Monday, 21 January 2008

Chris Stevens contempory painter



The raised hand of the figure created a barrier. Also Chris has reused on his older paintings that he felt was unsuccessful, partly painting over the top. So the old painting creates a frame and a background to the new and the new obscures the old

In this painting the hood and the strong lighting form a barrier and stop us seeing the identity og the figure
Link to his website http://www.chrisstevens.org/

Rene Magritte The Lovers



Two paintings by Surrealist painter Rene Magriette.
The faces are hidden and obscured by the fabric which creates a barrier

Tuesday, 15 January 2008

Andy Goldsworthy Internet Links

Links to other websites for more information, context and further examples of his work

Link to Yorkshire Sculpture Park who have just hosted a huge Goldsworthy exhibition http://www.ysp.co.uk/view.aspx?id=457

Wikipedia site good background information http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Goldsworthy

Online Archive of his early work a little difficult to navigate but there is some excellent stuff here http://www.goldsworthy.cc.gla.ac.uk/

slideshow of him making one of his screens http://observer.guardian.co.uk/flash/page/0,,2030260,00.html

Andy Goldsworthy

A simple idea. Andy Goldsworthy created what he calls a Rain Shadow by lying on the ground as it was starting to rain then getting up as it stopped so his body created a barrier and kept part of the ground dry. You could create your own version of this.




This Andy Goldsworthy Sculpture has been created in an Art Gallery rather than directly in the opn air or landscape. He has gathered twigs and sticks and woven them together to create a screen that we view the other stone sculpture through



This a second Andy Goldsworthy sculpture made using collected twigs to create a hanging screen or barrier. This work of art is also created in a gallery rather than in the landscape.


This sculpture by Andy Goldsworthy creates a barrier or container around a fallen tree and is partly inspired by stone sheep pens or folds.


photograph of one of Andy Goldsworthy's Stone Wall sculptures



Photographs of one of Andy Goldsworthy's Stone Wall sculptures