Texture,
/position
& Collage
(color too!)
Texture
Exhibit A: Actual Texture
• texture that can be felt: it has TACTILITY, differentiation of
surface quality (dimensionality)
Exhibit B: Implied/Visual Texture
• Texture that is suggested through variation in material application
(brush stroke, mark-making) or PATTERN on a fabric (photographs of actual texture or
patterned fabrics become implied textures; you can no longer feel the difference in surface—
It’s either matte or glossy!)
Van Gogh-Starry Night
Implied/Visual Texture
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Surface is completely smooth (no brush strokes). Artists can suggest the feeling of tactility, a
specific texture, for example in Kurt Kauper’s Diva painting series, the subjects appear to be
wearing silk, taffeta, or fur clothing… so we get the sensation of smooth, silky, furry. Adds to
sensuality of subject.
Kurt Kauper-Diva Fiction #?
Harry Clarke-Tales of Mystery and Imagination-from Poe
/position
/position
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In Literature it’s called Contrast: two objects or texts that oppose each other …
implies contradiction, an oxymoron:
Example sentence: “It's raining, but I am not taking an umbrella.”
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In visual design: placing two images or materials alongside each other & forcing
them to share the same space. At first glance, they appear “random” completely
unrelated / different….While longer engagement produces similarities.
/position
Chimera
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A mythical creature who’s a mixture of at least two different animals
For example: torso is lion, goat head sprouts out of back and snake grows from what would
be lion’s tail
Fierce, fire-breathing creatures, that had to be slain by the most courageous fighters
“Chimera of ArezzoI,
an Italian, Etruscan bronze
statue
Geep
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1984 England
A sheep-goat chimera: combination of goat & sheep embryos results in
an animal which contains both DNA/cell sets
Lisa the Geep, born
on the farm of Klaus
Exsternbrink, in
Schwerte, Germany
Collage
Collage
Collage
• French word coller = to glue.
• An assemblage of mixed media used on a two dimensional
surface applied with glue. Materials: ribbon, paint, fabric, newspaper,
scrap papers, photographs, found objects . . .
*We’ll be creating digital collages, imitating the act of “pasting”
images together in Photoshop
A brief Timeline…
• 200 BC China: Calligraphers integrated poetry/text + image
• Medieval Europe: gold leafing integrated in Gothic Cathedrals
•19th century: collaging became a “hobby,” the precursor for scrap-booking
**Art Historians consider collages’ birth coming out of Modernism in
the early 20th century**
Modern Artists: Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque
Worked together on Cubism style then began incorporating surprising materials into paintings….
Compotier avec fruits, violon et verre
Fruitdish and Glass, 1912, papier collé and charcoal on paper
WARHOL & BALDESSARI
• Artists from 1960’s – present who combine materials from: Mass Media,
Advertising and Film, and Text(ure) and Color
• Result: juxtaposition of disparate images create narrative
(photo)Montages/Collages
Andy Warhol
Turquoise Marilyn 1962
Marilyn Series
John Baldessari
Six Colorful Gags (Male), 1991
Beach Scene
Two Unfinished Letters
Raised Eyebrows/Furrowed Foreheads: three persons
(with Boutounnieres and Handshake) 2009
Brief overview on:
color
The Traditional 12pt. Color Wheel
3 Primaries:
Red, Yellow, Blue
Complementary Colors:
colors which lie directly across from each other on the color wheel.
Analogous Colors:
Three neighboring/adjacent Hues
Color + Texture
Yayoi Kusama’s
Pumpkins
John Baldessari
http://video.pbs.org/video/1281771991/
*student examples: Digital Collages / Juxtapositions on 2D site online