Len Lye
I particularly enjoy the way you can feel bombarded when watching the movement of the image due to the overwhelming change in pattern. I will consider this when experimenting with painting as this approach is transferable.The film maker Len Lye, gained his reputation for his experimental film works, such as this, and had always been intersted in movement. He scratches onto the celluiod film strip to create a number of line movements. Amongst being known from his abstract film work, he is also known for his kinetic sculptures.
Stan Brackage
Another tutor referred me to the work of Stan Brackage as I am planning of working with film. This shows moth wings stuck to the film strip which I find highly effective and beautiful to watch. Through film I appreciate how such small lines/objects can be brought to be larger than life. I am beginning to see that this is what makes film particularly unique, as it gives you a new insight and value for details we can take for granted.
Gabriel Orozco
When looking at Orozco's work after the pitch I was inspired to explore natural objects as my starting point for abstract works. I find his work inspirational due to his subtle disruption into daily street life which he uses to create a dialogue with his environment. He finds simple settings to photograph and aims to encompass his encounter with his found objects rather than the object itself. This explains how he feels that a large impact can be made without displayed manufacturing skills.
Gerhard Richter
Richter's diverse range in approaches offers a great deal of inspiration for beginning experimenting. It is because of the abstract content that the audience is capable of seeing anything they desire in his work; this is something I greatly admire about Art and wish to consider in my own work.
His Rhombus series is proving to be a source of inspiration in my exploration into paint qualities and interactions. The interactions he captures quite a number of colours an intricate interactions. I however aim to capture a more subdued atmosphere and a range of mark making approaches.
Kim mentioned a V&A exhibition where artists challenged the presumption that a camera is required to make a photograph. This helped me extend my understanding of experimenting with things outside of your comfort zone. For example I could experiment in how I apply paint.
Richard Diebenkorn
Whilst working on some seascapes I was looking at the work of Richard Deibenkorn and the way he resolves his landscapes to geometric forms. Although I am choosing not to continue working from seascapes, as close-ups of smaller objects offer a greater range of tones, I feel that the work of Diebenkorn can still be relevant to me in the future as I can explore another form of abstraction.
Frank Bowling
Whilst on the Tate website I came across the artist Frank Bowling. I feel he is relevant to my work as he is an artist who went from doing figurative paintings to more abstract work (as I have), as he came to realise the components of all paintings are colour and geometry, working in an abstract manner allowed him to therefore experiment with these with colour and geometry.
I enjoy the atmospheric qualities he creates through layering paint and manipulating colour to create the appearance of rustic surfaces; looking at his work makes me believe his paintings are harnessing an energy. I feel I can learn a lot from his process as he applies a ground layer and then re-works and re-applies paint. I particularly enjoy the way he chooses to work spontaneously instead of having a pre-planned idea; working in this way can enables the artist to capture a singular moment.
Antoni Tàpies
Part of the post Spanish civil war movement named Dau al set, Antoni Tàpies produced work exploring the physicality of paint, but also questioned the accepted concept of Fine Art. His strongly textured surfaces and aversion to colour generate brooding, bleak atmospheres, which I find intriguing. I especially enjoy his earth-like tonalities, and the way he began mixing materials into his paint, such as sand. This has encouraged me to think about developing my plaster work, and to think about painting onto the plaster.
Cy Twombly
Whilst researching Tapies, I came across the work of Cy Twombly whose work I found intriguing as with my knowledge of scratch films, I now value the marking of a line differently. He spent time travelling around Europe before settling in Rome, the classical landscapes and literature then became his main source of inspiration. As his work is highly active with the accumulation of line they make a striking and bombarding image. Through viewing his work I can further value the freedom of expression and spontaneous actions.
Tacita Dean
When seeing her exhibition as part of the Unilever series at Tate Modern in November, I was initially finding it hard to interpret the work and had never really understood film artwork. Although now with my experience of working with film I can appreciate seeing her work now. It has also lead me to further explore her other items of work. I admire her loyalty to her medium, despite critics accusing her of having nostalgia. Themes within her work include history and time but she also explores the ntaural lighting conditions, that I consider to create very peacful atmpsheres. When she speaks of her work I find it simoltanously as romantic and profound as her work.
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