Images by Matthew Stone. Courtesy of Gentle Monste
Lee Krasner
Lee Krasner (1908–1984) was born in Brooklyn as Lena Krassner and grew up in an Orthodox Jewish, Russian émigré family. She decided to become an artist at the age of 14, and was one of the first artists in New York to adopt an entirely abstract approach. She went on to be one of the pioneers of Abstract Expressionism. In 1942, her work was included in a group exhibition entitled French and American Painting, and the only fellow exhibitor that she had not met was Jackson Pollock, so she decided to visit his studio. From then on, they were together and in 1945 they married and moved to Springs, Long Island.
Unlike many of her contemporaries, Krasner refused to develop a “signature image,” which she considered to be “rigid rather than being alive.” Working in cycles, she continually sought out new means for authentic expression, even during the most tumultuous of times, which included Pollock's emotional volatility and his sudden death in a car crash in 1956. Krasner's formidable spirit is felt throughout the body of work that she created over more than fifty years in the studio—celebrated in this exhibition.
Combat, 1965
Is that face on the right Pollock’s? … a detail from Icarus, in Lee Krasner: Living Colour. Photograph: The Jewish Museum
Dynamic paintings that fizz and fascinate rescue the endlessly surprising artist from her husband Jackson Pollock’s shadow in this thrilling major retrospective.
Krasner began conventionally enough, with self-portraits whose masses of hair and clotted paint already had in them the kind of organised turmoil and tonalities that would reappear in her mature work. Her naked life drawings (much better, it must be said, than Pollock’s Michelangelo-inspired early drawings), had a kind of smoothed beefiness. One female nude floats rather than sits on her diminutive chair. Later, Krasner began classes at Hofmann’s 9th Street school, where she encountered his very physical teaching style – correcting students’ work by drawing over it, or tearing up drawings and reassembling them in new configurations.
Murakami Takashi
He is one of the most influential Japanese artists born after the 1960s. He is not only a widely loved artist in Japan, but also an idol of the new generation of young people in Japan. He strongly realized that contemporary Western art is completely different from Japanese art creation. The important thing is how our generation does not rely on any inherent cultural system to create the most essential things. Therefore, his works not only integrate the elements of opposition between Eastern tradition and Western civilization, elegant art and popular culture, but also retain the entertainment and appreciation of his works. It is a product that combines the characteristics of Japanese contemporary popular cartoon art and traditional Japanese painting style. The interestingness of his works is worth mentioning. Takashi Murakami implanted a variant image of Mickey Mouse in his own work and regarded it as his own incarnation and a unique visual symbol.
Pablo Picasso
Picasso's artistic career almost throughout his life, his work styles are rich and varied, and later generations used the phrase "Picasso is always young" to describe Picasso's changing art forms. Historiography had to divide his vast works into different periods-the "blue period", "pink period" in the early years, the "black period" in the heyday, "analysis and synthesis of cubism", and later " Surrealism period" and so on. His "Girl of Yavignon" created in 1907 was the first work considered to be cubist and a famous masterpiece with landmark significance. It not only marked a major turning point in Picasso’s personal artistic journey, but also a revolutionary breakthrough in the history of modern Western art, which triggered the birth of the Cubism movement.
Drawing Project
Room
this bathroom is one of the my favorite design , the whole structure makes it more fashionable
4 Objects Drawings using Alternative Drawing Materials
this farmhouse is drew by cotton swab
4 Objects Drawings using Alternative Drawing Materials
I painted this apple with smoked cigarettes
I think the cigarettes means the bad things and the frioty apple means the wonderful things so its knd of contrast inside of it.
4 Objects Drawings using Alternative Drawing Materials
I use black tea to print like ink
but the effect is not satisfactory
Close Up Object Drawing
this is one of my favorite shoes yeezy 700 mnvn
and my bike.
Detail Colour Close Up Object
3 Dimensional Drawing
I pieced together some of my cigarette box to make a cigarette tree but is not going well
Continuous Line
Collage Cubist
Cubist Collage Detailed Pencil
I tried to record many of their gestures by sketching
Finally I picked these two
It's funny and they look cute
I also applied the color background that belongs to their character
I have always liked this cat in Alice in Wonderland
So I also applied this element to draw
As for the body part, I don’t want to paint exactly the same as in the movie
So I used a ribbon to show the body part of the cat
I think this is also very magical, it shows this magical element very well
Then I also applied some gradient backgrounds to show different feelings
I am obsessed with Picasso’s style and painting presentation
His works gave me a lot of inspiration
But it is not easy to imitate his style
I used a piece of paper to piece together the body part of this cat
While using his cubism, I used more vivid colors
And make the cat more cute
When i found this painting by Min-Zhen
I realized that there are artists who love cats in my country
I should focus more on the art of my country
So I used ink and wash to present my two cats
I used many Chinese elements like the costumes of emperors and court ladies
There are also rockery and screens, which are very classic Chinese classical elements
Franz Marc is known for his images of brilliantly colored animals
When i saw his work
I also want to paint cats in various bright colors
Then I also saw the portrait challenge initiated by Pimpa the Cat
So I used the photographs taken by my parents to transform these two photos and added many different colors to fill the picture.
Andy Warhol is also one of my favorite artists
I always wanted to use his style to paint
So in this painting I used some POP elements
But I don’t think I was too successful
I always think that Andy Warhol's work is always unique
And provided me with a lot of inspiration on how to show my ideas
I think his pictures are very impactful and powerful
And I was shocked by the works in the TATE exhibition
I think I can also use more strong colors and visual impact to increase diversity in my future works.
Yayoi Kusama's color application has always been very top-notch
I like her pictures very much. The colorful colors make her works very memorable
I hope that in the future I can better apply all kinds of colors
To express my emotions better
brief statement
I think my definition of painting is to dare to try
Don't be afraid of painting styles and painting methods that you are not familiar with
To jump out of your comfort zone and feel different things
I always feel that I haven't done enough
So I have been insisting on changing different styles
I should work harder to polish my painting skills
And to watch more other people’s works, to integrate more good ideas
Maybe this can better express my thoughts