PROJECT: TREE SYMBOLISM

Trees have always had symbolic meaning in almost every culture. The reference to the trees' symbolism is present in myths, legends, religions, art and science. The trees stand for life, stability, continuity, growth, health,wisdom, knowledge, the divine, healing, patience, protection, strength, honesty, meditation, union, fertility, nutrition, blessing, enlightment, truth, confidence, interdependence, connection, calmness, trust, respect, beauty, harmony and balance.
Being the study of the relations between forms, shapes, marks and colours the prints reflect on the trees' symbolism.

PROJECT: PERSONAL: ON SHAPES, COLOURS AND TEXTURES

I have been working on series of prints of abstract images that refer to textures, forms, shapes and colours of the nature and urban landscape. Devoid of meaning they are a study of the relations between shapes, marks and colours and are to evoke emotions or trigger associations.

'Untitled Red on Blue'  Etching  12/2010

'Gates'  Etching 12/2010

 

 

 

 

 

'Sync'  Silver card print  12/2010

'Untitled Blue on Pink'  Silver card print  12/2010

'Out of the Blue'  Silver card print 12/2010

'Behind the ...'  Silkscreen prints collage  11/2010

'Extension 1 '  Silkscreen prints collage  11/2010

PROJECT: 'Just what is it that makes today's home so different, so appealing?'

The collage and the print I have done in response for Richard Hamilton artwork,1956, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hamilton_%28artist%29: focuses on the visual aspects of the reality I encounter and the atmospehere I sense in that mode.

 samples from the sketchbook, the collage and the print

EXHIBITION: IAN MCKEEVER

Artists’ Laboratory. Ian McKeveer  RA . 01      

Royal Academy of Arts presents a programme of shows “Artists’ Laboratory” giving an opportunity for the Academicians to present and the viewers to get a glimpse of an individual artist’s creative process, her or his inspirations and their representations. 

The exhibition of Ian McKeever is a two different media show exploring ideas characteristic of the artist’s practice. Viewers are presented with a group of large scale paintings, called ‘Hartgrove Paintings’, and small in size series of photographs. The latter is the artist’s less familiar to the public body of work that becomes a complementary and insightful element of Ian McKeever ‘s art. 

Both groups of works are an artistic response to the space the artist is familiar with and explores. Limited mostly to black, white and off white colour scheme paintings refer to expansive open landscapes whereas black and white photographs depict fragments of an intimate enclosed space or surfaces of the objects placed in that space . The painted layers of ribbons and patches create an abstract composition where viewers can see a gradual process of creating a painting. The photographs show objects and environments viewers can easily identify.

The artist’s interest in light and possibility to present three dimensional effect of depth through two dimensional media is strongly present in the artworks.  Both paintings and photographs are of static nature and viewers can focus on light and shadow relation and their relevance to the study of depth. The illusion of depth is not only achieved through colour contrast but also through the artist’s engagement with a medium revealed by exploring the potential of the very medium.  Focusing on the abstract and on certain areas of surfaces rather than the whole objects creates associations of a microscopic examination. The understanding of the study is enhanced by the fact that the artist’s works are presented in groups.  A body of work serves to analyse, comprehend and present certain ideas and themes in a reflective and extensive way.  Ian McKeever’s paintings and photographs become a language, a code, through which the artist communicates with the audience.

The exhibition of Ian McKeever’s artworks is an engaging experience. The artworks are delicate and subtle and evoke a feeling of tranquillity. They are poetic and slightly melancholic. They invite a viewer to follow the study and to sense the atmosphere of a gentle reflection. Ian McKeever’s art is an art of idea and emotion.

Artists’ Laboratory 01: Ian McKeever RA [Internet]. Available from <http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibitions/artists-laboratory/> [Accessed 10 October, 2010]

Ian McKeever [Internet]. Available from <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_McKeever> [Accessed 10 October, 2010]

Ian McKeever RA [Internet]. Available from <http://www.royalacademy.org.uk//academicians/painters/ian-mckeever-ra,192,AR.html>[Accessed 10 October, 2010]

Lynton, N. (2010) Artists Laboratory. Ian McKeever RA. Hartgrove Paintings and Photographs. London: Royal Academy of Arts.

EXHIBITION: ANISH KAPOOR

One of my favourite artists changes the landscape again. Anish Kapoor with his exquisite imagination creates beautiful outside factors conditioned open space images for viewers to experience and immerse in the power of mind and ever mesmerising extent of creativity. Kensington Gardens preferably on a blue sky day.

IMAGE taken from: http://www.visitlondon.com/events/detail/9049993

EXHIBITION: PORDENONE MONTANARI

Italian Cultural Institute presents exhibition of an Italian recluse artist Pordenone Montanari. Montanari is a figurative painter and the works shown are mostly portraits of figures and still lifes. 

I enjoyed the exhibition due to Montanari’s expressive and confident way of applying colours and control and competence present in line making. Colour and line become dominant features of a composition diverting  viewer’s attention away from a model or an object itself.  

IMAGES taken from: http://hamidandcompany.blogspot.com/2010/08/pordenone-montanari.html
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EXHIBITION: HONEY IM

Korean artist exhibition in Gift Gallery, Vyner Street, Bethnal Green, presents viewers with subtle, soft paintings of a mesmerising fantasy world where life starts and ends. The artist is inspired by the ancient belief systems and Asian and Aboriginal art.  The paintings show harmony, a good sense of balance and a great love of a detail.