Blog 5 Term 2 Printmaking

M.C. Escher - Maurits Cornelis Escher
Nationality: Dutch
Field: Drawing, Printmaking
Born - 17 June 1898
Died - 27 March 1972

Maurits Cornelis Escher is a very talented artist, his artwork is very unique that he has works that are like illusions and his work are very realistic making it twice as unique among other artist.




Relativity 1953 Lithograph.
27.7 cm x 29.2 cm (10.9 in x 11.5 in)

this is one of many Maurits work, i have chosen this one because i personally find this one very interesting as to where it seems that they define gravity. This work has great dark and light colors showing which stairs are going upward and which one goes down thus giving it more of the illusion to where that it does not matter which way the stairs are facing for which the people walking in all direction.This giving me the idea that life has many directions to take but it will always take you somewhere just never ending journeys but it will get confusing sometimes on which direction to go in, thus why i like this art work.



Brad Novak

Title: SCREENPRINT - Reservior Birds 1.2

Medium: Screen Print

Media: Prints

Date: 2013

Size: 560mm high x 750mm wide

About This Work

Brad Novak was inspired by a cult 90's movie titled "Reservoir Dogs", Brad has grounded the really popular scene uniquely within Aotearoa by using the Kiwi, Whio (Blue Duck), Shag, Tui, Huia, and Albatross. 

"There is a deeper meaning behind this pop art image... many of the birds of NZ are under threat ( and some are extinct) and that is something they have in common, much like their matching black and white suits"

 

Premium-quality limited edition 6-colour screen print (including blends) on Fabriano fine art paper (archival 300gsm). 

Paper size is 750mm x 560mm.

Edition size of 150. Individually numbered, named and signed by the artist.

http://bradnovak.vc.net.nz/artist/bradnova/Artwork/bnresbirds12

his work is very different or i would like to call it unique, i found this screen print had great colours to bring forward the images in front, with the red as part of the background giving more attention to the Bird people in front it shows how having a bright colour as the background and dark figures in front gives it more attention. The screen print is a very skilled print with the details on the birds faces and the figures wearing suit and ties, Brad Novak is a great leading urban pop artist (aka NBP76). 

Blog 3 term 2 Portraiture Painting

Karen Kilimnick

Musee Dart Moderne De La Ville De Paris / Arc Mary Calling up a Storm, 1996 Oil on canvas Courtesy 303 Gallerynd t

I thought this work has beautiful colours that brings out the portrait of the girl, with the mixture of dark blue, purple and little tiny brush strokes of black creating branches and the way the hair flows creating a black flow creating other images.

Suzette, 1912-14, oil on panel. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery , presented by Mrs M Good, London, 1975.

This work has drawn me into it with its bland colours but great drawing and how it has a very unique mixture of colours and the drawing style. it does not have bright colours giving it a type of vintage feeling especially the type of clothing the women in the portrait is wearing.

The process i went through is having my photo taken then swapping images with Michael, then having to create a portrait for us to paint on then to enlarge the photos of Michael to get a greater view of his facial features, then mixing different oil paint to get his right skin tone and to have mixing his skin tone. later trying to use turps to get the right amount of oil paint on him so it mixes well, later finishing it then to finally do the background to which i had chosen the colours grey and blue bringing the painting of Michael out better.

I believe it has gone better than i had imagined it to be, the skin tone is not that bad and i still think i can do better and my model believes it is okay. And i think this is a good representation of Art. The good is that i did better than i excepted and it looks just like Michael but just need to work more on the facial features, the bad is that i could have mixed the skin tone better and the background could have been more brighter with the blue.

To become better at copying faces and painting and mixing skin tones better.

The most important thing i have learn't was to not use too much oil paint and turps.

Blog 2 term 2 new zealand painting

SHANE COTTON
Sons of God(s), 2010
Acrylic on canvas
100 x 150 cm

This painting gave me a view of what Cotton was trying to say for example the gun is like god it can take away peoples life's or protect them from anybody that tries to do them harm. So by seeing this painting i decided to choose Shane Cotton as my New Zealand artist to do a response to.

Te Waiwhariki 2004 (detail)
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
180.0 x 160.0 cm


This painting seems to be a self-portrait of Ngāpuhi chief Hongi Hika (c1780–1828), who was a key role in the new zealand musket wars. Shane Cotton uses native and exotic birds to his moko. it is seem to be a symbol of hope, the future nd as warnings alongside a painted target. The painting is named after one of many Hika's guns and a famous battle between Ngāti Maru and Ngāpuhi. 









The meaning of After in terms of painting is most likely a response or responding to the painting the you have selected or that has inspire you.

This painting gave me a view of what Cotton was trying to say for example the gun is like god it can take away peoples life's or protect them from anybody that tries to do them harm. So by seeing this painting i decided to choose Shane Cotton as my New Zealand artist to do a response to.Shane cottons work stood out to me so i decided to do a response to him, then i had found this picture and decided to do a response to this by changing the texts from "Sons of God is" to my reply or response "Your God" and just giving the viewers to think about my response, giving who ever sees this thinks of their god or religion.

ABSTRACTION
the act of considering something as a general quality or characteristic, apart from concrete realities,specific objects, or actual instances. An impractical idea; something visionary and unrealistic.

FIGURATIVE
of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal:The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.” Synonyms: metaphorical,not literal, symbolic.representing by means of a figure or likeness, as in drawing or sculpture.

Stencilling blog 4 term 2 Banksy

Banksy

Artist

Banksy is a pseudonymous United Kingdom-based graffiti artist, political activist, film director, and painter. His satirical street art and subversive epigrams combine dark humour with graffiti executed in a distinctive stencilling technique. Wikipedia

Born: Bristol, United Kingdom

Nationality: English

Movies: Exit Through the Gift Shop, The Antics Roadshow

Books: Banksy

Periods: Graffiti, Street art

Awards: Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature, more

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banksy

A woman walks past some graffiti art on a building in the Stokes Croft area of Bristol, southwest England, September 9, 2009. Authorities in the home city of British urban artist Banksy plan to become the first to allow a regular public vote on whether popular works of street graffiti should stay or be removed. The move by Bristol council in the west of England follows a sell-out Banksy exhibition in the city that attracted 300,000 visitors and boosted the local economy by an estimated 10 million pounds ($17 million). Photo taken September 9, 2009. To match Reuters Life! BRITAIN-GRAFFITI/ REUTERS/Phil Noble

http://totallycoolpix.com/2010/12/banksy/

I think it is very creative the way he shares his message by using stencils but we get completely different ideas when we see this like how i see that astronaut with shopping bags in his hands showing that the moon landing may be fake but that is just my view of point.