Using up to 200,000 flies, he feeds the flies a mixture of sugar, water and watercolour pigments, which the flies eat and regurgitate onto
a prepared canvas surface.
In works like WB - 1627, the dark grey showing through is the specially
prepared canvas surface; and the solid, velvety light areas are unmarked portions of carefully applied, rich white oil color.
Not exact matches
Meanwhile,
prepare the rising
surface: rub flour into
canvas or linen towel placed on a baking sheet.
Then I slathered on the Gesso (this product is used to
prepare canvas and other
surfaces to receive paint and can be found at any craft supply store).
Preparing a
canvas with a background of pale gray and then superimposing on it one small white arc after another, she ended up with a
surface that pulsated with a lacelike proliferation.
The hardened plastic forms a
surface relief that
prepared canvas is then applied to and contoured with a thermal adhesive system.
Inspired by the idea and reliant on the money, Basquiat
prepared for New York / New Wave by producing more than 20 drawings and paintings in a very short space of time, using a wide variety of
surfaces: metal, rubber, paper,
canvas and wood.
By sprinkling, sifting, and scattering the dry pigments onto
prepared canvas and paper
surfaces, Bhavsar builds up expanses of intense, lush color.
More radical in its execution was the «Oxidation» series (1978): Warhol and his assistants
prepared canvases by covering the
surfaces with copper paint and then urinated on them to make elegant iridescent designs in yellows, oranges and greens; perhaps they parody the random drip methods of painting used by such Abstract Expressionists as Jackson Pollock.