Throughout 2019 Kanye has kept on using the motif of a circle, sometimes with a smaller circle embedded in it. Notably, since Coachella:
But also every Sunday Service since then. Three recent examples:
(Inglewood)
(Chicago)
(Paris)
But he has also used it outside of his shows:
(from the Jesus Is King film)
Even the original artwork shown at the listening parties follows this pattern:
Maybe Kanye just suddenly became obssessed with the disc design he used for Yeezus and this reflected on about everything he's been doing ever since the Yandhi cover art was shown. But I don't think this is the case. I think that the design is supposed to represent the all-seeing eye of God. I think it must be very significant for Kanye to shoehorn into everything now, but the Jesus Is King cover art represents the most what it mean for him.
I think that the empty space around the vinyl is white on purpose, even on the CD release. This is because it's not really a picture of a vinyl on a white background. It represents the eye of God and the vinyl is the pupil. I think this makes a lot of sense, considering the things Kanye has been saying in interviews about God raising him up to be a celebrity then converting him so that he may use his position to spread His gospel.
i like your theory man, i always liked the blue in the ridges because it looks like water. the circle thing makes sens cuz his recent WSJ article says how much he likes circles
I'm surprised I haven't seen anyone bring up Yves Klein before, because the JIK cover is clearly inspired by his work. For a number of years, it seems Klein only ever worked with a single shade of blue, called "Klein blue". It is a slightly different shade than the JIK color, but some of Klein's art look a lot like the JIK cover, as he played around with blue disks on a white background a few times.
For example:
art.com/products/p12210189-sa-i1581810/yves-klein-blue-disk-c-1957-ikb54.htm
I don't know what significance it's supposed to have, but thought it was interesting.
"Painting with only one color, French artist Yves Klein (1928 – 1962) created complex and enigmatic works of art. He painted monochromes so that only the purity and absoluteness of color would make its impact without what he called the “prison grating” of lines. Shocked and disheartened when an exhibition of his monochromes was misunderstood, the artist decided to paint all future works in only blue and developed his own patented shade called International Klein Blue. He also explored the theme of the infinite by creating paintings, books and musical compositions entirely devoid of content. Klein’s painting “RE I” sold for a staggering $6,716,000 at Christie’s in 2000."
Missing the obvious one