Baldwin is best known for his chaotic and dramatic multi-media paintings, which show both beautiful and jarring imagery all compiled into one. Baldwin received his BA in Communication Media and Illustration from Kent Institute of Art and Design in Maidstone. He graduated with honors in 1995. As well as his best known iconic paintings, Baldwin has also produced other work such as book covers, album covers and ceramic work. I first became familiar with the work of Dan Baldwin when I saw his work exhibited in the Jersey CCA galleries. My initial thoughts about his work were that the chaotic nature caused me as a viewer to be able to notice different elements and aspects each time I looked at one of his pieces, which for me was a great characteristic of the work as it made it very interesting to view. This chaotic nature of the work is executed as I mentioned before using a multi-media process in which he combines screen-printing techniques, household paint, found objects, and spray paint, and other creative materials.
Below are some examples of the work which I have spoken about…
Analysis Of Dan Baldwin’s work…
Overall I feel you need to write and provide more analysis and context of each artist references. In terms of assessment the evidence on the blog is around level 3/4 equal to a C/B grade.
You need to do more in depth research and follow my instructions here:
Research and analyse the work of at least 2-3 (or more) photographers/ artists. Produce at least 2-3 blog posts for each artist reference that illustrate your thinking and understanding using pictures and annotation and make a photographic response to your research into the work of others
– Produce a mood board with a selection of images.
– Provide analysis of their work and explain why you have chosen them and how it relates to your idea and the exam themes of VARIATION and/or SIMILARITY.
– Select at least 2 key images and analyse in depth, TECHNICAL (lighting, camera), VISUAL (composition, visual elements) (interpretation, subject-matter, what is the photographer trying to communicate), CONTEXTUAL (art historical, political, social, personal), CONCEPTUAL (ideas, meaning, theory of art/ photography/ visual culture, link to other’s work/ideas/concept)
– Incorporate quotes and comments from artist themselves or others (art critics, art historians, curators, writers, journalists etc) using a variety of sources such as Youtube, online articles, reviews, text, books etc.
– Make sure you reference sources and embed links to the above sources in your blog post
– Plan at least 2-3 shoots as a response to the above where you explore your ideas in-depth.
– Edit shoots and show experimentation with different adjustments/ techniques/ processes in Lightroom/ Photoshop
– Reflect and evaluate each shoot afterwards with thoughts on how to refine and modify your ideas i.e. experiment with images in Lightroom/Photoshop, re-visit idea, produce a new shoot, what are you going to do differently next time? How are you going to develop your ideas?