Artists

How I started my artist’s research was by looking at how other artists distort the human body in many different ways other then what I was trying to create. I came across a lot of artists that link to the distorted theme. My favourite artist that I found, that answers my questions of distortion is Julien Palast and his shrink-wrapped bodies. Julien is a photographer and the way in which he snapped each one of these images is very unique. The bodies seem much deformed as well as oddly shaped. However with the material they have used you can still highlight and see what the actual shape is. These images are very fascinating with the selection of materials used. How Julien has captured the out of kilter look of the human body.

Another artist that makes the human body out of line is Anders Krisar. Where he has taken a form of human skin as a material then used it in a textile process to create a misshaped sculpture of the human male torso. This also very disturbing to look at as the skin looks very realistic however it’s made from a type of silicone. Anders Krisar gave me the idea of manipulating fabrics and materials themselves to look obscured.   

With artists using distortions I have found that they use many different techniques and processes, taking everyday objects and materials then changing them. So that the audiences and the viewers can question their ideas as well as the techniques used.

The simplest process of changing a shape is by increasing or decreasing the size which makes the shape more twisted. An artist who uses this idea is Jeff Koons with his massive sculptures. One sculpture that stood out for me was the woman he made out of pink aluminium. The woman was misshaped as some of her body parts had been deformed and increased.