artist reasearch 18/01/16

Lucas Simoes

Simoes is a Brazilian born artist who is currently based in sao Paulo after attending the a school of architecture in Italy. born in 1980 and moving to sao Paulo in 2002.

The artist typically uses portrait photos as a base to work on and then using varied amount of techniques to alter the images. His most common methods include layering or burning  as these prove the most effective and eye catching, when burning an image simoe usually burns either all the face or a specific part such the eyes, fire has many connotations in art and can be associated with emotions that spread and consume the subject such as rage or despair, so by burning the eyes of the person seems to be suggesting that the subject is blind because of those emotions while burning the entire face suggests the viewer is feeling these emotions to show how those emotions can alter the identity of the subject.
The artist also uses layering to create more surreal pieces that often feature multiple images with only slight differences, such as using multiple images of the same person but all at slightly different angles, the images also often use different colours on different layers to add to the surreal effect of the pieces and a strong presence of third dimension.


Jill Ricci

Ricci uses elements of juxtaposition in most of her work to show bright colours against worn out backgrounds, this creates a unique work that is eye catching and allows for the viewers own interpretations to take over. a recurring element in her work is the repetitive patterns that often cluter in an area and disperse throughout the piece. the artist also uses texture in her work by layering different types of materials within each piece

when planning a piece Jill Ricci uses found materials such as fabrics, paper, and graffiti on walls to use as part of the final piece and often claims to have no final image in mind when creating them, to create what she does the artist layers the cut materials on one another to layer them and add a three dimensional aspect to the art.