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photograms 14/03/17
flowers lifespan paintings stitched together.
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Visit to Manchester Art Gallery 15/03/17
After my visit to the Whitworth i went to the Manchester art gallery to see the strange to familiar exhibition which was a photographic presentation. I don’t particularly like photography especially not when it is all in black and white. I felt like the walls were just plastered with images that all look just too similar and they didn’t draw me in or interest me at all. I spent the time i was there looking for inspiration and artists to reference through my FMP. I didn’t find the ones within the photography section very interesting so i went for a wonder around the gallery to find some pieces that took my fancy. I already have a lot of images from the Wynford Dewhurst exhibit since i really like his work, i also looked at L.S. Rowley for inspiration too. I wrote a few pages in my journal and by then it was time to be meeting up to leave the gallery.
Visit to Whitworth 15/03/17
Today i went to the Whitworth Art Gallery to view the Andy Warhol exhibition, I was looking for inspiration for my FMP. I enjoyed reading about and viewing his work and i like how simplistic looking the work actually is and how it still manages to provoke a response in people. I like how he uses slightly broken text too or text out of context to guide the mind of the viewer such as in ‘Paratrooper boots’ (1985/6) where there is text along the bottom of the image saying “Boots hiking imung excell boots styled lier s remelliable u l by famou paratroopers” some parts of this may be written wrong but my point that the text becomes difficult too comprehend stands, The words that are more recognisable are ones which lead your thoughts and perception of the piece down a particular path.
Most work was displayed in duplicate amounts, usually doubles. The larger pieces were displayed as rows of four. The large scale of some of the works creates a very dramatic atmosphere such as the large double of “Gun”.
After i had been through the exhibition i went to see an instalment of multiple sculptural pieces on the upper floor. I liked some of the pieces such as the neon light named ‘fucking beautiful’ and the piece named ‘fall out’. They both drew my attention directly to them however some of the others were quite dull.
Artist Research 14/03/17
Anna Atkins
Anna Atkins used photograms to record information of natural things such as plants. This is how photograms were first supposed to be used and i really like how they look, i think it’d be quite interesting if they were still used in the same way but now they have been taken over by the digitalisation of information. Photograms started to be created in the early decades of the 1900′s. Anna Atkins created a book called ‘British Algae: Cyanotype impressions and instalments’ which was the first book created which was illustrated with photograms.
Christian Schad
Christian Schad was one of the artists who started using photograms artistically. The objects he used were very literal but they create images with how they look. The one below has very literal objects in a way which i think are supposed to imitate that of an old fashioned camera.
Man Ray
Man Ray created quite literal photogram pieces such as the one below which is named ‘Comb, Knife and Needle’ (1922) the piece clearly shows how he has used experimentation of materials and that makes you really look into the image and try to figure out the less obvious objects.
Lazlo Moholy-Nagy
Lazlo Moholy-Nagy was a hungarian artist who used photograms artistically. His work is very ghostly and has an aerie atmosphere to it. They have a very shadowy look to them which makes they look like they’re from some sort of horror game.
Adam Fuss
Adam Fuss is an artist who uses photograms in contemporary ways. Many modern artists use photograms and have re-discovered them in a way much different from their original purpose.
Susan Derges
Susan Derges is an english photographic artist who specialises in cameraless photographic processes. Often focussing on natural landscapes and the use of water creating a very dramatic type of image. The ripples of the water are translated into the image which give that sense of water that has just been disturbed. I think water is something that often fascinates people, i know it makes me want to put my hands into it as soon as i see it and these images really translate that feeling onto paper.
Photogram Creation Process 14/03/17
The process begins by making sure that the dark room is sealed tight so that no light can get in there. If any light reaches the photogram paper it will turn completely black which is just a waste. Once that is all done you can begin creating the photograms.
First of all you need to get yourself some of the light sensitive paper and place it onto the base of the enlarger. Check how many seconds there are on the timer. (3-4 is best in my opinion) Place whatever you are using on top of the light sensitive paper and set the light off which is attached to the timer/enlarger leaving the impression onto the paper. Remove the paper from the enlarger and submerge it into the developer for about a minute making sure to disturb it until the image shows through. Once you have removed the paper from the developer it needs to be placed in the first water tray for around a minute or two minutes. After that the paper needs to be placed into the tray of fixer for 5 minutes at minimum, if it is taken out too early it will turn a different colour and wont be set properly. After the fixer the image needs to be submerged again into the second tray of water for about 5-10 minutes. Once that is done the image can be removed from the dark room without it corrupting. Another thing to take to mind is to double check that the paper is shiny side up because when i was in the dark room i set all my gubbins up on top of the paper and set off the light just to find out i’d done it on the wrong side of the paper and i had to do it again.
Photograms 13/03/17
The definition of a Photogram (other than it actually being magic) is an image made without actually using a camera. They are made using a light sensitive paper which is effected when you shine light onto them creating shapes, patterns and silhouettes through negative shadow. Depending on the transparency of the objects above the paper being exposed changes the tones that are translated.
Photograms were initially used for scientific recording of natural objects. Anna Atkins was one of the people who created photograms like this (1943).
Later on in time people started to using photograms for artistic expressionism. The whole process was rediscovered and used for artistic movements such as Dada, Surrealism and constructivist periods of art. This was heightened throughout the 1920's by artists such as Christian Schad, Man Ray and Lazlo Moholy-Nagy.
Contemporary re-discovery came after this period and is much more modern in this form of dying out art. People use photograms now to create a wide variety of designs and surrealist images. Artists such as Adam Fuss and Susan Derges are two artists who use photograms in this way.
Photograms are simply a way to record objects, textures and shapes. All sorts of materials can be used to create photograms. For example liquid, jars/glass objects, yourself, transparency sheets and card.
Artist Research 27/02/17
Hayao Miyazaki
Hayao Miyazaki is a Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter, animator, author and manga artist. He is best known for his Studio Ghibli movies such Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, My Neighbour Totoro and Porco Rosso. These are all movies i absolutely adore for how well story is told and how strongly they make you feel along with beautiful landscapes and artwork. He is the co-founder of the extremely successful Studio Ghibli along with Isao Takahata. The Ghibli style is best recognised from Miyazaki's work since it is such a soft and thorough style, The fact that he has been creating pieces for decades really shines through in his work as everything shows such detail and understanding of how it works. A few of his pieces involve planes (The Wind Rises and Porco Rosso), planes are something he has studied in detail and his work and you really see that deep understanding. Another thing is what is dubbed as 'Ghibli Tears' which is when a character cries enormous tears that stream down their face or welling up in their eyes and its something you see a lot of artists pick up and incorporate into their own art and i love the fact that Hayao Miyazaki has inspired so many people and that is something that has stuck with them.
Junji Ito
Junji Ito is a Japanese horror manga artist best known for works such as Gyo, Tomie and Uzumaki. He has said he has been influenced by H.P Lovecraft (known for The Call Of Cthulhu) and Yasutaka Tsutsui (known for The Girl Who Leapt Through Time). There are multiple reoccurring themes including body horror, Irrational compulsion, the downfall of society and inevitability. His work often involves characters who are suffering cruel circumstances which they can't fight back against. Uzumaki is the one i'm most familiar with and that is a piece which strongly follows that line of inevitable doom and impending death. I was introduced to this artist through a video game which was the playable trailer for the new silent hills game called P.T. The main directors of it would've been Guillermo del Toro and Hideo Kojima. However it was cancelled after half a year which i was really upset about because i think it would've been a truly interesting and scary game with that particular combination of those peoples ideas and i was really excited for its release.
Tate Shots 13/02/17
Mary Kelly
-Conceptualism
-Womens movement was in early stages
-First woman to have an artist residency at Cambridge
-Fist woman to teach a course on women in art in Camberwell
-focuses on women and children relationships
-Feminism impacted work
Lorna Simpson
-Lives in New York
-Collage work inspired by magazines
-Looks for conceptual approaches to her work
-Tries out ideas even if they aren't something shes particularly comfortable doing (drawing etc)
Edvard Munch
-Repeatedly painted the same images
-Created quite cinematic scenes in his paintings
-Uses lines to draw you to the background but also to the foreground
- Painted 'the weeping woman' 6+ times even created a sculpture
-Paints his own afflicted vision in later artwork
Artist Research 14/02/17
Sam Taylor Wood
Artist Research 13/02/17
Kathe Kollwitz
Artist Research 09/02/17
Euan Uglow