Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Birds in a Cage

I find this illustration very powerful and motivating. It keeps the viewer wondering "why?". The viewers eye is drawn first to the naked woman at the bottom of the page, then to the dress form then the hanger which is hanging on a bird's eye that is a cloud? The whole thing is very mysterious to me and I am still trying to make sense of it as I blog about it now. However, every time I glance back at it the idea of the birds being in a dress form which is supposed to represent a cage yet has an opening at the bottom is strangely beautiful to me. Rafal Olbinski's above illustration is depicted in the advertising section of the book 54th Annual of American Illustration.


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