Art of the Future
Two weeks ago I randomly ran into an art show, in Millennium Park. It was at NextFest, a show of new inventions and technology that will soon be available to purchase. Next to the entrance to the NextFest tent there was a maze like structure made from soda pop plastic rings. This to me look like a piece of art all by itself. Walking through the maze you discover beautiful large scale prints. These prints were done in a graphic design program called Flash. Flash is the media and interaction tool for creating web site banners ad and intro pages into a medium for fine art. This was all created by Erik Natzek of Chicago. He has fine tuned his software in order to produce these epic prints and digital creations. These dynamic shapes and patterns flow and intertwine with in each other turning into a 3D visual world. The interlacing of translucent and opaque forms makes the pieces extremely interesting and easy on the eye. The hues of the prints are all over the place. Complementary, tertiary, and primary colors blend well together. The use of thin lines on top of this thick blocks of color make the art even more interesting. There is no other subject matter in these prints other than lines and shapes. Normals this would become boring and repetitive, but it is the opposite when it comes to Natzek's work. It is as if a different story is told with ever piece. The moods of each piece change drastically. Some are very busy and cluttered, reminding me of the Futurist that we talked about in class. Others create smooth flowing ribbons of color sweeping thought large open spaces. It is sort of romantic and mystical. Whether fast or slow, the prints all express motion.
The prints were absolutely beautiful and gave me new inspirations for my computer art class. It is amazing what today's technology can do and how much it influences us and art as well.
Two weeks ago I randomly ran into an art show, in Millennium Park. It was at NextFest, a show of new inventions and technology that will soon be available to purchase. Next to the entrance to the NextFest tent there was a maze like structure made from soda pop plastic rings. This to me look like a piece of art all by itself. Walking through the maze you discover beautiful large scale prints. These prints were done in a graphic design program called Flash. Flash is the media and interaction tool for creating web site banners ad and intro pages into a medium for fine art. This was all created by Erik Natzek of Chicago. He has fine tuned his software in order to produce these epic prints and digital creations. These dynamic shapes and patterns flow and intertwine with in each other turning into a 3D visual world. The interlacing of translucent and opaque forms makes the pieces extremely interesting and easy on the eye. The hues of the prints are all over the place. Complementary, tertiary, and primary colors blend well together. The use of thin lines on top of this thick blocks of color make the art even more interesting. There is no other subject matter in these prints other than lines and shapes. Normals this would become boring and repetitive, but it is the opposite when it comes to Natzek's work. It is as if a different story is told with ever piece. The moods of each piece change drastically. Some are very busy and cluttered, reminding me of the Futurist that we talked about in class. Others create smooth flowing ribbons of color sweeping thought large open spaces. It is sort of romantic and mystical. Whether fast or slow, the prints all express motion.
The prints were absolutely beautiful and gave me new inspirations for my computer art class. It is amazing what today's technology can do and how much it influences us and art as well.
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