Photo silkscreen project

This was an idea sketch for photo silkscreen project. I looked at the Minimalist artist, Sol Lewitt as a visual source. I was surprised by his complex composition, using a simple geometric rectangular shape and colored lines repeatedly. As an extension of my interest in landscape, I chose to depict the aerial view of city grid that contains a complexity within a simple geometry. It was interesting for me to see how these two opposing characteristics - simplicity and complexity – can coexist on the same surface. Similar mixture of simplicity and complexity is also found in various real landscapes. Another visual source was from the works of Piet Modrian. His fascination of Manhattan city grid helped me in deciding the direction of the project.