January 2010
2 posts
liu bolin...
liu bolin is a chinese artist focusing on how “city surroundings can affect the people living in them.” often his pieces make me think about the past. the figure seems more like a ghost that had once lived in the spaces that are now being occupied by something else. there were a few instances that bolin did so well at painting the figure to look transparent that it took me a while to...
winston chmielinski...
winston chmielinski’s paint is fluid and energetic. the figures he paints are gorey with harsh brush strokes of intense colors and shadows. in some instances the paint looks as if it’s going to wash right off the canvas and in other spots it looks squishy and dense. you get trapped within his brush strokes and begin to forget that you are looking at a figure. beautiful.