I've just seen the Facebook notification of the above exhibition on between Jan 11 - March 8th and think it would be great to make the effort to go as Taunton is only an hour away.
Link: http://www.rps.org/events/2014/january/visit-the-rps-international-print-exhibition-156---somerset for more information. Definitely a YES for my February calendar.
Had to put it back until March due to other commitments, but determined to go.
Friday, 31 January 2014
Friday, 17 January 2014
OCASA Study Days
I've decided to pursue further learning by attending relevant study days put on by the OCA. I intended to go to the Hayward Gallery in December last year but the state of the South West Railways put paid to that idea.
The new season's diary seems very interesting and I have put my name down for a day's session in Thatcham, Berks, where artist Fiona Yaron-Field has agreed to give a talk to OCA students on 8 February. Fiona is a practising artist who has been using photography for over 25 years; her practice centres around people, so this study visit will be particularly pertinent with those with an interest in portraiture. Fiona was selected for the 2013 Taylor Wessing exhibition and author of ‘Up Close, a Mother’s View‘ (Bunker Hill Publishing, 2008), in which she describes, through image and text, her relationship with her daughter Ophir who has Down’s Syndrome.
There is also a visit to the Saatchi Gallery in London on Friday, 21st February to the Body Language exhibition. This study visit to London’s Saatchi Gallery exhibition Body Language surveys the figurative work of 20 contemporary artists. This engagement with the human form is ever present through the work of artists practising today through painting, photography and sculpture.
During the visit there will be a short talk by one of the gallery staff to gain a further insight into the work and motives of some of the artists.
Coinciding with Body Language is another Saatchi collection exhibition - New Order 2. This is the second instalment of this section of this collection of emerging and early career artists. The study visit will be led by Sarah West.
Both days sound very interesting and are achievable from Dorset so I'm looking forward to meeting up with fellow students and gaining more insight into other artists' work.
The new season's diary seems very interesting and I have put my name down for a day's session in Thatcham, Berks, where artist Fiona Yaron-Field has agreed to give a talk to OCA students on 8 February. Fiona is a practising artist who has been using photography for over 25 years; her practice centres around people, so this study visit will be particularly pertinent with those with an interest in portraiture. Fiona was selected for the 2013 Taylor Wessing exhibition and author of ‘Up Close, a Mother’s View‘ (Bunker Hill Publishing, 2008), in which she describes, through image and text, her relationship with her daughter Ophir who has Down’s Syndrome.
There is also a visit to the Saatchi Gallery in London on Friday, 21st February to the Body Language exhibition. This study visit to London’s Saatchi Gallery exhibition Body Language surveys the figurative work of 20 contemporary artists. This engagement with the human form is ever present through the work of artists practising today through painting, photography and sculpture.
During the visit there will be a short talk by one of the gallery staff to gain a further insight into the work and motives of some of the artists.
Coinciding with Body Language is another Saatchi collection exhibition - New Order 2. This is the second instalment of this section of this collection of emerging and early career artists. The study visit will be led by Sarah West.
Both days sound very interesting and are achievable from Dorset so I'm looking forward to meeting up with fellow students and gaining more insight into other artists' work.
Wednesday, 15 January 2014
Historical photographs get a 'colorised' makeover - in pictures; Sarah Gilbert
The Guardian Newspaper November 18th 2013
I noticed this subject on one of the OCA subject forums recently and have been studying each of the images to see what I think of them being coloured as opposed to being black and white. The website address is:
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2013/nov/18/historical-photographs-get-a-colorized-makeover-in-pictures
There are so many images to look through that I've just chosen two or three to comment on. Also I deliberately didn't look at the comments below before I commented as I wanted to form my own impressions before being influenced by other people's comments.
Picture 1 - Civil Right march on Washington 1963 courtesy of the Library of Congress, by Jordan J Lloyd/Dynamichrome
I think this picture has been improved by colouring it. The picture has more depth and give more of the impression of how many people actually took part in the march. It can be better to look at a black and white image as you are not distracted by colour but colour definitely enhances this image.
Picture 2 - Three farmers swig bottles of Old Milwaukee lager, 1941 Photograph: Arthur Siegel/Library of Congress
The gentle colourisation of this image gives it much more depth. The colours make the men seem real as they drink from their bottles of beer. This picture give a good impression of how working class men in lower class America looked and dressed .
Picture 3 - Abraham Lincoln circa 1863, in colour. Colorized by: Sanna Dullaway
Whoever coloured this picture of Abraham Lincoln managed to enhance much more details than are visible in the initial black and white image. The image of Lincoln give an impression of the real man, not just a cardboard cutout against a grey background, much better.
The overall thought that comes to mind is why colour something that is clearly so historical? Someone must have too much time on their hands to be able to sit down and colour in all those people who attended that civil rights march in Washington.
Interestingly, the comments fall about 50/50 for and against. Some are vehemently against changing history and others feel it's not a bad thing and brings history to life.
I noticed this subject on one of the OCA subject forums recently and have been studying each of the images to see what I think of them being coloured as opposed to being black and white. The website address is:
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2013/nov/18/historical-photographs-get-a-colorized-makeover-in-pictures
There are so many images to look through that I've just chosen two or three to comment on. Also I deliberately didn't look at the comments below before I commented as I wanted to form my own impressions before being influenced by other people's comments.
Picture 1 - Civil Right march on Washington 1963 courtesy of the Library of Congress, by Jordan J Lloyd/Dynamichrome
I think this picture has been improved by colouring it. The picture has more depth and give more of the impression of how many people actually took part in the march. It can be better to look at a black and white image as you are not distracted by colour but colour definitely enhances this image.
Picture 2 - Three farmers swig bottles of Old Milwaukee lager, 1941 Photograph: Arthur Siegel/Library of Congress
The gentle colourisation of this image gives it much more depth. The colours make the men seem real as they drink from their bottles of beer. This picture give a good impression of how working class men in lower class America looked and dressed .
Whoever coloured this picture of Abraham Lincoln managed to enhance much more details than are visible in the initial black and white image. The image of Lincoln give an impression of the real man, not just a cardboard cutout against a grey background, much better.
The overall thought that comes to mind is why colour something that is clearly so historical? Someone must have too much time on their hands to be able to sit down and colour in all those people who attended that civil rights march in Washington.
Interestingly, the comments fall about 50/50 for and against. Some are vehemently against changing history and others feel it's not a bad thing and brings history to life.
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