Louis Jover:
Louis Jover is a Australian painter; he uses recycled sheets of papers, working within the lines of text to create imagery. This includes magazines, letters and newspapers.
He mainly focuses on the human body as the subject- particularly female dancers, facial features such the eyes and objects such as shoes and cameras. I like the romantic style of the images and the amount of movement he captures through the use of paint and ink, allowing it to run creates its own direction, which to me makes a link between the image and text creating a narrative.
Louis Jover works in a collage method by layering text on top of each other and then illustrates the figure within the text; I think that this technique is effective at creating a narrative because it allows the text to come to life. This also provokes thought about the figure and develops questions from the viewer about the imagery.
overall, I have been influenced by the narrative techniques Louis Jover uses to tell a story about his subjects' through the use of text. I feel that this makes a more personal impact on the image as it gives understanding to the audience which I think causes emotions due to the image becoming vulnerable.
As a result, I experimented using narrative techniques during my decades project to show the way culture was affected by social unrest; I looked into illustrating over newspaper headlines. I felt that I was able to interpret the youth in the imagery rebelling against society by using imagery inside and outside of the text.
He mainly focuses on the human body as the subject- particularly female dancers, facial features such the eyes and objects such as shoes and cameras. I like the romantic style of the images and the amount of movement he captures through the use of paint and ink, allowing it to run creates its own direction, which to me makes a link between the image and text creating a narrative.
Louis Jover works in a collage method by layering text on top of each other and then illustrates the figure within the text; I think that this technique is effective at creating a narrative because it allows the text to come to life. This also provokes thought about the figure and develops questions from the viewer about the imagery.
overall, I have been influenced by the narrative techniques Louis Jover uses to tell a story about his subjects' through the use of text. I feel that this makes a more personal impact on the image as it gives understanding to the audience which I think causes emotions due to the image becoming vulnerable.
As a result, I experimented using narrative techniques during my decades project to show the way culture was affected by social unrest; I looked into illustrating over newspaper headlines. I felt that I was able to interpret the youth in the imagery rebelling against society by using imagery inside and outside of the text.
Traditional Imagery:
I began to experiment in the style of Louis Jover in order to produce a narrative within the imagery. I used book pages and later on newspapers that I felt showed unrest and disturbance as the canvas; I found that I had the most success illustrating my theme using traditional inks. I allowed the ink to run in order to show emotion in the image and to highlight words that I felt presented unrest. Overall, I feel that I was successful in presenting my theme laterally whilst using narrative techniques influenced by Louis Jover.
I also produced pieces that showed the subcultures I chose literally by illustrating objects that youth of the day used and enjoyed as part of their way of living and social life; I found this made my imagery more personal as a result.
i worked primarily in ink over the text and within the text to produce a narrative, I also used cut outs of text to rearrange a story on youth subculture and etched into melted crayons to produce a metaphor on society.
I also produced pieces that showed the subcultures I chose literally by illustrating objects that youth of the day used and enjoyed as part of their way of living and social life; I found this made my imagery more personal as a result.
i worked primarily in ink over the text and within the text to produce a narrative, I also used cut outs of text to rearrange a story on youth subculture and etched into melted crayons to produce a metaphor on society.