Eastern influence & Peacocks

The Peacock Room was an interior created by the painter James McNeill Whistler. Originally created in a Kensington (London) residence it now is located in the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington. There is such a strong influence of east asian art and ornament within the interior. Created in 1876-77. The book titled The Peacock Lounge by Linda Merrill is beautifully illustrated and informative.

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Matthew Harris

Matthew is currently exhibiting in the Men of Cloth exhibition, Manchester. This piece feels particularly striking, quilting, collage, drawing, dying, painterly.

http://www.matthewharriscloth.co.uk/

Matisse

I have not checked out the rest of this blog but this article on Matisse is lovely:

http://www.thestylesaloniste.com/2010/03/artists-i-love-meeting-m.html

Majestic Jodhpur

Comic Oceans (1 of 7), 1823 Source: 20

Ganesha, Saraswati and Jallandharnath (detail) ca 1825. Source: 20

Sage Markandeya's Ashram and the Milky Ocean, Watercolour on gold paper, ca. 1780-90. Source: 20

This book is so beautiful, full of stunning illustration of the royal paintings of Jodhpur. The paintings use of colour, composition and scale all work to tell the tales of society.

Book... Garden & Cosmos: The Royal Paintings of Jodhpur.

Early Aboriginal Paintings from Papunya

Icons of the desert - Early Aboriginal Paintings from Papunya

Further examples of aboriginal art.

Tip and Dot painting

Ginger Riley, Angry Bulukbun, 1990. Source: 19

Chris Offili, Mono Negro, 1999 - 2002. Source: 21

Chris Ofili, She, 1997. Source: 21

Artist Chris Ofili spent a long time developing paintings around a number of visual motifs used repetatively in order to build up a drawing. In this case he is using painted dots but he succesfully utilizes small repeats of a head/portrait.

The work seems to be to be heavily influenced by aboriginal art, the work here is by Ginger Riley and although not utilising the dot as heavily it is clear to see the references.