Susan Rothenberg
Susan Rothenberg was an American painter and printmaker who created works of art collaborating figurative and abstract techniques to create works of art with a contemporary and neo expressionistic style. and is most famous for her paintings of the Horse.
Mondrian Dancing
I was drawn to this painting by the marks similar to a post impressionistic painting that give the work a vibrant sense of movement and energy. The marks also give it a hazy quality and ghostly atmosphere, it is as if we are looking at a memory. I enjoy the yellow as it creates a nice contrast with the darker colours and has a murky appearance which adds to the ghostly atmosphere.
Antony Gormley
Anthony Gormley is a British sculptor who creates works of art that explore the position of humanity in space and nature. He is known for producing sculptors on an extensive scale, with one of his most renowned pieces ‘Angel of the North’ being 20 metres in height and 54 metres in width.
My favourite of Gormley’s works is a piece called ‘Field’. This was a collaborative project involving the community. Approximately 35,000 clay figures ranging from 8 to 26 cm in height were crafted and have no arms or features apart from two deep eyes. All of the figures are displayed close together in a gallery resembling a swarm of people, the sheer energy that radiates from them shows how there is strength in numbers. The deep eyes creates an unnerving feeling, giving these otherwise lifeless forms an omnipresent atmosphere, they are looking back into the viewers eyes breaking the traditional fourth wall.
Howard Hodgkin
Howard Hodgkin was a British painter and print maker well known for his abstract style ad creating works embedded with emotions that would speak to the viewers. My favourite of his works is ‘Rain’, an oil painting on a composite panel.
This painting is full of depth, the layered brush strokes in varying sizes creates an interesting dynamic and lead our eye to the red paint like a tunnel. I particularly enjoy the colour pallet and tonal brush stroke technique, deep blue hues used for the frame create a sad melancholy atmosphere and are complemented by brighter shades of green and pink that cause the eye to dance over the painting.
Hodgkin was not a fan of frames, thus this painting was displayed with out one on the wall, he rather wanted his work to be the frame that people would look through and engage with much like they would the view from a window. The blue boarder acts as a window frame revealing an abstract landscape view.