Charline von Heyl

  

  

  Best known for her abstract paintings, Charline von Heyl works with collage sometimes as well. She will sometimes begin with a found graphic image to incorporate into her work but she works intuitively. She does not begin with preconceived ideas for her art but instead allows her decisions throughout the process dictate the work. Intuitively, she composes work that borders visual representation and absolute abstractness. Through different methods of mark making she creates work that tows the line between chaos and unity. 

-Erin Hall

Eric Lopresti

By Elan Sok

Eric Lopresti

Lopresti is an Brooklyn-based artist working working with oil and ink on linen and the images he creates are quiet yet astounding. Lopresti utilizes empty landscape images but adds the vivd colors with the ink. He is also able to break up vast empty picture planes by adding graphic/geometric lines contrasting the foundation image. Lopresti's combining elements create a quiet, soft beauty which at the same time provide a stimulating vivid experience. The artist stated that he "investigates the cultural after-effects of dramatic conflict, focusing on the aftermath of the Cold War and its associated landscapes." His works depict a chilling interpretation, a successful rendering of his concept. 

Riusuke Fukahori

Riusuke Fukahori is a Japanese artist primarily paints goldfish.



The largest portion of Fukahori's body of work consists of goldfish, painted carefully to give the illusion of being completely three dimensional. When I first came across his work, I mistook it for work similar to Damien Hirst's, just clear instead of blue. Fukahori actually employs an indirect method of precision painting, where he a layer of a fish, and tops it with a thin layer of clear resin, continuing the process until the top most layer of resin is only as thick as he needs it to be to separate the viewer from the top of the fish.



He is a master of feigning reality. The layers of paint are thin and transparent, but when he completes the painting, the layers are thick enough to cast a shadow that fits the presence of what Fukahori is faking with paint. They fit in flawlessly with the real objects he incorporates into the three dimensional paintings.



To see more of his work from his exhibition Goldfish Salvation and to see some of his work in progress clips, here is a short (<5 minutes) youtube video dramatic music. I highly suggest it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVJOQG_bpQM