Artist Research – Eva Hesse

Eva Hesse was an american sculptor born in Germany. Hesse’s works were created with experiments using everyday found items such as rope, wire, fibreglass and rubber. Her artworks are very minimalist using very simplistic materials to create work with more meaningful ideas behind her work helping her to create abstract pieces.

I really like the simplistic qualities of Hesse’s works, I enjoy the fact that she uses regular items and turns them into something with more meanings and into a more interesting object just by changing the textures of them and making them free-standing. Once I had thought up the idea of my sculpture, where I would stitch two plush hearts together with black wool and submerge in latex, Hesse’s works instantly jumped to my mind.

Metronomic Irregularity I, 1966 by Eva Hesse
http://textileartscenter.com/blog/monday-morning-inspiration-eva-hesse/

Repetition Nineteen III, 1968 by Eva Hesse
http://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/eva-hesse-repetition-nineteen-iii-1968

Ennead , 1966 by Eva Hesse
http://hamptonsarthub.com/2014/10/14/art-review-thread-lightly-three-exhibitions-tied-together-by-one-idea/

Artist Research – Mark Manders

Mark Manders is a Dutch artist who creates artwork to the theme of self portraits as a building. He created installations and sculptures created from an assortment of objects such as furniture, figures, newspapers and other objects from daily life. Manders sculptures are like walking dreams with their surrealist feel to them. I really like the scale of Manders work as his sculptures are often very large taking up a large portion of the room they’re in. I also enjoy the fact that the figures often have textures on them that makes them have a creepier vibe. as they are mixed media pieces it makes me want to examine them more to see what parts of it you don’t see at first.

Mind Study, 2010 by Mark Manders
https://cfileonline.org/clay-mark-manders-2013-venice-biennale/

Working Table, 2012 by Mark Manders
https://cfileonline.org/clay-mark-manders-2013-venice-biennale/

Head Study, 2012 by Mark Manders
https://cfileonline.org/clay-mark-manders-2013-venice-biennale/

Artist Research – Georg Baselitz

Georg Baselitz is a post war German artist, who produced very expressionistic paintings. Baselitz is known to produce works that are meant to shock the audience, in one case one of his paintings was confiscated for an “infringement of public morals’. during the 1970’s he decided to paint his subjects upside down to free the subjects and the expressive quality of his works. I really like the quick and raw feeling of Baselitz works. The figures seem very primitive from the shapes he uses to make up the faces and the earth toned colours he chooses to use. I enjoy the sketchy way he draws to get a lot of emotion behind his work.

Dresdner Frauen-Karla, 1990 by Georg Baselitz http://www.theartstory.org/artist-baselitz-georg-artworks.htm

Head and Bottle, 1982 Georg Baselitz
http://www.theartstory.org/artist-baselitz-georg-artworks.htm

Rebel ,1965 Georg Baselitz http://www.theartstory.org/artist-baselitz-georg-artworks.htm

Artist Research – Margaret Keane

Margaret Keane is an American artist who i recently discovered through the 2014 movie Big Eyes directed by Tim Burton. I found the history behind the painter very interesting and enjoyed the creepy nature of her paintings. Her paintings depict young children who look very sad and the key feature in her paintings are the huge eyes, the huge eyes really draw you into the painting.

Margaret Keane’s ex-husband, Walter Keane claimed to paint Margaret’s big eyes children paintings during the 1950’s and 1960’s gaining a celebrity status while Margaret was forced to paint the big eyed children behind closed doors. The Keane’s scandal is considered one of the biggest art scandals of the 20th century.

I really enjoy Keane’s works as they have a very creepy and sad feeling to them and an even sadder back story to them. I feel the back story helps them have even more substance as the paintings that where painted while under Walter Keane’s control were always extremely sad with tears and sad mouths, But after Margaret left Walter and the truth was eventually revealed the children started to have smiles appear on their faces, showing Margaret Keane’s true feelings. I really like the style that they are painted where they are slightly flat on the canvas. The big eyes of the children really reminded me of the work i was creating with my experimental work for this project.

 

The first Grail, 1962 by Margaret Keane
http://blondeblythe.hubpages.com/hub/margaretkeane#slide11258746

Girl with Poodles, 1963 by Margaret Keane
http://blondeblythe.hubpages.com/hub/margaretkeane#slide10191801

1963 by Margaret Keane
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2852410/Artist-Walter-Keane-millions-wife-did-work.html

Art Research – Lucian Freud – The painters mother IV

The Painter’s Mother IV 1973 Lucian Freud
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/freud-the-painters-mother-iv-t12619

The painters mother IV is a painting by the artist British artist Lucian Freud using oil on canvas, the painting is one of eighteen from a series of portraits of his mother painted during the 1970’s and 1980’s. Freud started to paint his mother after the death of his father that led to his mothers depression. When I first saw this painting I really liked it as I got a real sense of sadness from the painting, upon reading about it I discovered of his mothers depression and even attempted suicide. I feel the artist really captured his mothers feelings through his use of colour and her sad expression. She is looking away from the viewer not making eye contact and I think this helps to capture her sadness. Freud used a very dull colour pallet of browns and greys that shows the depression well.