Art Project course gallery No. 4
Art Project: Outer Space
Our starting point for this week’s project was the 59th anniversary of the first launch of humankind into space which took place on April 12 1961. Major Yuri Gagarin was successfully launched into space from Kazakhstan and spent 108 minutes orbiting the earth travelling at 27,000 kilometres an hour before crash-landing back to Earth.
Ideas around space travel, life in outer space and the space race shaped the creative output of a number of artists as well as writers, musicians, fashion designers and other creatives throughout the 1960s. However ideas centred on outer space can be discovered much earlier in art, literature, music and cinema (and even back to prehistoric times if you delve into theories about aliens and ancient civilisations…)
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…
Jo Melhuish – Space Stamp I
Watercolour on paper
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Jo Melhuish – Space Stamp II
Watercolour on paper
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SRW – Laika on My Mind
Collage and pastels on paper |
Jane Clark – Hettnik (Hetty Into Outer Space)
(after Soviet posters for Belka and Strelka 1960)
Gouache and Ink
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Jane Clark – Where Were You In 1969? (after Shirley Hughes )
Watercolour and collage on paper
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Jane Clark – Interstellar Space Voyager 1
Ink and acrylic resist on paper
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Jane Clark – Study for Voyager 1
Ink and acrylic on paper
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Jane Clark – Exploration, Into Space
Charcoal and watercolour on paper
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Jane Goddard – Floating in Space
Pastels on black paper
Jane Goddard – Leapfrog Rocket
Collage: various paper on black paper
Jill T. – Into the Unknown
Ink on paper
Jill T. – Galaxy
Acrylic and collage on paper |
Christine Plumb – Bubble Wrap Sputnik
Mixed media on paper
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Maurice Prendergast – Working Drawing I
Mixed media on paper |
Maurice Prendergast – Working Drawing II
Mixed media on paper |
Maurice Prendergast – A Quantum Exploration of Dante’s Paradiso
Mixed media on paper |
Harriet – Still Life (After Van Gogh) I
Acrylic on paper
Harriet – Still Life (After Van Gogh) II
Acrylic on paper |
Harriet – Still Life
Acrylic on leaves
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Val Driver – Apollo 11
Graphite and watercolour on paper |
Hilary – Spaghettification of Trump Before Entering A Black Hole
(Maybe Something Good Will Happen)
Acrylic on paper
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Paula – The Planets I
Gouache on paper
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Paula – The Planets II
Gouache on paper
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Paula – The Planets III
Gouache on paper
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Paula – The Planets IV
Gouache on paper
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Paula – The Planets V
Gouache on paper
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Dieter – Outer Space (Blue)
Acrylic and acrylic spray paint on paper
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Dieter – Outer Space (Grey)
Acrylic and acrylic spray paint on paper
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Christie Archer – Earth From The Moon
Mixed media: bubble wrap, watercolour, coloured paper on paper
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Sylvie Fenton – Sunrise From a Dying Star
Media not stated
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Lorna Howell – Night Sky From a Dartmoor Tor
Acrylic on paper
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Lorna Howell – Earth From The Moon
Collage and acrylic on paper
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Lorna Howell – Scale in Space
Collage: acrylic marbled paper on paper
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Lynn Laws – Supernova
Acrylic on paper
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