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Why Noir? The Art and Style of the Era

9/5/2022

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A series on how film noir inspires my art- Entry #4


Any artist will tell you, the key to artistic maturity is to discover one's own unique, consistent language. I seek to find a balance of representation and abstraction.

Modern Art, and design in the Modernist period dealt with this specifically.

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Italian travel poster, Mario Puppo, 1948
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Italian travel poster, Mario Puppo, 1941
While experts say Modernism died with the onslaught of WWII, I think it was a part of the cultural zeitgeist well afterwards, especially in popular culture.
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Blind Minotaur Led through the Night by Girl with Fluttering Dove, Picasso, 1935
My style is evocative of the painting and graphic arts that were contemporary with the hey-day of film noir. So, not only do I learn from films noir directly, I also love the style of the era, and let this inform the way I choose to depict the subject.
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The Little Fish, Max Beckmann, 1933
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Charles Sheeler, Canyons, 1951
Much like how I engage with the subject of film noir, I like to find the essence of what I am seeing and try to express it with forthright simplicity.
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©lesliepetersonsapp Glass Houses 30x28

Why Noir? is a series! Read 'em all.
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Bridget
9/21/2022 04:14:31 pm

"A balance of representation and abstraction." Love that.

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