Analysis Of Metamorphosis By Eliza Au

The art piece Metamorphosis by Eliza Au is a complex assortment of seven large white structures on a wall that require keen observational skills to better understand what their function is. Metamorphosis was created in 2017 and uses wood, paper, and ceramic as it’s medium. The base of these structures is a large white circle made of wood. Each circle has 6 points coming off of its wooden frame, which create a sort of star shape on top of the white circles. Within the center of the points, each display has a center piece on it, a heart if you will. This center spectacle is like a star as well, it has 3 jagged points going into different directions. On the circle, beneath the larger star shape, there is a crochet kind of design smattered about …show more content…
I believe this art piece is good because it has interesting and attention-grabbing composition, creates a story from piece to piece, displays originality, and is visually pleasing to the eye. I find the piece to have an interesting composition, because, compared to not only Eliza Au’s other works but other art works I have seen before this assignment, nothing like this piece has ever quite grabbed my attention so much. Furthermore, I personally have never been drawn to artwork such as this one, I show a preference to paintings. The fact that someone who might not particularly enjoy this sort of art can be drawn to it and intrigued by it, gives praise to the composition of the artwork. Likewise, with the composition, the originality is yet another aspect that is crucial to judging this piece as good or not. I am someone who enjoys art, I have been to many museums and seen many art pieces and I can honestly say I have never seen an artwork like this one that I enjoyed so much even though it strays from the norm of my are preference. My overall judgement of this work is that it is not only good but it displays originality in a high-quality