PROJECT BASIC PAINT APPLICATION I am intrigued by the painting example under the heading, Introduction. This work reminds me of Adrian Ghenie – but it is the colours, not the way the paint is applied – and this part of the course will focus on application of paint. ( I added an extra blog […]
For this first assignment I am still drawn to the previous work with the baobab trees. I asked a friend who is to lucky to have a baobab in her garden and on in the middle of the street in front of her house in South Africa, to send some pictures of different perspectives – […]
Rembrandt Doing the research topic on Chiaroscuro earlier, I read that examinations of Rembrandt’s paintings show that the artist used middle-tone grounds, which allowed rapid painting. He only applied dark and light tones, leaving the mid-tones of the ground. Most of his canvases are primed with a double ground, the first layer of which is […]
Below are the pavillions I visited on 26 September 2019. I am still busy finishing the writing and comparing it with my notes and photos. I added the list in the meantime. Switzerland Their installation is called Moving Backwards – a video in an environment of a dance/night club the performers are dancing and moving, […]
Howard Hodgkin In our notes we have a work of the artist, In the Bay of Naples, 1980-82 (oil on panel) which reminded me of the work of Adrian Ghenie and I decided to read about the artist and ask myself why this example was chosen as well as why I see the link between […]
23.09 – 30.09 Arsenale, Giardini, Collateral events and some Old Masters in churches Arsenale From the onset I have to say that this was my first visit to Venice and that I was completely taken by its location on water and the obvious enormity of this 58th Biennale. I will attempt to discuss my experience, […]
Outside of the Giardini and Arsenale, there were 35 national pavilions and 19 collateral events spread around the Venice historic centre, Giudecca, San Servolo, and Forte Marghera. I focus on the few I got to see. Glasstress exhibition on Murano Island This was another highlight of my visit. I loved the old abandoned glass furnace […]