Warris In Egypt

This project depicts my name (Warris) in the art of writing in the old Egyptian way. The ancient Egyptians believed that their writings was God's words. They believed that writing was given to them by the great God Thoth. I chose this composition because every word in the ancient Egyption writing tells a story. I choose this composition because there is a religious and cultural background in ancient egypt writing i can relate to. 

I have made my decisions on the project based on the research I have done on the egyption way of writing. As mentioned above not only the artwork speaks to me but the connection to the form of writing being tied to my religion and culture. After doing some research I sketched out the artwork of my name  in pencil then i took more time perfecting my piece making necessary changes and adjustments to tell the story of my name. When all of the main contributions to my piece was done, I used a sharpie to shade in the finishing products. 

I would categorize my work under the art of hieroglyphics. Like the educator Bisa Washington works, I believe that my piece is not just a form of art, it's not just my name. This piece of work includes three important factors in my life. This artwork of my name also has my ethnic cultural and religious background incorporated into it. Therefore if there was an artist I would compare my work to it would be Bisa Washington.  

When the audience look at this work, they see art, they also see a story. On like 21st century writing, my audience don't see Warris but instead they see the story of Warris. 

This project differs from my midterm but yet still they are still somehow connected. My Midterm Portrait showed who is warris as a person what makes up his life etc, but this portrait elaborates on the story of Warris not the person but the name.  

A spectacle is a visually striking performance or display it is usually memorable for the appearance it creates. A spectacle functions through most importantly  social media and internet proliferation. This project exists in the spectacle because it is an ancient way to tell a story, this project is using history to create something in the now .