Three of Deep Run’s finest artists, Joanna Gray, Alex Turner, and Jinny Kang, produced JoAlJi, the first show of DRHSART’s hallway shows this school-year.
Upon first entering the hallway, people are typically taken aback by the sizeable collaborative ceiling installation. Jinny’s paper cranes, Alex’s artificial flowers, and Joanna’s black strings descend from the ceiling and mingle with each other to create a somewhat magical atmosphere. The walls are adorned with all-black murals of simple cartoon-like illustrations.
Intermingling is one of the stand-out characteristics of this show. Instead of parceling one wall to each artist, their works are displayed amongst each other’s.
The majority of Joanna’s works are representational portrait paintings. Oil paints, colored pencils, and toothpicks are her main tools of choice. She typically paints her friends in vibrant colors with stylized techniques. Joanna puts distinguishable amounts of color like magentas and yellows in the skin to make the portraits more visually stimulating, and she applies the paint with a toothpick to create texture.
Alex contributed a lot of cryptic photographs to the show. If you try to figure the photographs out, your brain will explode. Why are those girls standing there? Why is this girl's hair in her face? Why is this person’s face censored? You’ll have to give up when Alex explains to you that his photographs have an infinite amount of meanings. One thing I especially like about his photographs is how mossy greens and light blues dominate them. I find that they add to the crypticness.
Jinny’s works are also representational. She mainly draws with graphite, charcoal, and pen. Her standout piece has to be her charcoal portrait. The angle from which she drew herself (from above) is what makes it most interesting. Her face and eyes are large in the drawing due to the angle, so it’s easy to get lost in her eyes. You also can’t forget her pen illustrations of large imaginary scenes that tell a story about the environment and Mother Nature. The details are tiny and crisp, and you can tell that Jinny drew them confidently. They're impressive with meaning and technique.
Scholastics are coming up soon, and, by the looks of it, these three will win big.
Upon first entering the hallway, people are typically taken aback by the sizeable collaborative ceiling installation. Jinny’s paper cranes, Alex’s artificial flowers, and Joanna’s black strings descend from the ceiling and mingle with each other to create a somewhat magical atmosphere. The walls are adorned with all-black murals of simple cartoon-like illustrations.
Intermingling is one of the stand-out characteristics of this show. Instead of parceling one wall to each artist, their works are displayed amongst each other’s.
The majority of Joanna’s works are representational portrait paintings. Oil paints, colored pencils, and toothpicks are her main tools of choice. She typically paints her friends in vibrant colors with stylized techniques. Joanna puts distinguishable amounts of color like magentas and yellows in the skin to make the portraits more visually stimulating, and she applies the paint with a toothpick to create texture.
Alex contributed a lot of cryptic photographs to the show. If you try to figure the photographs out, your brain will explode. Why are those girls standing there? Why is this girl's hair in her face? Why is this person’s face censored? You’ll have to give up when Alex explains to you that his photographs have an infinite amount of meanings. One thing I especially like about his photographs is how mossy greens and light blues dominate them. I find that they add to the crypticness.
Jinny’s works are also representational. She mainly draws with graphite, charcoal, and pen. Her standout piece has to be her charcoal portrait. The angle from which she drew herself (from above) is what makes it most interesting. Her face and eyes are large in the drawing due to the angle, so it’s easy to get lost in her eyes. You also can’t forget her pen illustrations of large imaginary scenes that tell a story about the environment and Mother Nature. The details are tiny and crisp, and you can tell that Jinny drew them confidently. They're impressive with meaning and technique.
Scholastics are coming up soon, and, by the looks of it, these three will win big.