Do you know this artist?
March 11, 2005 12:08 PM Subscribe
I'm looking for an artist (Russian, I think) who paints landscapes with faces inside them.
The landscapes are views of fields, hills etc, painted from a distance. They are brightly colored, and are more about patterns, than they are realistic representations of landscape. In other words, like what you would see from up on a mountain, or the pattern of fields you would see from an airplane window. Not at all like, for instance, the Hudson River School. Anyway, some of the features of the landscapes are then used to make a giant face: a hill might contain a huge eye, a river part of a mouth. The features of the face are laid on top of the landscape pattern in a quite obvious way. These are fantastic rather than realistic paintings. (And apparently hard to describe.)
The landscapes are views of fields, hills etc, painted from a distance. They are brightly colored, and are more about patterns, than they are realistic representations of landscape. In other words, like what you would see from up on a mountain, or the pattern of fields you would see from an airplane window. Not at all like, for instance, the Hudson River School. Anyway, some of the features of the landscapes are then used to make a giant face: a hill might contain a huge eye, a river part of a mouth. The features of the face are laid on top of the landscape pattern in a quite obvious way. These are fantastic rather than realistic paintings. (And apparently hard to describe.)
Response by poster: Don't know. 20th Century I think.
posted by OmieWise at 12:49 PM on March 11, 2005
posted by OmieWise at 12:49 PM on March 11, 2005
Pavel Tchelitchew has a famous piece in New York, (MOMA?) The Tree of Life-faces,arms,legs, (and a few other body parts as well, you have to look at it a long time to find tehm all,) a really great work of art.
posted by leafwoman at 1:11 PM on March 11, 2005
posted by leafwoman at 1:11 PM on March 11, 2005
This question reminds me that I've been meaning to ask about a similar (ish) artist I saw mentioned here a couple times but I can't seem to find the posts.
The only way I can describe his (I'm almost certain it was a guy) work is that it isn't what it appears to be at first glance. When you first see it, it looks quite normal, but when you look a bit closer you see that it's a kind of optical illusion - it's almost a painting within a painting kind of effect. Quite a lot of fantasy-themed stuff IIRC.
Gah, it's so annoying to not be able to explain it better! But I thought I'd post anyway, as I remember a lot of people being impressed with the posts I saw. I hope it's not terribly inappropriate to ask in someone else's post (and apologies to OmieWise if it is) - I just didn't think my vagueness would make for a good post of my own.
posted by eatcherry at 3:41 PM on March 11, 2005
The only way I can describe his (I'm almost certain it was a guy) work is that it isn't what it appears to be at first glance. When you first see it, it looks quite normal, but when you look a bit closer you see that it's a kind of optical illusion - it's almost a painting within a painting kind of effect. Quite a lot of fantasy-themed stuff IIRC.
Gah, it's so annoying to not be able to explain it better! But I thought I'd post anyway, as I remember a lot of people being impressed with the posts I saw. I hope it's not terribly inappropriate to ask in someone else's post (and apologies to OmieWise if it is) - I just didn't think my vagueness would make for a good post of my own.
posted by eatcherry at 3:41 PM on March 11, 2005
Response by poster: Not Chagal and not P.T., but both pretty good guesses. This guy was more colorful and less (emotionally dark) than P.T., more realistic but cartoony than Chagall. Thanks for trying.
posted by OmieWise at 2:41 PM on March 12, 2005
posted by OmieWise at 2:41 PM on March 12, 2005
Hey OmieWise, re-reading your question, I think we might be looking for the same guy...
posted by eatcherry at 10:33 AM on March 13, 2005
posted by eatcherry at 10:33 AM on March 13, 2005
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