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The Piece above is called amphibian evolution, created in 1986 by Alexis Rockman. The piece consists of a tree, with the branches holding small animals. But with a second glance you can see that the animals have changed, or evolved over time. When I first caught a look at the Workman's piece I noticed it reminded me of a nature cycle. The connotation of the piece is that there are animals hanging from trees. The denotations of the piece are that the animals hanging from the trees represent the life cycle, and how the animals have changed over time.
The Piece has a lot of different animals in the painting. The animals start on small branches, and as the animals grew the branches that they were placed on grew as well. The bigger animals being on the bigger branches show the point of how they have grown over time, and have changed.
I think you are right about dealing with the natural cycle. I think environmentalism is a big part of his work too. What do you think the connotations and denotations in his work are?
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