The Art of Jay Gidwitz
I’m beginning work on the “Deity Series.” I actually started it and a few years back, with about three images, and then got to work on different things.
The idea is to recreate religious imagery of the plethora of Gods in the Hindu religion and perhaps some of the saints from Catholicism. I’m thinking in particular [...]
I’m looking for models to shoot 1940’s & 50’s style pin-up illustrations.
http://picasaweb.google.com/jay.gidwitz/PinUpsProjects#
I would shoot the photographs in front of green screen and then create the (usually sparse) environment in photoshop and then import the image into Painter X to make it look more like an organically painted image.
I would not just be recreating the look [...]
The best part of the night was hanging out with friends, munching on food and sipping (more than a few) drinks.
But also when Richard Fishman, my teacher & mentor and friend looked around the room, and said: “You’re ready for a show. I mean this is a show, but you’re ready for a show.”
Wow! A [...]
David Harrington Demon Face Warp
This effect was created in Adobe After Effects. I’ve been experimenting with video recently, partially because I’m the visual consultant and video producer for the upcoming theatrical production of “The Pleasure Dome”, directed by Andrew Starner and David Harrington.
About a month ago I submitted to “The TOPTEN Human in the Moment“– an online competition put on by ARTROM gallery based in Rome.
One of my pieces got in!
The Winners’ Exhibition opens Sunday, May 4th at 7:00pm (Rome time) on artromgallery.com.
The picture was an unpublished image from the Erich Zann posters.
These images were produced through and from the installation project “Rachel’s Knife,” which I created with David Harrington. We created the installation by using chance operations to choose objects to get from the free stuff section on Craig’s List.
After acquiring a room full of stuff the next stage was to decide what to do [...]
Two more pieces are going up in a show at the Blue Room at Brown University.
“Dark River” and “Dream Logic” are going to be in it.
Below: “Dream Logic”
Below: “Dark River”
Big thanks to Caroline Washington.
