Showing posts with label Martyn Thompson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Martyn Thompson. Show all posts

Monday, September 2, 2013

한복을 위한 사진모델을 찾습니다

전에 나는 마틴 톰슨 의 / Martyn Thompson 창작에 관한 글을 썼습니다.  이제 그는 한국의 문화를 알리는 큰일을 하기 위해 적합한 사진모델을 필요로 합니다.

 © Martyn Thompson


작업에 대한 컨셉을 읽어주세요:

As foreigners, the expectations that native Koreans hold regarding our cultural knowledge and linguistic abilities are minimal at best.

한국인이 외국인에게 기대하는 자문화에 대한 이해, 언어 능력은 그다지 높지 않다.

Uttering the words for ‘hello’ or ‘thank you’ are often greeted with awkward laughter, which becomes as repetitive as being asked if you can eat spicy food.

'안녕하세요?', '감사합니다'와 같은 말을 할 때면 종종 ' 매운 음식도 먹을 수 있느냐'의 류와 같은 기특함 섞인 환대의 대답을 건내온다.

A slight nod of the head here or a hand gesture there, receiving something with two hands, or holding back your sleeve to pour an elder a drink, the cultural differences become more noticeable with time spent observing. The subtleties are highlighted, or become apparent through witnessing others.

가벼운 목례나 손짓, 두 손으로 받는 것, 그리고 어른 앞에서 술잔을 돌려 마시는 것 등의 미묘한 문화적 의미는 시간이 흐르며 터득되어 갔다. 그리고 사람들과의 부딪힘에서 더욱 더 명료해질 수 있었다.


Small differences like whether the left or right hand is atop the other for a bow, or how far away the supporting hand is from the pouring hand, meant a lot to past generations of Koreans.

절 할 때 보이는 손 모양과 위치, 왼손과 오른손의 구별이 보여주는 각 각의 차별적 의미는 오랜 세대를 거쳐 온 한국의 예법을 의미한다.



© Martyn Thompson


But now younger generations of Koreans are prone to the same cultural obliviousness as many foreigners. In a culture that is hurtling away from its traditional past, Korea attempts to grasp hold of the few cultural practices it still adheres to.

그러나 외국인의 눈으로 본 오늘날의 젊은 한국인 세대는 이와 같은 문화적 전통을 잃어가는 듯하다. 이러한 과거와의 문화적 단절에도 불구하고, 한국인은 실천을 통해 몇 몇 전통 문화를 여전히 유지하고 있다.

 

Actions are gradually learned: they’re sometimes taught, sometimes figured out subconsciously, or sometimes acquired through repeated practice. This series draws attention to these intricacies by replicating the Korean bow, displaying a sequence of superimposed images, mapping each model’s actions, from standing to fully bowing.

몸짓은 단계적으로 익히게 된다. 가르침을 받거나 무의석적으로 알아채기도 한다. 그리고 반복적 연습을 통해 배우기도 한다. 본 기획의 연작물은 한국의 절을 반복적 과정 안에서 완성시키고자(배우고자) 의도했다. 이에 따라, 절의 전체 과정에서 보여지는 부분적 이미지를 중첩시켰고, 이러한 반복의 연속성을 바탕으로 행위 전체를 조망했다. 



사진찍는 과정은 이달에 시작해서 2014년 1월에 마칠것입니다.  추가로 모델께서는 완성된 액자를 받을것이며 또한 컴퓨터에서 다운로드 받을수 있을것입니다.

자세한 사항은 Martyn 에게 물어보세요:

Email:  martyn@m-art-yn.com

Phone:  010-9891-3231

Facebook:  Martyn Thompson 

Website:  Martyn Thompson

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모든 번역에 대한 실수는 저의 책임입니다.



Friday, March 1, 2013

An International Auction by Martyn Thompson

In November 2012, I posted an article about Martyn Thompson and his wonderful and creative art.  To read the article and to see some of his art, please click here.

Martyn has run out of space to create more art.  To make room for his new creations he is auctioning off several previously made pieces.  Please note that I learned about the auction on Facebook; I approached him and asked his permission to publicize his auction on this blog.

The starting bids for his artwork will range from 10% to 20% of the gallery listing prices depending upon the piece.  I asked Martyn if he will ship internationally if a buyer pays for the shipping fees, and he replied that he will ship certain pieces internationally.  In other words, this is an international auction.

Available are some of his photographs, including figure nude images and also some of his panoramic landscape images, and various sculptures.

There are some pieces he will not ship due to weight restrictions.  Those pieces that will not be shipped are as follows:

1)  Any cat sculpture cannot be shipped internationally.
2)  "Halfway Up Mani San" cannot be shipped internationally.

I am posting a couple of images to show what is available at this auction:

Lake Park #1
Photography
© Martyn Thompson

 
Sitting
Sculpture
© Martyn Thompson


Bids are being received at this time.  The auction concludes March 7, 2013.  To repeat, the auction ends 2013/3/7.

For more details about the auction and to view more of Martyn's artwork that is available, please visit his Facebook auction page here.

For those who don't have a Facebook account, contact Martyn at his website here.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Martyn Thompson: Thinker, Photographer, Artist

Martyn Thompson is a forward thinking artist whose work includes photography, acrylic sculpture, documentary work, and music.  He has been involved in a number of exhibitions showcasing his extraordinary artwork.  Not to mention that he also curates art shows.  Too, he has a job teaching English in South Korea.  And he and his wife have recently had a beautiful son.  I think somewhere in his schedule he has time to breath, but I don't know when!

As is true with many artists and photographers, the work is about light; however, Martyn uses light in a way that is so unlike how others use it.

The power of a particular piece of art is very important to Martyn.  The art critic James Elkins reports here that the time a patron views a piece of art in a museum or gallery is measured in seconds.  His aim is to create a piece that has a strong impact when viewed for the first time.  Drawing a person in and capturing the mind of the viewer is key.


As any artist does, Martyn appreciates the time a viewer spends to get up close to his art to look around at all sides in order to figure out and understand the piece.  I think a reader will note how important it is to hang a piece of art at the correct height so as to assist the impact of the piece.

I asked Martyn what motivates him, and his answer is worth quoting and remembering:

"My motivation is trying to push what I have already done until it provides me with a more difficult question.  An artist should always question one's self, and evaluate where the work is going and in which direction one wishes to pursue.  The questions get more complex, as are the possible solutions, but if they remain simple, you may as well do a paint-by-numbers."

To him, a number of Futurist artists, particularly Giacomo Balla and Carlo Carra, played a large role in his thinking.  To the point, striving to destroy the art of the past by contriving new and vastly different perceptions of art.

When Martyn was in school, the Korean artist Bak Nam June had a very big influence on him.  This influence can been seen with Martyn's use of technology in his art.


I first became acquainted with his work when I first viewed his creative and beautiful photography on Facebook.  Little did I understand how these photographs were presented in the real world. 


Martyn's own words are best used to explain his process:

"Initially, I will take a panoramic view of the surrounding area, with a digital camera, working my way around and down in concentric circles, capturing the whole of the environment.  When these images are arranged on a computer, as many as two hundred separate images may be used to construct the final piece.

These are then further broken in to layers of depth, with the furthest items displayed only in the back image, working up to the foreground.  Each layer is then printed on a separate piece acrylic paneling, and these are attached to an LED light box to illuminate the image from the back." 






In my opinion, this is an imaginative and creative process.  This process is also applied to his work with models.  The artist and model Jung Min is the subject of the piece immediately below.


It is a process that requires patience and an eye for detail.  Quality work and quality art cannot be rushed else it will look shoddy and amateurish.  Martyn's father is a model railway enthusiast who takes the time to build just about everything from scratch.  He even builds and solders the electronics necessary to operate the model railway.  I have a feeling that some of that work ethic and knowledge rubbed off onto Martyn.

The acrylic sculpture presented below is titled, Festival Guitar Man.  It illustrates well the detail and workmanship that is required for excellence.


Martyn is quick to praise his wife for the positive influence she has had on him.  She is a graphic designer, and her assistance in buying supplies and contacting factories to produce new or experimental techniques and media is invaluable.  It was she, he candidly admits, who persuaded him to present his best work.  For that reason, he will not substitute quality for cost.  What a wonderful team.

He shared this important and wise advice with me:

"Finding reliable people to work with is an excruciatingly time consuming necessity for any artist.  Whether it be a regular supplier of canvas, a printer or a framer, maintaining these relationships and finding out what good can come does not happen without some epic failures along the way.  Keep trying new places until you until you find what you are looking for."    

Not surprisingly, Martyn stepped back from art when his son was born early in 2012.  Spending time with his son has helped him to mature, and that is pushing his work in a different direction.  Because of the constraints of time and prioritizing what is most important to him, his documentary work is on hold for the time being.

Within the last year, he has been published in PHOTO (ARTVAS), Leaders Magazine, Elle a l'Seoul, Mokpo Today, and the Seoul Art Guide.

I mentioned that Martyn has been involved with music, too.  He played bass guitar for a band called Flying Maru that performed in a number of shows in Seoul.  Listen to some of the music here.

He organized and curated the Homo-Sapiens exhibition earlier this year at Gallery Golmok.  He will curate a show in December 2012 in Insadong at iGallery that will look at man's relationship with animals.

He recently concluded a group exhibit at the Jeonju Biennale.  Early in 2013 he will have his second solo exhibition in Mokpo.

His website can be accessed here.