Bedwyr Williams & Jai
Bedwyr Williams
After no studio space for 5 years Williams began to create home based work. similar to the situation many of us are in at the moment with being in lock down. Finding more time to develop ideas such as his love for Wales. Below are the stills from his piece "Big Towers" which visualises a futuristic scene of a classic welsh town. This time lapse of the skyline was accompanied by a voice over of Williams of a poem concerning issues we all may face in years to come. It was peaceful and tranquil to watch the day go by in this imagined city and with it appearing realistic, gave the sense of immersion. I was really impressed by the skill and effort gone into the buildings reflections, shadows and weather alone. The meaning wasn't very obvious, but i read it as being a warning of losing traditional towns and the nature surrounding us. The time lapse element emphasising that time is running out for us to change this inevitability
Williams also has a strong research element behind his pieces which I can relate to in my own practise being based off documentaries and scientific influences. The piece below was another example of his technical abilities. The landlord of a now dilapidated hotel, which thrived in the 70's, commissioned William to create a virtual revival of the hotel. Stepping back in time with visuals of what the hotel appeared like in its prime showed how William can take mere description and transform it to reality. This inspired my own research into recreating hypothetical scenes of places that we can no longer see or areas inside us that we can only imagine.
However, William's practise is hard to grasp with some abstract and some literal pieces. I like the idea of having to read into some pieces, but ones with found objects like below don't show as much time and development to me than the ones created from a blank page or just a concept. The meaning I understand can be different for other viewers, but has difficulty being art rather than a mass of random objects. The one thing I like about this piece is the framing and construct as it is similar to set design and installation which i have experimented with previously
Jai Chunhan
Moving to the UK at the age of 10 was a huge difference to Chunhan which exposed her to a whole new culture. Seeing art galleries with the works of masters like Monet and Picasso influenced and moved her. In particular "Water Lilies" has a large impact on what she considered art. Expressionist painters became her influence along with the film and cinema industry that she hadn't experienced in India before. The shock of being able to depict and envisage all these stories come to life. Similar to this most of my influences come from documentary research and visuals provide me with more ideas similar to artists like Chunhan. As an art student she became more familiar with her own painting style, but also noticed the lack of art outside of European influence in our major galleries. she researched back in to her Indian heritage to find that her family has a creative background with clay and crafts. The references of Indian sculptures became prominent in her pieces with themes of gender inequalities and society's issues. The pieces shown here show how she took the expressive style and painted these figures that ignore race and their identity to focus on them as a human instead. I really like the bold colours used instead of skin tones and the vibrant backdrops that contrast them so perfectly. I see that she captures their personalities and moods with a more sketch like style while withholding a recognisable form.
However, some of these sketch like styles can become too messy and overdone which makes it hard to read without the aid of a description. The pallet is a simplistic tone that sometimes can become one large colour overall, but provides impact when used correctly like in many of her pieces.
Bedwyr Williams
After no studio space for 5 years Williams began to create home based work. similar to the situation many of us are in at the moment with being in lock down. Finding more time to develop ideas such as his love for Wales. Below are the stills from his piece "Big Towers" which visualises a futuristic scene of a classic welsh town. This time lapse of the skyline was accompanied by a voice over of Williams of a poem concerning issues we all may face in years to come. It was peaceful and tranquil to watch the day go by in this imagined city and with it appearing realistic, gave the sense of immersion. I was really impressed by the skill and effort gone into the buildings reflections, shadows and weather alone. The meaning wasn't very obvious, but i read it as being a warning of losing traditional towns and the nature surrounding us. The time lapse element emphasising that time is running out for us to change this inevitability
Williams also has a strong research element behind his pieces which I can relate to in my own practise being based off documentaries and scientific influences. The piece below was another example of his technical abilities. The landlord of a now dilapidated hotel, which thrived in the 70's, commissioned William to create a virtual revival of the hotel. Stepping back in time with visuals of what the hotel appeared like in its prime showed how William can take mere description and transform it to reality. This inspired my own research into recreating hypothetical scenes of places that we can no longer see or areas inside us that we can only imagine.
However, William's practise is hard to grasp with some abstract and some literal pieces. I like the idea of having to read into some pieces, but ones with found objects like below don't show as much time and development to me than the ones created from a blank page or just a concept. The meaning I understand can be different for other viewers, but has difficulty being art rather than a mass of random objects. The one thing I like about this piece is the framing and construct as it is similar to set design and installation which i have experimented with previously
Jai Chunhan
Moving to the UK at the age of 10 was a huge difference to Chunhan which exposed her to a whole new culture. Seeing art galleries with the works of masters like Monet and Picasso influenced and moved her. In particular "Water Lilies" has a large impact on what she considered art. Expressionist painters became her influence along with the film and cinema industry that she hadn't experienced in India before. The shock of being able to depict and envisage all these stories come to life. Similar to this most of my influences come from documentary research and visuals provide me with more ideas similar to artists like Chunhan. As an art student she became more familiar with her own painting style, but also noticed the lack of art outside of European influence in our major galleries. she researched back in to her Indian heritage to find that her family has a creative background with clay and crafts. The references of Indian sculptures became prominent in her pieces with themes of gender inequalities and society's issues. The pieces shown here show how she took the expressive style and painted these figures that ignore race and their identity to focus on them as a human instead. I really like the bold colours used instead of skin tones and the vibrant backdrops that contrast them so perfectly. I see that she captures their personalities and moods with a more sketch like style while withholding a recognisable form.
However, some of these sketch like styles can become too messy and overdone which makes it hard to read without the aid of a description. The pallet is a simplistic tone that sometimes can become one large colour overall, but provides impact when used correctly like in many of her pieces.
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