David John Kassan

Using a varied media David John Kassan creates stunning pieces of art, the same as the othe r artist I have researched, he manages to capture the feelings behind the faces and apprehends the things other artist cant, using his subjects as the key feature and blanking out the background allows the viewer to concentrate on the main focus of his subjects.
He also has a particular skill towards his colour mixture and contrast between light and dark, and the mixture between the soft and hared scratchy lines gives his pieces more interest.

 
 

Arthur Hacker

Arthur hacker uses a very traditional method of painting for his work, with perfect lines tones and colours, contrasting his foreground and background and allowing the audience to distinguish between the main feature and the decorative elements.

The pieces of art he produced are stunning creations of visual beauty.

Jenny Saville

Rosetta 2
oil on paper, mounted on board
1970

reverse
oil on canvas
2003

Jenny Saville has the ability to create a piece of art that gets a message across and tells a story, although her work is somewhat disturbing, and quite hostile, she can still portray the emotion of her subjects. She may focus on the negative image of an emotion but the negative work expressions of the human face are much more interesting than those of a more positive nature.

The use of colour in her portraits shows the works true nature of the silent image, the feeling behind the work, although she ranges between hot and cold colours, no matter how she uses colours, the tones, textures and use of shading of gesture helps to create the emotion. She also focusses on the main subject of her image and avoids cluttering the background with unneeded distractions, all these factors together corresponds perfectly to create a perfect piece of work.

 

 

Yorkshire Sculpture Park

From researching the Yorkshire sculpture park I have gathered certain information on the main current artists and exhibitions, Lucy and Jorge Orta.

The couple started their work in 2009 when on a visit to the recycling town in Cairo, Zabbaleen, after seeing the huge mounds of bottles that formed more of an organic matter in which the people of the town lived. With this they created a series of sculptures using the recycled water bottles, such as the ‘Diptych Cloud Chaises’. the chairs are function as normal chairs as show in the interview with  Bartolomeo Pietromarchi (link to interview in sources)

 

‘Diptych Cloud Chaises’
 



 

Zabbaleen (city of garbage)

 

 

 

sources:

http://www.ysp.co.uk/channel

http://www.ysp.co.uk/exhibitions/lucy-jorge-orta