I am researching artists who are combining different types of 2D art that they create with their hands and scanning them to edit and manipulate with photoshop as well as other types of technology. Cristi Rinklin is a perfect example of an artist who combines her love of 2D work with the technology aspect of the art world. Rinklin, who takes an idea she has for a painting and scans it on her computer to open in photoshop, uses many techniques to alter and manipulate her piece. In her statement, she says a lot about what I feel my group's generative topic is about:
"In our current data-driven and media saturated society, the subconscious isinformed by imagery that
is virtual and synthetic rather than natural, and as a result of this ubiquitous technological presence
the human imagination has adapted to follow suit. A fantastical manifestation of this altered imagined
state is what I aim to present in my work. I seek to create a psychological space that is constructed and
manipulated through opposing forces and visual impossibilities through the use of high gloss vs. blurry
matte surfaces, eye-popping color, and hypnotic optical effects. I present to the viewer a way in which
the pictorial language of painting, altered by technology, becomes a lens through which we translate our
contemporary understanding of space. The result is a hybrid of imagery that combines dreamy, techno
-colored atmospheres with crisp, graphic organic forms, and luscious billowing substances that are vaguely
familiar yet at the same time- supernatural."
"...although the physical making of my work entails traditional painting methods, the means to obtain my
imagery acknowledges as well as involves digital processes. Images in my work are derived from
Baroque painting and architecture, cellular biology, natural history illustration, cosmological imagery, and
decorative patterns, which are collected, scanned and manipulated digitally"
Cristi Rinklin's website:
http://www.cristirinklin.com/
