"...the sculptures give the viewer a different perspective on space.
...you long to be in them,
and they seem almost more meaningful for that..."-Merete Prydes Helle.
Friday
artist spotlight #10
"The day became white and everything in the town separated. Houses sailed off like ships onto unknown seas. The people had new hope to discover freedom on their voyage.?"
images from Mark Moore Gallery, 2005
images from Mark Moore Gallery, 2005
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| ship in the air 01, 2005 |
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| ship in the air 02, 2005 |
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| ship in the air 34, 2005 |
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| Frame 35, 2005 |
Thursday
tierra de mi madre / reboot!!
- some of the earlier snippets of " tierra de mi madre" are now officially memories. Gone are the ink marks and rock-texture formation.
-However, Tierra de mi Madre still prevails: the title at least. What will become of those 3 canvases, you ask? Well, well-now now, be patient...I think I want to continue to paint that volcanic landscape, you know, la laguna de Alegria? I've grown quite fond of it, and feel strong in working with that space just a little bit longer...
-but this time I plan to utilize some "architectural" techniques for the composition of each panel, creating a body that examines the spatial qualities of that specific landmark.
-there's another long canvas sheet that I plan on using for another volcano landscape. this one however, may be a little active, and maybe a little more toxic. who knows. I don't know. I haven't even moved beyond the sketchbook.
good night.
-However, Tierra de mi Madre still prevails: the title at least. What will become of those 3 canvases, you ask? Well, well-now now, be patient...I think I want to continue to paint that volcanic landscape, you know, la laguna de Alegria? I've grown quite fond of it, and feel strong in working with that space just a little bit longer...
-but this time I plan to utilize some "architectural" techniques for the composition of each panel, creating a body that examines the spatial qualities of that specific landmark.
-there's another long canvas sheet that I plan on using for another volcano landscape. this one however, may be a little active, and maybe a little more toxic. who knows. I don't know. I haven't even moved beyond the sketchbook.
good night.
Sunday
studio 5 / tecapa in progress
category: La tierra de mi Madre
location/subject: El volcán Tecapa a.k.a La Laguna de Alegría
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= more figure /ground | less figural
= a floating mass of land, earth being sucked
by the siren at the core of the lake, the crater
=how do you paint SOUND?
Sunday Studio / 4
spent the bulk of the day developing the space of this single panel & managed to finish the 'real' space while leaving a black 'blob' on the lower left. This 'blob' will eventually proliferate a fictitious space- an kind of imagined pervasion floating into the memory of an existing space. In my head, I picture a kind of Piranesi scaffold-ing sequence...let's wait for the paint to dry and then proceed from there.
Friday
artist spotlight # 5-9
the work I selected reflects some of the themes I am interested in exploring this semester:
Space making; the drama between man & nature, specifically the decay or loss of life; and the overlaying of old systems with new ones.
Auguries, 2010
Julie Mehretu (b. 1970-)
Ethiopia
-Mark making becomes a tectonic system for space making: heavy marks & thin lines work as layers to envelop a kinetic composition, and a sense of flow in space. the composition is like controlled chaos- a melange of various energies overlaying each other creating a complex kaleidoscope of architecture, space and time.
#6
Barn with Crucifix, 1912
Gustav Klimt (b. 1862-1918)
Austria
-Space is defined by a cacophony of color. The colors texture wistfully hints of a sacred artifact who does not fight for light or attention, but rather accepts the embrace of nature while still peaking through - as if to say, " I'm still here, but not for long, you might find me in another time..."
#7
Sea of Ice/the Wreck of Hope, 1824
Caspar David Friedrich (b.1774-1840)
Deutschland
-a dynamic relationship between architecture and landscape, man versus nature. Of fearsome monumentality, the triangular composition displays no sign of life-only the aftermath of a shipwreck who dramatically died into ice.
#8
Great Life, 2002
Matthew Ritchie (b. 1964-)
USA, british decent
-pulling from a variety of sources, the artist yields a new universe before us: weaving mythology, religion, physics, linguistics, biology and architecture, the painting integrates, assimilates and then proliferates new forms over old ones.
#9
Artificial Wonderland, 2010
Yang Yongliang (b. 1980-)
China
-intricate Chinese inspired landscapes actually render modern cityscapes with a hint of dystopia and a dash of apocalypse. What seems beautiful from afar transforms upon attention to detail / new techniques playing with old art forms.
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