David Firth is an animator who works primarily within the internet, though he has done some work for television. His work is often dark and surreal, sometimes humouress but oftentimes just pyschological horror.
His most popular animation series is "Salad Fingers" a flash animation that follows the adventures of what appears to be a mentally unstable mutant living in a desolate world post apocalyptic war. The series deals with mental illness, abandonnment and loneliness in a oneiric manner.
I like how much of Firth's work is experimental; he uses many different styles of animation and a range of different sources, as well as innovative sound effects. I also like that it is current, it's nice to have an appreciation for art that's being made right now and be a proper fan of it. I don't do much animation anymore, but I used to when I was a bit younger and I have a massive appreciation for it as it is so painstaking to do.
Thursday, 19 May 2011
Wednesday, 11 May 2011
Pablo Picasso
Picasso was a spanish artist who lived from 25 October 1881 to 8 April 1973, along with Georges Braque he started the cubist style of art, a technique where "Cézanne's method of representing three dimensions as seen from several viewpoints" was "one of the characteristic features". (paintings.name, Marten Jansen)
My favourite painting by Picasso is Guernica:
It depicts a scene from April 26, 1937 where the town Guernica in northern spain was bombed in one of the first attacks by the Nazi Luftwaffe. I like how the feelings of the characters within the painting are understandable, yet they're so abstracted, almost like cartoons; All the fear and the pain and confusion can be seen within their faces to the point where it sort of disturbs me and brings about in me a feeling of dread and horror at what those people in the town of Guernica must have been going through.
My favourite painting by Picasso is Guernica:
It depicts a scene from April 26, 1937 where the town Guernica in northern spain was bombed in one of the first attacks by the Nazi Luftwaffe. I like how the feelings of the characters within the painting are understandable, yet they're so abstracted, almost like cartoons; All the fear and the pain and confusion can be seen within their faces to the point where it sort of disturbs me and brings about in me a feeling of dread and horror at what those people in the town of Guernica must have been going through.
Thursday, 5 May 2011
Charles and Ray Eames
Charles and Ray Eames were postmodern designers that made a large impact on all aspects of american life by influencing "architecture, furniture, and textile designs to their photography and corporate design". (Alexandra Griffith Winton, Charles Eames (1907–78) and Ray Eames (1912–88) | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
They brought art into the homes of many americans by creating affordable well designed furniture that was a "functional, affordable options for consumers seeking modern yet livable domestic surroundings." (Alexandra Griffith Winton, Charles Eames (1907–78) and Ray Eames (1912–88) | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art) This became something that Charles and Ray Eames continued to try to do over the next thirty years.
The Eames's also made films, my favourite being Powers of Ten, which is a film about science comissioned by IBM. The film does a very good job of showing just how small we are within the universe, but also gives the appearance of making IBM computers feel powerful.
They brought art into the homes of many americans by creating affordable well designed furniture that was a "functional, affordable options for consumers seeking modern yet livable domestic surroundings." (Alexandra Griffith Winton, Charles Eames (1907–78) and Ray Eames (1912–88) | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art) This became something that Charles and Ray Eames continued to try to do over the next thirty years.
The Eames's also made films, my favourite being Powers of Ten, which is a film about science comissioned by IBM. The film does a very good job of showing just how small we are within the universe, but also gives the appearance of making IBM computers feel powerful.
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