The theme of
our exhibition this year was a group project - a reproduction
of Georges-Pierre Seurat's 'Sunday Afternoon on the Island of
La Grande Jatte' (Un dimanche après-midi à l'Ile
de la Grande Jatte).
The picture was
divided into 21 sections and we were each given a canvas and
alloted a particular section. Provided we made sure any significant
lines on the edges of our section were placed so that they lined
up accurately with the adjoining sections we were left to interpret
and complete our canvases in our own style.
The finished
work, with all sections carefully joined together
(thanks to the skills of Martin Tourret), measures approximately
4' x 7' and was hung in the Pilgrims Hospice in Canterbury on
1 February 2012.
The
Pilgrims Hospice, Canterbury is holding
a photographic competition to celebrate their 30th anniversary,
Kent in Focus. Have a look at their website and send in an entry.
Competition closes noon Monday 10 September 2012.
The original
was painted over two years (1884–1886) in what is known
as the pointillist style. According to Wikipedia, 'Seurat contrasted
miniature dots of colors that, through optical unification,
form a single hue in the viewer's eye. He believed that this
form of painting, now known as pointillism, would make the colors
more brilliant and powerful than standard brush strokes. To
make the experience of the painting even more vivid, he surrounded
it with a frame of painted dots, which in turn he enclosed with
a pure white, wooden frame, which is how the painting is exhibited
today at the Art
Institute of Chicago'.
Dimensions: 207.6 cm × 308 cm (81.7 in × 121.25
in)
Location: Art
Institute of Chicago
