Claudia Fiorentino

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In this painting I expanded the landscape from my bedroom window of the sun setting over my backyard with the train lines on the right side. To create an abstract version of an otherwise dull and industrial landscape. Inspired by the techniques of American painter Jackson Pollock, this piece was painted lying horizontally from several angles. The splattered paint technique was also inspired by Pollock, as well as, Australian abstract artist Estelle Asmodelle. The process of painting this work and experimenting with different styles and techniques helped me see different ways in which we can expand on reality to create abstract works from an avant-garde approach.

Unfortunately I moved last week and wasn't able to find an adequate photo of the perspective I painted the image from that shows how similar it really is for it was painted from a more straight on view. In the painting the black plus signs on the right were abstract depictions of the train lights coming towards me from the distance. I had also left out the freight train bridge as I attempted to transform the industrial landscape into something new. 

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This reductionist artwork began at home with the assemblage task in week 7. In this task I arranged several chrome objects  on top of each other in different styles before photographing them in monochrome. Originally I was inspired by Sigmar Polke’s 1982 simplistic work titled ‘Desastres und and ere bare Wunder’ consisting of chemically altered film to create metallic monochrome images of the reactions. I then selected the image of a mocha espresso on top of a garbage can from a birds eye view to be my subject matter as it reminded me of the works of Russian artist Kazamir Malevich’s minimalist paintings of shape’s. I then painted the image to focus on the shapes and create a reductionist work based on my photograph.

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Sigmar Polke Desastres und andere bare Wunder, 1982/84

60/5 E. A. unique photographs, 11 3/16 x 15 1/2” (30 x 40 cm), signed and numbered Alchemist’s signature. Sixty unique photographs enlarged from a strip of film that has been developed with the aid of raspberry brandy, coffee, Prill detergent, and other chemical secrets.

https://www.parkettart.com/editions/02-edition-polke.html

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Reductive Assemblage Exploration 

For this work I collected different metallic objects found at home before arranging them in different orders and photographing them on a Nikon DSLR.  Objects included: Coffee pot, trash can, baking tray, aluminium foil, accordion, juggling pins, standing fan and an ash tray.  I was inspired for this work by the artist Sigmar Polke who was used in the week 7 slides as an example of an expansive work. However looking into his artworks I found a series of photographs he manipulated and then developed which set the metallic tones found in my works. See my other post paying homage to Sigmar Polke for more information. 

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Expansive Collage Exploration  paint markers, magazine cut out’s and chalkboard paint on a recycled wooden board

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Image 1: Interaction of colour exercise Left side: cellophane and hard plastic placed inside plastic sleeve.  Top: held over white paper. Bottom: held over red paper. Right side: cellophane and hard plastic glued to white paper.

Image 2: Colour tone painting  Acrylic on paper Image 3: Desktop