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Monday, November 24, 2008

Again at Principle

First I noticed this splendid portrait: the Static created by Joshua Suda. I liked the idea of suggesting the mix between photo and painting: photo and painting in dialog, or in competition maybe? Photo and painting, each one trying to capture the essential, each one trying to be one step in front of the other. Or each one supporting the other, supplying the other with missing info.

Or the beauty of the model, a special kind of beauty, would that be the reason I like this Static so much?

Joshua Suda - Static
oil on panel

Near the work of Joshua Suda, an image of a Korean city at night. I was already accustomed with the art of Tanaka, and every time when I see his cityscapes, full of night, and full of light, and full of speed, my thought go to Chungking Express, the movie of Wong Kar Wai, cinematographed by Chris Doyle.


Nobuhito Tanaka - Fast Times
oil on canvas

Jeremy Mann comes with the bizarre poetry of the big American city, the strange fascination it offers by its total indifference to us. It's full of life, it doesn't care about life it carries.

Jeremy Mann - Early Morning Downtown
oil on panel


Gregory Gandy offers another view of the city: the same San Francisco, only this time it is captured in a static elegance. The elegance that I noted also at some other Photorealist works.

Gregory Gandy - Top of Nob Hill
oil on panel



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Principle Gallery)

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