Gibberings CXXVI : Post moar, Kenny says so

[Ben So Furry]

Oh you just reminded me of something.

I love those portraits where the flesh is all detailed in a classical style but the proportions of the face are distorted or have certain features blown out of proportion. Like looking into one of mirrors at a fairground. I do love those images. Derren does it a bit but I've seen it done better. Wish I could remember the name of the artist. Utterly mesmerizing stuff.

Also Marmalade posted some sculptures of blown up ultra realistic human features. Did you see that? I liked that. Amazing.

 

[Shambles]

Ya. Did see that sculpture. Think it might actually be the same bloke who does the portraits I was thinking of actually. Certainly very similar style.

 

[knock]

spandex climbing suit i hope. What are you going to actually climb outside?

I hate to disappoint you but all I got was a climbing harness, a chalk bag, a chalk ball, climbing shoes and a water bottle. As soon as I get a spandex suit, I'll post pics.

Very well thank you.

Did you go all 3-MeO-PCPed up in the end?

I don't get art much really, I like the technical stuff that looks like it's a photo or something.

Or anything Albion or Ceres post in the images thread.

Nah, my mate's scared of dissociatives. I had a little 3-MeO-PCP anyway, but it was mainly a stims and benzos night. I'd rather have gone to bed about 2am but it was well after dawn by the time I got my shut-eye.

I'm not that big on visual art myself either, although there are some things that float my art boat (including some the albion and ceres stuff), but seeing as it was my hairdresser I thought I should show face. And the free wine, that was a big part of it too

 

[Mailmonkey]

Chuck Close are you thinking of?

More on here http://www.artsconnected.org/collection/121795/chuck-close?print=true#(1)

 

[Shambles]

Not the one I was thinking of, MM. Is that example one of his paintings or photographs? I have to ask seeing as we're talking about photorealistic stuff - some of it really is absolutely photorealistic

Fairly sure the bloke I'm thinking of is British and probably still quite young (well, 30s/40s anyway) cos I saw an interview with him where he was saying he does the photorealistic stuff cos he thought most contemporary art was taking the piss and took no skill. Think he got slightly lumped in with Damien Hirst & Co cos he was of similar age and it pissed him off cos he doesn't like that kinda stuff.

 

[Ben So Furry]

Fuck me, that second one is a photograph isn't it?

Love how they make the eye's look like they are behind glass. Ace.

 

[Mailmonkey]

Not the one I was thinking of, MM. Is that example one of his paintings or photographs? I have to ask seeing as we're talking about photorealistic stuff - some of it really is absolutely photorealistic

Fairly sure the bloke I'm thinking of is British and probably still quite young (well, 30s/40s anyway) cos I saw an interview with him where he was saying he does the photorealistic stuff cos he thought most contemporary art was taking the piss and took no skill.

They are all paintings, the first one is a self-portrait, it's about 8-9 ft high!

Even bigger image of the self portrait...still looks like a photo even at this size...

Missis has just told me he uses acrylics with airbrushes.

he also does these, also on a grand scale

 

[Ben So Furry]

Unbelievable

Normally I can tell but that one of the Kate Moss look a like I would swear is a photo.

That self portrait one is quite stunning bigger as well. I'd love to see the full size one.

 

[Mailmonkey]

Fuck me, that second one is a photograph isn't it?

Love how they make the eye's look like they are behind glass. Ace.

you're right Ben , it's a daguerrotype

(I've just been getting any of his stuff off google images, missis has been putting me right on a few things)

 

[Ben So Furry]

Phew! Thanks, thought I'd finally hit 'that' age.

Reminds me of the tiger in Life of Pi. That's the best CGI I've ever seen. Very hard to tell at times what was CGI and what was live action.

 

[Shambles]

That self-portrait in particular one is fukkin stunning

Especially like how he has included photgraphic effects (having parts out of focus and such). Very skillful indeed.

 

[Mailmonkey]

lol, I've fucked this right up, might have to get Mrs MM to sign up to BL.

She's just given me a clip round the ear and told me to stop spouting shit on subjects of which I know nothing.

 

[Ben So Furry]

I know the feeling MM.

Those subjects include most things in my case sadly.

How are they never wrong?

That self-portrait in particular one is fukkin stunning

Especially like how he has included photgraphic effects (having parts out of focus and such). Very skillful indeed.

Yeah it's great, the hair at the back of his head etc. For me the hair line at the top of his head is a bit of a giveaway. Still stunning though.

 

[Mailmonkey]

That self-portrait in particular one is fukkin stunning

Especially like how he has included photgraphic effects (having parts out of focus and such). Very skillful indeed.

Have you seen much Cindy Sherman? Love her stuff, went to an exhbition at the Serpentine years ago.

That's photo-motage though, I'm sure of that.

*missis nods*

EDIT>>>>>from wikipedia,

Close suffers from Prosopagnosia, also known as face blindness, in which he is unable to recognize faces. By painting portraits, he is better able to recognize and remember faces.[14] On the subject, Close has said, "I was not conscious of making a decision to paint portraits because I have difficulty recognizing faces. That occurred to me twenty years after the fact when I looked at why I was still painting portraits, why that still had urgency for me. I began to realize that it has sustained me for so long because I have difficulty in recognizing faces."[15]

 

[Albion]

Unbelievable

Normally I can tell but that one of the Kate Moss look a like I would swear is a photo.

That self portrait one is quite stunning bigger as well. I'd love to see the full size one.

The Kate Moss one is a photo. He does photographs too.

 

[Cornishman]

She looks very vivid. I an almost feel her breath on me.

 

[Mailmonkey]

The Kate Moss one is a photo. He does photographs too.

No Albion, it's a daguerrotype a type of photographic process, I know no more than that, that's all me missis told me. I'd already corrected myself above, so do one yeah.

I Kate Moss

 

[Albion]

No Albion, it's a daguerrotype a type of photographic process

That is technically still a form of photo, no? Or at least not a painting.

 

[Shambles]

^ It is indeed an early form of photograph. It uses metal plates rather than film so there's no negative making each one a one-off.

Have you seen much Cindy Sherman? Love her stuff, went to an exhbition at the Serpentine years ago.

I've not but know the name and am just having a wee skim of her site. That prosopagnosia thing is very interesting and certainly adds a certain something to her pix. Although she seems quite interested in body parts other than faces too...

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[Albion]

Phwoar.