In unit 3, I will not only limit my research on depression to people living in cities, but also explore people who seek other lifestyles to replace their existing lives and connect them with their new lives through other objects.

For instance, the counter-culture and communist communes that appeared in the United States and France in the middle and late 19th century, just like the people's communes pictured by Gustave Courbet in his paintings The Wheat Sifters. It enabled people to fight for freedom of speech and equality, and support people to exercise autonomy to end the long-term government interference. 

At the same time, Greg Rook's visual feelings and ideology for people who live an alternative life also describe his exploration and desire for life. In Approaching storm, he depicted the commune life and explores the actual and political influence of a group of individuals who tried to survive and eventually rebuilt the society. These people are survivors of social unrest and chaos. Their desire for life and exploration of self-sufficiency may have an important impact on my future series of paintings under the theme of “depression”.

 

Therefore, by referring the work from Rook and Gustave, I considered to extend my exploration to the new phase when group of people figured out the way to escape from the brutal reality in the contemporary era. I will insist to use the rotated color to explain the emotion behind the scenario of the adaption of the new world, and utilize biomorphic shape and natural objects to portray the counter-culture life. 

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I will combine the presence of portraits with the involvement of texture and continue to use integrated materials to complete my research on this topic. During this working process,  I will be able to do some interview with fellow students. The incorporation of other people's perspectives will support my work more strongly.