Eduardo Paolozzi

Eduardo Paolozzi

Eduardo Paolozzi was a Scottish artist and print maker; he was born on March 7th, 1924 and died in April 22nd, 2005. In this print called Turkish Music is 803 x 560 mm screen print on paper, this was created in 1974 and is owned by Tate gallery. This print is very light and does not use dark colours. The use of pastel colours give the print a very innocent look and are appealing. I like the use of colour and the shapes used but I find it hard to know what it is about if I were to just look at it (apart from the title). I can see that the artist has used music to inspire this piece. I do like this piece but I think it is a bit simple. Overall I think he has done well in the creation of the screen print with his use of colour.

Futurism

Futurism was created during the early 20^th Century and was an Italian movement; Futurism usually is based on ideas of fascism. Topics of futurist’s painters are usually movement and war, using vast colours such as vivid reds and blues. This movement is more than just painting: it can be music, architecture, fashion, textiles, interior design and sculpture. Other countries such as Russia also had futurist movements. Futurism influenced Dadaism, art deco, surrealism and Constructivism. The early 20^th century brought many artists who were influenced by movement the movement had ended by the 1940’s.

Giacomo Balla was born on the 18^th of July 1871 and died on March the 1^st 1958. He created many paintings that showed movement. His painting Abstract Speed + Sound 1913-1914, shows vast colours and textures showing speed, I can see the influences in this painting: speed, movement and war which are popular subjects within Futurism.

Gino Severini  (7 April 1883 – 26 February 1966) was an Italian painter and was very much looking for art to go back to order, against the Avant-guard movement. His painting five faceless figures crouch in a militarised train car, aiming their rifles in unison is interesting as it also shows war but in a good way, for example the use of colour is very bright and heavenly. The subject matter has been vey much glorified, the overall image shows a war train with guns, tanks and fighting men with guns. It was hard for me to tell what the subject matter is, as I would never of guessed train, of course for the steam. I do like this painting due to its colour and shapes used and it looks very modern. 

Picasso, Vollard Suite

Picasso, Vollard Suite

 The Vollard Suite was a set of 100 print etchings created by Pablo Picasso, produced from 1930 and 1937; they were in a neo-classical style. These prints were commissioned by Amboise Vollard an art collector.

In this print by Picasso, which is plate 13 of the Vollard Suite is an interesting image of a harpy with a bulls head and four young girls; this was created in December 1934. From first glance I thought the print was of a dragon and reminded me of Chinese art; the image overall is quite scary and I can imagine it would be if I had seen the Harpy with the head of the bull; in a way this image reminds me of a nightmarish scene. The Print also includes a black flag and a tower which the girls are standing on. This is very different to other prints and work by Picasso, as it is not abstract nor cubist instead he used a more realistic style (neo-classical).  The colour has been kept too black and white and has a lot of details in it. He uses lots of small lines to make the image more complex and add details, like the bull you get the impression it is quite hairy and rough; Picasso uses many curls on the bull’s head which adds details. Overall I can see that Picasso was quite creative when creating this making the viewer know what happens next and do the Girls survive if they are to be eaten. The faces of the girls are interesting in trying to figure out what is happening, as two of them look not frightened and the other girls have a look of fear on their face. I like this print as it has a lot of creativity and in think he has used an interesting subject matter.