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Olafur Eliasson 'Take your Time'












Frank Gehry 'Walt Disney Concert Hall' in Los Angeles













Frank Gehry 'Dancing House' in Prague

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Flowers in the Attic by jbyron

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Rene Magritte (1898-1967)

I've never been a fan of Magritte's work but since I've been researching the theme juxtaposition I'm beginning to get his work. Magrittes' work has got juxtaposition written all over it.

'Black Magic' Magritte (1933-34)

'Women's Mirror' Magritte (1936)

'This is not a pipe' Magritte (1926)

'Madame Recamier de David' Magritte (1950)

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Meret Oppenheim: Object (Le Dejeuner en Fourrure) Luncheon in Fur (1936)

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I love alot of the impressionst painter Paul Klees' work, his simple use of shapes, line and colour. It's amazing how he never loses sight of the basics of art and design which is something I have to keep reminding myself of. There's almost a child like quality and innocence to his work and I've read that some of his work is visual music because he was a talented violinist. Another artist who also visually draws music is Devendra Banhart and he's often compared to Klee. I first heard of Banhart about a year ago when he was Natalie Portman's bit on the side. But I was only introduced to his work a couple of days ago and I must say I'm loving it. Now I've just got to get myself curious enough to listen to his music.













Left: Paul Klee, Siblings (1930) oil on canvass; Right: Paul Klee, Heroic Roses (1938) oil on stained canvass

Paul Klee, Insula Dulcamara (1938) oil on newsprint, mounted on burlap

Devendra Banhart, Smokey Rolls down Thunder Canyon









Devendra Banhart










Devendra Banhart, Banded King Snake and Thunder Maiden (2007)








Devendra Banhart

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Julie Mehretu (b.1970)



Manifestation, (2003) ink, acrylic on canvass






Julie Mehretus' abstract paintings are are a mish-mash of structured linear drawings of maps and architectural construction. I've interpreted her paintings as harmony or order juxtaposed with chaos.



Stadia, (2004) ink, acrylic on canvass

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Most wallpapers consist of flowers and plants and Malin Bjorklunds' work is no different. Her handmade wallpapers are mainly on white backgrounds and her flowers look almost real. You can definitely see William Morris' inspiration in her work. To see some of her sketchbook work and patterns go to www.malinbjorklundritar.se/catalogue.htm

I stumbled across a mirrored wallpaper by Afroditi Krassa (below) whilst researching Bjorklund.

And I inadvertently came across a Spanish photographer called David Balzqeuz whilst I looking at Krassas' work. I couldn't not put up some of his images of 'human furniture' because it's so weird! weird! weird!

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I came across this image of the Gherkin building by Norman Foster juxtaposed against what looks like a church. Ironically, the religion of the soul is overshadowed by the religion of money.

Gherkin Building, Norman Foster (London, 2003)

I noticed this photograph below after looking at some of the photographs I took in Barcelona last year.














Sagrada Familia, Antoni Gaudi (Barcelona)

It's funny how you notice things you never saw before. For instance, the samsung advert on the right is advertising mobile phones which are used to communicate instantly over thousands of miles and the church is used by thousands to communicate with God. The building is still not complete after 125 years of work and the old worn bricks are juxtaposed against the new.

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Marc Chagall, White Crucifixion (1938)

I've been struggling to find images that are not photographs that contain juxtapositioning. However, I did come across this painting of Chagall's which initially looks like a Christian image but on closer inspection you see all the Jewish symbols surrounding the crucifixion. Burning synagogues, Jewish scrolls, menorah's are juxtapositioned around a crucified Christ wearing a Jewish prayer shawl. All of this around World War Two by a Jewish artist. Interesting!

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I've decided to go with the theme juxtaposition. The word for some reason stands out to me, so I'm going to see how far I can take it. The picture on above is from a website called fotofight which allows amateur photographers to present their work. I picked the one on the left by Rob Kedward because it stood out from the others. The juxtapositioning of these two objects is very clever, the large old style record against the compact modern music player. The symbolic shape of the apple is too long to discuss here. Kedward has ingeniously used sepia hues giving it a 1940's hollywood photo feel to it. For an amateur attempt, the picture looks very professional and classy. The photo looks oppulent even though it's not rich in colour. The second photo is also from the same website and is completely different. Here, vibrant primary colours are used to illustrate juxtapositioning. This picture is by Rich Somerfield and although it's very simple in subject matter it's also very effective in drawing the viewer's eye towards the red ball.

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Yoshitomo Nara (b.1959)


Nara is a Japanese pop artist and this image of a child with an oversized feotal forehead makes it look evil. I thought of a Pixar animation called 'One man band' when I saw this image. This scary image would give you hallucinations.

'One man band' animation by Pixar

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I still haven't decided what theme to pick for my summer brief. Should I go for collection, hallucination or juxtaposition; decisions decisions.

I've been looking at Zeller's work and it reminds me of Marianne Straubs work from the 1950's. It's very cell-like and quite scientificy (I know that's not a word).









Daniel Zeller, Invasive Seclusion

















Daniel Zeller, Disquisition



















Marianne Straub, Surrey (1951)

















Salmonella invading human cells














White cells

James Turrell's skyspace at the Henry Art Gallery in Washington.

James Turrell's Alta (White) 1967

Alot of my work has a geometric feel to it and no matter how I try to escape it, it somehow still takes that form. James Turrell is an American artist and his work combines geometric shapes with light which I find beautiful. He's taken a basic geometric shape and made it ethereal. Geometric shapes on they're own are fascinating but with light they seem to take on a whole new meaning. Maybe Turrell is trying to tell us that ' there is no life without light and, that light shapes our life'. See how I did that, clever! Hope he never reads this.