TATE TRIP

The piece above was done by Josef Albers (1888-1976) called Cables. The cables contradict the laws of perception, reflecting Albers's interest in the psychology of perception. He used visual trickery to highlight the gap between what we see and how our brains process this information. This work was made by sandblasting coloured glass.

I like the minimal lines and reminds me of a continuous line drawing. I also love the red and white colour scheme. This piece inspires me to explore negative and positive space.

This piece is done by photographs by Seifollah Samadian, Parvis Zamani and Hashem Forutan, designed by Seifollah Samadian Tehran, 1979. It's called A visual Narrative of Revolution. It's part of a photobook where Samadian brings together imagery from press coverage and posters alongside reproductions of paintings and caricatures. It draws upon how artists employ collage as a vehicle for propaganda and political critique. 

I like the colours and story behind his work. It reminds me of Joe Webb's collages with the idea of a message/ political critique.

This painting is done by Giorgio Morandi (1890- 1964) called Still Life 1946. Morandi repeatedly painted the same selection of familiar objects. In his paintings they lose their domestic function to become sculptural objects that invite meditation and contemplation.

I like the calmness of his painting and the neutral colour pallet.

This piece is made by Romare Bearden (1911-1988) called Pittsburgh Memory 1964. This was made by creating a small collage then photographing it and enlarging it. It is part of a series reflecting the artists personal history and the wider history of Black America, made as a response to the Civil Rights Movement. He creates new scenes using existing images from magazines, creating alternative representations of African American experience to those offered by photojournalism and advertising.

I again like the political meaning behind this artists work and find it inspiring.

This piece above is made by Jiri Kolar (1914-2002) called from the flowers of the evil series. He pays homage to nineteenth- century poet Charles Baudelaire whose portrait reoccurs in all of them. He called his technique 'prollage' where he interlaces vertical strips of two different images.

This piece above is made by Kelley Walker. She uses images from the most influential advertising campaigns of the 1960s that are transformed using 21st century software. Walker scanned the originally advertisements, transforming the flat sheets of paper into objects that are folded, curled and twisted.