Karen Mortillaro Anamorphic Sculpture
"Over the last 13 years, Karen has been exploring anamorphic art, a concept which has its roots in ancient Chinese and Greek methods and was later expounded upon by Renaissance and 17th Century French masters. Anamorphic art is achieved by putting a distorted three-dimesional object in front of a polished cylinder mirror called an anamorphoscope, thereby creating a reflection of an un-distorted object. Her improvements in this field earned her a U.S. Patent."
"How light behaves and misbehaves has been Karen’s all-consuming passion throughout her career. For years she investigated how both natural and man-made light sources can be manipulated and can themselves manipulate how a viewer perceives a work of art. In 1988 her fascination with light and perception moved her to explore anamorphic art, in which light reflected by a mirror transforms distorted images into properly proportioned pictures..
Not content with merely continuing the traditional forms of anamorphic art, Karen has now lifted her images from the flat page and created 3D anamorphic sculptures. These pieces are created entirely by hand—no computers are used. It is arduous work, but she and her collectors find that the aesthetic rewards are well worth the effort."
Reflections
I found it highly challenging to find information about Mortillaro as it seems not many people have written about her. So instead of spending hours and hours looking for odd sentences about her work I will instead I will give my reflection on her works. To kick start then I will start by talking about the themes the artist deals with, most recently chapters form Lewis carols 'Alice in wonderland' a family favourite for generations, the topsy-turvy nature of the book fits perfectly with the distortion of the anamorphic sculpture. Although I find the art of anamorphia fascinating, it does occur to me that within this scenario it exists more within the realm of illustration, depicting scenes from popular books and the like. And although incredible skillful and time consuming, It has a tenancy to be a bit lacking in the concept department. I am interested though to taking part of the art of anamorphia and fuelling it with a more concept driven project
Sources
No comments:
Post a Comment