The shape of seeing: Ellsworth Kelly's photographs

Article Abstract:

Ellsworth Kelly does painting and drawing besides photography, and he looks for shapes as a beginning of his photos. He is interested in how a picture frame changes the way something is seen, and fragments vision. He is also interested in how much an image changes when going from three dimensions to a two dimensional photo, so that images overlap. His photos are an attempt to capture the separateness and uniqueness of each thing in its space.

---

The encompassing eye: photography as drawing

Article Abstract:

Photography can be considered another type of drawing, which allows picture-making expectations for it similar to other art forms, rather than just an aesthetic to represent reality. The historic development of Modernism with its abstractions thus follows as a natural development of art instead of an experimental aberration of the technology. A consistent path can be followed from William Henry Fox Talbot to Man Ray to contemporary artists.

---

Dark mirror: the photographs of Edvard Munch

Article Abstract:

Edvard Munch's photographs, especially his self-portraits, were created without heed to artistic expression and reflect the personal explorations of his deeply troubled psyche. While Munch often disparaged photography as a secondary art form, he used photographs as sources for his paintings. The most stark and telling photographs are those he took of himself following a nervous breakdown.

Works, Munch, Edvard

Similar abstracts:

• Abstracts: The collection of Thomas Walther. The collection of Dorothy Norman
• Abstracts: Daguerre, Talbot, and the crucible of drawing. Talbot today: changing views of a complex figure. Decoding the cipher of reality: Fox Talbot in his time

This website is not affiliated with document authors or copyright owners. This page is provided for informational purposes only. Unintentional errors are possible.