PIERRE AUGUSTE RENOIR (History of Art)

PROJECT DOCUMENTATION

INTRODUCTION:

The final project is primarily a reconstruction of Renoir’s painting of a bather using textile. It’s more of an experiment to play with light and to see if textiles alone can create a painting retaining its essence. I used scrap cloth materials discarded by the tailors and cut them into small pieces and placed them on a white cloth (base) to get the effect of his small and irregular brush strokes. It’s A3 size. During the exhibition it was a work in progress and after working approximately for five hours a week after the course was over for the following four weeks, I finally managed to complete it. I used glue to stick the fabrics together and even layered them to get the depth.

PICTURES OF WORK IN PROGRESS

WEEK 1 Layer-wise deconstruction on butter paper

• Grid break-up of the image

• Painting outline on the cloth

THE EXHIBITION

• The picture

• The initial understanding of Renoir’s work

• Concept note • Visual diary

• Reconstruction

using textiles

WEEK 2

WEEK 3

WEEK 4

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