Guernica

[Marijn Van Gils]

OK, this is not really a a work in progress, but a figure I did some years ago. It was my first sculpt ever.
I need some photography solution for the ones I am working on now... (digital camera...)

Picasso's "Guernica" is probably the strongest image ever produced about the Spanish civil war, and about the cost of war in general. I did this figure, which is only part of the painting, as a tribute to him. The biggest challenge was to turn a cubiist 2D image into 3D. Any comments are welcom.

Best wishes,

Marijn

 

[Marijn Van Gils]

with the entire background...

 

[Marijn Van Gils]

and a last one from the side...

 

[jitch0t]

That's pretty awesome, Marijn! I like it a lot

 

[btavis]

I love it.

 

[bwildfong]

Marijn,

I saw a shot of this sculpt in a Military Modelling a couple years ago when you entered it at Euro, and I've always been mystified why it didn't create more buzz in the miniature world. It's an amazing departure from the usual figure studies we're used to seeing, and pushes the creative envelope for all of us.

Thanks for sharing it again.

Cheers,

Brian

 

[amherbert]

Superb!!

That's a very striking figure, and kudos to you!

You did a great job of turning the 2d into 3d.

Andy

 

[PJ Deluhery]

Awesome work, Marijn - both aesthetically and technically!

I could not being to wrap my brain around the idea of making a 2-D cubist image into a 3-D sculpture. I'm blown away.

As for the "buzz" in our little corner of the world, IMHO, that corner tends to be a little conservative and traditional. Perhaps "historical" and "reality" painters have trouble relating to a work that does not fit their mold.

Well done!

Hey, didja ever think of a cubist WWII German officer bust??

I gotta stop drinking all this coffee!

Happy Painting

 

[Lou Masses]

That's awesome! Really good. I think I've seen it in publication before and was just as impressed then.

 

[Alex Lopez]

Hey Marijin, awesome effect in 3D!!!

Alex.

 

[quang]

Hello Marijn,

Like you said, turning a painting into a sculpture is no mean feat. And furthermore a most famous cubist painting.

But to me the most admirable aspect of this project is the painting: how you succeeded to reproduce the original (and subtle) gradations of the original black and white is downright fantastic!

BTW the original painting hangs in the main conference hall of the United Nations in New York, a fitful reminder of man's folly.

What is the size of this sculpt?

Again


Quang

 

[Marijn Van Gils]

Wow! Thanks a lot for the nice words guys!

PJ, I didn't think about a cubist German officer bust yet, but I really want to paint a bust in pointiist style (kind of impressionism were surfaces of one colour (in reality) is reproduced by a lot of tiny colourspots. Maybe Quangs' bust of Rubens could be appropriate for that (well, it's a painter, and he didn't do a George Seurat yet... :lol: ). So, keep on drinking that coffee! :lol:

Quang: indeed, the painting proved to be more challenging than I thought at first. I did it some years ago, when my technical control was lower, but I feel I learned a lot from it. I can advice every beginner to paint some figures completely in greyshades: it is a great and very pure way to learn shading/lighting! In fact, most art academies start their painting courses also with black and white paintings ("grisaille").

It is a 54mm. The woman is kneeling down, so it is not 54mm tall, but as tall as a kneeling 54mm fig. In my scale of preference, I can be conservative too... :lol:

Thanks again for the nice words!

Marijn

 

[quang]

Originally posted by Marijn Van Gils@Jan 26 2005, 03:58 PM
Maybe Quangs' bust of Rubens could be appropriate for that (well, it's a painter, and he didn't do a George Seurat yet... ).

I tried Van Gogh but failed miserably. :lol: :lol: :lol:

Q.

 

[captnenglish]

What can I add that hasn't already been said?

 

[RobH]

Well I have to say, Marijn, very inspirational stuff!

And I echo Quangs comments about the shades of grey.

Very much enjoy your approach and thoughts on this hobby - I read your word document about your Santa BOS at euro and was fascinated and just got my MilMod complete with pictures. Very refreshing!

cheers

Rob

 

[PJ Deluhery]

I think a pointiist style bust with the right subject matter would be a knockout!! Go for it, Marijn!! I"ll send you some coffee for inspiration! :lol:

I've done several figures in B&W (note my avatar!) and had great fun with them while learning a lot about color values. It's good the let the "artist" get out and walk around every so often on his/her own. That's how we grow this thing we all do!


Happy Painting

 

[Parkadge]

This is amazing. It's making my brain work in a funny way. You've opened up a world of possibilities with this. Personally I've always found the work of the German expressionists inspiring and now I'm imaging a scene by Georg Grosz or Max Beckman reproduced in this style

 

[Tomas]

Well done Marijn!!!,
Picaso will be proud of you work!!.My too...My Goodness!!!,Awesome!!!.
Very,very fine interpretation !!.
Salud!,

Tomas

 

[yeo_64]

job,Marijn !! Well Done !
Kenneth

 

[MarkL]

Hi Marijn,

one of the most original ideas I have ever seen as a figure. I'm really curious on how your "pointilistic" approach might look.

Regards

Mark