Starry Nights....
We have an upcoming challenge with our art co-opt, Arts at the Canal Place in Cumberland, MD.
Our challenge is to create a piece of work in another artist's style. We can interpret this however we like. We have decided to explore a bit of Van Gogh. We have long done a mask as a star field called "Starry Night". So we are going to do a wearable mask recreation of Vincent's intensely famous, The Starry Night. Few images by a master have been so often recreated on so many things. Coffee cups, (I have one), pillows, throws, bags, shirts, etc. So now we will do ours.
I am a deep and passionate fan of Vincent's work and you can imagine how thrilled I was to learn that MOMA is doing a special exhibition entitled, Van Gogh and the Colors of the Night. The link is to the portal site for the online exhibition and it requires Flash to run. I recommend hitting the link for the full screen edition as you can click on the indivual paintings and explore them up close and how he laid the paint on the surface. This is one of the most fascinating aspects of Vincent's work and the few times I have gotten to see originals I have found myself inches from there surfaces looking at the brush strokes, trying in some limited fashion to connect with his genius. Do yourself a favor and click that link and explore Vincent.
I will post images of the mask as we create it but until then here is the classic of Don Mclean singing about Vincent...except this time, it is set to the back drop of another artist creating his own tribute to Starry Night. Second Life artist and creator, Robbie Dringo showing how massively creative and inspirational the virtual environment can be.
I wanted to edit this to include Robbie's follow up video that shows some of the outtakes from the "build" in Second Life. It is of note, that this "Sim" where the build took place was on loan and the virtual construction was wiped clean after the initial video was made. But then...it never really existed at all did it...all art is ephemeral and last only for the moment of creation.
Our challenge is to create a piece of work in another artist's style. We can interpret this however we like. We have decided to explore a bit of Van Gogh. We have long done a mask as a star field called "Starry Night". So we are going to do a wearable mask recreation of Vincent's intensely famous, The Starry Night. Few images by a master have been so often recreated on so many things. Coffee cups, (I have one), pillows, throws, bags, shirts, etc. So now we will do ours.
I am a deep and passionate fan of Vincent's work and you can imagine how thrilled I was to learn that MOMA is doing a special exhibition entitled, Van Gogh and the Colors of the Night. The link is to the portal site for the online exhibition and it requires Flash to run. I recommend hitting the link for the full screen edition as you can click on the indivual paintings and explore them up close and how he laid the paint on the surface. This is one of the most fascinating aspects of Vincent's work and the few times I have gotten to see originals I have found myself inches from there surfaces looking at the brush strokes, trying in some limited fashion to connect with his genius. Do yourself a favor and click that link and explore Vincent.
I will post images of the mask as we create it but until then here is the classic of Don Mclean singing about Vincent...except this time, it is set to the back drop of another artist creating his own tribute to Starry Night. Second Life artist and creator, Robbie Dringo showing how massively creative and inspirational the virtual environment can be.
Click to viewI wanted to edit this to include Robbie's follow up video that shows some of the outtakes from the "build" in Second Life. It is of note, that this "Sim" where the build took place was on loan and the virtual construction was wiped clean after the initial video was made. But then...it never really existed at all did it...all art is ephemeral and last only for the moment of creation.