Gerrit Rietveid

Dutch architect and designer Gerrit Rietveld was a member of the De stijl movement, significant to his work he pared his design down to basic cubist elements. He often used primary colours to emphasise the different parts. Most of his furniture was designed and manufactured to accompany his architectural commissions. His first attempts in search of his own artistic line were influenced by the Amsterdam school. Rietveld re-invented the structure of chairs and of other objects, built them as constructivist sculptures.

 

In 1918 he designed an early version of his legendary Red and Blue Chair which was published in the De Stijl magazine, this helped him to become a memeber in 1919. This benefited him because it helped him to be in contact with various architects assosciated with the modern Dutch movement. Rietveld's reputation grew from being a local craftsmen to an architect being recongnised across Europe. Among his numerous furniture models, The Zig Zag Chair, The Red and Blue Chair, the Schelling and Military series still remain as eternal design icons.

 

The Red Blue chair is probably one of the most recognized pieces from the Modern Movement of De Stijl Design. Each piece of the chair is either square or rectangular and this is highlighted by the use of yellow on the piece ends. The Red Blue Chairs popularity tends to come from its sculptural appearance as a work of art, probably helped by the use of color Rietveld used from the painters of the De Stijl group; Piet Mondrian and Theo van Doesburg who championed primary colours, as well as the fact that you could look through it. The fact that Gerrid Rietveid chose the chair to look good over whether it would be uncomfortble if a person actually sat on it.

 

 

 

Agnes Decourchelle

Agnes Decourchelle

This image shows household objects which you can wear or use; such as shoes, necklace, chair, perfume, hand bags etc. Also the way the some objects such as the necklace have small bits of detail which stands out using colours such as grey and white to go with the black.

The material/ techniques used are colouring pencils and the techniques are the way she colours in one direction and uses blocks of colours but to highlight a colour or to create shadow to uses white.

I really like her art  because i like the way she uses an art material such as colour pencil which people usually think is a "boring "material but the way she expresses her art work using this material. The colours she uses to create a feeling and make the pictures feeling alive which makes people want to create their own pieces of art work based on this technique. The blues can symbolises coldness whilst the yellows and oranges can create a autumn season feeling.



 

Snowboard design evaluation

Snowboard design evaluation

What inspired you initially?

I was first inspired to do a cityscape with different patterns showing the lights of the building  when I was doing the city scape project.  I looked at my composition for that I thought it would look quite nice to find a cityscape which looks really nice being aware of the different shapes and forms. So I started researching buildings on the internet and found this really nice cityscape to do which had patterns on it.  The butterflies at the back which was inspired by Si scott

 

Describe your use of colour?

I decide to paint my snowboard a light pink because i thought the cityscape and butterflies would really stand out. However in my book it shows the snowboard being a dark pink with blended white. i decided to change it because i ran out of dark pink paint and just decided to leave it as dark pink. Blended blue and white was going to be my first colour but then i experimented and thought parts of the building wouldnt be seen on the dark blue.

 

How is your work drawn, sculpted, constructed or painted?

i painted my snowboard white first to get a base colour this is so the main colour doesnt sink in and so that there isnt any gaps. i had to paint over the main blue colour i had because i changed my mind about what colour i wanted the snowboard to be. Too draw the butterflies were quite hard because my snowboard had 3 layers of paint so knowing if i made a mistake i wouldnt be able to paint on top because i ran out of paint. So i had to draw on the butterflies with a black pen  making sure i knew what i was doing and didnt make a mistake.

 

If you were to start the project again what would you do differently and why?

i would stick to having one colour from the start so i dont end up changing my mind and painting on top making it harder to draw onto because then it wouldnt have taken me time to draw on to my board.

what ideas/techniques did you enjoy experimenting with and what ones did you not enjoy?

i enjoyed experimenting with different colours and the thickness of the paint. Also the butterfly design and the cityscape worked well drawing/painting it. Shaping my snowboard i would have shaped it more to make it look like a skateboard.

 

 

 

 

Cityscape Evaluation

Cityscape Evaluation

 

Describe the mark making?

I used a scalpel to carefully cut through the black sticky back plastic. making sure i had a cutting mat. I took care of doing the middle building especially by using different lines and the thickness of the shapes and putting detail into it. the direction of the way i cut affected how it turned out to look,

Describe the composition you have used?

 I looked through architectural magazines and looked on the internet for buildings with perspective or buildings which had interesting shapes and forms. I decided to put the building which I liked the most which was the middle building in my composition (Modern Architecture Arena) because of the way it was shaped and how the windows go smaller towards the side. I decided to put the Modern Skyscrapers Office Building Exterior on the left because i liked the way the perspective of the building starting of big and getting gradually smaller towards the top. Finally the Australian Modern Home Exterior Building Front Facade on the right because i thought the shapes at the bottom of the roof really looked nice the positioning of it and also the way it had really difference shapes.

What inspired you initially?

When i started drawing buildings in perspective in my sketchbook it made me think of what kind of perspective buildings i like and it made me do some research into combining 2 buildings as in having them together with different parts of perspective. Which made me then go look for buildings on the internet which had perspective shown in a different way compared to how i normally thought it looked like .

In what ways have your ideas and techniques changed?

My ideas changed when i got to the building on the left i decided to leave out the longer lines and the parts where the windows got smaller because i thought it would be hard to cut smaller parts espically when they all have to meet at one poiut at the top. Espically when peeling of the black sticky back plastic. Secondly i decided to create a sort of bumpy effect with the windows to make them stand out more.

 

 

    

 

 

 

Jamie Reid

Jamie Reid

Jamie Reid was born in 1947 in England; he is a British artist and anarchist with connections to the Situationists. His work, featuring letters cut from newspaper headlines in the style of came close to defining the image of punk rock, particularly in the UK.
He was educated at John Ruskin Grammar School in Croydon. With Malcolm McLaren, he took part in a sit in at Croydon Art School.

God Save The Queen 1976-1980

This is the cover art of the Sex Pistols' 1977 single 'God Save the Queen', designed by Jamie Reid. It is a defaced picture of Queen Elizabeth II, illustrating the offence of the majesty the queen. I think the image was made by cutting out different letters out of magazines/newspapers either seperate letters or full words; then sticking them together with the image then photocopying it.

I think the artist used these materials and methods to create this image so it makes the picture stand out and by looking at the way  the words have been embedded into the image it makes people think what does it mean? why has the person used the queen specially?; what could the message/messages be? People may feel offended or may think this artist is being rude/ making the queen feel as if she isnt important.

 
I like this because i've never seen anything like this whilst reading magazines and newspapers i always thought the headline just sits at the top of the page and can't be used in another way but now everytime I read a magazine/newspaper it reminds me of this image.

Frank Gehry

Frank Gehry (1929) was born in Toronto, Canada and has become a naturalised American citizen. Frank was creative at a young age, building imaginary homes and cities from items found in his grandfather's hardware store. This interest in unconventional building materials would come to characterize Gehry's architectural work.

His work is often cited as being among the most important works of contemporary architecture in the 2010 World Architecture Survey, which led Vanity Fair to label him as "the most important architect of our age". From his earliest works, he shattered conventions; designing buildings that some critics say are more sculpture than architecture. Using unorthodox materials like corrugated metal and chain link, Gehry creates unexpected, twisted forms. His work has been called radical, playful, organic, and sensual.

My opinion on his work is that the way he uses different materials to create furniture such as chairs and sofas also the way his workj is put together as in the stages he may have had to do in order to complete his work. Such as the type of materials he had to consider that would work, the design, paper model, testing it out, changes etc. Also the way he tries to make different shapes as well as choosing the appropriate colour.

 

 

Micheal Craig Martin

Michael Craig Martin

Michael Craig-Martin was born in Dublin in 1941 and educated in the United States, where he studied at Yale University. He returned to Europe in the mid-1960s and was a key figure in the first generation of British conceptual artists. As a tutor at Goldsmith's College from 1974-1988 and 1994-2000, he had a significant influence on two generations of young British artists. Throughout his career Craig-Martin has explored the aesthetic and linguistic character of everyday, designer and iconic ‘art-historical' objects which he has realized through a variety of media including paintings, sculpture, prints and, most recently, computer animations.

My opinion on his art work is I like the way he uses everyday objects and makes them really stand out by either the different sizes or the positioning with varies different objects on the paper. The way he focuses on one or two objects and puts them in the foreground whilst having the rest of the objects in the background. The strong use of block colours really makes the picture look sharp and gives it some kind of meaning. An example would be the painting he did of the green and light pink safety pin being in the foreground usually this object isn’t seen as important but in this picture it’s the main focuses whist having the blue ladder in the background as well as the lilac lockers.

Kara Walker

Kara Walker was born in Stockton, California in 1969. She is perhaps best known for her black on white paper silhouette displays which often impacted on the history of slavery of blacks in the western world. Walker's displays are often placed directly onto the walls of galleries, creating a theatrical space in which her cut-paper characters.

 I think this image is about two African woman who may be slaves and master who is three times as small as them. You can see when looking at this picture and relating it to the way white people and black people get judged. If they were slaves shouldn't the small man be bigger showing he has power and how back in the days white people used to be in control. Also you can instantly tell the small man is white due to the way people have been taught about slavery in different cultures or the relation it has between white and black people. The woman on the left may be holding a voodoo doll for either a sense of courage or spirit, the woman on the right holding a small man may be talking to or it could be her master.

My opinion on this is that as soon as you look at the image there are so many things that come across in your mind the thoughts and messages behind this picture. I found it really clever the way Kara Walker decided to portray the message in a way which would make people think about slavery; the African countries; what happened in the past between the black people and white people. The art technique is based around symmetry so she may have drawn one of the African woman on folded card cut it out to make two of them then cut out the objects or people they are holding and also the little man, stuck it together to form symmetry.

 

Si Scott

Si Scott is a UK-based illustrator his intricate, entirely hand-drawn technique has seen his work commissioned by the likes of Nike Europe, UNICEF, Casio and the BBC as both an illustrator and art director.He's renowned for his unique style, blending hand-crafted and hand-drawn artwork that has gained him numerous awards and a prestigious client list. So far in his career he has completed projects for Matthew Williamson, Vogue, Nike, Tiffany & Co and Sony to name a few. As well as contributing to advertising campaigns for Guinness, Absolut and American Express. Si has recently taken time out to develop his skills further. Challenging the 2D perspective of his work by rendering his hand drawn creations in 3D form.

Si Scott extends and manipulates Typography and letteforms by extending his ascenders and descenders making them more detailed using swirls on the descenders.In some of his work he takes the first letter and expands it making that the detailed letter whilst all the other letters are in the same style. He also trys to blend in different shapes with the letters and the colours he uses to expresses it. I find his lettering really interesting because of the way he decided to elaborate on either in the middle of two or three words or in the middle of a word. His use of swirls/spirals going in different directions and his colour use really makes you have a sense of feeling when looking at his work.

Mr Brainwash

Mr. Brainwash is the Los Angeles-based filmmaker and Pop artist Thierry Guetta. He has spent the better part of the last decade attempting to make the ultimate street art documentary.  Inspired by his subjects, he started hitting the streets, from Los Angeles to Paris, with spray painted stencils and posters of his pop art inspired images. He become famous through his association with street art creators Banksy and Shepoard Fairey, a link which was chronicled in the 2010 documentary Exit Through The Gift Shop.

I think his art work is expressed through his thoughts and feelings. Especially the way some of his work has clear written messages such as 'Never never give up' 'Life is beautiful' etc, which people then start to think about what the true meaning behind his work is . Also the way he uses colours that clash with one another and the brightness of the colours which give a real effective.

My favourite piece from the exhibition was "The Beatles" because i like the fact that he decided to base this particular art piece on a band that was a huge hit back in the days. The way he used black and white to make all four of the Beatles stand out, the white lightlights on the hair to give it that "realistic hair look". The bandanas used to cover the mouth which i think was really clever because usually you see people wear bandanas on their foreheads so the change of position is interesting. The colours used on the bandanas red,blue,yellow and green (3 primary colours and a secondary colour) and the patterns applied onto them.