locals in the area. The painting strives to evoke my perception of the feeling of the Tenderloin through a combination of formal and conceptual strategies.
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AuthorSayer Al Sayer is an architecture student at the California College of the Arts with interests in fine arts. He is of Kuwaiti and Egyptian descent and was born in Washington DC. The artists past works consist of oil paintings, sketches, and sculptures of minimal conceptual intention. His more recent work includes architectural drawing. Though Sayer lived in Kuwait for most of his life, he is influenced by western culture. Both cultural influences exist with Sayer and function together harmoniously. The artist now aims to illustrate the achievable unity of the two viewpoints in response to the continuous friction between eastern and western philosophies. ArchivesCategories |