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The reason

I choose to select the theme “The Feeling of Isolation ,” because I felt that art is often viewed with different perspectives. And as for me, I acknowledged that art is deceiving and sometimes there are hidden truths behind. For my collection, I searched for artworks that contained negative connotations like death, loneliness, emptiness, separation, isolation, and confusion. Death is the fine line between the living and the afterlife. Loneliness and emptiness are the symptoms of isolation. Confusion came along with isolation too.

I tried to keep the colors of the artworks less vibrant and more idle instead. Dull colors affect the overall atmosphere of my tumblr page. I set my background colors to be gray. I set my profile picture to be black and white. Isolation involves contrasts and differences. Isolation is the state of being alone. Being an individual. These individual artwork came from different periods and different medians. When you look at them, you’ll feel the feeling of isolation. You’ll feel lonely, empty, separated, confused, devastating... isolated

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The Death of Amelia, 1804

Samuel Colman (or Coleman), Oil paint on canvas

629 x 756 mm

Tate, England

https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/colman-the-death-of-amelia-t02109

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Deification of a Soldier, 1967

Yamashita Kikuji, oil paint on canvas

1310 x 1950 mm

Tate, England

https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/yamashita-deification-of-a-soldier-t15021

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Soliloquy I, 1998

Sam Taylor-Johnson OBE Photograph, colour, Chromogenic print, on paper

1654 x 2485 mm

Tate, England

https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/taylor-johnson-soliloquy-i-p78317

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Left and Right of the Long Path, 1957

Frances Richards , Tempera on board

457 x 305 mm

Tate, England

https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/richards-left-and-right-of-the-long-path-t00423

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Our House, 2007

Jimmie Durham, Drypoint on copperplate on paper  

 215 x 345 mm

Tate, England

https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/durham-our-house-p79362

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Isolated Tenement, 1974, printed 2012–13

Chris Killip,  Photograph, gelatin silver print on paper

401 x 502 mm

Tate, England

https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/killip-isolated-tenement-p81017

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Sad Shower in New York, 1995

Tracey Emin,  Monoprint on paper

 420 x 593 mm

Tate, England

https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/emin-sad-shower-in-new-york-p11567

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Alone, 1976

Ivor Abrahams, screenprint on paper

189 x 182 mm

Tate, England

https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/abrahams-alone-p11136

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Splitting, 1974

Gordon Matta-Clark,  gelatin silver print

16 in. x 20 in. (40.64 cm x 50.8 cm)

SFMOMA, California

https://www.sfmoma.org/artwork/2001.411.A

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Intermission, 1963

Edward Hopper, oil on canvas

40 in. x 60 in. (101.6 cm x 152.4 cm)

SFMOMA, California

https://www.sfmoma.org/artwork/2012.1

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Untitled, 1955

Garry Winogrand, gelatin silver print

9 in. x 13 1/4 in. (22.86 cm x 33.66 cm)

SFMOMA, California

https://www.sfmoma.org/artwork/2000.673

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Reading at a Table, 1934

Pablo Picasso, Oil on canvas,

63 7/8 x 51 3/8 in. (162.2 x 130.5 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/486739?sortBy=Relevance&what=Paintings&ft=alone&offset=0&rpp=50&pos=4

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Young Woman with a Water Pitcher, 1662

Johannes Vermeer, Oil on canvas

18 x 16 in. (45.7 x 40.6 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437881?sortBy=Relevance&ft=isolation&offset=0&rpp=20&pos=12

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Untitled, 1986

Jean-Michel Basquiat, Graphite, colored pencils, and watercolor on paper

29 3/4 x 42 in. (75.6 x 106.7 cm).    

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York        

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/486080

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The Lonely Tower, 1968                                                                            

Samuel Palmer Etching; fourth state of seven 

6 1/2 x 9 3/16 in. (16.5 x 23.3 cm).  

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. 

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/362646