Yirali Salvatierra

“What is your favorite artwork?”

Curatorial Rationale

My theme surrounding the involvement of space is portrayed through images and sculptures of the traditional or stereotypical idea the audience may have of space with a twist. My artworks do such an inventive twist by adding some type of vibrancy or mixed media material to my canvas or sculptures to add an imaginative flare. I aimed for my artworks to relate to one another by having my two-dimensional artworks have the star-like background and my three-dimensional artworks relate with our advancement of our knowledge relating to space.

For the majority of my artworks I have been using acrylic paint to decorate sculptures and as the main medium for my paintings; I have also used the same technique to do the star-like background in my artwork. I have used a variety of mixed media for my sculptures including metal, wood, and clay and used separate techniques for each as well(as needed because it’s not the same medium). Overall, the most frequent colors used in my pisces are blue and purple with some small additions of red. A theme that is frequently shown is technology which can be found in both my sculpture and paintings such as a satellite, orrey, rocketships and spaceships, an astronaut, and a vibrant futuristic city in space.

My selected artworks are arranged by having my three-dimensional artworks in the front and my two-dimensional artworks in the back against the wall. I decided to arrange my artworks in a simplistic and balanced manner because that is typically successful with the audience. I did this by having the vibrancy of the artwork balance on the left and right side and having the biggest artwork be balanced with my triptic piece(balanced vertically).

Yirali’s Art Work

  • “Separate But Similar”

    Acrylic on Canvas

    30.48 cm x 30.48 cm

    My intention with this artwork was to capture the aspect of "separate but similar" by doing a tryptic piece of something I'm always in awe of, which was a galaxy. I view this art piece as myself and my two closest friends in the sense that the three of us are separate individuals with our own quirks but come together with something similar that we share such as our friendship. This relates to the three galaxies I made by each of them being a different color but following a similar pattern.

  • Morado

    40.64 cm x 60.96 cm

    Acrylic on Canvas

    My intention with my artwork was to learn how to use values in a monochromatic artwork, which I'm still learning. I wanted this piece to reflect a color that myself and others think of space so I decided to use the color purple. I wanted this artwork to also have a matt look so I decided to use a matt version of purple.

  • “A Gnarly Colorful Future”

    Color Pencil and Acrylic on Paper

    30.48 x 45.72 cm

    My intention for this artwork was to have a fun outlook on the future by making something as common as the city in an area like space. My inspiration was from Erle Loran painting San Francisco Docks With Alcatraz Island because I appreciated how he took the approach to architecture and the small yet fun details he incorporated. Inspired by his work, I too wanted to make a piece that took a playful approach and had small witty details.

  • Starships

    8.89 cm X 5.175 cm

    Acrylic On Wood & Beads

    For my final art project,my intention was to make something that I could actually wear and jewelry is something I love to wear so I decided to make earrings. I didn’t want them to be simple earrings so I decided on an interesting and vibrant design that would bring the focus of the eye to the jewelry. My Intention with this piece was definitely to be eye-catching.

  • Round And Round

    Wood, Wire, Styrofoam and Air Dry Clay

    26.67 x 20.955 cm

    My intentions with my artwork was to create a sculpture and create an artwork that tied in with another theme. In this case I wanted to incorporate education that was used back in older days such as a 19th century orey. I wanted to capture the beauty of older aesthetics by incorporating rustic elements in my sculpture.

  • Shine On The Moon

    Scrap Metal, Wire, and Aluminum Foil

    28.58cm x 19.05 cm x 10.795

    My intention with this artwork was to recreate the first spacecraft that took pictures of the moon which is known as the "Ranger Program" and add my own twist by sculpting it in a funky way. Since the spacecraft was created and launched in the 60's, I decided to give my sculpture more of a rustic cyber feel with the metal pieces I picked such as certain types of flats and bolts.