TDS Visual Arts Thread v. One!

[panic in paradise]

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[herbavore]

^How'd ya do that??

 

[pastelcircus]

Pip, that's awesome. The peachy color is sweet but the square blocks of color are even sweeter. Keep up the good work

 

[Sepher]

This is more than just visual, but something that I've loved for a while now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=d6egUsZvWu4&noredirect=1

How did I miss this before? I love that! The dynamics of the paint flows and the way they blend, ripple and distort previous layers is mesmerising. The previously done stuff propped round the studio walls looks just as good for all its being static. And good choice on the soundtrack too. Philip Glass' Mishima FTW, goes perfectly with the vid. Top stuff, nice one Spork.

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Really effective PiP. What's the technique? You floating the paint on something maybe? It looks similar to something we used to do with oil paints on water with I think a drop of detergent IIRC to break it up into droplets then carefully lay your paper on to take almost a print of it but not quite the same.

 

[Sepher]

Took a spin up to the Baltic Centre yesterday for a day out. I've been wanting to go for a while. They had a Jim Shaw exhibition on. Never heard of the guy, not sure what to make of him in truth. Really eclectic mix of painting, sculpture, video, comic book style illustration, all very surreal, just generally bonkers stuff. Was impressed with these huge hangings on old theatre back drops. From the viewing space overlooking the gallery floor they first looked like a mix of hand painting and digital print on an enormous backdrop ( they're about 12-15" tall! )and then you get up close and see the brush work. Immense amount of work in them. Hell of a painter, no denying that, but bizarre stuff.

 

[soundsystem00]

sketchbook

 

[herbavore]

Sepher, I love those! Especially the flag. I think that working big is exciting. Most of us don't have the space or the money for materials LOL (that a lot of paint!) but the irony is that when you do work big--just the audacity of making it large--usually means that people take it way more seriously (thus, the work sells for more). Imagine those on smaller canvases--they would not have at all the same impact.

Spork, I love that video. I've always wondered if there is something added to the paint or if it is just regular thick house paint?

SS--those are very cool. You should blow one up and paint a wall! (See above).

 

[Sepher]

No, it wouldn't work nearly so well on smaller scale but he's not sacrificed any of the fine detail in scaling up which is what I was most impressed with. Each of the president's heads would stand as a highly accomplished portrait in its own right when you get up close and personal. He's captured each of them incredibly well. And then there were lots of smaller scale works, a gallery wall full of A4-ish sized stuff that's just nuts. He's like a collector and subverter of U.S. 50s / 60s pop culture and to an extent U.S. religiosity:

 

[panic in paradise]

^How'd ya do that??

oh hahaha

many things i might post could seem sexually oriented but are not.

:D

 

[spork]

Gabriel Moreno

 

[tripnotyzm]

WOW !!! That is damn cool!!

Soundsystem, loving your style. Reminds me of my style: