TOM McGRATH

Untitled

2004

Untitled

2004

Untitled (Car)

2004

Untitled (Parking Lot)

2004

Untitled

2005

ABSTRACT ART / ABSTRACT ARTISTS

Man Ray's Kiss Rayograph (1922)

Man Ray had always been an influence of mine, I love his confidence and intelligence. He changed the art world's perception of photography, showing that it can be a form of abstract art.

3.

Marcel Duchamp

Nude Descending a Staircase (1912)

The Large Glass (1915-23)

Marcel Duchamp has a certain attitude to his work which I appreciate, it appears intellectual and purposeful. In 'Nude Descending A Staircase' Duchamp illustrates movement, weight, and time in a distinct and original manner. His pallet is one of my favorites, a rich ochre with a warm white, raw umber and a neutral gray, this same pallet he will apply to 'The Large Glass' a mix medium approach.

4.

Kazimir Malevich, White on White (1918)

In his most famous painting, Malevich creats an undeniable tension by contrasting a warm white with a cool white. It is simplicity, it is expression, it is time and space, it is religion, it is everything but nothing, it is open to interpretation. It is undoubtedly a statement in Malevich's belief in art, it is of his own making, this painting is timeless and infinite.

5.

Josef Albers

White Line Square XVI

Lithograph (1967)

Like Malevich before him, Josef Albers creates a print using a monochromatic pallet of warm whites and yellows. He creates a different space, this an illusion of distance, the center box pushes and pulls from being on top of the white and being set into the white.

GEN FAVS

1.

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Street, Dresden

(1908-19)

This painting is all about pallet. Kirchner uses the most saturated colors without appearing circus-y.

2.

Urs Fischer

Video of Installation titled "Uh..." can be found, here.