a. What do you see in this piece of art (describe it)?
I see a pair of leather shoes on a shag carpet. The shoe style is decades old, very well cared for, very polished. They make me think of the smells of shoe polish and leather. Old leather. The angle is looking down on the shoes as you would look down on a coffin in its grave.
b. What kind of message did you try to give in this piece of art?
A cold slap into the face of materialistic society, this piece commented on the multitudes that spend their lives accumulating STUFF and the bottom line that in the you won't have your possessions forever. In reality people can think of themselves as the renter of STUFF, because despite so called ownership you can't keep it forever and must eventually pass on your accumulated wealth. Or debt. The latter seems more likely these days.
c. Do you like or dislike this piece of art? Why?
I LIKE this piece of art because of the message that ponders answer less questions, tears at societies self conceptions and pleasing imagery. Although a tad morbid it tackles the very real issues involved in materialism, wealth, mortality, social and personal morality and possibly spirituality.
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