Monday 25 February 2013

Artist Research Assignment- Dan Hillier ~Justina

Egg

Archival quality digital print.
2008
Limited edition of 100, signed and numbered.
33cm x 48cm.

Gathering

Archival quality digital print.
2008
Limited edition of 100, signed and numbered.
33cm x 48cm.

Diamonds in the Mine

Archival quality digital print.
2008
Limited edition of 100, signed and numbered.
33cm x 48cm.

The Offering

Archival quality digital print.
2008
Limited edition of 100, signed and numbered.
33cm x 48cm.

Dan Hillier is well known for his black line engraving and steam-punk style in his art work. He likes to include elements of the Victorian era and animals in his work. He likes to take people from the 1800s in realistic poses and alter them by adding animal elements or vice versa as shown in "Egg". What draws me to his art is the antique textbook-diagram feel to it since Ive always been drawn to old fashioned styled things. I feel like he is trying to reveal a world that doesn't exist yet. . I also am really drawn to his use of birds and diamonds since these are two items that I have always kind of been obsessed with.

Saturday 23 February 2013

Kazuo Oga - Ashley Tsang

Kazuo Oga is a veteran background artist for Studio Ghibli. His work spans from many of the studio's films, including Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, Howl's Moving Castle and Pompoko. Most of his work is in watercolour, with a very skillful control of light and shadows. Anyone who has watched a Ghibli movie will know of the beautiful and breathtaking backgrounds, which often convey the spontaneity of life and the joy of existence, whether it be scenes of nature or of the nostalgic classrooms. It is exactly this skill in painting that draws me to the pieces. Each background art can stand on its own, conveying its own message and feeling, but still with the unified atmosphere of the whole movie.
The pieces shown in this post are from Princess Mononoke, where the setting is primarily forest (one of my favourite subjects to paint). The last image is from >>this website<<. It is from Kazuo Oga's second background art-book.

Week 4 - Exploring Sound with DB Boyko

Exploring and stretching the capacity of our voices, this week we participated in an interactive sound workshop led by artist DB Boyko.

We began with simple concepts like "breath", and tried to express those ideas with sound.
Next, we considered volume, intonation, tempo, movement, and percussive sounds to create variation. This culminated in all of us working together as a "chorus", led by DB's expert conducting. As a group, we became a vocal orchestra, with DB guiding us in different to roles to create a unique soundscape.

Thank you DB and everyone for contributing!

Wednesday 20 February 2013

Research: Kamalky Laureano - by Crystal Lan

(Sorry for the lateness.) Although an illegally downloaded image from his website, Kamalky Laureano is one of those artists who have hyper realism down to a science. So honestly, go check his stuff out!

Moving on, the completed version below (also illegally downloaded, please refrain from using):

1) Romina. 259 x 90 cm. Acrylic on Canvas. 2012
2) N/A. He's not much of a talker on his website. Maybe email him? I think the piece is about anticipation as the young girls looks eager for something.
3) He's very skilled and is able to capture human emotions well, which drew me to his work. Over time I hope to be able to paint/draw hyper-realistically as well. Also skill level. *flaps around*

Sunday 17 February 2013

Artist Research Assignment- By Jimmy Ke

1) The Persistence of Memory (Soft Watches) 1931
Oil on Canvas size 24*33 cm
2) Salvador Dali uses melting watches to epitomize time, its two components of shape, and human perception. Dali chose to depict soft versions of time because he wanted to stress that time flows in the likeness of a fluid rather then tick like a solid object. Furthermore Dali might have chosen soft watches to represent human memory which seems to melt away as time passes.

3) I was attracted to this painting because it depicts a familiar object in an unfamiliar and unlikely context. I am also fascinated with time and its physical properties, trying to illustrate an abstract physical propertie intrigues me.

Artist research assignment: Lydia Jiao

Susan Freda

1) Auro Fila, 2013 ,Woven Copper Wire

2) I think that the artist wanted to make the piece look like an object that can be found in nature (even though it is impossible), it seems like she was inspired by a bird’s nest or a spider’s web.

3) What really drew me to this artwork was the structure of this piece. It is really architectural-like and really reminds me of a piece by Alexander McQueen. I am also really fascinated in how this extremely detailed piece was made with a single strand of brass wire, which really fascinated me.

Saturday 16 February 2013

Week 3 - In Progress

Artworks and sketches in progress by Claire Tam, Adam Flewelling, and Jimmy Ke.

We took a break to see work of Neil Wedman at Charles H.Scott Gallery

Saturday 9 February 2013

Assignment Jessica Fan

Entiene Zack

Silent frames oil on linen 269cm x 374 cm 2011

I think the artist wanted to create a blurry moonlit effect with bold colors, it would look good if its a photograph too.

im naturally attracted to bold colors, so this is no exception, but i also love the use of space and the scene how it all lined up together, with all kinds of elements like the reddish wood posts, and unique forms nearby. overall i like the composition, color palette and the contents.

Friday 8 February 2013

Week 2 - Reworking ideas

This week we're revisiting older work with a different perspective.

Thanks to Ella for sharing her work, and I shared mine as well:

http://ellamorton.com

http://gwenessa.com

And also some visuals of Oliver Herring at the Tang Museum

I was telling Adam about this artist today, because he was talking last week about work that combines painting and photography. She is one of my favourite artists. http://www.bulgergallery.com/dynamic/fr_artist.asp?ArtistID=72&Body=Arctic%20Wonderland

Prokudin-Gorskii Photos

Here is the link to Prokudin-Gorskii's work, which I was talking about today. You can look up how the process works, as well many of the photos he took: http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/