Art Project course gallery No. 17

Art Project: Inspired by Giacomo Balla / Move It!

This week’s we wished Italian artist Giacomo Balla a very Happy 149^th Birthday and took inspiration from his work and in particular how he depicts motion through sequences – duplicating forms, multiple contours, overlaying colours and shapes and exploring shifts in colour and scale. His work is often associated with the Futurists who shared his interest in depicting a more dynamic visual experience when looking at a static painting and who wanted to celebrate the increasing amount of technology appearing in early 20^th century society – from cars and mechanical machinery to photography, cinema and the visual experience resulting from travelling at speed.

Here’s a selection of artwork and prepatory studies made by some of the Art Project course artists taking part in the project.

Look out for another gallery of work coming soon…

JC – Pharoah the Whippet on the Beach Watercolour and ink on paper

JC – Peak District trees in Winter Westerly Wind Watercolour on paper

JC – Maram Grass, Northumberland Coast Watercolour on paper

JC – Swallows Lino cut and art graph water soluble block on paper

Lorna Howell – Running Chicken Pastel

Lorna Howell – Startled Dove Acrylic on sugar paper

Lorna Howell  – Racing Pigeon’s Flying Finish Acrylic and pastel

Lorna Howell – Seagull Dance (after Arthur Dove) Acrylic

Lorna Howell – Social Isolation – Surprisingly Hectic! Ink on paper

Harriet – Flight (Study) Digital photo of acrylic lino-cuts

Harriet – Flight (Study II)
Acrylic and paper (lino-cut)

Harriet – Flight (Study III)
Acrylic linocut on paper

Harriet – Storm I
Acrylic and newsprint on paper

Maurice – Rain, Speed and Eurostar Acrylic on paper

Maurice – The Road to Barry Photocollage

Jane – Moving Bus Photograph

Paula – Once Upon A Time in the V&A… Photograph

Dieter – Let’s Keep Moving
Multiple lino prints on paper

Dieter – Are You Dancing?
Acrylic on paper

Dieter – Icarus Lino print on paper

Chris – Chasing My Hat Pastel

Jill – Spin Cycle Ink and watercolour on paper

Jill – Sketch for American War Memorial Graphite on paper

Jill – Frustration Pastel

Jill- Riding Out The Storm Pastel