man vs beast

I have included in my very final piece men trying to tie down these huge unidentifiable shell type things that are hovering above them i like the idea cruel as it is if man vs mighty beast in the case of my painting it is unclear what the thing is or why it might even be a threat but it holds some power

Abel Auer

 I particularly like Abel Auers painting techniques and brush work it reminds me of my own methods his colour pallet reminds me of Peter Doig with the dial turned up seeing this work makes me wish I use wilder colours and be more adventurous with it.

I also really like the variations in paint application sometimes dry allowing raw canvas to show through and in other places smooth I'v done this to a lesser extent in my own work.

David Huffman

 I really like David Huffmans collaging technique it makes his work more interesting to look at and to really explore like a 'Where's Wally' book his work also has a humour about it that you can't quite pin down and its not as simple as the costumes being silly. I have been told my work has an element of humour to it which is I guess something I do try to include its certainly not trying to be deadly serious. Huffmans work also has an aspirational quality showing black men excelling in sports and exploring new horizons with there space suits on.

 he also has a good sense of spacing the image above illustrates this well, I tryed to play around with this by using a panoramic format. with the bold use of dark colours at the top something I'v done in all paintings during the FMP slightly unsuccessfully as the panoramic was hard to fit rock peaks in and I didn't leave enough space at the top

salvatore Arancio

"His artistic signature is photo-etching, but he works across a range of media such as collage, animation and video. Arancio’s main interest lies in the potential of images. Departing from their literal meaning, he creates new juxtapositions that are both beautifully evocative and deeply disquieting. He looks to nature and science for his sources of inspiration, while unsettling any hint of the sublime by re-framing the images and the viewer’s experience. His constructed landscapes contain a sense of both the familiar and the unknown that enhances their symbolic readings and implications." (properly referenced in bibliography)

here is an article taken from the guardian on salvatore Arancio who i still wished i looked at alot earlyer in my foundation year i think the last part of this text is sertanly true in his work and something i think about all the time when doing my own work the sence of worshiping or being drawn to somthing mystirose that you have no understanting of a good example of this feeling is the opening scene of 'a space odyssey 2001' where an obalisque aperes before these mokey men and they all go ape shit witch if im not mistaken Arancio has also coined with this piece which is a still from 'a space odyssey 2001'  with his own workings

Salvatore Arancio, Sentinel, 2009, Video for Projection, 9 min 13 sec

this feeling must be what dirives conspiracy theroists and ufo alien entusiasts mad carreied away with the feeling theres more to life i get it but with a ditached  distanced glance as in its the human condition to feel this way but i see it like for instace what would you rather belive if given a choice (your own thoughts aside), than humans realy went to the moon and walked around even dicked around with a golf club and poped a flag down thats still up there or that its all one big hoax.

http://youtu.be/ML1OZCHixR0

this clip sums it all up for me it couldent be more perfect it dosn't give anything away it just tickles that part of you that wants to belive there must be something more out there and thats somthing i think Arancio dose well and somthing im trying to allude to aswell.