Sarolta Bán is a 29 year old self-taught photographer/photo manipulator from Budapest, Hungary. Originally a jewelry designer, Sarolta usually works on an image from a few hours to a couple of days and uses up to 100 different layers for one picture.
Artist name: Sarolta Bán
Title: Untitled
Date: July 2, 2008
Description: In this picture there is a bald man standing in a crop field. The man is wearing a black suit. He is looking away from the camera and there is a crow on his head. In the sky there are hats (I think they are fedoras) flying. The crow is staring at the hats in the sky. In the sky there are some clouds. This picture looks like a slightly worn photo and you can see some line like texture on the borders of the picture.
Analysis: Horizontally this piece is broken up into 3 layers. The top layer is the sky and hats, the middle is the crow and the sky, and then the bottom layer is the field and man. This picture is asymmetrical for the most part. For me the focal point of the picture is the bald man’s head and the crow on his head. The light source is coming from the right side. The top right corner is darker. The middle of the picture of where the sky meets the field is brighter than the rest of the sky. I noticed that with the hats in the sky some hats are reused
Interpretation: I think that this artwork is a kind of what if art where it switches crows and hats. It looks at a different reality. Since this is in a field it also makes me think that maybe the man is a scarecrow (or in this case scarehat) and in this reality maybe living people are scarecrows. And perhaps scarecrows could be the equivalent of humans and the crow could be perching on that man’s head to ensure that the hats don’t attack its crops.
Judgment: I think this picture is a bit wacky and doesn’t have a very serious tone. And I feel like its purpose is to make the viewer imagine a different world and what if scenarios. I feel like Sarolta succeeded.
Giorgio De Chirico was born on the 10th of July 1888 in Volos, the capital of Thessaly (Greece). The importance of De Chirico's early paintings on the development of Surrealist art is immeasurable. Characterized by images of empty town squares, with dark, menacing corridors and mysterious shadows, his dream-like world captures a feeling of utter loneliness, suspended in time. Cluttered with puzzling objects, such as clocks, giant statues and distant trains, and often featuring deep, dramatic perspectives, De Chirico's paintings left an indelible mark on Breton and numerous other future Surrealists. Giorgio De Chirico dies in Rome on November 11, 1978.
Artist name: Giorgio De Chirico
Title: Piazza d'Italia
Date: 1913
Description: Two men are standing in what looks like an Italian town square aka piazza. In the center there is a lion statue. In the distance there is a circular orange and white tower like building with several columns. There is one building on each side of the picture, each building is white and has Italian architecture. The building on the right and the lion statue cast long shadows across the dark yellow ground. The sky is yellow and green. Mountains, the sun, and a train can be seen in the distance. A box is on the bottom right portion of the picture.
Analysis: This painting is a little bit symmetric but not fully symmetric. It is a bit symmetric because there is a building on both sides. The lion statue and the tower like building are in the center. But the two men, the shadows, the train, the different building sizes, and the box disrupt the symmetry. Vertically this painting is broken up into 3 somewhat symmetric layers. Horizontally this picture is very asymmetric
Interpretation: This town is empty and there are just these two men shaking hands which makes me think that they had a part in clearing out the town. Either they forced everyone out (which explains the train, it could have the towns' people in it escaping), or they scared everyone away, or they killed the people. I instantly think those two men are criminals.
Judgement: I think this picture provokes more questions than answers. Like who are the two men? Why are they shaking hands? What town is this? Why is there a plain box on the ground? Where are all the towns' people? And many more. The long shadows of the buildings and the statue give this picture an ominous and drab tone. Ultimately Giorgio succeeded with what he was going for.
So most of Sarolta's arts purpose is about trying to alter our current reality and make the viewer change their perspective on something. Sarolta likes to include crows in her art too. Most of Giorgio's art takes elements from Italian architecture and then applies them to made up settings which consists of mainly towns and cities. A majority of his paintings have at least one building in it, so I think he likes Italian architecture. I think he tries to make his paintings mysterious and vague so people try to think a up story with each of his paintings.
I feel as though Sarolta's art is more broader and open. Her art could be of anything while Giorgio's often have buildings, statues, horses, or humanoid figures. But I think that Giorgio's settings are more interesting than Sarolta's. Sarolta often has empty open planes be the settings of her art. I think Giorgio's art often has more colors in them. Sarolta also does many black and white or brownish picture to emulate an old timey feel which Giorgio does not do much.
