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Homage to Barnett Newman no 3 Published by Faine Contemporary Art 2022 5 mono-prints on canvas each in a different colour-way.
"Aesthetics are to Artists as Ornithology is to Birds" is a Barnett Newman quotation that could be said to sum up the fundamental difference between artists and designers. Generally speaking a designer has a concept which then undergoes a period of refinement until it expresses an aesthetically pleasing reflection of the initial vision of its creator, where as artists follow their intuition as dictated by the work itself, such that the resulting work is hopefully a pleasant surprise. The background of this image is a section from the Barnett Newman print Canto 7. The large text is a multi coloured version of the original quotation, while the smaller text is an A to Z of 'Ologies' e.g. Aesthetics are to Artists as Carsinology is to Prawns, Primology is to Monkeys, Xyology is to Wood. Each image is a section from a famous painting that reflects an ology hence Angelology is to Angels (Three Archangels by Oggiono), Nephology is to clouds (section of a John Constable painting of clouds), Rhinology is to nostrils (the Mona Lisa's nose). Homage to Barnett Newman is a digital collage comprising 5 mono-prints each printed in a diferent colourway and finished with a hand painted satin protection varnish and an Ultra Violet gloss varnish on the circular sections of the pictures. The image was generated on computer using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, proofed and editioned on an Epson 20000 using Epson UltraChrome archival inks on Huhenemuhle 340 gsm artists canvas. The finished print is stretched over a custom made stretcher and finished wirh a protection varnish ans a high gloss varnish on the paintings. Homage to Barnett Newman is a first generation original print, which only exists in this form. |
Canvases from 2022
