Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Arturo Herrera

This man uses an approach to his artwork/photography that I have never seen. He takes macro shots of his small painted illustrations and then soaks the film in water/coffee. Then he puts the submerged film into the sunlight. The result is astonishing imagery. He spoke of how emotional life, memory and desire are all important aspects of his work. He is interested in the ambiguity and fragmenting of images creating basic abstractions. This leads to a potential for images to communicate with the individual. I am very interested in his process and I would like to experiment in this medium.

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