I feel like when I started making sculptures I had a moment where I let go of trying to «build sculptures» and just
make paintings in 3D.
He began
making paintings on cast - off sheet metal and wood panels in 1944; most were portraits of people and events important to his community.
For instance what does someone who focuses on dance have to say to someone who
makes paintings about the body?
This technique of
making paintings from found photos was one he continued to refine for more than 25 years.
You're
making a painting by pretending you're not, in a way, though pretending isn't the right word.
There are many ways to lay bare the present - tense problem of
making paint look like something.
The sculptural elements
made the paintings more literal, pulling the strokes and imagery off the canvas and into three - dimensional space.
I was
n't making paintings at the time, largely because of the influence of institutional critique and a sense of urgency around political and social content.
And it is this immersion — the idea of the picture focusing on our existence because it is out of focus that
makes his paintings so utterly fascinating.
It was also timely, because there were a lot of
artists making paintings, and all of a sudden there was this appetite in the public for painting as well.
One day in 1946, an artist came in with a synthetic resin and asked them to
make paint out of it.
I don't like the word «strategy» but that's a strategy to
make a painting without caring about a certain part of traditional painting.
The addition of titanium dioxide to the paint boosts its sunlight absorbing abilities,
making the paint into a hydrogen fuel plant that can be applied to any surface.
I use the term «build» when I talk and think about
making the paintings because that's the best way of describing how it feels to make them.
But what
makes the paintings at once so hard to look at and so hard to look away from is that they are really all background.
What shows through from underneath is the result of the process of finding the right hue and value relationships as a natural part of
making the painting work.
Even when Pop Art embraced advertising cartoons, and the movies, it
still made painting, and it still made art.
It will
make painting much easier - and besides - now you can decide to use the existing knobs or purchase new ones without the worry of having to match the shape and size.
On the one side, I'm competing with the kids, who are
now making painting, and I'm also still competing with the old guys.
The wax surfaces of my paintings have a physical presence and the computer - generated parts combine to
make the paintings even more dimensional.
To
make your paintings pop out even more, paint the background wall in a dark colour like dark grey or midnight blue.