Something Different

Today I'm going to show you something some of you may have never seen. In my previous posts I've been showing you some amazing graphics by Tamás Vass, some of which left me speechless at the exhibition. Graphics is one of the hardest, or most difficult art form in my eyes, mostly because I know so little about the process. Today I decided to take a closer look and show you how it's done, or what details we see at a closer look.

October Celebration

There were no more details about the graphics, but if you have a close look, you can see the action must have taken place somewhere in Roman times. The clothes, or lack of clothes supports my theory. Must have been a wild party for sure, which looks odd today, but back in those days, social rules were not so strict, this scene must have been normal.

I cropped the photo, to eliminate the frame and get a closer image of the graphics.

And this is what I wanted to show you. Look at how these characters are drawn. Fine lines in every direction.

As much as it scared and confused me at the beginning, graphics is starting to become a type of art I'd like to know more about and even try it out. It'll be a first for me and as I know myself, a good dose of frustration is inevitable, but that will not stop me. Just need a few hours I can spend and accept the fact that there' a high chance the outcome will be something you will never want to show anyone :))

This was something I've never seen before and I'm also not sure I fully understand it. What you see on the photo above is the exact copy of the graphics, but on metal and the image is flipped. Unfortunately taking a photo standing in front of it was out of the question, due to the reflections and glare. The piece of metal on which the graphics has been replicated, was under a glass, which meant double trouble for me.

One of the labels said (now that I'm looking at it, it was exactly this one), that this copy was made after the artist's passing. I could see two reasons why. One is to preserve it as we all know paper and ink, or even paint can deteriorate in time, this is why experts are working on digitalizing artworks. The other can be an artistic attempt, to add something extra to the original work.

Being confused, I asked the gallery curator about how it is done, but she could not provide any information about the matter. Without any official info, all what I was left with, was guessing. Think about it, we have 3D printing today, you can even build houses using an appropriate 3D printing. I can imagine a similar technique to create an exact copy of the original graphics. Maybe some of you know more about this. If you do, let me know in a comment please.

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Resurrection

Resurrection is often depicted by artists and I found a graphics here as well. I must admit, I've seen many resurrections, but this is something unique.

And this is the metal copy of this particular piece.

The Cross

Speaking of religious themes, here's the cross. I'm not a huge fan of religious themed artworks, but some of them are exceptional from artistic point of view and this is one of those.

Look at the details. Look at the facial expression. It says a lot about the talent of the artist.

This exhibition showed me how much I don't know about art. I love how there's something new to learn each time and I hope I can learn more about this replica thing on metal.

I'm also grateful for having the occasion to visit this exhibition because these artworks are now in private hand and the owners all agreed to lend these beauties to the museum till the exhibition lasts.

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