Here's one of my favourite paintings of his. This was also the first painting I saw of his that introduced me to the rest of his work.
Friday, 31 October 2014
Artist of the Month: Gerhard Richter
I would be surprised if you're an art lover and haven't already heard of Gerhard Richter. He is a German artist who done just about everything
from portraits to abstract paintings. He is a recognized
contributor to pop art, minimalism, neo-expressionism, photo-realism, and
abstraction. I love his blurred portraits. I studied these last year in my art exam because they related to my 'time' theme in the way that they portray the fading and the passing of
time and snapshot moments and memories. I also saw in the paper the other day that Gerhard Richter's work last year set a new auction record for a living artist at 24 million pounds! Pretty amazing right? If you haven't seen his work, check it out!
Here's one of my favourite paintings of his. This was also the first painting I saw of his that introduced me to the rest of his work.
Here's one of my favourite paintings of his. This was also the first painting I saw of his that introduced me to the rest of his work.
Friday, 10 October 2014
Sketchbook Collages
Sorry I haven't posted in almost a month - I've been so busy with
starting college and getting back into things. I have sooo much work
already and have been busy with uni applications. I can tell A2 will be stresss :'(
But anywayyy, I've been obsessed with collages recently. I love the effortless look of them but I've always found it hard to make them look good. I love the layers within collages but also the way some collages can distort figures and reality. To be honest, I don't know much about artists who work with collage but I love the work by Kurt Schwitters Johanna Goodman and Charles Wilkin (not forgetting the inspirational collages I see all over Pinterest!).
I haven't done much of my own collages before but I thought I'd share some of my recent collage work from my current A2 sketchbook. The theme of my coursework this year is 'Hidden Cities' and I've been looking at all the things that make up a city but aren't the obvious tourist attractions or those things that aren't advertised in brochures such as barbed wire fenced, tower blocks, drains and scaffolding. I've also been looking at things that can be used to conceal hidden things or lead to hidden places such as ladders and windows. Another aspect of hidden cities that I've been thinking about is the way that things are always changing and being replaced in cities, with buildings replacing and hiding the remains of the old ones, hence why my last collage is comprised of layers of buildings.
But anywayyy, I've been obsessed with collages recently. I love the effortless look of them but I've always found it hard to make them look good. I love the layers within collages but also the way some collages can distort figures and reality. To be honest, I don't know much about artists who work with collage but I love the work by Kurt Schwitters Johanna Goodman and Charles Wilkin (not forgetting the inspirational collages I see all over Pinterest!).
I haven't done much of my own collages before but I thought I'd share some of my recent collage work from my current A2 sketchbook. The theme of my coursework this year is 'Hidden Cities' and I've been looking at all the things that make up a city but aren't the obvious tourist attractions or those things that aren't advertised in brochures such as barbed wire fenced, tower blocks, drains and scaffolding. I've also been looking at things that can be used to conceal hidden things or lead to hidden places such as ladders and windows. Another aspect of hidden cities that I've been thinking about is the way that things are always changing and being replaced in cities, with buildings replacing and hiding the remains of the old ones, hence why my last collage is comprised of layers of buildings.
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