Week 04: 5 x Artists

Lily Kelly Napangardi - Aboriginal artist

http://www.mukmuk.com/gallery/by-artist/lily-kelly-napangardi/tali-sandhills-a15658/

Aboriginal artist

NT, Australia

Dot Painting

Pattern, texture, colour, monochrome

3D – space and depth

Elements of landscapes - symbolism

Based on experience

Contemporary collectors

Canvas sizes around 1 meter x 1 meter can be up to 2-3 meters.

Concepts:

- Views (landscape) framed

- Textures and materials (sandstone, rammed earth, crushed and compressed gravel)

- Space – unrestricted

- No defined colours just textures

- Lighting (Natural)

- Free space (liberate) – do not confine space

- Organic

Gabriel Dawe - Artist, installations

http://mocoloco.com/fresh2/2011/09/25/plexus-no-7-8-9-by-gabriel-dawe.php

Mexico – Mexican culture (Colour, celebration,)

Mixed media and installation artist

Connection between fashion, art and architecture

Exploration of Colour,

Thread, textures, textiles

Large scale installations

Contemporary

Shelter

Lines, planes, angles – no curvatures

Concepts:

- Space, height, voids

- Light (both natural and artificial)

- Views of sky not necessarily the landscape even no views

- Exposed structure

- White space

- Clean finishes on materials (painted render, plasterboard, finished concrete, no dust)

- Ample space

- Straight planes

Arnout Van Albada - painter, artist, stills

http://www.presentandcorrect.com/blog/wibble-wobble

Netherlands

Painter, artist

Stills and objects

Oil painting

Photorealistic

Neat, cute

Details and Colour

Settings and props, backdrop

Small scale (30cm)

Concepts:

- Clean materials (no dust)

- small scale space – stills

- horizontal and vertical planes (ordered)

- lots of natural and artificial light

- fragmented views (mostly for lighting)

- storage for props and backdrops

Bill Viola - Contemporary video artist, audiovisual installations

http://www.roalonso.net/es/videoarte/viola.php

New York

Contemporary video artist, audiovisual installations

New media

Dark

Human experience, birth and death, unconsciousness, consciousness

Concepts:

- Dark

- Concrete

- Textures

- No views needed

- Artificial lighting (controlled)

- Large display area

- Large installation area – fire, welding, water) FRLs, Waterproofing and drainage

- Large working area(Computers etc)

- Memorable

- Voids

- Deep (Emphasis sounds)

- Solid

- Mass

- No views

Katherina Grosse - Artist, painter, installations

http://www.designboom.com/art/colorful-mountains-of-spray-painted-soil-by-katharina-grosse/

Germany

Artist, painter, installations

Contemporary

Vibrant colours

Innovative blend of painting, sculpture, architecture, installation

Mixed materials and mediums

Concepts:

- Limitless

- Large Space

- Extravagant

- Transform

- Innovative materials

- Challenge

- Colour vs blank canvas

- Fragmented views