A 3D Exploration of Picasso’s Guernica by Lena Gieseke
guest post by Aaron Muszalski
Artist Lena Gieseke has created a haunting, meditative 3D exploration of Guernica - Pablo Picasso’s monumental 1937 painting in response to the Nazi bombing of Guernica during the Spanish civil war. Using Maya, Shake and Photoshop, Gieseke separated the individual elements of the mural, and then moved her 3D camera through the resulting tableau. The idea of using spatial immersion as a means to prompt deep contemplation of a painting was inspired by jigsaw puzzles:
The idea of creating a 3D version of an influential artwork came out of doing jigsaw puzzles of famous paintings. When you assemble a jigsaw, you study a painting in great detail and you become aware of the very lines, shapes and colors that the painting is composed of and how these elements merge to create a unified expression. Through the puzzle, you explore the artwork, examining details your eye might not have caught otherwise. Your experience of the painting is intense, aroused by the action of puzzling, but expanded and strengthened by your own fantasy.
image by Lena Gieseke
Related Posts:
- Anatomy Theater Jigsaw Puzzle by Ars Subterranea
- Troy Paiva’s New Book - Night Vision: The Art of Urban Exploration
For more content like this, subscribe to the RSS feed, Twitter & FriendFeed.
Add A New Comment
Leaving a comment? Please see our Comment Guidelines first.
Please note, due to comment spam issues, all comments are manually approved, so if approved it may take a while for your comment to appear on this blog post.
If you would like a Gravatar to show up with your comment? Just sign-up for an account and any comment with your email address will display your Gravatar.
on Sunday, July 20th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
That is very cool. I love Picasso's work, but that is really interesting.
on Monday, July 21st, 2008 at 8:26 am
This is impressive…I have been working on the Guernica puzzle for over a year now. I challenge friends all the time to find a piece. Its near impossible. I'll finish it someday though!
http://www.carlsbadcrawl.com