I've always thought that street painting was really cool. While browsing the web, I came across the website of Manfred Stader, a German street painter who's been creating optical illusions since the 1980s. When viewed from a certain angle, his paintings seem to bring objects out of the very ground. With their excellent application of color theory, they exhibit uncanny realism. Truly, Stader takes trompe l'oeil to a whole new level. I appreciate his work because it demonstrates his incredible skill at conveying a sense of depth. Although it's arguable whether work that simply "shows off" one's artistic prowess can be classified as art (especially if it doesn't seem to hold any particular meaning), I believe that Stader's paintings are certainly art because they engage and even deceive the viewer.
Check out Manfred Stader's work at: http://www.3d-street-art.com/ I really like the work of Ryan McGinness. I think it's cool how he appropriates commercial and industrial imagery to make art. I can loosely identify with him because I enjoy surfing and skateboarding, so at least the subject matter is somewhat familiar to me. However, what I really admire about McGinness is that he sees the artistic potential in mundane commercial images and transmits them in an original way through another medium so that others may see them as art instead of just merchandise. I also like how his work catches the eye with its vivid colors and unusual shapes and how it exhibits a dynamic between a sense of depth created through overlapping images and a dull flatness emblematic of the commercial source from which he draws his subject matter.
Check out Ryan McGinness' work at: http://www.ryanmcginness.com/ |
Ian FraserArt III student at Maggie Walker Governor's School for Government and International Studies Archives
June 2015
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