There is a wonderful exhibit right now that explores the relationship of Picasso and Matisse's in San Francisco work called the Steins Collect Matisse, Picasso and the Parisian Avant-Garde.
While I know I'm nowhere in the league of these two giants I think that it's important to know art history and to acknowledge and incorporate art historical sources into ones art work. So, in my continuing series of posts discussing this I thought it might be cool to discuss this.
The paper cut out collage by Henri Matisse called the Parakeet and the Mermaid has always had a powerful allure for me. I love Matisse's use of color and his beautiful sense of design. I have a postcard of this hanging in my studio and I had this idea to incorporate the way Matisse's work makes me feel. To this end I used some acid free colored pastel paper and made use of Matisse's forms as a partner to some of my portraits that I have in my show in San Francisco at ArtHaus Gallery at 411 Brannan Street. Here are the two pieces:
Morry Eale
20"x16" collage, oil paint,
and graphite drawing on masonite
Read some stories about this character here:
http://kenney-mencher.blogspot.com/2011/03/write-story-about-morry-eale-and-win.html
Eddie Currents
20"x16" collage, oil paint,
and graphite drawing on masonite
Read some stories about this character here:
http://kenney-mencher.blogspot.com/2011/02/write-story-about-eddie-currents-and.html
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Similar blog posts about technique and the use and misuse of art history:
The paper cut out collage by Henri Matisse called the Parakeet and the Mermaid has always had a powerful allure for me. I love Matisse's use of color and his beautiful sense of design. I have a postcard of this hanging in my studio and I had this idea to incorporate the way Matisse's work makes me feel. To this end I used some acid free colored pastel paper and made use of Matisse's forms as a partner to some of my portraits that I have in my show in San Francisco at ArtHaus Gallery at 411 Brannan Street. Here are the two pieces:
20"x16" collage, oil paint,
and graphite drawing on masonite
Read some stories about this character here:
http://kenney-mencher.blogspot.com/2011/03/write-story-about-morry-eale-and-win.html
20"x16" collage, oil paint,
and graphite drawing on masonite
Read some stories about this character here:
http://kenney-mencher.blogspot.com/2011/02/write-story-about-eddie-currents-and.html
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Similar blog posts about technique and the use and misuse of art history:
- Rembrandt and His Wash Drawings
- Rembrandt, Self Portraits and Me
- Rembrandt, Matisse and Me
- Henri Matisse and Me
- Marcel Duchamp, Rrose Selavy, Mona Lisa, and Me
- Giacomo Balla and Me
- John Singer Sargent, Caravaggio and Me
- Velasquez and Cherise
- N.C. Wyeth, Chuck and Me
- Me and Hopper: A Certain Slant of Light
- My Use and Abuse of Photo Reference
- Themes in Art; Sequential Art
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