with these 19x24 paper pieces i was following some advice from lightgeist. first, kellie's advice from way back when to try doing stuff with no source material and travis' advice when he talked about making paintings that were an identifiable color. here i have green red and purple. next i might do a suggestion of molly's to do a tree house...which i was thinking about back in the day but couldn't make it work. also i was doing new stuff here...using aluminum foil and
QR codes. in each QR code there is a few sentences of description of other rooms. so these are about spaces in spaces inside spaces etc. if you have a smart phone you can interact with the paintings, scanning the qr code to get the descriptions. i know these paintings basically suck but i was trying a bunch of new stuff. they really are just studies for later, bigger things. so any feedback is much appreciatd so i can improve the new stuff...especially anything about color...i really wanna get better with the color. also...are the QR codes dumb? thanks!
green room: acrylic, oil, aluminum foil, ink jet print outs
red room: acrylic, aluminum foil, vinyl, tape, ink jet print outs
purple room: acrylic, oil, ink jet print outs
##some of the QR codes say things like:
"I had never seen that door before. How had I missed it? I grew up in that house."
"Deep in the forest there was a florescent pink wall and a purple couch along side it. We sat down and had a drink. "
"We carried the couch into the cave and set the television up. It was damp and dark but we were ok. "
green room: acrylic, oil, aluminum foil, ink jet print outs
red room: acrylic, aluminum foil, vinyl, tape, ink jet print outs
purple room: acrylic, oil, ink jet print outs
6 comments:
neat!
i like the idea of using something so cryptic as the qr codes
its so specific
but also a mystery
visually and to people who dont know anything about them, like me a week ago.
i love that what they say is cryptic as well, they go well with the idea of the work
like a zen koan
these pieces are great sketches
, and its interesting, you used to always use your minds visuals
they still seem real bradneresque
visually purple is my fave live the interiors in the interiors
the top one i love but could do without the cartoony leaves
but you will prolly do something with them. might be neat to keep them without the black line and do a scumble of pinkish red over then scumble green over it again
then red room is too girly for me
hahaha!(with love)
i love the floor on that one though
for color , i really think you can put it all in there, its interesting, so dont take away that interest, just try to make it 55% reddish or whatever,
hope that helps my man
i love that you integrated the advice.
i made a commitment to myself that i would take advice last year. and it really helped
so thanks for cutting through and really giving your opinion.
it has totally served me
=t
i really like the texture of the tin foil. i didn't expect that i would.
using images from your mind, i think worked and maybe simplified a little bit. it's probably hard to do a portrait of biggie from your mind though.
i like the color in these, it does change it a lot from your other stuff. the color feels calmer and more inviting to me.
i think the qr codes go perfectly with your themes especially since you used to do comic books.
travis
I'm liking the green piece the most, compositionally. The mirror surface is pretty cool, a subtle texture that stands out but still seems of a piece with the painting.
Maybe the red one is a little more chaotic? Not sure. Some of the more brushstroke-looking brushstrokes seem a little at odds with the planar surfaces and precise lines, but I respect the search for textures.
I think these are great studies.
Seems like each object has its own personality. I love that. I didn't mind the leaves at first, but after reading Trav's comment, the flatness keeps distracting me--how it's right up against the picture plane. But at the same time, there are other objects rejecting perspective and it works--for example, the shadows cast by the table legs don't appear on the pyramids. And the QR codes in the lower left of the 3rd piece are like, "fuck that shit." Looks like you're having a lot of fun.
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