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This week I'm working on the techniques of incorporating image transfer in my body of work. My images are photographed copies of paintings that were made earlier last week and the reason for this is to introduce an element of surprise in my body of work. These surprises are momentary pause found in landscape which I'm hoping to utilize in communicating the idea on what is tranquil. In the end, the goal is to make what is been displayed draw the viewer closer. In addition, this weeks artist is Stas Orlovski who works with the process of image transfer, specifically the xerox transfer technique. I'm also intrigued by how well these transfers are done by Stas. Here are some images of his xerox image transfer.
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Scott Foxx
1/29/2017 01:16:13 pm
Let me help you a little there- first, using photos of previous work is cool (Diebenkorn often repainted a completed work onto a new canvas to continue painting it) but 'to obscure an element of surprise' is confusing. Obscure doesn't work grammatically there. If you want to incorporate a surprising element then thats fine, but it is better stated as 'to introduce an element of surprise in the work' based on the recognizable photographic quality of the imagery versus the painterly gestures otherwise present. But is it recognizable, or will it just be another element, and is it important to you that your viewer know it is a photo of a past work? If not, if it is only another form of representation and gesture (painterly/the hand versus photographed/the machine) then why hide it, or make it obscure, at all? Calling the work 'landscape' seems odd as well- how is the work 'landscape' as relates tot he traditional expectation of such painting? The end result is certainly ambiguous but thats not necessarily a good thing since neither the abstract movements, nor the 'obscured' photo is particularly discernible. Orlovski's transfers are quite clear, albeit surreal and suggestive of Hoch's collage, but I don't think it's the same for your works. Look up Jered Sprechers work, specifically one called 'A Plane is a Pocket in the corners of the mind" which blends photographic imagery with abstract painting.
usman oladeinde
1/29/2017 04:25:44 pm
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