ICONIC PIECES TO REFERENCE - PORTRAITS
Courbet, G. (1866). The Origin of the World.
da Vinci, L. (1503). Mona Lisa.
da Vinci, L. (1498). The Last Supper.
Hopper, E. (1942). Nighthawks.
Magritte, R. (1964). The Son of Man.
Manet, É. (1863). Olympia.
Matisse, H. (1910). Dance.
Michelangelo. (1512). The Creation of Adam.
Klimt, G. (1908). The Kiss.
Titan. (1538). Venus of Urbino.
van Gogh, V. (1889). Self Portrait.
Vermeer, J. (1665). Girl With A Pearl Earring.
Wow what a wide ranging exploration of art, fashion, pattern, religion and photography! I like to see you feeling your way towards ideas for your portrait project.
ReplyDeletePerhaps its time to start being playful and using your research as a springboard to try out some visual experiments. Don't worry about the outcome - just try things out - are you going to use your boyfriend or find friends to act out scenario's?
Maybe ask yourself what would Leigh Bowery do if he was to create a reference to a religious painting- it would be sure to be anarchic and provocative so why don't you have a go? The religious painting is steeped in art history and there are many iconic images alongside the crucifixion such as the Pieta, Saint Sebastian (much loved by the gay community such as artist filmmaker Derek Jarman, Carravaggio and Robert Mapplethorpe), the ascension and many more - this could be a rich vein to explore. Your interest in pattern made me think about religious painting before the renaissance when artists didn't paint perspective or create naturalistic environments - this also could fit in with your thoughts. Any how, you have shown enthusiasm and much lateral thinking - get a camera and try out some ideas - be as inventive as you like! Maybe start with your phone camera like a sketch book to try out different ideas - I look forward to seeing some of your experiments Grace. Good work.
PS the white on grey makes my comments hard to read when it is published - you might consider changing the colour combination.
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