Roy Lichtenstein

Pop art artist

 

 

His work defined the basic premise of pop art better than any other through parody.

Favoring the old-fashioned comic strip as subject matter, Lichtenstein produced hard-edged, precise compositions that documented while it parodied often in a tongue-in-cheek humorous manner. His work was heavily influenced by both popular advertising and the comic book style. He described pop art as, "not 'American' painting but actually industrial painting".

 

Want to learn more about Roy Linchtenstein and his artwork, then go to these websites :)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Lichtenstein

http://www.lichtensteinfoundation.org/frames.htm

Salvador Dalí

Salvador Dalí (1904-1989)
A Spanish artist and writer, Dalí joined the Paris Surrealists in 1929, shortly after the premiere of Un chien andalou, a film he had co-written with Luis Buñuel. A child prodigy, Dalí began painting at age six, exploring a wide range of styles and approaches, before finally arriving at Surrealism in 1927. His paintings capture the dream state in a remarkably realistic way, overflowing with Freudian symbolism, unrestrained sexual desires and childhood memories. Utilizing his paranoiac-critical method, Dalí's "dream photographs" depict a subconscious world of mysterious landscapes and melting objects, with great attention paid to elements of Nature - the earth, sky, clouds, water, pebbles, insects, animals, fruit, etc. While exploring his deepest obsessions and fantasies, Dalí conjured up unforgettable surrealist images, often containing hidden figures and double meanings. Among his many masterpieces are The Lugubrious Game (1929), The Great Masturbator (1929), The Bleeding Roses (1930), The Persistence of Memory (1931), The Phantom Cart (1933) and Atavistic Vestiges After the Rain (1934).

Dalí's explorations were not limited to painting. He also created photographs, sculptures, holographs, jewelry, clothing, stage scenery, film scripts and literature. In 1939 he designed and oversaw the construction of the Dream of Venus, a surrealist funhouse at the World's Fair in New York. During the 1940s, he published his autobiography The Secret Life of Salvador Dalí and collaborated with Philippe Halsman on several memorable photographic experiments, including Nude With Popcorn (1948), Dalí Atomicus (1948), and Dalí and the Skull (1951). Finally, in 1974, the Dalí Theatre and Museum, a building conceived and designed by the artist himself, was opened in Figueres, Spain.

Though, in later years, Dalí's endless self-promotion and megalomania led Breton to dub him "Avida Dollars", there is no denying the profound impact he had on Surrealism. Responsible for an immense collection of powerful images, Dalí emerged as the Movement's most recognizable figure.

Source: http://www.surrealism-plays.com/surrealist-artists.html

 

Late in his career, Dalí did not confine himself to painting, but experimented with many unusual or novel media and processes: he made bulletist works. Many of his works incorporated optical illusions, negative space, visual puns, and trompe l'oeil visual effects. He also experimented with pointillism, enlarged half-tone dot grids (which Roy Lichtenstein would later use), and stereoscopic images. He was among the first artists to employ holography in an artistic manner. In his later years, young artists such as Andy Warhol proclaimed Dalí an important influence on pop art.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_Dal%C3%AD http://www.theartstory.org/movement-surrealism.htm

Hisashi Tenmyouya

 

Hisashi Tenmyouya

Japanese artist

From Tokyo, Japan



Field: Contemporary art

Movement: Neo Nihonga, BASARA

 

Neo Nhonga is known for merging techniques and themes from taditional Japanese art with themes of modern Japanese life in his work. And "BASARA" is a new Japanese art scheme which is extravagant and xtraordinary ans embodies a Samurai aestheic like "Basara" in Nanboku dynasty era and "Kabuki-mono" in the end of Sengoku era.



To learn about Hisashi Tenmyouya more and his artwork go to these sites :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hisashi_Tenmyouya
http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~tenmyoya/paintings/0_paintings.html
 

Polyurethane Foam in Art

Spray polyurethane foam, commonly referred to as SPF is a spray-applied insulating foam plastic that is installed as a liquid and then expands many times its original size. Spray polyurethane foam can be adjusted and have many different physical properties depending on the use desired.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For one of my art projects I decided to use a spray polyurethane foam because it gives out a interesting texture, especially when you add the acrylic paint to it. So this is the website that I used to help me make my art project.( http://www.halloweenforum.com/tutorials-step-step/74894-how-make-skeletal-rib-cage-cheaply.html ) But once you try to sculpt with the insulating foam, it gets really sticky :( and it is hard to remove it. 

 

 

 

  

 

 In these pictures below I'm using the Spray polyurethane foam to make my heart. :)

 

 

The Key Characteristics of Surrealism

·        The exploration of the dream and unconsciousness as a valid form of reality, inspired by Sigmund Freud's writings.

·         A willingness to depict images of perverse sexuality, scatology, decay and violence.

·         The desire to push against the boundaries of socially acceptable behaviors and traditions in order to discover pure thought and the artist's true nature.

·         The incorporation of chance and spontaneity.

·         The influence of revolutionary 19th century poets, such as Charles Baudelaire, Arthur Rimbaud and Isidore Ducasse.

·         Emphasis on the mysterious, marvelous, mythological and irrational in an effort to make art ambiguous and strange.

·         Fundamentally, Surrealism gave artists permission to express their most basic drives: hunger, sexuality, anger, fear, dread, ecstasy, and so forth.

·         Exposing these uncensored feelings as if in a dream still exists in many form of art to this day.

·         Two stylistic schools: Biomorphism and Naturalistic Surrealism.

Source: http://arthistory.about.com/od/modernarthistory/a/Surrealism-Art-History-101-Basics.htm