HELLO KIDDLES!
Welp... after my third cup o L'Lave Espresso Roast
(in order to avoid that dangerous naptime 6-7pm after work)
it was time to deliver on that promise of posting all those studies
for this upcoming "the Contemporary idol" exhibition
(during modernist Week at mModern in February)
African and PNG and Modernism suggestions on the show invitation
kinda gelled over the holidays
in a scatter-brained kinda way!
and since this is OTHER CRAFTS and all about pieces in progress
and insights into technique and the VERY CREATIVE PROCESS ITSELF
i thought i would share with the ohana
the rough sketches...the ramblins....all the stuff that leads up to creating a MASTERWOIK!
But First.....
Mike!!!!!
that is soooo Hilarious! I think that is what he shall be! Thanks for that insight! kind of a personal groomer for cannibals! Who knows? Wee little Remora may show up on some other cannibal's chin!
As for a new look...kind of an extension as well as mixture of previous styles...
like new combinations
or old combinations with new colorways....
i pored over the Tiki Modern book
and did studies based on a few different styles in that wonderful book
(i know it's been said a lot,
but THANKS SVEN! for all your research and love of this culture you helped usher and inspire!)
Anyways.... i bet if you waded thru the book ,you could find the illustrations that sparked some of these art styles (as well as modernist structures) Below!
:)
BTW..the Tahitian Cannibal Trailer is GAH-ROOVIN along Nicely!
Thank you for your constant enthusiasm and friggin ENERGY!
Sneaks! I've been art-hermiting this whole Holiday vacay
(as you shall see if you scroll downward)
Your dedication and talent and attention to research drives me onward whenever I'm feelin Burnt... Mahalo!
RAP BATTLE SOON!
:)
zerostreet-Scroll down mon freur (is that even a phrase? it sounds kinda French..like "my friend")
and ye shall see more Mod masks...
i tell ya...
Picasso and Braque had it right when they looked towards
Primitive Art in MANY different locales and cultures...
and i know... Tiki IS NOT about African masks
BUT
i say BUT....
the exhibition is about the Primitive Spirit and,just like the Cubists
(and Modernism that DREW from that well as well as aviation sources in line)
this exhibition will consider African sources under the umbrella of Primitive Art and Cultures..
m'KAY?
Playing with these styles ,i applied them towards some Hawaiian influences
(for me,more than the exhibition....)
like this
"Ku"
and this little curmudgeon
(who would make for a great mug or carving methinks!)
"Modernist Lono"
Then....some studies of African masks...
to get a feel for their mood
their lines
their power
so here's some of them....
"African Mask"
"Ancestor Skull"
(this one really didn't apply to the show,but was so compelling...
ever since the Hunters and Collectors show last year revived an interest in the contrast between
adorning skulls for trophies or for revered ancestral purposes)
CHECK OUT SOME OF THE GREAT SHAPES AND FORMS IN THESE!
"Fang Wooden Sculpture"
Here's some MO"!
I forget what area this is from...it may be from a picture i gleaned from a book or the internet....
i blur out for research on the internet....images blur and i follow tangents and find TREASURES!
Oh!
Here's the original study for the "Path to the Cannibal's Hut" piece
and here's the drawing/furthered study
Here's an original vision of the cannibal sculpture,til PNG began to call!
a lil PNG for the LADIES!
whatever that means...
Then it was time to cut loose and play around with some different styles...
"The Dance"
and please bear with me
as I'm sharing ALL of these and as you can see.. a LOT of them are far from perfect
clumsy
searching
but that's what a sketchbook is all about!
putting it down in there is more of a ritual
you solidify it
importantize it!
imprint it in your brain
it's there...
it's not a post-it note in a book in your voluminous library
it's a part of the chronicles
(that you've hopefully,dutifully preserved in sketchbooks and arranged chronologically for easy reference)
Anyways... Please excuse the messiness and such....
Thank you....
"Hunting Dance"
"Drummer"
"Dinner Drums"
after that fun little immersion into the realm of experimentation and play
it was time to do some Architectural studies/elaborations
and see where that leads..
it's kind of uncomfortable territory
but let's take a peek into that world and aesthetic for awhile...
Kinda like that Sci-Fi jag/explosion of studies i did a while back..
click here if you'd like to see those crazy studies!
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1677779071611.93402.1451540979&type=1
Ready for an Architectural Journey?
First... a poolside dip!
Here's a structure I'd like in my backyard...
Please buy plenty of my paintings so i can build this...
(it could second as an eventual memorial/mausoleum thingie)
Also did some Solomon Island Boids..
i loves them so!
a HUT!
Here's the structure that will probably make it into the "Path to the Cannibal's Hut"
Here's a study of the structure used in the "Modern Primitive" drawing
and here's the building as it is in the drawing
(that MAY become a painting if i have enough time...)
Time to leave you all with a Modernist Fountain,composed of a tapa-meets-tribal motifs mosaic pathway
leading up to a lovely primitive inspired Sculpture in the middle...
Thanks for tolerating these ramblings...
Time to go paint !
Won't feel like sleepin til around 1!
Night! Night Ohana!
:)
