“I enter the surface of the canvas almost explosively.”
About Verdier’s work:
“Verdier paints on sheets of paper or canvases spread out on the floor. Her painting is vertical, playing with gravity, the weight of the paintbrush, the load of the ink and her body. Suspended between heaven and earth, the paintbrush is guided by spirit and hand, its handle at times hanging from over 10 meters of rope and held in place by a pair of bicycle handlebars. Her physical engagement is key: together with preparatory ascetic practice and “suchness” (the path of spontaneous expression), it forms the basis of Verdier’s work. Beyond this spontaneity of the stroke, the ink flow is also guided in producing the work, in particular in her very large formats. Verdier thus disengages from the rules of Chinese painting: she can go on. add to and rework the matter until she finds just the right form.”
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Demons & ghosts
Grimshaw’s Curse and lots of bramble!! A new poster created for Kevin McTurk’s victorian ghost story puppet film, “The Mill at Calder’s End”! Currently Kevin’s running a kickstarter to fund the production of this new short film, with this poster offered as a limited reward for backers. Along with creating artwork for the poster and a t-shirt pledge reward, I also contributed some creature design for the film! You can learn more about the project from the link below!!
Hans Arp, White Stripes on Black Background, 1917
Espen Kluge. Everyday. Oil Man.
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salvador dalí for vogue paris, december 1971
il-faut-cultiver-notre-jardin:
Par une technique extraordinaire, Frederic Fontenoy métamorphose le corps d’un homme en une créature surréaliste et inquiétante.
Je me demande quelle technique utilise ce photographe pour obtenir ce résultat. Une pose longue j’imagine mais l’eau apparaît nette alors que les corps sont flous. Un vrai magicien de l’image pour une idée très originale!
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At a first glance, Ron Mueck’s work space looks more like a laboratory than an artist’s studio. The hyper-realist sculptor has perfected the art of replicating human flesh, building human faces and bodies both in large and small scale, all the while staying true to anatomical proportions. Mueck is opening a solo show on April 16 at Fondation Cartier in Paris — his first major European solo show since 2005. Take a look at some images of Mueck in his London studio from photographer Gautier Deblonde‘s recent visit with the artist, as well as some of the pieces in the show. Ron Mueck’s work will be on view at Fondation Cartier April 16 – September 29.
MORE: http://hifructose.com/2013/04/11/preview-ron-mueck-at-fondation-cartier/
Banks Violette, Untitled (Tristar Horse), 2008
video projection on water vapor
