Christine Hiebert

Reconnaissance by artist Christine Hiebert is a shining example of simplistic minimalist art that seeks to demonstrate a wide narrative of meanings and ideas. By creating this piece Hiebert has managed to encompass expansive social paradigms reserved for the most socially attuned artists. Beginning with a formal examination of the piece brings the viewer to their initial inspection of the piece Reconnaissance. Featured in the Davis center of Wellesley College the piece is primarily constructed via the use of tape and glue attached to a wall. The wall in question contains various contours that help to give it an air of architectural dimensionality.The piece creates dynamic contrast by using the varying degrees and contours of the walls to create massive spatial depth among the space. The variance of lines between thick,thin, straight, and curved helps to build a narrative that seeks to embrace the entire expanse as a whole. Each individual line contains its own characteristics verging on a personality which helps to create a form of totality among the pieces. While every line is unique no line is singular as each exists to be apart of a group, and this forces the eye to examine the grouping as a whole rather than the individual elements that are present. Christine Hiebert …show more content…
A cascade of light prevails one side of the picture fading off into the deep rich black of the night sky illuminated solely by the strikes of what seem to be Zeus himself. Large pylon conductors line the bottom frame of this picture helping to create a vast dimensional plane that demonstrates the proximity which our photographer has obtained. The pylons seek to create distance by establishing vertical lines that seem to draw toward the distant skyline, and at the same time offer uniform distance which seeks to help show the immensity with which lightning