El Lissitsky


El Lissitzky - was a Russian Artist, typographer and designer.  Was a known figure in the Bauhaus and Constructavist movement. El Lissitzky was a Russian born artist, designer, typographer, photographer and architect who designed many exhibitions and propaganda for the Soviet Union in the early 20th century. His development of the ideas behind the Suprematist art movement were very influential in the development of the Bauhaus and the Constructivist art movements. His stylistic characteristics and experimentation with production techniques developed in the 1920s and 30s have been an influence on graphic designers since.

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1968, Plate 40



Image courtesy of Tate modern Victory Over the Sun

Lithograph on paper
image: 512 x 428 mm
on paper, print



Tracey Emin

A consummate storyteller, Tracey Emin engages the viewer with her candid exploration of universal emotions. Well-known for her confessional art, Tracey Emin reveals intimate details from her life to engage the viewer with her expressions of universal emotions. Her ability to integrate her work and personal life enables Emin to establish an intimacy with the viewer.

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Tracey Emin, Hotel International, 1993

The quilts are composed of swatches of fabric that are culled from her clothes, curtains and furniture, so the materials – as well as the words and images – tell her life story. It is also interesting that the refined craft of needlework is used to deal with themes of sexuality that are often brazenly vulgar, which acts as a brutal contrast between material and subject.

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Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio - Arrogant, rebellious and a murderer, Caravaggio's short and tempestuous life matched the drama of his works. Characterised by their dramatic, almost theatrical lighting, Caravaggio's paintings were controversial, popular, and hugely influential on succeeding generations of painters all over Europe. Below is the Sacrifice of Isaac, oil on canvas.

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CARAVAGGIO
The Sacrifice of Isaac (detail)
1601-02
Oil on canvas
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Alexander Rodchenko



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Alexander Rodchenko -  (1891–1956) was a Russian artist and graphic designer. He was one of the founders of constructivism and Russian design.

Gerhard Richter - Painter

Gerhard Richter is a German painter who's career has spanned five decades.  He has produced a diverse range of Artwork, from photorealist paintings to large scale abstract pieces.  He has also worked in photography and sculpture.  His whole body of work can be viewd on his webite here:

http://www.gerhard-richter.com/

Here are some of Richters large scale abstract pieces.  They are made by draggin paint over the surface of the canvas several times to create layer upon layer of paint:

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Abstract Painting 780-1 by Gerhard Richter

Abstract Painting 780-1, 1992, oil on canvas by Gerhard Richter
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[ R ] Gerhard Richter - Abstraktes Bild (1992)

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[ R ] Gerhard Richter - Abstraktes Bild (1992)

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Gerhard Richter: January, December, November, 1989

Art from Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, USA.
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 The image below illustrates the size of the pieces:


Reflecting

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 This piece is from a series of works where he worked onto photographs with paint:

Gerhard Richter style painted photograph-roller coaster big dipper blackpool

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 This series was created from small photographs or newspaper cuttings:

Gerhard Richter @ Tate Modern

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Gerhard Richter @ Tate Modern

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Artists of the Month - November 2011

This months Artists have all produced some excellent work. Well done to the following;

AS Graphics Becky M artist study

AS Fine Art Becky R manipulated photographs;

A2 Fine Art Tarna M print experimentation;

A2 Graphics Sam H typography;

Forgotten Spaces Competition

The Forgotten Spaces competition was run by Sheffield Hallam University in conjunction with the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) open to professionals where the challenge was to redesign a ‘forgotten space’ within their community.  This was such a success they have opened it to schools and colleges in the local area - which is a fantastic opportunity for our students who are interested in Architecture!  A team of 5 students – Sam L, Michael L, Katie E, Alex H and Louise H went for a workshop with 2 current students on the BSC  Architecture and Environmental Design and BSC in Architecture Technology.  Suki and Anna explained the project, showing us some amazing slides and images but quickly moved onto redesigning a forgotten space there and then in the classroom.  The students had to think about light, (natural and unnatural), what the space would be used for and who would be using it.  They were taken through the design process step by step and left with loads of ideas to redesign our chosen ‘forgotten space’.

TRC students with Anna and Suki, current students at Sheffield Hallam University

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We were picked up by Bev (perfectly on time!) and enjoyed a very uneventful return journey to college where we discussed thoughts and ideas of what we could do with the project.  So keen were the students 3 of them started immediately, dropped off at the Belvedere (our ‘forgotten space’) to take photographs ready to work from.  Luckily, the redevelopers were in and allowed them to take some exclusive photos of the interior!

Inspired and enthused by their trip, they will be coming in over half term to work on their ideas and prepare their submission.  A big thank you to Suki Sehmti and Anna-Marie Hobenael for their brilliant workshop and we can’t wait to start working on it!