The websites i have used to further my understanding of the work is her own website in which it gives a lot of example of the work she has done and a description of it. http://www.billiejean.co.uk/gallery.php?i=30_years_of_nike_basketball_shoes The genre of art is installation and illustration. I think the work has a theme of shoes and basketball maybe because she has a love for it. The title does inform us what is about. The title explains that she has done this work because it is celebrating the 30 years of nike basketball shoes. I don't think there is a deeper meaning to her work but it may show the viewers that she is a fan of either nike shoes, basketball, or both.
The materials used is mostly pen as the illustration has been done in blue ink. It was done by sketching some of the pictures relating to what she was trying to portray. And then gone over in blue ink. The artists only uses one colour maybe because she wanted to just show the illustrations. The work is quite small as it was only made for her website. The formal elements that are key with this work is colour and pattern.
I have chosen to look at this work because i like the different patterns that she has used and it is quite similar to mark making and a collage. My first reaction to the work was why did she do it. I like a few things about the work but i don't find it that impressive because it looks quite simple and has a simple meaning. However i would like to try these techniques.
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