Thursday, December 20, 2012
"Young Life"
The artist is trying to say that with age, comes responsibility. This can be implied by looking at the deer above the head of the couple and the gun in the adult male's hand. It is typical thought that the "breadwinner" of a family is a responsible male who hunts and kills animals to provide for his family. This is the thought that Bo would have grown up around, being an American male born in the 50's. This shows in his painting, where this responsibility seems to weigh down on the older male and his wife or girlfriend, while the younger male seems to be apart from this weight, holding a stick instead of a gun. The artist is also trying to say that young adults are dependent on each other. This can be implied from the way the couple are standing; the male is only touching the ground with one foot, causing him to have a sort of lean on his girlfriend/wife, and she is in turn grasping onto his torso and leaning on his shoulder. The artist is also trying to show that responsibility is just as inescapable as age. As one can observe, the older male looks somewhat bound to the earth through the colors of the ground, his shoes, his pants, jacket, and even through the deer which is lying above him. This binding is less present in the younger boy, but still holds a presence in his shoes and the stick he is carrying
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