Grid project

I chose to do a mailbox as my grid art project.  Grids originally started out as an organizational tool but in the 1920's it evolved as an artistic object. In the WWII era, they referred to other aspects of the paintings as opposed to the pure tangibility of the paintings.  They referred to the humanist, rationalist, and spiritualist side of the artwork.  I decided to take a similar approach to my art.  I decided to use a mailbox to shed light on a couple different qualities the postal service shares with our society. As we experience this corona circumstance, there is one thing people rely on and look forward to no matter what.  That's mail, whether it be e-mail or regular mail, we all count on it.  One thing it does is bring us together, it keeps us connected.  I believe that is one quality the postal service provides for the society, togetherness. Another quality the postal service and mail provides is perseverance.  Through rain, sleet, hail, and snow is one thing, but they have been delivering through the quarantine circumstances as well.  I created this art piece to show how the postal service is likely overlooked in the value they actually offer to our Nation and the world in that matter.  The postal service brings us together, mail brings us together.

The materials I used were a blank sheet of drawing paper and crayons. I chose these materials because they were on hand and would allow for the most versatility with colors.