'Line of Control' (1964)
'Spill' (2007) Made with stainless steel utensils
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Botanical Illustration
Botanical illustration is more scientific than artistic. It must illustrate a plant in great detail and precision. Accuracy is an important theme when it comes to botanical illustration rather than aesthetics. However, the result is visually pleasing at the same time as being scientifically valuable and precise. The history of this art is a development of a relationship between art and science.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Irving Penn
>American portrait and fashion photographer.
>'Signature blend of classical elegance and cool minimalism' (Grundberg. A.)
> Merry A. Foresta, co-organiser of a 1990 retrospective of his work at the National Portrait Gallery and what is now the Smithsonian American Art Museum, wrote that his pictures exhibited "the control of an art director fused with the process of an artist."
>'Signature blend of classical elegance and cool minimalism' (Grundberg. A.)
> Merry A. Foresta, co-organiser of a 1990 retrospective of his work at the National Portrait Gallery and what is now the Smithsonian American Art Museum, wrote that his pictures exhibited "the control of an art director fused with the process of an artist."
> Penn printed his own pictures using Platinum rather than Silver. This produced 'velvety tones' and is very permanent. However, it is very time consumuing, requiring precise control and impecable preparation.
>Penn acknowledged decay by photographing street debris such as chewing gum, cigarette butts, and later, animal skulls.
> John Szarkowski, Museum of Modern Art's director of photography wrote, "The grace, wit, and inventiveness of his pattern making, the lively and surprising elegance of his line, and his sensitivity to the character, the idiosyncratic humours, of light make Penn's pictures, even the slighter ones, a pleasure for our eyes."
In this quote I feel that when Szarkowski states that 'even the slighter ones, [are] a pleasure for our eyes' I think that this relates to my perception of Alchemy (the transformation of ugliness to beauty or ordinary to extraordinary) as Penn manages to turn simple images, and sometimes ugly item such as the cigarette butts, into wonderful, meaningful photographs.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Alchemy
> A form of chemistry and speculative philosophy practised in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and concerned principally with discovering methods for transmuting baser metals into gold and with finding a universal solvent and an elixir of life.
> Any magical power of process of transmuting a common substance, usually of transmuting a common substance, usually of little value, into a substance of great value.
> Any magical power of process of transmuting a common substance, usually of transmuting a common substance, usually of little value, into a substance of great value.
Monday, November 10, 2008
Landscape Artists
John Olsen
...born in Newcastle in 1928. In his series of works depicting the landscape and wildlife of Australia he has produced some of the most iconic images in Australian art. John Olsen is also a highly accomplished printmaker.
Mandy Martin
...Mandy Martin, born 1952 in Adelaide, is a practising artist who has held more than 110 solo exhibitions in Australia, Mexico and the USA. She has exhibited widely in curated exhibitions in Australia, France, Germany, Japan, Taiwan, USA, and Italy. Her works are in many public and private collections including the National Gallery of Australia and major state galleries and collections.
...born in Newcastle in 1928. In his series of works depicting the landscape and wildlife of Australia he has produced some of the most iconic images in Australian art. John Olsen is also a highly accomplished printmaker.
Judy Watson
...A direct descendant of the Waanyi clan, Watson was born in 1959 at Mundubbera in the coastal hinterland of Queensland
...A direct descendant of the Waanyi clan, Watson was born in 1959 at Mundubbera in the coastal hinterland of Queensland
Her prints have an ethereal quality: mystical figures, caught in a spindrift; their form is unclear; a swirling, spiritual mirage.
Mandy Martin
...Mandy Martin, born 1952 in Adelaide, is a practising artist who has held more than 110 solo exhibitions in Australia, Mexico and the USA. She has exhibited widely in curated exhibitions in Australia, France, Germany, Japan, Taiwan, USA, and Italy. Her works are in many public and private collections including the National Gallery of Australia and major state galleries and collections.
Fred Williams
...Australian painter and printmaker. He was one of Australia’s most important artists, and one of the twentieth century’s major painters of the landscape.
...Australian painter and printmaker. He was one of Australia’s most important artists, and one of the twentieth century’s major painters of the landscape.
Tim Storrier
...Tim Storrier was born in Sydney in 1949. At the age of nineteen, Storrier won the prestigious Sulman Prize. He was the youngest artist to ever receive the award and hence catapulted to fame and success at an early age.
Lloyd Rees
...Most of his works are preoccupied with depicting the effects of light, and emphasis is placed on the harmony between man and nature. Rees' oeuvre is dominated by sketches and paintings, in which the most frequent subject is the built environment in the landscape.
>My favourite of these artists are Lloyd Rees, John Olsen, and Fred Williams.
I really like the different ways in which the artworks had been painted and how they all give a different feeling. I like the way that John Olsen uses simple lines to create an image, all his artworks look simple and delicate.
I think that Fred Williams also does a bit of this as well, although he uses lots of different colours which look really interesting.
Finally, Lloyd Rees' paintings looks really nice. His use of colour and line are very nice. He paints many works of stained glass windows. The colours look very nice and calm.
Sunday, November 9, 2008
The Liminal & The Landscape
The Liminal & The Landscape
This term we are working on creating a landscape from our memory.
I chose to use Stradbroke Island because I used to go there a lot when I was younger.
I had a particular memory which i thought that i would use which was when my friend and I were waiting for a boat to pick us up and take us to a nearby island which had a leperasarium which my dad wanted to see. It was raining a lot, but my mum bought us two big yellow raincoats and we waded out to a sand bank and stood there for a while. There were lots of little fish swimming around.
This term we are working on creating a landscape from our memory.
I chose to use Stradbroke Island because I used to go there a lot when I was younger.
I had a particular memory which i thought that i would use which was when my friend and I were waiting for a boat to pick us up and take us to a nearby island which had a leperasarium which my dad wanted to see. It was raining a lot, but my mum bought us two big yellow raincoats and we waded out to a sand bank and stood there for a while. There were lots of little fish swimming around.
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