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I wanted to post this in response to Jaz's entry on Jake Fouts show in San Jose. They both share similarities; the human form depicted with non human objects ect... but mostly I wanted to point out that Archimbaldo got his "Green" on over five century ago. Dude your interest in going "green" is so last yesterday.
Monday, October 5, 2009
dirty car art
An interesting piece of street art.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWLg2ik9ZRU&feature=player_embedded#
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWLg2ik9ZRU&feature=player_embedded#
Friday, December 5, 2008
Outrageous Art!
Hi All:
Since today is rather the last day for BFA, I decided to surf the internet for OUTRAGEOUS ART. I found believe or not, Captain Outrageous. His URL site is:
http://web.mac.com/captainoutrageouskw/iWeb/CaptainOutrageous/Captain%20Outrageous%20Art.html
I believe he lives in Key West, Florida. His work is painting on anything and everything from cars to telephones, trailers to sinks and people. His website is done on a Mac so I could not view his slideshow or movie -- too bad and I was unable to copy any of his pictures to show you.
Baby Boomers, gotta love them, we don't grow up we just keep on going...... : )
Good luck on finals everyone!!
Since today is rather the last day for BFA, I decided to surf the internet for OUTRAGEOUS ART. I found believe or not, Captain Outrageous. His URL site is:
http://web.mac.com/captainoutrageouskw/iWeb/CaptainOutrageous/Captain%20Outrageous%20Art.html
I believe he lives in Key West, Florida. His work is painting on anything and everything from cars to telephones, trailers to sinks and people. His website is done on a Mac so I could not view his slideshow or movie -- too bad and I was unable to copy any of his pictures to show you.
Baby Boomers, gotta love them, we don't grow up we just keep on going...... : )
Good luck on finals everyone!!
Monday, December 1, 2008
Vik Muniz, Elizabeth Peyton, and Xu Wentao
It just occurred to me that I haven't been posting recently. Me fix!
Vik Muniz is a Brazilian-born printmaker who works with photographic processes, such as cibachrome. This particular process, also known as ilfochrome, is a "dye destruction" process that lends a distincly graphic appearance to the shadows in Muniz's work and, as it comprises the brunt of his featured works on ArtNet, may be assumed to be Muniz's prefered image-making method. An interview blurb I glimpsed at on Google suggests that he works in other mediums as well, but his website doesn't provide information to either confirm or deny this.
On ArtNet
Vik Muniz Official Site
Vik Muniz is a Brazilian-born printmaker who works with photographic processes, such as cibachrome. This particular process, also known as ilfochrome, is a "dye destruction" process that lends a distincly graphic appearance to the shadows in Muniz's work and, as it comprises the brunt of his featured works on ArtNet, may be assumed to be Muniz's prefered image-making method. An interview blurb I glimpsed at on Google suggests that he works in other mediums as well, but his website doesn't provide information to either confirm or deny this.On ArtNet
Vik Muniz Official Site
Elizabeth Peyton, on the other hand, clearly does work in multiple media, from photo-silkscreen on glass (see image at right) to Ukiyo-e woodblocks to oil on linen. Just like Muniz, Peyton's preferred subject matter appears to be the figure, and in particular those of Victorian-era personages, contemporary musicians, and other such celebrities. Most of her work relies on visible brushstrokes to convey form and volume, which in turn imparts to them a latent kineticism.
On ArtNet
Xu Wentao was born in Wuhan, China, in 1968 and currently teaches oil painting at the Hubei Academy of Fine Arts. He, too, works from the figure, but often it is just that - the figure as composed of torso and limbs. This is usually brought about as a result of cropping so close as to block out the head and neck, thereby creating imagery that is more about the line and negative space that the limbs provide rather than about the bodies themselves. The rendering of light and shadow is also quite convincing, and particularly impressive when water refractions are introduced as per the image to the left.
On ArtNet
-Mike
On ArtNet
Xu Wentao was born in Wuhan, China, in 1968 and currently teaches oil painting at the Hubei Academy of Fine Arts. He, too, works from the figure, but often it is just that - the figure as composed of torso and limbs. This is usually brought about as a result of cropping so close as to block out the head and neck, thereby creating imagery that is more about the line and negative space that the limbs provide rather than about the bodies themselves. The rendering of light and shadow is also quite convincing, and particularly impressive when water refractions are introduced as per the image to the left.On ArtNet
-Mike
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
News Release
Yellow Mist·36x48·MixMedia·2008
Pamela was raised in Texas until her mid-adolescence. She migrated to Northern California in the late sixty and currently lives in Oakland. Pamela is currently a senior at California State University East Bay majoring in Studio Art and will be graduating in the Spring Quarter in 2009.
Using abstract expressions she focuses on movements in nature, shapes and colors. Pamela takes time each day to observe the clouds, water and landscape. She uses a combination of oils, latex paints, charcoal and inks, to capture the rhythms and textures that she observes.Yellow Mist·36x48·MixMedia·2008
Opening: Sunday, November 23, 2008
7:00p until 9:00p
Paintings on display through November 26, 2008
California State University East Bay
Art & Education Building
25800 Carlos Bee Boulevard
Hayward, CA 94542
510-885-3000
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