Still Life - Studio Work

Both Lawrence and myself think I should go about setting up a tableau 'describing' the whole Persephone myth; the tableau would be created in a studio environment, and it occurred to me that basically none of the artists work I included had worked in the studio. Within the studio I would still use a single light source, so controlling the light wouldn't be much different but I thought it would still be beneficial to look at still life in the studio.

Harold Ross

Although I wouldn't want my work to be this bright, I find this image really interesting. I like the texture the background creates, I hope to create texture using the pillow from the bed shoots I've done with the pomegranate. The texture of this pillow case creates a painterly look to the images. The dying roses stand out against the background, but also somehow blend in, as the petals aren't smooth and perfect but wilted and dented.

This picture stood out to me in particular as it has a Dutch Still Life quality to it, the soft light compliments the bold and bright colours of the fruit. Again, the background has a lot of texture.

Richard Kuiper

Much like the work of Thomas Demand who creates elaborate sets out of cardboard (previously mentioned in this blog) Richard Kuiper  creates his sets (inspired by Dutch Still Life paintings) entirely out of plastic. But like Demand, he creates something that isn't entirely what it seems; what may look like an idyllic and beautiful set up is full of tricks, upon closer inspection you can see that in the second image that the gold item in the back looks like an athletes drinking cup. 

"Richard Kuiper sees the dichotomy in his work: on the one hand, he admires the material, the invention of the everlasting. On the other, however, his compositions serve as a warning, and he hopes to use his photos to show how we have gone overboard with our use of plastic." (Kuiper, 2011)

Irene Mosina

I saw Irene Mosina's work and thought it was beautiful and elegant and much like how I want my work to look. The background is textured and the light is soft, it definitely looks more like an oil painting than a photograph, which again is the effect I'm going for. The photographs are simple yet enchanting.