New York Ballet

Todays Words of Wisdom

The Lost Dolls

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Living in The Clouds!

Ever looked out of an airplane and wondered what it would be like to live in the clouds???

Well I hope this answers your questions : )

Yayoi Kusama

Born 22 March 1929. Yayoi Kusama is a Japanese writer and artist.Kusama is regarded as one of the most important living artists to come out of Japan and an important voice of the avant-garde. Throughout her career she has worked with a vareity of mediums including painting, collage, sculpture, performance art and environmental installations, most of which exhibit her interest in psychedelic colours,repition and pattern.

I love the craziness of her work. When looking at her work I can tell she had lots of fun in the process.

Recently she collaborated with Louis Vuitton and successfully brought a well needed injection of dot filled playfulness.  

Why I love her work...

When Muted Met Bright.

The aim of this project was to get a better understanding of colour. Each student had to choose 2 contrasting words at random, I choose muted and bright. I had to look for colour stories that communicated each word and extract colours from each picture using as much different media as possible eg. markers, paper, make-up etc.After exploring each word through colour I had to mix the different themes and come up with 2 new colour stories.

Muted

Tearing cotton wool, cord and sugar paper to create soft muted tones.

Tracing paper gives the page a muted look.

Using an old holiday photo as a colour story. Here I choose organza for a delicate feel.

Different media creates an interesting version of this colour story.

Magazine pulls, fabrics and paper.

Bright

I chooses acid brights.

Extracting colours from magazine pulls.

Using old shopping bags for colour stories.

Looking at how artist/ photographer David LaChapelle uses colour.

Yayoi Kusama colourful work.

Colour Story 1

Colour story 1. Muted with a hint of bright.

Colour Story 2

Colour story 2. Bright with a hint of muted.