Thursday, 13 October 2011

Artists and systems of measurement

A 'think-about' artists who famously used systems of measurement in their work.

Albrecht Durer: (1471-1528)
This German painter, theorist and printmaker is noted for his theories involving principles of mathematics, perspective and proportions. Invented the 'Durer grid'.


Euan Euglow: (Late 20th Century)
Famed for his figurative paintings incorporating distinctive measuring marks, Euglow is the best known student of William  Coldstream.



Chuck Close:
Often uses visual gridden formats in his large scale photoreal portraits. His pieces are labour intensive incorporating processes of painting, woodblock, reduction block, scribble and etching.


Sol le Witt:
'Conceptualist' - Famed for his wall drawings- and deceptively simple geometric sculptures and drawings. Plans for drawings submitted that cannot always be carried out!









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