Wednesday, 25 September 2013

Working with symetry/Effect of image on the eyes (Therapy)

Me working with poster paint
Scanned/edited:
Poster Paint 42 x 29.7cm, Origional
Poster Paint 42 x 29.7cm, Vibrancy decrease
Poster Paint 42 x 29.7cm, Saturation decrease

Example of suggestive drawings, in pastel

Oil Pastels 29.7 x 21cm
I used distinctive composition and colour involving lots heavy black to break up the vibrant impact of the other blues and oranges on your eyes.
 
Oil Pastels 29.7 x 21cm
Using distinctive figurative composition again, this time only putting minimal suggestive colours in.

Monday, 9 September 2013

Mechanized painting, "Spin painting"



What I'm looking for here isn't necessarily the content of these works, but how they were crafted. Annick Gendron used industrial wheels to spin paint on Plexiglas.

"Spin Painting" Oil on Plexiglas, Annick Gendron 1969

Damien dropped paint from above in a constant drip onto rotating shaped canvases below. Although these examples may look similar, he produced many different paintings on a manufacturing scale. His technique gave a very different effect from one to another, he probably changed the rotation of the canvas, the speed that the paint was released, the time it was released and i guess the type of paint itself. Although most produced were using "Housegloss".
"Beautiful Helios Hysteria Intense Painting (with Extra Inner Beauty)" Houshold Gloss on canvas, Damien Hirst 2008
"Beautiful Quetzalcoatl Dsyphoria Painting" Household Gloss on canvas, Damien Hirst 2007
"Beautiful I see darkness painting" Household Gloss on canvas, Damien Hirst 2007
"Beautiful Missiles and Rockets and Misery and General bloody destruction painting" Household Gloss on canvas, Damien Hirst 2007
"Beautiful Var Pyromania Intense Painting" Household Gloss on canvas, Damien Hirst, 2008
"Beautiful, Black and White shattered Inside my Head Forever Painting" Household Gloss on canvas, Damien Hirst, 2008