Blog #3

 

http://youcube.us/cubicle-art/

These artworks are by Simon Currell, and his work interests me because I have never seen or heard of cubicle art before. And, interestingly enough, I have cubicles placed on the far right side of my diptych in order to represent a nightmare I would have, should my life head in that direction. To me, I believe the big idea in this work is taking the mundane and turning it around to be intriguing and aesthetically pleasing; a kind of minimalist form of artwork. My question about Currell's work is, how on earth could cubicles inspire a sense of creativity in any body? I have a hard time understanding why cubicles intrigued him in this way, but it is what it is and it most certainly grabbed my attention. Despite my grim and dreary outlook on working in cubicles, Currell inspired me to look at them in a different light. I am still not too keen of working in one, (I doubt I ever will) but looking at his art, I do really like the symmetry of it as well as the lighting and minimal use of color. I can use a mirrored mode to achieve this symmetrical effect in my work which I think may be helpful to me later on.

http://www.coolgraphic.co.uk/canvas_landscape.php

The imaging director of these digital works is Tommaso Chiarolini, and this artist appeals to me because of the modern and original landscapes and designs of Italy and other Italian things. The big ideas in these pieces to me is countering the popular obsession of Tuscan landscapes in oil paint. He is using fun and inappropriate colors and lines to add more pizazz into the great things about Italian culture and Italy itself. What I find inspiring is how he stepped away from traditional oil paint and canvas and used technology and modern design to create a different kind of take of all things Italian. This helped lead me to think out of the box more for my work in this class. Using 2D and cartoon-y images might be something I would like to challenge myself with as well.