Jasper Johns- Painter / Printmaker

Jasper Johns was a key name in the Pop Art movement of the 1960s. His subject matter is often banal, taking bold flat imagery such as flags, targets, numbers and lettering, depicted on embellished, painterly surfaces. He was friends with Robert Rauschenberg and similarities can be drawn between their surface treatment.

Here some examples of his work:

Jasper John's Flage

Image by wallyg

Image from: neweyes.atlblogs.com

Image from: http://infinitefool.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/jasper-johns.html

Close up of Flag surface: image by erratic0101

Franz Kline- Painter

Franz Kline was an Abstract Expressionist painter famous for his bold black and white paintings throughout the 1950s which abandonned representation altogether, focussing on brush stroke and use of canvas as opposed to figures or imagery.

For more information on Kline visit:     http://www.artchive.com/artchive/K/kline.html

Here are some examples of his paintings:

Monitor: image by jpellgen

Meryon: image by appelogen.be

 

 

Orange Outline: image by Nathania Johnson

Sergey Larenkov- Rephotographer

Sergey Larenkov is a Russian photographer who uses the technique of rephotography to make gone by memories of cities come alive. He takes pre-existing photographs and carefully layers them with new photographs of the same location, using photshop to stunning effect.

Thanks to Sergey for allowing us to post his images.

Image courtesy of Sergey Larenkov

Image courtesy of Sergey Larenkov

Image courtesy of Sergey Larenkov

Image courtesy of Sergey Larenkov

Image courtesy of Sergey Larenkov

Image courtesy of Sergey Larenkov

Image courtesy of Sergey Larenkov

To read an interview with Sergey visit:
http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/ghosts-of-world-war-ii-paris-6

Rephotography

Rephotography is the act of taking a new version of an existing photograph to create a "then and now" view of a location. The two images can be laid side by side, comparing what has changed/remained the same, or sections of each photograph can be overlaid, manually or digitally in photoshop, to create a new image showing an amalgamation of the past and present. For this technique to work best the photographs should be taken from the same viewpoint so that the features of the landscape allign when the images are overlaid.
 
For more information on the rephotography movement and tips on how to create your own visit:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/landscapes/what_are_rephotographs.shtml

To see images from Sergey Larenkov, a rephotographer who digitally layers images, visit:

http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/the-ghosts-of-world-war-iis

Looking into the past - take 2
Image by Nomad Tales



 

Joan Mitchell - Painter

Joan Mitchell was a prolific Post Abstract Expressionist painter and printmaker famous for her large scale impasto paintings and use of expressive brushstrokes.  More information and images can be found here:

http://joanmitchellfoundation.org/

Here are some images of Mitchell's work:

San Francisco - SoMa: SFMoMA - Joan Mitchell's Untitled
Image by wallyg

Joan Mitchell: City Landscape
Image byJoan Mitchell: unbearable lightness

Joan Mitchell: No Rain (MoMA - New York)
Image by scalleja

Linda Ingraham

Mixed Media Photography

Linda Ingraham has taken these beautiful photographs. exhibited her emotionally evocative artwork mainly in America.

These images can be accessed through this link http://www.lindaingraham.com/about.html

These images can be accessed through this link. http://www.lindaingraham.com/about.html

These images can be accessed through this link. http://www.lindaingraham.com/about.html

These images can be accessed through this link. http://www.lindaingraham.com/about.html

These images can be accessed through this link. http://www.lindaingraham.com/about.html

These images can be accessed through this link. http://www.lindaingraham.com/about.html

Jenny Saville - Interview with the Observer

This week's Observer had an excellent interview with Jenny Saville talking about her painting career along with some images from her up and coming show at Modern Art Oxford. If anyone is anywhere near in the holidays it would recommend a visit!

Click here to read the Article

Click here to see the images





Jenny Saville in her Oxford studio
Image courtesy of dou_ble_you

Thanks to Tracy for finding this one!