Panel painting

and used her own body as a main focus of her art. Her first major performance piece was Hannah Wilke Super-t-Art in 1974, which also became one of her most iconic photographic works. Her use of her body in her art also took off in 1974 with her nude photographic collection S.O.S — Starification Object Series. This work introduced her signature use of chewing gum vulva mini-sculptures stuck to her body and reflects her frequent use of the self-portrait. Wilke coined the term “performalist…

The painting Allegory by Ben Shahn was produced in 1948 and is on display at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. The medium of the painting is tempera on panel. The artist’s style consists of slightly visible brushstrokes with an almost surreal form. There is not much variety of color, but that quality unifies all the separate, differing shapes. Since the same colors are usually placed in every part of the painting, the entire work is balanced. However, Shahn still effectively applies emphasis…

Anselm Kiefer- Ash flower Anselm Kiefer is a German painter born in 1945 and belongs to a group of artists who although did not personally experience World War 2, were profoundly affected by its aftermath. In his early work, the themes in Kiefer’s paintings revolved around myth and history, incorporating the Nazi ruling over Germany as his main historical theme (Tate, 2014). Kiefer’s debut piece largely referenced this. In this performance piece he is dressed in his father’s war uniform, making…

color they can easily tell when something doesn’t work, that is why the colors choices in a painting can bring it to life or destroy it. Picking colors can be difficult because there are so many to choose from, and I have had paintings turn out strange looking because I try to fit every single color the human eye can see in it. Adding all the colors also doesn’t help to convey what I what the mood of the painting to be. Cool colors (green, blue and purple) convey the feeling of being cold,…

He also painted with shades which were becoming a big part in paintings that were realistic for example Leonardo painted a piece called Madonna in this painting there is a women and a child. The child is the main idea of this picture because Leonardo captures the realistic body form using shades the description according to the book Leonardo da Vinci they say…

master of various media, has long since been recognized the genius in modern art. Picasso is known for producing an estimated 50,000 pieces of artwork, including paintings, sculptures, ceramics, drawings, prints, and even tapestries and rugs. Yet the medium in which was Picasso’s most important contribution was painting, or oil painting on canvas. During the intervening years, Picasso’s work methods were constantly changing, giving him the title, “Master of Metamorphosis” because, “. . . he…

Leonardo’s love and connection with paintings started in small age of 15 years. As living with his father he had an excess to scholarly texts and paintings owned by his father’s family. Therefore seeing this, his father apprenticed him to the renowned workshop of Andrea Del Verrocchio in Florence filled with new energy…

Chen Yiqi GEM1902P Reflection Piece Punggol – From Kampung to Developmental Heartland On the walls of the void decks of towering blocks of HDB flats in Edgefield Plains, one would be surprised to find a series of murals filling the public space. Painted along the outer edges and corners of the HDB flats, being incorporated into dents on the walls and pillars, its cartoonish style is juxtaposed with the sleek and modern architecture of the buildings that house these murals. Figure 1: Mural…

Take a Closer Look: An In-depth Analysis of Alexa Hoyer’s Cone with Balloon and Hose Circle First impression can be the base of any relationship, but the great thing about this concept is that it can always be altered. This type of situation can be paralleled to any piece of artwork. When the audience first encounters an artwork, they establish an interpretation of the meaning behind the art. Although, as they look deeper, their interpretation of the art begins to change so a relationship…

Both of the paintings to be described have been selected from the time period of the first World War. The first painting is called The Front Line – At Night by J.A. Churchman (Figure 1), which shows soldiers fighting at nighttime, demonstrated with the use of black paint for the sky, contrasted by the bright white paint of an explosion in the distance and intentional spots of red for fire, flares, and explosives. The brushstrokes of the white explosion are very visible, which add to the effect…