I also noticed many artists creating
illusionary surfaces with unconventional materials, while maintaining a disciplined awareness of the basic two - dimensional surface.
Not exact matches
Painted on canvas or wood supports these paintings explore an
illusionary space, their seductive often highly tactile
surface enhances the experience.
It adds an unexpected
illusionary quality to the canvases — rather than offering the impression of depth, their
surfaces become reminiscent of the light that emanates from digital screens.
Therefore, it can be said that the artist is searching for the new meaning of two - dimensional
surface by creating
illusionary environments subjected to insertion of spectators thoughts, aspirations or desires.
The mixture of traditional painting and printing techniques John Bauer employs results in an
illusionary painterly
surface that engages viewers with its forms and keeps them guessing as to their origin.
The works of Carol Heft juxtapose 2D and 3D space on flat
surfaces and combine physical and
illusionary layers of space.
Cloaked in paint, the planar
surfaces of the walls and monumental stair alternately advance and recede, oscillating between real and
illusionary space.
For instance, he paints the corners of flat planes folded over like a dog - eared page to reveal a
surface of a different color on the
illusionary verso.
It adds an unexpected
illusionary quality to the canvases — rather than offering the impression of depth, their
surfaces become reminiscent of the kind of light that emanates from digital screens.