Per kirkeby
Danish painter, Poet, filmmaker and sculptor whose paintings I am predominantly fond of.
After a recommendation to look into the works of per kirkeby I found him profoundly interesting especially for his use of colour and shapes in his work. I adore his brushstrokes and proud strokes of colour which define his work. His similar colour pallets also are something that I find interesting as I have lately begun to control the use of colour in my work.
Facts:
Uses a range of different medias
Member of the fluxus group
Influenced by tachism and abstract expressionism
Lyric expressionist
Kirkeby’s paintings tend towards the abstract; bear veiled iconographic reference, largely to the Danish landscape and the female figure.
It is the indirect reference of the landscape that particularly influences me from Kirkeby’s work. I really like the use of bright and almost block colour shapes within his work, often directly onto a darker background colour. Another reference that I am really influenced by is the mark making seen in many of his works. This almost acts a pen detail over the top but instead thickly applied paint has been worked into. The contrasting colours in his work are very effective and these points are all something to think about with my own practice, especially on my smaller scale works.
