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"For W’s December/January Art Issue, the magazine collaborated with artist Yayoi Kusama to create this iconic cover image depicting George Clooney. The visually arresting image is the highlight of the cover story, for which five leading female artists were invited to create interpretive portraits of the actor. Clooney wears a suit painted by Kusama with her signature polka dots and stands against a polka-dotted backdrop. Planned to coincide with the opening of an exhibition of new work by Kusama at David Zwirner Gallery, the cover makes a powerful reference to the artist’s iconic self-portraits."
On this cover, I really love the way Kusama blended the subject of the picture with the background. Everything on the page pops and shows off its neutral colors. The bold contrast of the shades really brings out Clooney's face and I can tell that is the focal point of the picture. His face isn't as pale as the pure white, but not as dark as the black, so he's somewhere in the middle. This whole cover seems to be based around symmetry and balance. The lighting is never too dark or too bright in areas and Clooney was well placed in front of the background so that his suit really blends in. What I seem to gather from the picture is that Clooney is a very bold, serious man and he seems like an important person but in a funny way.
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