Unique ways of working

Joe Hill

Optical illusions and 3d art images create amazing effects for unusual interior design. This way of working changes perspectives, bringing in breath-taking illusions into modern floor painting and decorating. Joe Hill is an artist that uses this technique and below is some of his work.

I find this way of working to be very intriguing as it creates an optical illusion tricking the eye. This can be effective in many different ways, as the artist is able to manipulate the audience making them feel how they want them to. An example of this is the image below that if they walked on the floor they would feel as though they are going to fall into the room below, creating panic.

I have seen a number of street artists that use spray paint to create their work but this is a new way of working that no matter who the audience is, any passer by would want to stop to take a look at the art.


Kumi Yamashita

Kumi Yamashita used number shapes, placing them in front of light casting a shadow onto the surrounding area, usually mounted on the wall. The usual shadows are in the shape of humans however there is one that is shown below that is of a cat. This way of working seems almost ghost like, as though its a trick of the light that catches your eye. It also seems as though the silhouette will suddenly vanish and the shapes will blow away in the breeze.

 

 

 

A further way of working by Yamashita was the use of paper origami to cast shadows. Again the shadows made are silhouettes of people. As I have a personal interest in origami I find this fascinating and putting two ways of creating art together to make one piece. All the different kinds of coloured paper may symbolise the different races and personalities of people in the world.

   

 

Walking techniques used by artists

Janine Antoni


Janine Antoni practiced tightrope walking for an hour a day until she was able to walk the line of the horizon just in front of the house she grew up in. In Migration, Antoni and Paul Ramirez Jonas walked along the beach, taking turns following in one another's footsteps, and fitting neatly within and replacing one another’s marks. I like this way of recording thoughts and feelings, by including herself in the picture and creating it to fulfil a dream of hers. It is very creative way of working and tightrope walking is a hard thing to do so it shows she put herself out to create this.


Richard Long

Richard Long creates his mark on the environment by using his own body to do so. He walked across a field to create a perfect line in the below picture. It is said that Long remixes natural elements to make simple statements by using his body in the landscape.

Richard Long states:

“Thus walking—as art—provided a simple way for me to explore relationships between time, distance, geography and measurement. These walks are recorded in my work in the most appropriate way for each different idea: a photograph, a map, or a text work. All these forms feed the imagination.” − Richard Long

 

Long also brings natural materials into galleries setting it in exact and deliberate arrangements.

 

 

 





Roger Hiorns

Roger Hiorns took a condemned London flat and turned it into a crystal wonder of copper sulphate. By spraying this all over the flat he was able to create a crystal paradise with dark magical tunnels leading through the whole flat. I particularly like his work as it makes it seem mystical and unique, it is something that has never been done before and by creating this he was able to turn a run down flat into something that everyone can enjoy.

Carla Black

Carla Black creates her work through the use of tissue paper and fabric, all pastel colours that remind me of sweets, as though its made of sugar paper. Through twisting the fabric around each other makes people see that the fabric isn't just flat and boring, and can be used in a more exciting way.

I also like the way that it fills an empty blank space of a room, and being more interactive for the observer.

 

 

 

Hew Locke

Hew Locke creates interesting pieces of figures made out of chains, dolls and flowers. These specific pieces of art are called the Kingdom of the Blind and was created to represent the rise in power of an imagined leader. Locke's intention was to leave the observer with a sense of unease yet fascination.

I visited the Graves Gallery at Sheffield and took the above pictures of Hew Locke's work. I found them particularly interesting in person compared to in a photograph, due to them being life-size. They looked almost lifelike as if they were going to come alive, with the intense stare of the flower eyes.

 

This piece of work reminds me of soldiers riding on horses and all the chains to me seem like they are symbolising the weight of the battle they may be going to fight. I like all the different colour beads as they make the piece more attractive to look at rather than just a soldier on its own.

 

Yinka Shonibare

Yinka Shonibare is an artist from London, he uses his artistic abilities in a fashionable way through textiles and clothes making. In the above picture Shonibare has created a series of outfits that would be portrayed as men's suits, in a brightly coloured material with a number of different patterns on. He created this to make it look like there are people actually wearing the clothes however, they are just dummies holding up the outfit. I think this is a clever way of displaying his artwork as from a glance the observer would expect real people to be sat there instead of dummies.

I like the mask that is displayed in this picture as it has a unusual look to it that you wouldn't expect to be in any shops.

The fox below has been dressed to look like a human being which reminds me of the fox in the Beatrix potter stories. The orange colour of the coat is a daring bright colour, this can relate to the gun that is in the foxes hand as this too is dangerous.

 

 

 

 



Annette Messager

 

Annette Messager uses unique ways of working. She gathers up everyday objects such as photographs or children's toys to create artwork. Most of the time the objects in her work are suspended on string individually in mid air, or as a collective piece of work on the wall. By using children's toys in her work Messager casts a wide net when it comes to her audience. This meaning that her work is suitable for all ages.

 

 

 

 

This piece uses the same techniques as the ones with the children's toys however, this is constructed by black and white photographs. Messager has made this piece in the shape of a heart, so this might symbolise the people in these photographs may be close to Messager's heart.