(These are the photographs I took of the artwork while in the exhibition). |
Robert capaAtlas Gallery, Dorset Street, London.
Robert Capa was a Hungarian war photographer who covered five different wars: the Spanish Civil War, the Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II across Europe, the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and the First Indochina War. |
I found this photograph in the exhibition particularly evocative.
I especially admire the angle it was taken at, it presents itself as if you're at the scene and have discovered the body yourself. The blood is ebbing towards the camera has the effect of leading you into the image. The evident violence of the scene is juxtaposed with the calm of the background of the outside world. The subject matter is violent, the actual scene is peaceful and calm. The fact that the image is black and white adds to this effect, ie there are no distracting colours. Another violent scene. The composition of this image interests me, the way the photographer has taken his shot from beneath the cover of what seems to be an outbuilding of some sort. Where the building encroaches on the image it has the effect of creating a 'frame' to the main action within the photograph. |
Despite the imagery of discarded chicken bones and assorted rubbish, the colours are vibrant and interesting. It has an overall ghostly mysterious look. It invites the viewer to look closely to unravel and make sense of the arrangement.
This, together with the other images in this series use red as a common theme to link them. I don't know if this is intentional. Key words:
-texture -vibrant colours -created ruin -ghostly -soft Also in the Tate Britain from Keith Arnatt: Area Of Outstanding Natural Beauty |
Also in the Tate Britain from Keith Arnatt:
Miss Grace's Lane 1986-7
Miss Grace's Lane is a rough track, which leads up to a rubbish tip; located in the Forest of Dean. The scenery is where Arnatt worked, and also lived.
Below are some of the photographs from the exhibition I found the most interesting I took using my mobile phone.
Below are some of the photographs from the exhibition I found the most interesting I took using my mobile phone.
'light, colour, composition'.
Agin, following the theme of vibrant colours and composition the bags of rubbish look as if abstract shapes almost. I thought this was especially reflected through the main 'cherry red' bin bag projecting at the viewer as the light hits the top half, creating the colour white to swirl into the red.
I found this quite surprising as you wouldn't think of rubbish being vibrant and colourful, but grey and boring. But to use this as a subject matter I thought was unusual and interesting. |
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