Gerhard Richter 180 colours, Mont Blanc Torben Gielher and Marco Sodano (Unit 7)

Gerhard Richter's 180 colors, similar to Piet Mondreans paintings of life that are presented in  deep line and pixel. While many abstract paintings are about expression or purity, 180 Colours is about nothing so lofty. Richter used a systematic approach to determine the rich variety of colours; he produced 180 from light to dark. The painting is composed of glossy enamel paint.

This is relevant to my work because of its effect of colour together in formation on the eyes. Richter has had total control over which colours and where they will be put or not put. I have only a similar choice in that i can only contain sections of colour from a massive close up of my scans. I choose whichever i think is the most effective for different reasons but i cannot change any of the colours or replace them because that would be getting between the true scans of the insects skin and would propose to myself "why not just choose and make my pixels from scratch".

Gerhard Richter's "180 colours" 1971

Torben Gielher's "Mont Blanc" Acrylic on canvas 2002 

Torben Gielher's painting relates to my work because it shows me that i could also not format my pixels straight up in the foreground, maybe i could somehow change how the pixels shapes and how they are formatted.

Marco Sodano produced these lego works of classic paintings, touching on that every child can be an authentic artist with lego. It relates to my work in the same way Peter Linn's work did in that its pixelating and pulling the roots of colour and shape forward making it something between curious and recognisable.