Artist: David Spriggs

David Spriggs uses acrylic paint on sheets of transparent film, then hangs them very precisely to create a layered, 3D image.

I didn't know about him (or Xia Xiaowan who uses a similar technique) when I did my paintillation project (below). The difference is that I chose my material to be deliberately semi-opaque, and I didn't secure the bottom of each sheet so that they would be able to flow a bit.

The securing vs. not securing is interesting, though. Sprigg's pieces--the forms he is actually painting--are not precise and methodical like his installation methods. However, because they are so precise, they sort of disappear anyway (and therefore don't impede the overall sense of movement and intangibility).

Artist: Jessica Drenk

Jessica Drenk creates sculptural and installation work out of a variety of materials, but I really love these two pieces, made from cut up books and wax. The material and the form match up perfectly on the topic of information/knowledge--the first coming from a cataloguing specimens/artifacts angle, the second, from a brain-mapping angle.

I've been branching into some installation pieces, and have a growing appreciation for the tactile quality of a work. Also, I've always loved large-scale pieces (even just canvas paintings) because of their overwhelming presence in a space.

...aand of course I like organic/amorphous forms--what else is new? I see a lot of similarities between the second piece and Charles Clary's work (which I talked about in an earlier post).

Artist: Kumi Yamashita

I posted one of her works on here previously, but I'm going to do some more of her work because she has a few really interesting series.

(two sidenotes: first, I love her website layout, and am basically trying to emulate that for mine... and second, I notice that the last 3 artists I've posted are Japanese--and looking closer, I think there is a common thread of subtlety and ambiguity in all of their work that I like)

She has a few different series of portraits (using different techniques/materials), but they are all sort of born out of repetitive processes that come together to form a picture.

Her light/shadow pieces are great (it's one of those ideas where I wish I had thought of it). The end result is clean and simple, but I can imagine how much time something like that takes to get just right.

Tree, Line. by Zander Olsen

Shadows by Kumi Yamashita

Artist: Charles Clary

Charles Clary's work is made from layering paper of various colors (adding illusionary depth to the actual physical depth). 

He describes what he creates as "land formations that mimic viral colonies and concentric sound waves", but I'm sure there are more interpretations of these amorphous forms.

Even though they are static, they feel like they are growing/permeating.