I have written in my journal some research of Frank Gehry and I reflected some of his methods into my written work and I touched on what elements of his work would be best suited for my work.
I have conducted and tried and establish the mind set and the ways in which he provokes these tasks. Furthermore, I cover on this blog various other practitioners such as Hirotoshi Itoh, who specifies with juxtaposition 3D design work that I have a keen interest for at this early stage.
I also stumbled across some really intricate 3D designs that are juxtaposed from two completely different elements and I want to design a piece with contrasting effect, which also shows structure and surface.
These were some of the designs I came across from Google Images:
I found this image which linked me to a Pinterest account from an artist called Hirotoshi Itoh. I learnt from this design that he found the rock you see fairly near where he lived and he went down the Juxtaposition root and he wanted to "Juxtapose the original shape and hardness" I got this quote from the following website: PINTEREST
I also found out from his work he has a particular theme, in this case, he is trying to depict humour whilst depicting texture. I want to combine Gehry's work ethic and Itohs' visual conception and background narrative he displays.
In conclusion,looking at Itohs' and Gehrys' work, I do want to pursue this line of work, I am still thinking about what objects I want to juxtapose. I think the juxtaposition of hard and soft really fits like a glove.
To see the first part of my research, please check my journal which I shall hand in during assessment week.
I also stumbled across Itohs' website which you can see HERE
I researched some information from Wilkins' personal website, which gave a auto personal overview of his work, which gave me a broader perspective of the thesis behind his work.
HERE you can access is website, where I have reflected on his work based on this research material.
From his own words, he tackles his work through articulate reflection of the world, he anchors qualities from the world such as 'Ugliness' and 'Cruelty'
I spoke a little bit about Morrisons' work in my previous blog post but I want to expand on what I researched on this page.
He mainly works in composite structure and he uses a narrowed selection of materials such as fibre glass and stainless steel.
My focus is not on his material use, but his style of design alone. The reason being is because his work revolves around popular culture, and with the help of my teacher, we discussed about looking at issues and problems in the world and to create a piece of work that would resemble the solved problem.
Although this route is fairly perplexing and interesting at the same time, It followed through in some form because I looked at Morrisons' work and I saw some flamboyant but clever designs that are based on everyday objects and clothing. The key to this thought process is to tweak objects to improve the conditions of the objects.
I also saw some of Joel Morrisons' work which caught my eye.
His work is based upon composite sculpture, in which he finds objects at random and comes up with various designs. I very much enjoy the visuals of his work, this is the focal point for me. is techniques are a bit of a stretch for my ability but I want to include his design in some form.
My task for the coming weeks is to research 6 practitioners ranging from contemporary artists, designers and media practitioners. Today I am looking into the work of a street artist named BLU.
I have collected articles and biographies online with full annotations talking about my research in my own words that will be of benefit in the future for my art course.
I only found out about the artist this week when I was introduced to his moving image art work video on Youtube, where he would paint to large scale on industrial landscapes. His art is somewhat excessive and dramatic with the various bright colours he usually works with and his very eccentric creativity. In this video below that I saw this week, he depicts a story of a 'animated mural' using graphic animation, which took him a very long time to complete.
I found out from a biography I sourced online, the article says; "blu's aesthetic search is motivated by a belief in an open source philosophy" from http://www.swide.com/art-culture/street-art/blu-artist-biography-why-street-art-matters/2012/11/21. Which I believe is a way of expressing his love of knowledge. He improvises his work based on political events and various events which are conducted in our society. His work, although exaggerated, still is purely based of real life events.
His work is 'sanctioned art', having a purpose for his work, channeling his inner focus on the human figure as well as resorting to using various materials to complete his art, such as using rollers, acrylics and spray paints. In this particular video above, Blu would paint on walls, frame every movement one at a time and paint over the top of the original image, to create the assimilation of a moving image depicting a narrative using improvised actions and not words.
Whilst researching the artist, I stumbled across his website. It displays his drawings in a sketchbook with no annotations. However, the key to my research is to look at the thesis of his mindset and his work ethic to critically understand the genre and the purpose behind the art of moving image as this is a likely root for me to follow in the future.
From observing his drawings, there were no annotations in sight or any sophisticated planning, it was all sketches in finished form. What I learnt from this is that he jumps straight to the end result, hence why his work, from looking at his biographies, suggest that he always improvises and pans through his work from start to finish on the day he starts working.
However, he did use artistic collaboration where he would work with other street artists, such as Dem, Sweza etc.
Here is one of his collaborative work with Ericalicane, another street artist:
In conclusion, BLU in my eyes is a street artist who does art for the sake of enjoyment and he also uses art as a form of giving to people. Quoting from UCreative.com: 'blu's approach to street art is that it's for everyone' Another source says: 'The work moves against ownership and exclusivity, instead thinking of art as a collectively owned piece.'
I have annotated articles and news pages from online sources which give more of my interpretation of BLU on separate piles of paper.
