Thursday, February 18, 2010

Impasto People As Pointillism

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Upon seeing a few works by Juan Genoves for the first time, I was convinced that these were aerial photographs of people in some unusual places or that the plazas they were in were painted for special effects. After further investigation, it seemed that in some of his work he must be using little army figures and then photoshopping or digitally manipulating them in some manner; the perspectives and dimensions of the 'people" were just too real to be anything else. It wasn't until I watched this Video of him painting in his studio that the light came on. Seeing that these were in fact acrylic paintings really got me excited and my appreciation grew even more when I visited his Website. His site presents his work by decades and you'll be amazed at the turns his oeuvre has taken. But that still did not prepare me for the shock that you too will enjoy when you watch the following video and get to see some closeups of the "people". It's just unbelievable.
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The image is from m.publico.es and the video is from his Website.
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Originally spotted this artist on Avery McCarthy's Blog.

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1 comment:

Loretta Markell said...

Fantastic. This takes the term "fool the eye" to a new level. Thanks for posting.