Thursday, September 12, 2019

DANIEL SCHWARTZ PAINTS AN ORANGE


When Daniel Schwartz was commissioned to "paint an orange" for an advertisement, he didn't reach for the orange paint.  The labels on the paint tubes were irrelevant; Schwartz wanted a full range of colors to paint orange:


Similarly, Schwartz didn't feel his oranges had to be round.  Instead, he used his vivid imagination to come up with creative, interesting shapes.


When you paint at this level, the normal assumptions about shape and color go out the window.

2 comments:

  1. Maybe he remember Manet, David!

    http://www.amyellingson.com/blog/2017/12/27/munichsalzburgvienna-top-10

    Scroll down for a close up.

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  2. Very imaginative.

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