ArtMode

I have been asked to look at the prints of Antoni Tapies, i have looked briefly at his paintings before but never his prints.  I found out he uses found objects and natural materials, but even more interesting his work has social themes, he was influenced by politics of the post - war state of the spanish government! So i decided to start looking at his prints! Antoni TAPIES CLAU 15 1973 lithograph the colour is AMAZING ! and i love the energy!  i could not remember what a lithograph was so i looked it up,  it is a print made by drawing on limestone with wax crayons, applying ink onto the stone and printing the image onto paper! i found a very  similar  one also  Als Mestres de Catalunya 1974 Lithograph I really like these! i love the contrast in line, thick and thin! it is so interesting, one thing i am finding about looking at other artists work, is to take my time with it... which i know probably sounds strange but before i did not really know how to loo

so after my last post, i decided to try out a different technique. i decided to look at Jackson Pollock, and it really inspired me to create. I started by thinning out some paint & just experimenting... I really liked how it came out, it really helped me remove some negative thoughts from my mind & put them on paper... but i wanted to keep going, to try and create something with meaning... one of my units theme is 'behind the scenes' i decided to look at behind the scenes of myself, starting with my blog post, and why i put myself down, what goes on in my mind behind my confident shell. I thought about colour & marks. HOW DO I FEEL? Angry - red - movement sad - grey - blobs in denial about it? - white- swirls simple but i thought i would try... After my summer holidays i started logging my dreams and once you write them down, you don't forget them. I had a dream the other night that i was in water, and i floated up an

Continuing my print reports, i have been asked to look at Richard Hamilton. I know that he is considered one of the first pop artists. The first image that i thought was interesting was this.... My Marilyn  Screen print on paper 1965 This image was made from photographs of  Marilyn Monroe, i love the pink and grey colours in this, and what are the crosses? i know these were published after her death, are they to do with the artists mental state? and the pink colour is a contrast of that as it is associated with women, or being feminine.  OR is is a girly / childish mark for a kiss? the way the mark is made it looks like the first one to me. I know this is a screen print, and i don't know a lot about screen printing really, but it is something i know we will get to do in class! The next image i came across was this: Swingeing London III 1972 But then i found almost a progression of it? I found out this is an unfinished series