KEMP ILLUSTRATION: PROJECT ONE

1. 'ENGLISHNESS'

TWO BOOKS.
DRAWINGS.
OBSERVATIONS.
JOURNALISTIC.
PROXIMITY//DISTANCE.
OBJECT QUALITY.
ARTEFACT.
TEXT + IMAGE
QUOTES + OWN THOUGHTS.

PROXIMITY------ TALKING TO PEOPLE//RECORDING PEOPLE//ASKING QUESTIONS//STORIES//ANICDOTES//

DISTANCE-------OBSERVING//OVER HEARING//VOYERISM//WATCHING//ASSUMING//CONTEXT I.E BUILDINGS

PROJECT REFERENCES: PERSONAL PROJECT>>A-Z>>BODY LANGUAGE ZINE

EXTERNAL SOURCES:

L.S LOWRY.
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LOWRY 'THE MAN WITH THE RED EYES' (1938)
I LOVE THIS PICTURE AS SUCH A CONTRAST TO THE MORE FAMILIAR LOWRY STYLE OF PAINTINGS OF LOTS OF PEOPLE AT A DISTANCE AND IN GROUPS - INTERACTING
THIS PICTURE REALLY JUMPED OUT AT ME BECAUSE OF THIS CONTRAST OF PROXIMITY AND DISTANCE TO THE SUBJECT, BUT ALSO HOW ALTHOUGH THIS IS A VERY CLOSE AND PERSONAL PORTRAIT THE MAN IN IT STILL LOOKS A LITTLE UN COMFERTABLE. I REALLY LIKE THE STUBBLE ON HIS CHIN AND THE WAY THAT LOWRY HAS USED JUST A FEW WHITE LINES TO SHOW THIS BUT THE SIMPLICITY OF IT IS WHAT MAKES IT SEEM OBSERVED RATHER THAN IMAGINED.

I ALSO LIKE THE WAY THAT HE CAPTURES THE INTER ACTION BETWEEN PEOPLE AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT. HIS VIEWPOINT IS OFTEN DISTANT TO THE POINT WHERE YOU COULD NOT RECOGNISE INDIVIDUALS, YET BY THE WAY THE ARE SITUATED WITHIN THEIR ENVIRONMENT AND THE WAY THAT THEY ARE USING IT TELLS YOU ALOT ABOUT THEM AS PEOPLE. THERE IS A TOTAL BLENDING BETWEEN PEOPLE AND BUILDINGS. THE USE OF 'LOCAL' COLOUR IS ALSO VITAL IN GIVING A CONTEXT AND MEANING TO THE PAINTINGS. THE LEVEL OF LIGHT AND COLOUR GIVE YOU THE IMPRESSION THAT THIS IS AN AFTERNOON IN ENGLAND IN THE AUTUMN/ WINTER AND THE SMOKE RISING FROM THE CHIMMNEYS CONFIRMS THAT.