Kyle Takesu

Kyle, there was an artist named Yves Klein in the 1960s or 70s who put paint on (mostly women's) bodies and had them make his paintings in that way. He got a lot of criticism for being sexist, but the images are interesting abstractly and are a record of the human body.

KYLE'S PROPOSAL
The main objective for my project is to produce an art piece that revolves around abstract expressionism and 3-Dimensional letter drawing contrasted with it. The whole point of this is to show how I can use my body can use different mediums and styles to create a unified piece of awesomeness. I intend to use my physical body, mental thought process, and emotional wit to create a color-dominant atmospheric background that has paint drips similar of the style of Jackson Pollock. His style is very influential to me because of the ability to use non-traditional materials to creatively produce new styles of art while keeping art progressing in ways that have no boundaries. The style may seem arbitrary to many, but there is a certain internal feel as to where to place which colors where, and orchestrate how an abstract piece should look like. A canvas would be used to have the paint portion done, and separately I will draw a 3-Dimensional lettering piece that will be adhered t
o the canvas. Francis Bacon is also another influence because of his impressionistic style that uses color to further enhance communicating emotion. Color is something I base most of my art on, and I want this piece to have the lettering done in pencil presenting a representational look, while the background is based on a random color palette that I feel should be used. Eadweard Muybridge's photographs are an aesthetic that I wish to follow as well. I enjoy traditional photographs taken in old cameras that give a grungy, elderly feel especially in black and white. That is why I want the lettering to be in greyscale (pencil).