Self Portrait Influenced by Aziz+Cucher
Self Portrait Influence
Two weeks closer to the deadline to hand in a final piece of work. The self-portrait influence includes works of other artists and their methods applying on my own self-portrait. Such as I would choose a certain artist that interests me the most and I could use his/her drawing methods to create a self-portrait. From the previous post I have talked about different artists that I found most interesting.
Aziz+Cucher
I chose Aziz+Cucher because of their silent artwork. When you look at their work it is hard to concentrate, it gives you a chill down your spine. Your mind is finding it hard to decide whether to look at it with amazement or just ignore the image because of the fact it looks strange and terrifying.
When you fully concentrate and try to understand their work you start to realise their concept and the meaning behind their artwork hence why I have chosen Aziz + Cucher.
Mathieu Bernard Reymond
Self-portrait influenced by Mathieu Bernard Reymond
Mathieu's works are portraits of people within an empty field or within an open wide space. His concepts stay in focus and attracts the audience into the portrait by placing an object within an empty field. His portraits usually tell a story about the whole image including the subjects involved within the canvas.
I chose Mathieu because of his creative thinking and the ability to tell a story through different perspective.
Crits and Comments are Most Welcome ^^
Interim Review Unit 1: Anatomy 06/10/09
Hi Baja,
Some accomplished preparatory portraits here, with clear reference to artists - however, I can't help observing that the conceptual 'function' of these styles doesn't seem to reflect YOUR identity - rather, they are stylistic choices; perhaps, I'm mistaken, and you've adopted those ideas because they DO communicate something about your own identity; however, you don't express this when you reflect on your portraits, so I remain undecided.
I think you need to identify your understanding of identity and portraiture; what do you think is the essence of yourself and therefore how will that translate into a pictorial or aesthetic style? What problem are you trying to solve? For instance, for some, they might define the essential characteristic of identity is 'change', and so must find away to create a feeling or impression of 'change' in their image - which means they might use many exposures, or a Cubist quality, like David Hockney and his portrait of his mother.
I'd like to see you pursue a specific idea, and devise a number of visual strategies for making it work for your audience.
In terms of your written assignment, you haven't posted your proposals; but, seeing as you enjoyed Dorian Gray so much, perhaps you might consider using the story's themes as discussion points within an essay; to put the story in context you would need to research into physiognomy - the belief that a person's character could be read in their face; also, you might want to look at the various superstitions surrounding human representation and its dangers - for instance, investigate mirror superstitions and portrait superstitions; you'll soon see that people are still a little bit nervous about portraits and their own likeness...
Thank you tutor Phil -
I am still finding it hard to find that specific artist to follow. I thought Aziz theme was good enough but then my mind is split between other artists.
I would definitely dig more into my research. I would post my essay proposal on wednesday afternoon.