Soon.

The busiest part of my semester will soon be over, which means that I will be able to post my work from the semester and begin writing actual blogs again. Excited!

In the meantime . . . enjoy these photos posted on a nifty french blog"There's a Feeling I Get When I Look to the West"

http://grizzlygirl.wordpress.com/2009/08/

Photorealistic Sculptures

http://theswedishbed.wordpress.com/2010/03/21/giant-photorealistic-sculpture/

I have an idea, involving this style of sculpture. I don't know if I have the means to do it, but I'm researching it anyways.
So cool.

Update:
I probably will not be making a super realistic sculpture due to limited funds and resources. I'll continue making plaster molds like the one I experimented with this semester. Instead of using plaster to make the mold, I plan on using silicone this time and bypassing the process of chiseling out my final piece. I will then use plaster as my casting material after making the silicone mold. I'm excited to try this out over the summer :) I have so many ideas!

Links:

http://www.hirstarts.com/moldmake/moldmaking.html (main site that I am referencing for these sculptures)

http://www.ehow.com/how_5635830_make-fiberglass-sculptures.html

http://nga.gov.au/mueck/director.cfm

Supplies:
Silicone Mold (OOMOO 30 Silicone Rubber Link: http://www.smooth-on.com/Silicone-Rubber-an/c2_1113_1136/index.html?catdepth=1 (www.smooth-on.com.)

Moldmaking & Casting Pourable Starter Kit

Paintbrush

Legos (to build custom boxes, I plan on making small scale clay models so this should be fine)

Foam Core Board (as support for mold while casting plaster)

Straps (to hold mold together while casting)

Instamold (used during 2 part silicone mold making process to create 2 halves)

Large Plastic containers and stirrers (to mix plaster and silicone molding and instamold)

Mask (to protect me from dangerous fumes!)

Clay (to make the figure- What would be the best modeling clay to use for making a mold? I'm not sure . . . little help here!)

Pottery tools (to form the figure)



Talcum powder (helps remove air bubbles during casting process)

Carving tools and sandpaper (to refine plaster mold if I need to)

Mold releasing agent (so silicone mold halves don't stick to each other . . . we wouldn't want that now would we?) link: http://www.smooth-on.com/Ease-Release%3D-20/c1226/index.html?catdepth=1)

*Instead of plaster- I may wind up using "Aqua Clear" from ArtMolds. I could make a translucent model with this casting materal. They look SO COOL. link: http://www.artmolds.biz/product_detail.asp?prid=54&sid=32

Link: to buy from Utrect : http://www.utrechtart.com/dsp_view_product_zoom.cfm?item=49923&v=2

It seems pretty involved but I love process, hopefully I can afford everything and it won't be a problem!

fantastic (more eye candy)

http://artodyssey1.blogspot.com/2010/04/ana-bagayan-ana-bagayan-was-born-in.html

Ana Bagayan
(my favorite is the girl with the butterfly over her mouth- beautiful!)

http://artodyssey1.blogspot.com/2010/04/terry-strickland-using-human-figure-and.html
Terry Strickland
(paints light and skin beautifully- I love these images. Its my dream to paint like this!)

Nearly done for the semester. Soon I'll have photos of my work to show. I can't wait!

In the meantime, I have one more painting to do before the semester is over (pressure is on)

My inspirations for this last one include Frida Kahlo, Helen Frankenthaler, and Francis Bacon.

Biography - Frida Kahlo (A&E DVD Archives)

Helen Frankenthaler: Painting History, Writing Painting (New Encounters: Arts, Cultures, Concepts)

Francis Bacon: Commitment And Conflict

Tsk tsk tsk . . .

The end of the semester is drawing near and I am busier than ever. I have plans to post an essay about the effects of Westernization on Contemporary Chinese art, as well as my thoughts behind the painting I exhibited at the SEPCHE conference about a month ago. Soon I'll have my newest paintings and sculptures posted on here to share.
Considering that my final critique for the semester is in a week, I need to get moving on all of these projects . . .

Wish me luck!

As a reward for the end of the semester, I treated myself to two Michael Jackson movies that I've never seen . . .
Michael Jackson: This Is It


Michael Jackson MOONWALKER DVD 2010 NEW (USA FORMAT) English Packaging

I'm not allowed to watch them until after the first week of May. . . it's my reward for surviving this semester lol can't wait!

The Presets - This Boy's In Love

Beautifully shot . . . I love this song, they're like a modern day Depeche Mode.

Nic Rad "PeopleMatter"

Nic Rad's show "PeopleMatter" at Rare Gallery in Chelsea is so in touch with our world today. Rad creates portraits of celebrities, bloggers, and media personalities. Rad,in an interview with PaperMag, discusses how the idea for this exhibit came about:
"The last 18 months I've been thinking of an industry and trying to make a portrait of a period in time. That's journalism. The structure is kind of inverted at the moment and what "free" means is fascinating, between who writes for blogs and gives away their content to generate traffic and who's behind the pay wall. And what that means."
Nic Rad's website: http://www.nic-rad.com/
check out these amazing portraits up close!



Check out Rad's interview with Papermag
http://www.papermag.com/blogs/2010/04/williamsburg-based_artist_nic.php

Dejan Nenadov

I love the use of light, so beautiful. The expressions are captured with such sensitivity. I hope I can do the same in my paintings someday.