Women in Art
- Author: Vivianne Lapointe
- Posted on: Friday August 21, 2009 at 9:00 AM
- Filed under: exclusive, art, photography, women in art
Remember that stunning morph piece celebrating 500 Years of Portraits in Western Art?
Play it again in hi-def if you please. It just doesn't get old.
Women In Art from Philip Scott Johnson on Vimeo.
When it first hit the Web back in 2007, 'Women in Art' was nominated as Most Creative Video in the YouTube Awards. By now, it's been viewed by over 9 million users!
The art of portraiture evolves with society. There's a famous saying by American poet Ralph Waldo Emerson that goes like this: 'Love of beauty is Taste. The creation of beauty is Art.' The expression of feminine energy varies depending on the vision of the masters, & the energy of their muses.
Here is a selection of four outstanding contemporary artists and their take on the timeless subject. :)
RUSS MILLS
UK artist Russ Mills finds beauty in chaos.
It all starts with a 'fine' Bic. Mills then imports his sketches onto a mac and starts painting digitally - i.e. retouching with passion and skills - on Photoshop and Illustrator. His illustrations have been called byroglyphics.
Via: Loudreams.com
CORNO
New York-based urban expressionist Corno is the master of emotion.
Corno infuses her large scale, colorful work with a powerful sense of freedom and raw sensuality. Doesn't this face look familiar?
Via: CornoStudio.com
DEREK GORES
'I like my pictures to barely come together with teasing little details. Sort of like how the mind can't help but wander, even when trying to focus on one thing,' said Derek Gores in his artist statement.
Inspired by pop culture imagery and executed with a strong understanding of the angular design aesthetics of fashion, his portraits have the energy of NOW.
Via: DerekGores.com
THIERRY TILLIER
I found this portrait below on the coolest MySpace page ever.
Tiller is a softcore propaganda artist. His work, loaded with details, plays on contradictory symbolism. Complex and beautiful, like the human brain. ;)
Via: ThierryTillier.com
Pssst. Have you ever noticed how faces in ancient art are so different from the way people look today? Is it just a perception thing, or did people really look so different back then?
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COMMENTS
“ Great post - really inspired me to start drawing more portraits. Thanks! www.simply-simpatico.com ”
“ cool vimeo (: ”
“ I think it's more to do with changing ideals of beauty. If you look at artists such as Rubens all his women had pale skin and fuller figures. These days the "preferred" look is to be ridiculously skinny. Also have you noticed how the shape of the face of those women is very similar in each picture - the tapered jawline and the curve running from the eyebrow down the nose? Well the same is true today in some respects, our preferred faces may be different in looks but symmetry plays a large part. ”
“ Answering your question I think it`s both. People that we see on ancient paintings and sculptures are mostly from oriental countries, different climate, different epoch, and I believe with all the globalization we are mixing races and they hardly ever did. They were proud of their pure blood. On the other hand I guess if you go to Egypt you could still find some people who look like the drawings in the pyramids. So maybe it`s mostly the perception because after having 3000 years of experience, of learning about different forms of art and cultures. Plus living in the city rather then out in the nature. Showing the faces in this urban, fast, polluted, stressed atmosphere. Ow, I can go on for ages. Have so many thought now. :) ”
“ niceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ! how about strting a new line of WILLIAM RAST in the middle east ?? ”
