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lunes, 13 de enero de 2014

La geografía del rostro, por Ed Fairburn.


Muy a propósito de la entrada anterior dedicada a las peculiares obras de  Michael Mapes, rescatamos, de nuevo desde COLOSSAL, el trabajo de Ed Fairburn, que busca el reconocimiento de rostros, la elaboración de retratos, a través de la acentuación de líneas en los particulares soportes que utiliza para ello: mapas antiguos. Es decir: busca en las curvas de nivel, en las cotas de altitud de los mapas físicos, superpuestos a los topográficos, la aparición de sombras u oscurecimientos que sugieran relieves de rostros, dando lugar a bellas imágenes de retratos fundidos sobre mapas que constituyen una hermosa metáfora de la geografía del rostro.


Elaborate New Portraits Drawn on Vintage Maps by Ed Fairburn


Elaborate New Portraits Drawn on Vintage Maps by Ed Fairburn portraits maps drawing
Peak District, 2013. Pencil on a contoured map of the Peak District. 47 x 35in (120 x 90cm)
Elaborate New Portraits Drawn on Vintage Maps by Ed Fairburn portraits maps drawing
Colorado Geological, 2013. Pencil on a geological map of Colorado, the first of a series of works exclusive to the Mike Wright Gallery in Denver, Colorado.
Elaborate New Portraits Drawn on Vintage Maps by Ed Fairburn portraits maps drawing
Bristol Envelope, 2013. A small portrait, produced in ink on an original street map of Bristol (UK) – this was later cut and folded to form an envelope, combining the current map works produced by Fairburn and a previous project—postal art.
Elaborate New Portraits Drawn on Vintage Maps by Ed Fairburn portraits maps drawing
Yr Ods EP Cover, 2013. Pencil on contoured maps showing parts of Wales, produced for Welsh Band Yr Ods.
Elaborate New Portraits Drawn on Vintage Maps by Ed Fairburn portraits maps drawing
Shrewsbury, 2013. Progress shot, ink on a street map of Shrewsbury.
Elaborate New Portraits Drawn on Vintage Maps by Ed Fairburn portraits maps drawing
Innsbruck, 2013. Ink on a contoured map of Innsbruck/surrounding area, 20 x 20in (52 x 52cm) approx. Lines of elevation have been followed with a pen, the width of each line has been altered accordingly to build the different tones.
Elaborate New Portraits Drawn on Vintage Maps by Ed Fairburn portraits maps drawing
Pontypridd, 2013. Pencil on a contoured map of Pontypridd, South Wales (UK).
Elaborate New Portraits Drawn on Vintage Maps by Ed Fairburn portraits maps drawing
Solihull, 2013. Progress shot of a past experiment in inks.
Using a wide variety of canvases including railroad blueprints, star charts, geological and street maps, Welsh artist Ed Fairburn (previously here and here) uses addative and subtractive techniques to create portraits that seem pefectly integrated with the topography of streets, mountains and rivers. It’s been almost a year since we last checked in with Fairburn whose process and approach to creating these stunning portraits continues to evolve. One of his most striking methods is to carefully follow map contours with a pen creating rows of lines that vary by width to create individual forms and shadows. The final portraits are so entwined with the map, it becomes hard to imagine one existing without the other.
You can see Fairburn’s work for yourself at Mike Wright Gallery in Denver, Colorado starting January 17th, and he also has prints available here.

Michael Mapes. Reconocimiento de rostros. Reconocimiento de retratos. Reconocimiento de procedimientos científicos.

Una auténtica vuelta de tuerca a la tipología de obras fotográficas acerca del problema del reconocimiento de rostros y parecidos, que ya habíamos tratado en entradas anteriores, es lo que propone en sus trabajos el neoyorkino Michael Mapes.
Sus obras constituyen un reto a nuestra percepción tanto por la vía puramente sensorial como a través de los filtros de nuestro aprendizaje y nuestra cultura visual. Arte, ciencia y métodos expositivos de ambos mundos son puestos al alcance del juicio crítico del expectador como ya habían hecho en su momento artistas como Joan Fontcuberta y Pere Formiguera en su Fauna Secreta, pero esta vez a modo de deconstrucción del discurso museístico tanto de las disciplinas artísticas como de las científicas. El resultado es fascinante y abrumador por su laboriosidad, amén de constituir una hermosa y sugestiva modernización de la técnica del mosaico en la era de los mapas de bits y las imágenes digitales.

Hemos extraído la información y las imágenes de sendas entradas de COLOSSAL, a nuestro juicio el mejor punto de información on line de la actualidad artística más interesante, cuya visita recomendamos reiteradamente desde nuestro blog.





Con cientos de diminutos fragmentos fotográficos, cápsulas de gelatina, lupas, bolsas de plástico y alfileres de insectos, el artista de Nueva York, Michael Mapes crea collages que son a partes iguales retratos y muestras científicas. Para su último trabajo Mapes utiliza fotografías de pinturas de maestros holandeses (Rembrandt, Nicolaes Eliasz Pickenoy y otros) como fuente de inspiración para las cajas de muestras a gran escala. Las fotos deconstruidas, junto con miríadas de otros materiales  efectivamente se han transformado en un collage de una pintura de una persona. 
"Las muestras son parte de mi serie más reciente de obras de análisis principalmente de retrato holandés. En este trabajo, he deconstruido el sujeto original, en un sentido tanto figurado como literal mediante la disección de las fotos de una pintura y de considerar las formas en que las partes podrían servir para inspirar nuevas piezas dentro de la reconstrucción para sugerir significados únicos y complejos. He hecho estas obras con el uso de una metáfora visual que sugiere un método pseudocientífico trabajando específicamente con materiales y procesos que remiten a la ciencia entomológica, biológica y forense."
Tres de estas obras estarán abiertas al público como parte de una exposición titulada ' Face to Face' en el Museo de Arte de Yellowstone en Montana a partir del 20 de marzo de 214. (a través de Juxtapoz , DesignBoom )

Dutch Paintings Recreated Using Thousands of Photographic and Scientific Specimens


Dutch Paintings Recreated Using Thousands of Photographic and Scientific Specimens sculpture multiples collage
Dutch specimen MT1639, 2013. 28″w x 34″ h x 3.5″ d. Photographic prints, insect pins, pinning foam, gelatin capsules, glass vials, painted canvas, cast resin, pill organizer, plastic specimen bags, cotton thread, costume jewelry, sequins.
Dutch Paintings Recreated Using Thousands of Photographic and Scientific Specimens sculpture multiples collage
Dutch specimen MT1639, detail.
Dutch Paintings Recreated Using Thousands of Photographic and Scientific Specimens sculpture multiples collage
Dutch specimen MT1639, detail.
Dutch Paintings Recreated Using Thousands of Photographic and Scientific Specimens sculpture multiples collage
Dutch female specimen: J, 2013. 28″w x 34″ h x 3.5″ d. Photographic prints, insect pins, pinning foam, gelatin capsules, glass vials, test tubes, paint samples, cast resin, magnifying boxes, plastic specimen bags, cotton thread.
Dutch Paintings Recreated Using Thousands of Photographic and Scientific Specimens sculpture multiples collage
Dutch female specimen: J, detail.
Dutch Paintings Recreated Using Thousands of Photographic and Scientific Specimens sculpture multiples collage
Case no. 1627, female-Dutch, 2013. 29″w x 13″ h x 3″ d. Photographic prints, insect pins, pinning foam, gelatin capsules, glass vials, optometrist lens, paint samples, modeling clay, dried botanical matter, fabric, magnifying box, plastic specimen bags, cotton thread.
Dutch Paintings Recreated Using Thousands of Photographic and Scientific Specimens sculpture multiples collage
Case no. 1627, detail.
Dutch Paintings Recreated Using Thousands of Photographic and Scientific Specimens sculpture multiples collage
Case no. 1627, detail.
With hundreds of tiny photographic fragments, gelatin capsules, magnifiers, plastic bags and insect pins, New York artist Michael Mapes (previously) creates collages that are equal parts portraiture and scientific specimen. For his latest works Mapes used photographs of paintings by Dutch masters Rembrandt, Nicolaes Eliasz Pickenoy and others as inspiration for large scale specimen boxes. The deconstructed photos along with myriad other materials have effectively been transformed into a collage of a painting of a person. Of the work Mapes shares:
The samples are part of my most recent series of work examining Dutch Master Portraiture. In this work, I deconstruct the original subject, in both a figurative and literal sense by dissecting photos of a painting and considering ways in which the parts might serve to inspire new parts within the reconstruction to suggest unique and complex meanings. I’ve done these works with the use of a visual metaphor suggesting a pseudoscientific method specifically working with materials and processes signifying entomological, biological and forensic science.
Three of these works will be on view as part of an exhibition titled ‘Face to Face’ at the Yellowstone Art Museum in Montana starting March 20, 214. (via Juxtapoz, Designboom)




Photographic Specimens by Michael Mapes


Photographic Specimens by Michael Mapes sculpture multiples collage
Photographic Specimens by Michael Mapes sculpture multiples collage
Photographic Specimens by Michael Mapes sculpture multiples collage
Photographic Specimens by Michael Mapes sculpture multiples collage
Photographic Specimens by Michael Mapes sculpture multiples collage
Photographic Specimens by Michael Mapes sculpture multiples collage
Photographic Specimens by Michael Mapes sculpture multiples collage
Photographic Specimens by Michael Mapes sculpture multiples collage
Photographic Specimens by Michael Mapes sculpture multiples collage
New York artist Michael Mapes creates elaborate specimen boxes by dissecting photographs and then compartmentalizing individual fragments within plastic bags, glass vials, magnifiers, in gelatin capsules and on insect pins. The boxes exist in an uncanny area between photography and sculpture, functioning both as portraits and as fascinating scientific canvases that make you question the the logic behind the organization of each piece. See more of his work over at Parlor Gallery, and if you liked this also check out the work of David Adey. (via lost at e minor)