After the Metro did an article on him a few weeks ago, I've really been interested in David Kassan. His paintings are so true to life, and although all the subjects look a little damp they display an enormous amount of emotion and really relate to their 'surroundings' in the composition. David says "My paintings strive for reality, a chance to mimic life in both scale and complexity." I certainly think that's true of the figures, as each looks unavoidably deep in thought, or struggling for something. Kassan works hard not only on the figure itself but on the entire composition, first ensuring that the background and surface is as much as main part as the girl will be. It is vital that she will not look out of place once she is a part of the picture. Indeed Kassan uses the whole composition to represent the feeling and emotion that the subject has, and transmits this visually so that we ( as the viewers, the receivers) have a similar experience. David has learnt that our own experience will be altered depending on the portrayal of his subject matter and her surrounding, and so he must adjust his work accordingly to resonate this emotion to us. Kassan explains "I am constantly seeking out work that is congruent with my own which has led me to explore the work of life size old master paintings." David, however, adds a different element to his painting, or perhaps a combination of styles, taken from his influences including Marcel Duchamp, Robert Rauschenberg and Caravaggio. Certainly he strives to include reality and the abstract in each work. "The image stands alone without evidence of the artist." Photographic realism. As if he was never there, David wants the paintings to be important, and for himself to be learning and growing through the process but taking a step back, letting the artwork speak for itself.
Thursday 27 May 2010
After the Metro did an article on him a few weeks ago, I've really been interested in David Kassan. His paintings are so true to life, and although all the subjects look a little damp they display an enormous amount of emotion and really relate to their 'surroundings' in the composition. David says "My paintings strive for reality, a chance to mimic life in both scale and complexity." I certainly think that's true of the figures, as each looks unavoidably deep in thought, or struggling for something. Kassan works hard not only on the figure itself but on the entire composition, first ensuring that the background and surface is as much as main part as the girl will be. It is vital that she will not look out of place once she is a part of the picture. Indeed Kassan uses the whole composition to represent the feeling and emotion that the subject has, and transmits this visually so that we ( as the viewers, the receivers) have a similar experience. David has learnt that our own experience will be altered depending on the portrayal of his subject matter and her surrounding, and so he must adjust his work accordingly to resonate this emotion to us. Kassan explains "I am constantly seeking out work that is congruent with my own which has led me to explore the work of life size old master paintings." David, however, adds a different element to his painting, or perhaps a combination of styles, taken from his influences including Marcel Duchamp, Robert Rauschenberg and Caravaggio. Certainly he strives to include reality and the abstract in each work. "The image stands alone without evidence of the artist." Photographic realism. As if he was never there, David wants the paintings to be important, and for himself to be learning and growing through the process but taking a step back, letting the artwork speak for itself.
Friday 21 May 2010
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