I am not sure.

"I have developed a mapping system that translates the English alphabet into 26 discrete colors and I use these crayon "fonts" to add words and language to each of the pieces in the show."

There are some incredible pieces...

http://www.christianfaur.com/crayons...lg/image05.jpg

http://www.christianfaur.com/crayons...lg/image01.jpg

Especially this one, which is quite amazing...

http://25.media.tumblr.com/2aec70d99...8awro1_500.jpg

..the detail is incredible even in photos but quite stunning to actually see them, I think my favourites are the 'broken images' where they almost look as though they're fading..the faces always seem set apart as well and quite a few are through windows but it's not always obvious if you're looking inwards or they're looking outwards ..they're quite lonely and isolated faces...


http://tbrockhaus.files.wordpress.co...0.jpg?w=700&h=

" I think that painting is very much like solving a complicated mathematical problem, where each step logically and necessarily follows from the previous step, finally arriving at a solution. Ideally, an elegant one."

Yes, like the Forgotten children series. The broken lines kind of look like interference on a TV screen.

In a similar vein - Digital Circilism by Ben Heine

http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/73...5918a1c222.jpg

http://cdn0.lostateminor.com/wp-cont...en-heine-2.jpg

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/...e_1854319i.jpg

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/...e_1854281i.jpg

..it's also quite incredible how the mood of the people is captured so well in those too..I think Christian Faur's work would be quite emotional to see because of the subjects...

Definitely. I think you become more emotionally involved with some of Christian's works and the thought process is different. Ben's work is clever, but personally I like pieces that make me think. I suppose it depends on the subject matter, but also in the way it's presented. An image of an everyday object can sometimes convey such emotion just by the way it is portrayed. Even in abstract art.

I once had a print of Salvador Dali's "Phone on the beach" hung on my wall, but it gave me such a sense of foreboding I had to take it down and replace it with something else. :laugh:

http://levelx.me/blog/wp-content/upl...ne-1_thumb.jpg

Do you have any particular favourite artists or pieces Ammi?

..I adore Van Gogh mostly because of his passion and how 'frantic' he was...the thing I also love is that you can see in his paintings and brush strokes which ones he painted in 'calmer' times and when his emotions darkened..the strokes became more frantic..I don't think with him I have a favourite piece because every one of them is so incredibly moving and literally does move you to tears..maybe that's just me lol...hmmm, I like Henry Moore sculptures...Modagliani, the long faces....and also Edward Hopper because similar to Christian Faur, his paintings are of 'loneliness' ...with him, it did always seem that he painted like he felt isolated and alone 'looking in' on the lives he painted....what about you, your favourites..?...

..last year at school we studied some Salvador Dali works as part of philosophy and it's amazing how much and how many different things the children 'read' into the picture and what it made them think about the artist's thoughts...

The use and style of brush strokes that you mention about Van Gogh is very interesting.

I am more a fan of post modern and contemporary art.

I love a multitude of Gilbert & George's work mainly for the subject matter and the way they portray it. Also the process involved, where they use local imagery, in whatever form it may be, which they generally photograph in most cases and then hand paint. The different series of works they produce normally have an underlying theme running through them. They use imagery of experiences of what we encounter in everyday life, such as death, fear, race, religion, sex etc, some of which are regarded as "taboo".

I was fortunate enough to visit their largest retrospective exhibition to date at the Tate Modern in 2007. I found the sheer scale of their work overwhelming in most cases and the use of colour quite striking. Some of it even shocking, but I suppose that's the intention.

http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/or...9e614e25c2.jpg
Intellectual Depression - Gilbert and George (1980)

Abstract art is something I have a liking for and I am a great admirer of Terry Frost, Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko.

http://d3l2rivt3pqnj2.cloudfront.net.../1/5/15633.jpg
June Red and Black - Terry Frost (1965)

Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst, Francis Bacon, Sarah Morris and Terry O'Neill are also favourites, but there are many.

..yeah, I’m not that familiar with Gilbert and George but I have seen some of it and I’ve liked what I’ve seen..especially the ones which I think are quite ‘grafitti’ and maybe angry..?..not them being angry but the anger, intolerance and ‘hate’ in society, I like that grittiness of it....almost like bringing street art into the gallery...I love the pop art feel to it as well, Andy Warhol is a favourite of mine as well as is Roy Lichtenstein....what an incredible experience for you to go and see their exhibition at the Tate though...

..this is a Gilbert and George piece I really like..The Existers..


http://www.tate.org.uk/art/images/work/AR/AR00505_9.jpg

Icecube, made out of ...icecubes..

https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/7771075584/h8F8BB7BE/

Some fan art...

http://i.imgur.com/iwT0s8J.jpg