TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES- VISAYAS

Capt. Sabi Street, Talisay City

Name : Gregorio, John Andrew Year and Section : BSME 2E

Lijayan, Christian John Paul L.
Subject : GEC 6 Date Submitted : 11/06/20
Professor : Apraille M. Anglo Score :

PROGRESS CHECK WEEK 13

The Great Wave off Kanagawa (Painting) Chaotic ’20 (Collage)

Japanese ukiyo-e artist Hokusai Gregorio and Lijayan
 What are the things that remain the same in both
pieces? Why did you choose to retain these
elements in your appropriation art?

The things that remain the same in both the

original artwork and the appropriation art are
the waves and the boat. We chose to adopt
these features as these can symbolize a lot
about how things are going on right now
around the globe. As per the original artwork,
these features symbolize an enormous
disaster to humanity and this is something we
wanted to portray, that is, the suffering and
struggles of humanity in its battle with the
current global pandemic.

What has changed? Why did you decide to effect

these changes in your appropriation art?

Even though we had retained the main

subjects of the original artwork which are the
waves and boats we had also placed some
Compare and Contrast touches in our own appropriation art to make
it timelier and more relevant. These subjects
are the earth that is sealed by a padlocked
with the word “Covid-19” and with a
biohazard sign, and some drowning hands.
We did also alter the appearances of the
boats and made it look like they were
wrecked and about to sink (except for the
only boat who has not sunk and was carrying
a load).

We opted to effect these changes in order to

cater the message of the original artwork in a
timelier and more specified manner. The
original artwork has only focused on
delivering a message about the irresistible
force of nature towards humans. And with this
thought in mind, we wanted to make that
vague idea of “irresistible force” into a more
tangible and imaginable thought (which is
about the disastrous global pandemic), and
that has pushed us forward to make such
changes to the artwork.
 What message do the artist/s want to relay with
their appropriation art?

Message