Huntington Beach Art
In Art Brewer's gelatin silver print entitled "Huntington Beach Culture, 1985" there are eleven central figures that dominate the print. The eleven people portrayed in this piece are each wearing varied pieces of beachwear and holding different beach objects. The print is divided into nine equal squares, each containing either one or two people against a white background. The squares represent negatives of a photo demonstrated by small numbers on the outline of each square and the imprint of a negative design. The top left square contains a male teenager standing upright wearing a black wet suit that is peeled away from his chest, hanging at his hips. He is slightly sunburned, wears a smile, and stands barefoot. In his left hand he holds erect a pale yellow surfboard with the world CYCLONE inscribed in cursive on its side. The top center square contains a teenage boy and girl. The boy is on the left and the girl is on the right. He is wearing a white tank top, blue board shorts, and no shoes. Under his right arm, he carries a boogie board with the letters OP and in his right hand a drenched yellow and grey wetsuit. He is smiling and has chin length dirty blonde hair. The girl to his right has shoulder length wavy brown
In this print all of the people are all different walks of life but they enjoy the same pastime- surfing and spending a day at the beach. Unity is also created because no matter how diversified they all are, by either age, race, or gender, they come together because of their shared common interest. Take for example the multi colored beach chair held by one of the girls. Under his left arm he carries a white surfboard. The last square comprises of a goofy looking male whose head is tilted to the left with a black baseball cap on top. The outline of the artwork is rigid like a piece of paper torn out of a notepad and gives a rough and earthy essence. However, it balances out and is symmetrical. They have just spent a day at the beach, but no lines, expressions, or shapes create an ongoing motion. For example, the two teenage girls in the center of the piece are very slender, so naturally the lines are curved in the right places and show off the girls figures. It is red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet containing all the colors of the spectrum. Because of the vast amount of white space comprising the background of the piece, the colors stand out and are very noticeable. The last row of prints contains a an older man with chin length brown hair in the left hand square. He has on black sunglasses, a purple and white tye dyed shirt, white shorts, and flip flops. There is a strong balance throughout the print because of the placement of the figures in each box.
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