Tuesday, 30 October 2012
Manchester Art Gallery
I got some really good ideas from the gallery, especially the newer exhibits. I like the patterns that have been cut out from paper they look really effective. I also really like the black silhouette paintings on the plain white wall. They have give me ideas on how to furthur develop the sunsets I have been painting for my museum project.
Revisted Manchester art gallery, to take photos of paintings with skies. I got some really good pictures to work from. I just need to upload them and print them out.
Wednesday, 24 October 2012
Fine Art Contextual Research
Nadir Afonso
I really like Afonso's style and use of colour. I think its really clever how he mixed abstract work with landscape paintings.
Rita Ackermann
Ackermann's work is really interesting to look at as each of her paintings give the viewer a story, rather than just a piece of artwork.
Mino Argento
Jo Baer
Baer's work appears very simple, which makes it look easy. Personally I don't consider her work particularly artistic as it doesn't seem to have much to it. What I do find interesting though, is why other people appreciate it so much, and spend lots of money on it. I don't understand.
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Zdzislaw Beksinski
Although they're fairly gothic, I really like these paintings. The detail in them is amazing, they look like they've literally been constructed out of bones and veins.
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Ashley Bickerton
I absolutely love these. They are so colourful but strangely realistic. They are really attractive to look at but at the same time a bit creepy looking, which is odd.
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Thierry Bisch
Glenn Brown
These paintings are really strange. I like how they are interesting to look at, but really well painted.
Gillian Carnegie
This artists must of really liked bums!
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Dan Christensen
I like these abstract paintings, and i think added to other images they would look really creative, but similar to Jo Baer's work, there doesn't seem to be a massive amount of skill.
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Chuck Close
Close's technique is really unique and he must have been so patient to paint all them paintings. But I don't particularly like the end result of his work, as clever as it is.
Ian Davenport
These images would look really well as a background to fairly plain pencil drawings.
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Tacita Dean
I think shading drawings look really effective when done well, and these are done really well, especially the ship one.
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Guy Denning
I really like how well shaded these drawings are, they look so realistic. I also like the idea of experimenting with different surfaces for my work.
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Ali Omar Ermes
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Bernd Fasching
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Charles Fazzino
These images are a bit too clustered. I like the idea of them, but I don't really think they work as a piece.
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Helen Frankenhaler
I really don't understand the appeal of this kind of art. It takes very little skill and there is no depth to it what so ever.
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H.R. Giger
I really like this work because it looks so complex, and is quite scary to look at, like the alien films.
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Cleve Gray
Gray's work, is quite unusual it looks fun to touch.
Karl Hagedorn
Keith Haring
Gottfried Helnwein
Hugo Heyrman
I find these images very sophisticated, there isn't a strong focal point within them it all sort of blends together.
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Toos Van Holstein
Peter Howson
Richard Jackson
Jasper Johns
Ray Johnson
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Wolf Kahn
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Nabil Kanso
Ellsworth Kelly
Anselm Kiefer
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Komar and Melamid
Frans Koppelaar
Mark Kostabi
Ronnie Landfield
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Allan Linder
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Claude Max Lochu
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Robert Longo
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Totte Mannes
Eugene J Martin
Richard Mayhew
Loren Munk
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Elizabeth Murray
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Wangechi Mutu
Daniel Ng
Kenneth Noland
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