An artist who I have been looking at since my first year of uni, is an artist called christian boltanski. This artist had influenced some of my first year work, by inspiring me to use the candles to show work, with the flickering effect and the lighting that a candle will give off compared with a normal light. This is similar to what I have been thinking with the candles which I intended to use in the degree show, however I had to get led lights that flickered instead, but the effect is roughly the same.
This artist had used dull lights to light up images, images which had a story behind them. The three examples which I have attached show how the lights have been used in a dark room, something which I really like the look of and want to have this expeirance in my work. However the story behind the images he useds is that it is images of holocaust survivors, which changes how you view the work completely. They go from being just portraits of people to having a darker meaning behind them, a story of survival. The lights give it an eerie feel which is what I want to achieve in my own work.
The third image here is my favourite piece by him, it shows alot of portraits and the scale of it is larger than the other two, however what interests me the most is the reflection of light which is seen on the floor. You can see the light reflecting there, but you cannot see the pictures which they are there to show you. The light is the part which I like the most about this piece of art.
