WK4 LINE AND PATTERN/TEXTURE AND POSITIVE/NEGATIVE SPACE
Line and pattern Research
Artist 1 Boyd Webb
Boyd Webb (born 1947) is a New Zealand-born visual artist who works in the United Kingdom, mainly using the medium of photography although he has also produced sculpture and film.
Webb’s images in From the Cusp are straight or un-manipulated. Resplendent, colourful, with a heightened palette, the photography mimics the reality of the digital world.More recently Webb has concentrated on still life images of botanical subjects that continue to question scale and perception of beauty.
Abyssogramme III, 1983–2006
Sonnabend Gallery
The image above is a good example of a leading line,the telephone cord which leads to the receiver almost as if the only communication is only encountered in the middle of the ocean or different worlds as this image is more conceptual.The leading lines creates a continuing line within the frame which is the horizontal lines which looks like the lining of the ocean.
Tosser II, 1985–2006
63 x 75 in. (160 x 190.5 cm.)
This is another good example of leading lines and pattern photography shown here in Webbs work,the leading line are the globes from the subject placed on the far right and almost like throwing the globes from a diagonal position which leads to a planet and almost vise versa.The patterns shown here are the globes.It could be shot in a straight forward vantage point.
Artist 2
Max Dupain
Maxwell Spencer Dupain AC (4 April 1911 – 27 July 1992) was a renowned Australian modernist photographer.He rose to fame as a contemporary photographer who was adept at taking photography to an artistic level, which was rare in Australia at that time. Indeed, his famous photo called Sunbaker at Bondi became an icon that enjoyed worldwide recognition.
Australia
22 Apr 1911 - 27 Jul 1992
This image shows patterns and leading lines,i think this is the shot of the opera house the structured lines from the top almost like in 3D,gives you a similar shape of a ship,there is another leading line in the centre and the patterns could be triangles framing the entire image.I like how this image was taken cause it could have been taken from the bottom vantage point overseeing the whole structure.
Dupain often used a low viewpoint to distort the scale in his photographs. By photographing from ground level, the wicketkeeper and batsman in the foreground are emphasised relative to the fielders in the distance patiently waiting to catch the batsman out.This is a very interesting image because it shows a leading line from the boy standing in the foreground,the boy holding the bat and the boy in white throwing the ball you can also the background.You can see triangle patterns from the roof tops of the houses placed on the right also how the boys legs are placed creates a triangle.This would be shot a lower vantage point because you see the boys foot and the whole environment.
Texture and positive/negative space research
Artist 1 Haru Sameshima
Haru Sameshima was born in 1958, Shizuoka City, Japan. Immigrated to New Zealand 1973. He was taught photography by his scientist father at early age. He worked in small Dunedin photographic studio learning the craft before attending Otago Polytechnic Art School in 1980, then completing BFA (1992) and MFA (1995) at Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland.
Haru Sameshima
The positive space is the bottles centred in the frame the bottles are not labelled which makes it look unique and somewhat organic,the negative space in between the bottles are not spaced evenly.This image would be shot on a upwards vantage point because you can see the top of the lids.the patterns here are the bottles and the texture would be the surface of the bottles kind of like a smooth texture including the horizontal lines on the bottles.
360 × 282
Haru Sameshima
The positive space would the marbles and the pink rabbit in the centre,shot from a top vantage point,inbetween the marbles and the surrounding is the negative space as you can see closely,there are four marbles like a leading line to the pink rabbit.
Artist 2
Hiroshi Sugiomoto
Hiroshi Sugimoto (杉本博司, Sugimoto Hiroshi), born on February 23, 1948, is a Japanese photographer currently dividing his time between Tokyo, Japan and New York City, United States. His catalogue is made up of a number of series, each having a distinct theme and similar attributes.
gelatin-silver print, 20 x 24 inches (mount) [50.8 x 61.0 cm], from an edition of 25
I am really fascinated with Hiroshi Sugimotos style because his images are series of work in relation to the different time age of mankind and for this image he is only taking the atlantic ocean alone which makes it so surreal because there is no other subjects in the image which really makes a statement,as seen above the texture is the ocean you can see the ripples on the sea's calm surface.Very straight horizon line and was taken on a cliff which is a high vantage point.
gelatin-silver print, 20 x 24 inches (mount) [50.8 x 61.0 cm], from an edition of 25
It is so interesting how Hiroshi took images in the theatres like this.Using a long shutter speed he captured this amazing scene, you cant see any people in their sits because of the long shutter speed and thats something different about Hiroshis work he never photographs people because he says there is so much movement. I like the use of negative space being created by the white blank screen it gives that amazing light captured on the camera to see the whole the theatre, black negative space at the top of the image, and the negative space between the seats. And I love all the texture from the building surrounding the screen. Especially at the top.
Reference:
https://fraenkelgallery.com/artists/hiroshi-sugimoto
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reference:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Dupain
http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/snapshots/dupain/beach-cricket.aspx
https://rosebankartwalk.wordpress.com/participants-2/haru-sameshima/
http://www.mcnamara.co.nz/Sameshima.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyd_Webb
http://www.artnet.com/artists/boyd-webb/tosser-ii-a-JZzWOguTKIEzmKL9z1iIHQ2
"Published on the occasion of the exhibition Boyd Webb Auckland Art Gallery, Toi o Tāmaki, 28 November 1997 -22 February 1998"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 174-179) and index.
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