September 6th, 2011: this is not a painting

jimhelm · 09-06-2011, 03:47 AM

Sure looks like a painting....

Isn't.

Alexa Meade uses acrylics to make real people look like paintings, an displays them live to be photographed in front of matching backdrops.

It's cool because its backwards

Aliantha · 09-06-2011, 03:51 AM

performance art almost...but not quite.

Awesome!

DanaC · 09-06-2011, 06:06 AM

That's so fucking cool! How cool is that?

infinite monkey · 09-06-2011, 07:02 AM

That's pretty freakin' cool, is how cool that is!

Oh, to have any talent whatsoever...

DanaC · 09-06-2011, 07:10 AM

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Originally Posted by infinite monkey

That's pretty freakin' cool, is how cool that is!

Oh, to have any talent whatsoever...

lol

Yah. I'm not bad if I have something simple to copy, but I have like zero artistic talent. That all went to Our Kid. He can sketch, paint, sculpt or build anything. Ridiculously talented.

Mind, mum's very artistic. The pair of them have an eye for shape and colour and stuff that just passes me by entirely :p They come up with these plans for redecorating or rebuilding a room or a piece of furniture, and I just can't see it. Can't visualise it at all. I just nod along. Then they show me the finished product and it's gorgeous.

footfootfoot · 09-06-2011, 07:41 AM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

That's so fucking cool! How cool is that?

So fucking?

DanaC · 09-06-2011, 07:42 AM

'Xactly.

CaliforniaMama · 09-06-2011, 07:43 AM

It's like an inverted trompe l'oeil. I love it when artists come up with something so completely unique. Thanks for sharing this!

HungLikeJesus · 09-06-2011, 09:00 AM

Now someone needs to take one of those photographs and make a painting that looks just like a photograph of a painting.

Sundae · 09-06-2011, 09:07 AM

Oh to have talent, perseverance, luck, ambition, drive, self-belief, luck and the right contacts.

I tell you, by this time next year I'd be a millionaire!

BigV · 09-06-2011, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

Now someone needs to take one of those photographs and make a painting that looks just like a photograph of a painting.

because we're all viewing them on lcd screens, right? It's not a painting. It's not a photograph. It's a video display.

Then it's a memory.

Kristen · 09-06-2011, 04:49 PM

That's awesome! But....he doesn't do their hands... looks kind of weird.

CaliforniaMama · 09-07-2011, 07:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Kristen

That's awesome! But....he doesn't do their hands... looks kind of weird.

Wow, I didn't even notice that! Now that you mention it, it looks so obvious.

It's that hint that artists give us about their art.

Sundae · 09-07-2011, 08:46 AM

You have to leave a spot to let the skin breathe.
Otherwise they die.
It's true, I saw it on Goldfinger.

infinite monkey · 09-07-2011, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Sundae

You have to leave a spot to let the skin breathe.
Otherwise they die.
It's true, I saw it on Goldfinger.

I remember that! I was struck by it, at the time.

09-06-2011, 03:47 AM	#1
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	September 6th, 2011: this is not a painting Sure looks like a painting.... Isn't. Alexa Meade uses acrylics to make real people look like paintings, an displays them live to be photographed in front of matching backdrops. It's cool because its backwards __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

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Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	performance art almost...but not quite. Awesome! __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

09-06-2011, 07:43 AM	#8
CaliforniaMama I wonder . . . Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The Left Coast, a pretty good place to be. Posts: 1,278	It's like an inverted trompe l'oeil. I love it when artists come up with something so completely unique. Thanks for sharing this! __________________ Take time for silence. You never know what you might hear.

09-06-2011, 09:00 AM	#9
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Now someone needs to take one of those photographs and make a painting that looks just like a photograph of a painting. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

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Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Oh to have talent, perseverance, luck, ambition, drive, self-belief, luck and the right contacts. I tell you, by this time next year I'd be a millionaire! __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

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infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	That's pretty freakin' cool, is how cool that is! Oh, to have any talent whatsoever...

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Kristen Person Who Has Posted Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 2	That's awesome! But....he doesn't do their hands... looks kind of weird.

09-07-2011, 08:46 AM	#14
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	You have to leave a spot to let the skin breathe. Otherwise they die. It's true, I saw it on Goldfinger. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

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