Post 9 - Towards next Seminar

Finishing my Part 1 : Q & A Considerations and deciding on my art texts.

My Part 2 Art Texts unpacking the Analysis - I will use the Exhibition Light from the Tate - 1700’s to Now

I will examine Turner and his influence on the other works in this show and consequently on my own work, how this lineage relates to a wider art context, theory or the world and the texts which support this.

After Watching this conversation I went to the Auckland City Art gallery today and saw the show ‘Light from the Tate’ 1700’s to Now

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775 - 1851)

England

Sun Setting over a Lake

I was struck by the diversity of brush strokes and how Turner could make it seem a larger painting than it was in fact. The impact due to the build up of colours and glazes and the small figures seemed to make the painting ‘grow’ beyond its edges.

other standout pieces for me were the early impressionists like Guillaumin who influenced Cezanne among others.

Armand Guillaumin (1841-1927) France Moret-sur-Loing 1902

and then of course the Monet brush work is something for me to study closely - its both gestural and considered, he worked at speed en plein air in this painting, before the trees were cut down.

Claude Monet (1840-1926)

France

Poplars on the Epte 1891