Blog Post #3

Title: Opposites Attract
Location: Kent St. and West St. in Greenpoint, Brooklyn

The other day I was walking near WNYC Transmitter Park, and noticed these side by side warehouses all in the same two primary colors; yellow and blue. I would say that this "accidental art" is not only two-dimensional, but three-dimensional as well. The upper half is a metal wall and shutter, which would fall into the category of three dimensional, as the lower half-- a painted on stripe would count as two-dimensional. I found this very interesting mainly because of the colors, but the more I looked into it I seemed to appreciate every single detail about it. The thick, yellow, vertical stripe formed into a diagonal line. To me at least, it might be what makes this entire "piece" interesting. It's painted on a coarse sidewalk ending at the bottom half of the shutter. Not only is the bold line the only line on the lower half of this artwork but I would say the shadow of the warehouse counts as well. It cuts right through the diagonal part of the line, almost being perpendicular. The yellow section of the shutter has a blue section which seems to be quite solid. There is no "gradient" effect between the yellow and blue, just a thick section of blue. The shutter having horizontal ridges compliments the blue metal wall, which also has ridges but going opposite direction of the shutter's ridges. What I thought about this artwork is that every detail compliments each other. The horizontal lines on the shutter compliments the metal wall, just as the shadow compliments the bold yellow line. I consider them opposites, and without each other this work of art wouldn't be complete. Same in reality; whether it has to do with people or something else, two different objects will just naturally bring out small characteristic in each other, more than they would alone.