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Analysis Of Traveling Circus

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Claire Miller
Formal Analysis Paper
11/3/17
Evan Senn

Traveling Circus (2017) by Joseph Todorovitch oil on panel

Viewed at Maxwell Alexander Gallery (October 14, 2017)

Traveling Through Paint

Joseph Todorovitch’s oil painting of Traveling Circus represents diverse characters of entertainment at the circus. He created this piece in 2017 by using oil paint on a 48 inch by 30 inch panel. It is currently located at Maxwell Alexander Gallery in Los Angeles, California. This large painting is filled with an interesting composition that leads the eye from one entertainer to the next. The sun is setting in the sky and the moon is out. Even though it is a chaotic scene, it is unified, he uses subtle values, and his use of paint application is visually interesting.
Joseph Torovitch’s beautiful painting Traveling Circus is filled with dramatic movement from lively performers running around on the canvas. Off center is a women with a white afro walking on stilts. She is the main focal area our eyes see first. It looks like she is walking towards another person on stilts. Behind them are all sorts of other entertainers. There is a women with a peg leg and next to her is a man dressed alike playing the saxophone. Behind them is a jumble of people. Across from them is a man and a women each playing the violin and behind them is another person on stilts. In the front right corner of the painting there is a man playing the accordion.
Todorovitch somehow unified all of the chaos by

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