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Art Tutorial:
Imagination
Gallup, The Glistening
Playground, 2009, 30 x 40 inches
Imagination is one of the
cornerstones of art. Its use can be quietly subtle, or
flagrantly push beyond the bizarre, or inspire generations of
people to dream beyond their immediate circumstances and
envision a world of possibilities.
One of the more quiet ways to use
imagination is to recreate a real scene from life, yet include
additional real objects to complete the idea of the work. Here,
David Gallup, created an idyllic setting of the Pacific Ocean
replete with dolphins, birds, and surfers.
Dali,
The Temptation of St. Anthony, 1946
Here Dali uses some realistic
elements and then distorts aspects of them to create an imagined
world in which the unbelievable interacts with the real.
Gerome,
Pygmalion and Galatea, 1881
A variation on the unbelievable subject
with the real comes from Gerome's Pygmalion and
Galatea. He conveys the legend of the sculpture of Galatea
being so perfect that the stone turned into living flesh. Gerome
does make the farfetched scene look as if this is really
happening.
Kandinsky, Improvisation 31
(Sea Battle), 1913
Kandinsky's Sea Battle conveys a
rather freewheeling imagination - an ambiguous collection of
forms and colors. Is that a strawberry or blood? A wing of a
bird or a splash of water? A sail? A rock? It's rather like
looking for animals, and things in the shapes of clouds.
Delacroix,
Liberty Leading the People,
1830
Delacroix in Liberty
Leading the People uses a great deal of imagination in the
subject, a half naked woman leading the masses in a revolt
against a regime. Yet, the scene is meant to feel genuinely
real--not like a surreal dream or like an impossible physical
transformation.
By how an
artist expresses their imagination, such as an escape, a playful
distraction, as entertainment, or as a beacon, one can get some
insights into the artist's philosophy of life. And see something
of your reflection as well.
I hope you enjoyed imagining art in
a fresh way.
Michael Newberry
Santa Monica, March 2009
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