HUMAN PORTRAITS
realism, portrait, body art, microns, ink
beyond paper
body art
brief on body art
Art practices from the 1960s onwards in which the human body forms the substance of the work. It is often manifest in performances which are documented by film or photography.
origins of body art
Body Art arose as an international phenomenon during the liberated climate of the 1960s, concurrently with Performance Art. It became a powerful means of exploring a range of issues relating to identity, gender, sexuality, illness, death and violence through performance, video and photography. The style was a particularly popular choice for women during the emergence of the Feminist movement.
contemporary developments
The body continues to be explored as a tool by many contemporary artists, continuing to provide a means of exploring a range of issues relating to identity and society. American photographer Francesca Woodman made haunting, deeply psychological self-portraits of her own body, often seen in a highly vulnerable state. British artist Marc Quinn famously cast a self-portrait using his own blood, saying, ‘the self is what one knows best and least at the same time …casting the body gives one an opportunity to “see” the self.’
body art - a self discovery
Over the past five to six years I have been studying and exploring portraiture on paper. In this entire journey of learning and growing my skills, discovering that I test my abilities beyond just paper started my journey towards Body Art.
WHY ?? I ink myself to challenge my own portraits skills beyond just paper.
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series
01
Vincent Van Gogh
Dutch Post-Impressionist painter
(30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890)
02
Joaquin Rafael Phoenix
American actor
(October 28,1974)
03
Ritviz Srivatsava
(Indian singer-songwriter, electronic musician and record producer)
(July 24,1996)
Ritviz Srivatsava
- Making of Ritviz -
04
Elvis Aaron Presley
American Singer and Actor
(January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977
05
Eminem ( Marshall Bruce Mathers III )
American Rapper and Record Producer
(October 17, 1972)
06
Lana Del Rey ( Elizabeth Woolridge Grant )
American Singer and Songwriter
(June 21, 1985)
