The id is responsible for our basic drives such as food, sex and aggressive impulses. It is amoral and egocentric, ruled by the pleasure-pain principle; it is without a sense of time; completely illogical; primarily sexual; infantile in its emotional development; will not take 'no' for an answer. (Thanks, Wiki.)
05 May 2008
Warning: Brilliance Ahead!
There's a feature on the news here about Kehinde Wiley. The paintings speak for themselves, and the link just takes you to a Google search. It's f'ing brilliant. Just go look.
I believe he painted it on, but probably used a projector to guide the hand.
I'm not totally sure it was wallpaper to begin with, as much as it resembles it. I believe a lot of the patterning is from islamic and byzantine decorative patterning. Of course, probably the only reason those were painted directly or tiled or frescoed or what have you is because wallpaper hadn't properly been invented yet...
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I love old wallpaper. Did he paint on it, or reproduce it?
I believe he painted it on, but probably used a projector to guide the hand.
I'm not totally sure it was wallpaper to begin with, as much as it resembles it. I believe a lot of the patterning is from islamic and byzantine decorative patterning. Of course, probably the only reason those were painted directly or tiled or frescoed or what have you is because wallpaper hadn't properly been invented yet...
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