My Favorite Art

I saw the pictures on http://tinyurl.com/22tu8jo and http://tinyurl.com/2epptc7

　　The shadowgraphic is a folk art. The puppets are made from animal skin or paper. The entertainers use light to illuminate on a white screen, and perform a show with music and singing songs. It has the fame of movie ancestors. In the past, movies, TV, etc, those media were not popular; the shadowgraphic was one kind of popular folk entertainments. In Chinese history, the entertainers performed shadowgraphics for soldiers; the soldiers had to fight a war in daytime, so the shadowgraphics were their entertainerment at night.

　　I have seen the shadowgraphic several times. The entertainers play the puppets carefully; they especially have to cooperate in music and light. But as the media has become popular, the shadowgraphic has been downfallen; people seem to forget this traditional performance art. Nowadays, if we want to see the art, we have to go to the museum.

The Painting

The painting by Laetitia was described a situation of a downtown. I saw the residents, cars, children, and families. A woman's car was broken, and a mechanic helped her fix the car. A man pushed his cart and sold something fresh. Probably this painting described some evening; people just finished their work or school and wanted to go home. Maybe there was a school near the street; I saw a mother bringing her children and a father driving a car with his family. A store was crowded, so a woman must wait outside of the store. Some people were living in an apartment and a mother was holding her baby watching those people. I think this painting described the end of a day of a downtown; it was bustling. Probably the artist likes to draw daily life.