SURREALIST SELF-PORTRAIT

There is a big window in the middle of a brick wall, the background is very basic. In the window you can see a huge brown eye staring inside through the window. In front of the window, a standing up black silhouette looking through the window. On the floor, a full color and defined picture of the same silhouette stretches from my feet outwards, in the manner of a shadow. The colors are mostly neutral and dimmed, almost like black and white, except the eye in the centre, which is in full color.

 

My surrealist self portrait doesn’t have a pattern. There is a contrast between the neutral, dimmed and slightly dark colors in the piece, with the bright brown color of the eye and its brightness against the darker background. This draws the most emphasis on the eye, which is what catches one’s attention immediately with its bold colors and shapes. The angular and straight shapes of the background are being contrasted with the curviness of the elements in the centre. The emphasis lies in the eye, which is big and bright. The piece has a symmetrical balance. All the elements are concentrated in the center of the piece. I think the background and the elements come together well to create a surrealist sense of unity.

The meaning of this piece is surrealism n the sense of opposition from reality. In the picture what we see in reality is turned upside down, and that is what is emphasized in my surrealist self portrait. Instead of a body projecting the shadow, here it is turned upside down and the shadow projects the actual body. I think the colors that are dimmed contribute to this surrealist and mysterious sense of strangeness and obnoxiousness. The colors are there, but somehow it looks like it’s almost black and white. It also speaks to my personality, this says that I am a closed up person.