Complete an Analytical Review of Lucian Freud

“I paint people, not because of what they are like, not exactly in spite of what they are like, but how they happen to be.” Lucian Freud is a painter of human form, inclusive of the people in his life. Any viewer of Freud’s work can easily depict straight away the specific interest in the subject of the person / people of that specific piece of his work and how definitive of his own self it can be distinguished as who he is. As his grandfather, Sigmund Freud – “the father of psychoanalysis” was a blood relation, people often see a connection between his work and some psychological aspects of what it might appear to take. Although it has been stated that he has claimed not taken a particularly keen interest of his grandfather’s works, it has been questioned whether his art has been influenced into his style.

Freud’s techniques and style consisted of thick layers of strong blended colours of paint used to create the forms and shapes of the objects reflected. Many of his paintings show a variation in brush strokes used to develop the texture and depth of realistic yet dramatised tones. The way in which he has used the abstract colours to imply the different shades on the objects works well to demonstrate the different dimensions and perspectives, but the colours he uses are uneasy on the eyes and can express the arts in more of a disturbed atmosphere which works well for a certain genre of paintings, but on the other hand it just doesn’t seem to work too well for the type of expression he seems to indicate with the layout and poses of the subjects he has chosen. The contrast helps distinguish the separate parts of objects from the background and the surrounding area clearly making the images seem more appealing and fresh.

The art from Freud establishes the same genre of focus. Embracing the techniques he has developed, his work has certainly changed over his career but has elevated his reputation and popularity for such a range of art. Although the techniques he uses are not without fault, he certainly utilises his talent well and produces interesting images that have been featured in shows and exhibitions. Overall Freud is a talented artist and will carry on creating works of art in his own forever developing style and is already a famous well known artist.

Bibliography

Sebastian Smee, Lucian Freud, 2007, Taschen, Germany

http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/exhibitions/freud/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucian_Freud

Illustration Friday

Layers

Improvements:

Define the shape to be more recognisable

Make the colours more definitive and bold
Add more detail
Add a cherry on top

 

The first idea that comes to mind when layers is read is cake and the various layers that are used to create the body. I cut out a simple mask using cartridge paper to create the separate layers and used acrylic paints to dab on and create the effect.

Illustration Friday

Reverse

3 Improvements
- Make the car symmetrical in shape
- Draw straighter lines
-Colour the picture definitely

Complete an Analytical Review of Jenny Saville

Complete an Analytical Review of Jenny Saville

“At thirty-two, Jenny Saville has had a career most artists twice her age would envy.” Jenny Saville is a controversial, British artist whom is best known for her exaggerated paintings of naked forms of the body (mainly female) and refers to specific parts such as genitalia. Saville gained an art based education through the Glasgow School of Art in which she graduated with a exhibition which sold out. One of her paintings was bought by Charles Saatchi and since then has been the base of her forever growing reputation.

            The subject matter of Saville’s work has been stated and discussed as a feminist genre of such and is overwhelming of flesh and human form with disformations or disease. “The specificity of her subject matter raises questions about the nature of spontaneity and control in painting.” Her work often creates controversy between the conflicting public of today’s society and is either viewed as something enjoyed or something to be disgusted at. In my opinion, art is created for a reaction to anyone and everyone to see and Jenny Saville’s paintings are interesting to look at because of the very explicit and grotesque forms that are created on the page.

Saville uses oil on canvas to create her outstanding paintings and because she claims she uses “a lot more oil now because it gives the paint movement”. The techniques and methods she incorporates into her artwork express the tones of skin and movement very well as it is very expressive in the way that experimental, contrasting colours are mixed in to create a wider image of natural colour. Texture is also recreated well with the different mediums from canvas and oil paints used.

            Brush strokes, different tones of similar colours, contrasting colours, and various thickness of paint are all different techniques Saville uses in her artwork to create the effects that are displayed. The techniques that have been used are very expressive of the images that are demonstrated of the naked human form and compliment the style.

In conclusion I find Jenny Saville’s work rather appealing in the way that even though it can be seen shallowly as rude, very explicit and horrific of some sort, it shows the sorts of reality in what she has based her work about and should be seen as depicting on the life of people with diseases and disorders.

Bibliography

Interview with Jenny Saville:

Simon Schama, Jenny Saville, 2005, Razzoli internation publications, USA New York

Webography

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2003/apr/20/thesaatchigallery.art10

http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/jenny_saville_resources.htm

http://www.eyestorm.com/artists/profile/Jenny_Saville_biography.html

http://www.artnet.com/magazine_pre2000/features/kardon/kardon10-26-99.asp

Illustration Friday

'Surrender'

3 Points of Improvements

More definition

Change proportion

Bring together as one style

The idea behind this concept is surrendering to things in life in which it is just nature to let go of. The hand is a literal for the term of letting go, but represents the many various ideas of things that need to be surrendered. The bird shown faintly in the top left hand corner is to represent a lighter side of surrendering in where perhaps good things can become of what may be surrendered like a 'freedom' bird can be interpreted from it.