This painting is called "New Louboutin pumps." It reminded me of the impressionists' tendency to blur the details in their works in order to make them more "real." On page 141, Livingstone uses the example of a painting by Monet to show how blurriness can helpp convey the illusion of depth. She explains that "images lacking fine detail are not an effective stimulus for sterescopic deth perception, and therefore stereopsis cannot give a strong signal that the painting is flat."
In this case, however, the blurriness of the figures also conveys movement. The entangled quality of the figures in motion helps to convey depth in that it suggests movement in all directions.
In addition to blurriness, the artist has a particular way of using lines and brush strokes to convey depth. For example, the lighter brush stroke that cuts across the man's knees seems to suggest a semi-circular movement of the woman's foot. Also, more than just being blurry, objects and people (observe the woman's back) seem to have several overlapped outlines, which is reminiscent of Livingstone's depiction of stereoscopic vision with the overlapped pictures of flowers on p. 140.
1 comments:
I love how you're dissecting the work here. The blurring conveys so much, it really makes it fun to look at. You can look for hours and always see more in it. That's her intent, so I've read-- to hold the viewers attention as long as possible. There is so much of Francis Bacon in her work. The blurriness is so beautiful to look at! I love your blog. I'm a fan.
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