Modern Painters and photographers use many renaissance art techniques to add more depth and make it appeal more like many classical paintings and sculptures.
One paticular art exhibit, RoFa Projects, an gallery which opened the United States in 2014 after creating other art exhibits in Venezuela and Brazil, showcases different modern/classical pieces of art. However, many viewers said that that their pieces were tense and irritable, in a sense. This was because their art is a combination of modern and classical artwork that makes it look “awkward” at first.
The gothic style is visible through the backgrounds, which are mostly only in one color, normally black or white. Sculptures in the exhibit also contain no hue, as all of them are white. Jagged edges are another common thing in paintings which give them a Renaissance derived neoclassical feeling, which was especially true in “In the Heart of the Beholder,” RoFa Projects’ first show.
The most traditional painting in the show seems to be by Spanish painter Salustiano, which creates simple portraits inside circles. “People I ask to pose for a portrait are not necessarily beautiful people, I ask them because … I am interested in timeless faces, serene, with a generous expression in their mouth and a transparent look,” stated the painter.
His vivid reds, something that stands out a lot in his artwork, are created from crushed cochineal beetles, commonly found in many classical pictures. When asked why he chose the color red, he said, “Because it is full of contradictions and intentions.”
Fabian Ugalde, another artist, paints Old Master paintings, using limited palette, dark backgrounds, and richly toned colors with the intention of creating an illusion. While he also borrows other famous artists’ works, his trademark technique is to mash up identical parts of one painting, so that people can recognize it afar, but it looks strange up close
.The main idea is to conquer the “‘peripheral’ condition of Mexico against the ‘center’ governed by Europe and USA,” its powerful neighbor up North, he said in an interview.
Cecilia Paredes’ self-portraits in the exhibit looks like she blends into the background of birds, leaves, and butterflies. It gives ecological meaning, in the sense that people remain separate from nature, but are still a part of it and “fit into” it, both literally and figuratively inside her photos. She raises the question of how our environment shapes who we are and builds her own identity through her artwork, resulting in her camouflaged body in the photo.
One paticular art exhibit, RoFa Projects, an gallery which opened the United States in 2014 after creating other art exhibits in Venezuela and Brazil, showcases different modern/classical pieces of art. However, many viewers said that that their pieces were tense and irritable, in a sense. This was because their art is a combination of modern and classical artwork that makes it look “awkward” at first.
The gothic style is visible through the backgrounds, which are mostly only in one color, normally black or white. Sculptures in the exhibit also contain no hue, as all of them are white. Jagged edges are another common thing in paintings which give them a Renaissance derived neoclassical feeling, which was especially true in “In the Heart of the Beholder,” RoFa Projects’ first show.
The most traditional painting in the show seems to be by Spanish painter Salustiano, which creates simple portraits inside circles. “People I ask to pose for a portrait are not necessarily beautiful people, I ask them because … I am interested in timeless faces, serene, with a generous expression in their mouth and a transparent look,” stated the painter.
His vivid reds, something that stands out a lot in his artwork, are created from crushed cochineal beetles, commonly found in many classical pictures. When asked why he chose the color red, he said, “Because it is full of contradictions and intentions.”
Fabian Ugalde, another artist, paints Old Master paintings, using limited palette, dark backgrounds, and richly toned colors with the intention of creating an illusion. While he also borrows other famous artists’ works, his trademark technique is to mash up identical parts of one painting, so that people can recognize it afar, but it looks strange up close
.The main idea is to conquer the “‘peripheral’ condition of Mexico against the ‘center’ governed by Europe and USA,” its powerful neighbor up North, he said in an interview.
Cecilia Paredes’ self-portraits in the exhibit looks like she blends into the background of birds, leaves, and butterflies. It gives ecological meaning, in the sense that people remain separate from nature, but are still a part of it and “fit into” it, both literally and figuratively inside her photos. She raises the question of how our environment shapes who we are and builds her own identity through her artwork, resulting in her camouflaged body in the photo.
