I used this website to gain an understanding of what Dadaism is. ( https://www.artyfactory.com/art_appreciation/art_movements/dadaism.htm )

According to wikipedia Dadaism was  an art movement of the European avant-garde in the early 20th century.   Also refereed to as ‘Dada’, it was a from of artistic anarchy born out of hatred for social, political and cultural values. It contained elements of art, music, poetry, theater, dance and politics. Dadaism was  was more of a protest movement rather than a style of art.

Dadaism was a very large movement during WW1 because many artists , writers and intellectuals what extremely opposed to the war. They used their art as a way of creating confrontation and provocation. Many traditional art movements were attacked. They launched a full scale ‘assault’ on the art world. “Dada questioned the value of all art and whether its existence was simply an indulgence of the bourgeoisie.” People involved with Dadaism claimed to be anti-artists.

 

Here are the websites that I used to collect information about Tanja Deman.

http://www.tanja-deman.com/

http://www.archisle.org.je/archisle-international-photographer-in-residence-2017-tanja-deman/

Deman is an international photographer who is known for her unusual environmental images. Similarly to Briggs, Tanja has a unique take photography. She has inherited a modern look on landscape photography which appeals greatly to me. Tanja was born in Split, Croatia. Her work is inspired by concepts of physical and emotional perceptions. Tanja uses geographical formations, architectures and specific spaces as places  of inspiration. She experiments with complex ideas to reinforce her photography.

Tanja’s work includes photography, collage, film, and public art. She also investigates the relationship between man and nature. She observes modernism within the natural landscape. Her work reflects on the dynamics hidden beneath the surface of built and natural environments. The images below are both examples of Deman’s work, however they are very different in the form, perspective,and context.In each image, she is showing the beauty within the surroundings, however the images are very contrasting. One of the images are in color, whereas the other is taken in black and white. Although both the images are of the environment, one is taken underwater, and the other is of an urban scene. You can see that she is trying to portray different things within these photos.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tanja’s work has been widely exhibited including; Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb / Kunstmuseum Bonn / 15th Venice Biennial of Architecture, 2016 / The Central House of Artists, Moscow / Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka.

Here are the links that I used to research Luigi Ghirri. http://www.matthewmarks.com/new-york/artists/luigi-ghirri/ 

http://www.artuner.com/artists/luigi-ghirri-profile/

 

LUIGI GHIRRI

Luigi Ghirri was born in 1943 and died in 1992. He was an Italian photographer who produced colour photographs of landscape and architecture. His images always consider the balance between people and their surroundings.  Ghirri works in series, photographing parks, beaches, and urban scenes. His use of colour is well known to create expression.  He uses his native homeland, Italy, to produce his images.

 

 

I believe Luigi Ghirri relates to the work of Tanja Deman because they both have a slimier interest, which is considering and experimenting with the balance between Nature and Man, They both also take inspiration from their homeland to create the images that they want. For the period that each of the them are working in, they are very up to date, and like to inherit new ideas. They both also have very modern perspectives.

Both the photographers create very ascetically pleasing images. The colors that they use are also very slimier. I love they way Ghirri uses angles and shapes to  create a symmetrical looking images that is pleasing to the eye. Tanja also uses this technique for a few of her images as well.

 

Here are the links I used to collect information about Briggs. The following sites are very helpful and full of useful facts that I used to achieve an overall description and analysis about Briggs.

http://www.saatchigallery.com/artists/jonny_briggs.htm

http://www.jonnybriggs.com/about/

Jonny Briggs was born in 1985 in London. He is a very young and influential photographer who is unique in his style and technique. Briggs brings something very different to the subject because of his personal interest. His work contains a strong link with family and his personality is represented thoroughly throughout his work. Jonny uses the search for his lost childhood as an interesting subject to base his photography on. He uses his family a lot within his projects.

Into the Black, 126 x 121cm, 2011, Photography; C-type Lambda print aluminium  mounted and framed in black.                                                                           Briggs’ photos are very surreal and abstract, with each one containing form and shape in parculiar ways. He uses shadows and space to symolize different things.His images are very unusaul and unique to capture Briggs’ unusal interest.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Un-seeing, 115 x 180cm, 2012, Photography; C-type Lambda print, framed  in black   

Regeneration, 171 x 171cm as a diamond, 2012, Photography; C-type Lambda print mounted on aluminium. Regeneration means to be born again, and I believe this is what Briggs is trying to communicate through this photo. It is an image of Briggs’ mother curled into a foetal position. Biggs uses the blankets that he use to wrap himself in when he was young, to protectively cocoon his mother in. When Biggs is explaining the process behind the photograph, he says “I see it as again quite a religious piece, the fact that the feet are visible and that I have chosen a diamond shape references the crucifixion.” This links to the name Regeneration, because he is using the event of the crucifixion of Christ to explain the photo he has created. Briggs had used the event of Christ dying and being born again, as a template for his photo. Briggs also describes the image as flesh like, “The blanket I’ve used also reminds me of the body, it is flesh like in color and the tears in it appear wound-like. My mother’s body beneath the blanket also seems to me rather meat like, organ like, her feet the valves and her body a beating heart.” This again links to the name Regeneration because Briggs is using human like features to describe the image. It could symbolism the creation of a new born with the description of a “beating heart” and “flesh like”. The image is very austetically pleasing because of the shape and from that Briggs creates with the use of the diamond shape in the centre of the rectangle. I also really like how he used the light to eluminate his mum in the middle, whereas in contrast the rest of the images is in shadow.

 

Jonny Briggs Inspiration…

Here is the link that I used to collect informqtion about Francis Bacon, who I believe to be a an influence into Briggs’ work.

http://francis-bacon.com/life

FRANCIS BACON

Francis Bacon was born on the 28th October 1909.  Bacon was a homosexual and was expelled from his home in 1926. He also had a strong physical attraction towards his father which heightened the tensions between the family.  At the age of 23 Bacon painted his first original painting, called the Crucifixion, 1933. The painting is very ghostly looking.  The name Crucifixion suits the artwork because It looks like a human holding up their hands while standing on a platform. Here are more of Bacon’s paintings.  I personally believe that Francis Bacon and Jonny Briggs are very similar in the way they work and how they use their past as an influence for their art. Briggs uses his photography as a way to get back lost time with his parents. He sees it as a way to improve the relationships within his family. Bacon uses his art to express his troubled childhood as well.  He is full of Anxiety and  depression and uses his art as a demonstration  of what he is feeling.

Here is the Final Image from the shoot.