Lichen
Lux Aurumque
This collection is inspired by Eric Whitacre's composition and arrangement of the song Lux Aurumque.
It is a song that was written with the words of the poem “Light and Gold,” written by Edward Esch.
I focused mainly on the volume dynamics, and discordant chords of the song,
and trying to translate the poem into the color choices.
It is a song that was written with the words of the poem “Light and Gold,” written by Edward Esch.
I focused mainly on the volume dynamics, and discordant chords of the song,
and trying to translate the poem into the color choices.
Xanti Schawinsky
Schawinsky is probably best known for his work in graphic design and the work he did with the ballet. He was a very creative man, and he channeled his creativity through many media from music to painting. When studying his costume design, I see the influence of graphic design in his work.
Toward the end of his life (about the last 15 years), Schawinsky started focusing on his “Eclipses” and “Sheras.” In 1967 he began his last significant abstract painting cycle of the “Sphaeren”. Overlapping compositions of circles and color fields are seen through several layers of gauze affixed to the front of the canvas, a technique which creates intriguing optical effects. In the “Eclipse” paintings he crumples the paper and then airbrush painted in different colors to a dramatic landscape of structures in which he achieved a delicate balance of chance and composition. As he experienced a total eclipse in the mountains of Canada, he began the series. That was his inspiration for the Eclipse paintings. The mountains in the light of the eclipse. Then he moved away from the mountains altogether and began exploring just two spheres on different planes, the top one on a slightly transparent fabric with a loose weave (such as burlap or gauze). Those are his “Sphera” pieces. I chanelled the graphic nature of his compositions, and used other elements of his technique as details in the collection.
Toward the end of his life (about the last 15 years), Schawinsky started focusing on his “Eclipses” and “Sheras.” In 1967 he began his last significant abstract painting cycle of the “Sphaeren”. Overlapping compositions of circles and color fields are seen through several layers of gauze affixed to the front of the canvas, a technique which creates intriguing optical effects. In the “Eclipse” paintings he crumples the paper and then airbrush painted in different colors to a dramatic landscape of structures in which he achieved a delicate balance of chance and composition. As he experienced a total eclipse in the mountains of Canada, he began the series. That was his inspiration for the Eclipse paintings. The mountains in the light of the eclipse. Then he moved away from the mountains altogether and began exploring just two spheres on different planes, the top one on a slightly transparent fabric with a loose weave (such as burlap or gauze). Those are his “Sphera” pieces. I chanelled the graphic nature of his compositions, and used other elements of his technique as details in the collection.