bob ross

Pierre et Gilles in relation to art history.

Pierre et Gilles are renowned in the art world  for their dewy photographic and painted images. Taking direct inspiration from Religion, Politics and Art History they create an illusion of a time and place that may have existed, simply because their photographs are so convincing. They draw you in. The images themselves hold a renaissance glow. I get the feeling that originally the essence was physical but now is just holds a whisper of mortality and is an almost complete dream, a haze or fantasy.

''Taking on Art History''

“Even the Ghost of the Past,”  Marcel Dzama’s elaborate show of drawings, sketchbook pages, sculpture, dioramas and video with live music accompaniment,(specifically his hole in the brick wall  piece entitled Even the Ghost of the Past) seems to “take on” art history.

 

You see a direct relation in Duchamps Étant donnés. It positions the viewer as a peeping tom; only one person at a time can view the diorama. The viewer is confronted with a mannequin of a woman’s body splayed across overgrown grass. The body seems lifeless but it holds up a gas light in the center of the tableau, illuminating an idyllic landscape, replete with Renaissance imagery. 

Dreaming

A dream has the power to unify the body, mind, and spirit. It provides you with insight into your own self and a means for self-exploration. In understanding your dreams, you will gain a better understanding and discovery of your true self.

Rafa Zubiría

With Rafa Zubria it is pretty hit and miss her snap shot content doesnt really have a direction. It just seems to be whatever took her fancy at that moment, which is fine but fairly conflicting and confusing to follow. Some of her images seem like adverts, some other worldly and certain ones could be out of a 1950's LIFE magazine. 

I did however really like her no way home series. It feels like a dream, very relaxed with but an underlying tension something doesnt feel quite right. Its probably something to do with the floating buildings. 

Christopher Patrick Ernst

Ernst' work is vibrant and filled with nostalgia. He brings together ''mundane'' every day situations and stock landscape photographs mixed with his own of a similar style. The images are set in laundromats, diners, on street and community centers, although taken recently they have a certain wishfulness of different time that may or may not have existed.