Industrialisation and Cao Fei's RMB City 

Industrialisation and Cao Fei's RMB City



What and when was the industrial revolution?

The industrial revolution was around the 1800's this period was the rise of machinery to manufacturing. Its beginnings were in the remote times of the past and are still continuing in some places today. Industrialism started in Western Europe and started rapidly and was a big part of the Britain’s history. As England was the head start of industrialism other areas of the world also followed.

Dynamism of a dog on a Leash (1912) Giacomo Balla

 

The subject matter of the painting is of a black dog like figure. The dog seems to be blurred especially his head legs and tail.  The subject matter portrays and shows alternative of human limbs hence the hand figure towards the top of the painting.  The style of the drawing is very fluid and rough using smudges and blending. The colour palette of the painting is very dark using shades of grey and black this could be related to industrialism smoke like shades and movement.

  

RMB City (2007-9) Cao Fei

The main subject matter of this painting is the island which seems to be like a city of machinery and working technology this piece is a collage of different shapes and machines and symbols of china. This painting has a sense of surrealism abstract feel about it in relation to industrialism this is Cao’s Fei own interpretation of that period and was clearly inspired from it and how it reflects on china. The colour of the painting is colorful it also has a political theme to it as there is a Chinese flag flouting on top the city/island. This painting is also based on the recent rapid speed of industrialism in china. Symbols that she has used in this art work are symbols of Chinas past and present. Her work is done using digital media and is a virtual world. Also in this piece its described from the recent urban revolution that has expanded china and the rise of western culture influencing in china

Utopia is specific to a place or area. And ideally it’s a word that describes a perfect place. In relation to the painting it is an island that inhabits machinery, tall buildings, technology or described as the best place to be. Cao’s Fei interprets many things of china that is considered a perfect place to be in the life of china. These to works are not similar in anyway though but share the same meaning of industrialism

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Revolution
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMB_City
http://rmbcity.com/

Claude Monet's 'Water Lillies' (1920) and Chuck Closes' 'Maggie' (1998

Intentions of artists

Claude Monet “water lilies”

>With Claude Monet’s water lily paintings his intentions where to portray the essence    of romance through his works through gestural techniques more expressive rather then detailed and sharp also the colour pallet and the reflections in the water. Monet also explored the effects of light in different times of the day and seasons. For example in this painting below you notice that its tonal light stretches from dark to light.

> Another intention of what Monet was trying to portray was as he quoted “The illusion of an endless whole, of water without horizon and bank”.

 

Chuck Closes “Maggie”

>Chuck Closes intentions of his paintings focus on portraits of him self and his family. Chuck is also known as a modern artist as you can see below in this painting below (Maggie) the image has been painted with a different technique he begins with a photograph of a face and then using a complex grid based reconstruction of the image and then repainting the image in a abstract format.

With techniques of each artist are very different and very similar to each other. With Claude Monet’s painting “water lily” he has used gestural expressive brush strokes using oil paints this gives the paintings more depth and tonal value. This technique that Claude has used has been used a lot throughout his works. In comparison to Chuck closes his paintings are very abstract looking using orbs and shapes as I explained before Chuck uses a complicated grid reconstruction of an image and paints in them creating an abstract image.

“the illusion of an endless whole, of water without horizon or bank."

                                                                                    -Claude Monte.

“Chuck Close is one of the very few modern realists or photo realists who focus on the human face.”      - http://www.safran-arts.com/links/close.html                                       

Differences between Chuck Close and Claude Monet is the techniques they have used through there works Close makes work that is about modern art as quoted compared to Monet which is more traditional art and more gestural. Claude Monet focuses on scenery as compared to Close he uses portraits of people. Close also uses more modern techniques using photographic images and reconstructing them. Similarities’ of these paintings would be the colour pallet using bright colours also the scale is similar both are big works. The gestural feel of both paintings feel and the same when looking at both of them.

In my response to both Claude Monet and Chuck close’s works I think are very detailed and both have a modern taste. With Claude Monet’s painting I feel that it shows a lot of emotion through the brush strokes in comparison to Chuck Closes work I feel that it is a modern abstract take on portraits also the bright colour pallet I feel makes the painting more interesting.

http://blogs.princeton.edu/wri152-3/kgoss/

http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=80220

http://www.cs.washington.edu/building/art/ChuckClose/