Agnes Martin
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| Morning 1965 20 X 20 Cm |
I have looked at Martins work because of her use of repetitive
lines and shape. She was a portrait painter until Abstract expressionism influenced
her and she started creating these very pale paintings. From a distance you can
barely see the detail that is on the canvas, but it is actually loads of small
lines. She worked with many geometric shapes, but mainly stuck to horizontal
and vertical lines because she wanted the work to be quite minimal. She said
that too many shapes over complicated it.
After she discovered this style of working this is what she
stuck to it didn't particularly try any other styles. The work itself looks
very delicate like something you wouldn't dare to touch. Most of the work does
have subjects which are usually places, but this isn't usually told, it's
usually about how she feels at these specific places. For example "morning"
she says "I was painting about happiness and bliss" rather than the
place it was set, this information or anything that might link it to a place is
left out.
Martin is also inspired by geographical things such as coordinates;
these are inspirations so some of the grid paintings. I really like the fact
that a lot of her work is only based on happy things which is very unusual when
looking at a whole artist portfolio, it's like she doesn't want to dwell on the
bad. This is something that I would like to put across in my work I want people
to feel happiness when looking and walking away from my work. This is what I
will be keeping in mind when I create my work this week.
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/martin-morning-t01866
Ivan Morley
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| Tehachapel 2006 240 X 117 Cm |
I wanted to look at Morley's work because the repetitive
shapes that are used in the work. The work is made up of loads of small round
shapes which are something very similar to my work. Morley is inspired by the
history of his hometown in Americas Wild West, the works are both of stories
that have been passed down and images of the landscapes that are around him.
The stories that
inspire him are old Folk stories which have a very mythical air to them; he
says that he wants his work to be "Poetic myth objects". So he doesn't
actually believe in the stories, but it's like he wants them to be real and
creating the work about them makes it more of a reality. He uses unorthodox
materials such as thread, plastic, KY jelly and soap to create the work it
seems that he is challenging himself, but also because of the use of material
he is making them seem as if he is upset about the fact that the stories are
myths.
I find his work very
visually pleasing, it is very decorative and the palette that he uses also all complement
each other, but are also relevant to the culture that he is painting about. I
think that I will experiment with layering the shapes in my work because that
seems to give a really good idea of space and this is something that I want to
introduce into my work.
http://www.saatchigallery.com/artists/ivan_morley.htm
Josh Smith
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| Untitled 2010 24 X 18 Inches |
I wanted to look at Smiths work because of his paintings, I
am thinking about introducing more paint back into my work and when I saw Smith's
work I really liked the painterly quality it had to it. Smith works in a great
range of disciplines and media, and working in a very abstract expressionist
way, which is why in his paintings they are in such a painterly way. The look
as if they have been created in a very quick way as if he knew exactly how to
create what he wanted and he didn't thing about it too much.
His work is very playful and aggressive at the same time, to
me it's very exact the scale, marks and colours because of the way he makes the
work. He is inspired by natural things such as skeletons, leaves and insects,
but there has to be a process from getting from one to the final outcome. All
his inspirations are natural like many artists.
Smith wants people to look beyond what they normally see
when looking at an object he wants them to look at a process and focus on
looking at things that they don't normally see, this is what his works are. I
think that I want to bring some of his painterly qualities into my work and
maybe the process in which he makes them because I think that I am being too
precious in the way that I'm making my paintings.
http://www.luhringaugustine.com/artists/josh-smith/
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