Fine art cubism

For this work shop i looked at how Juan Gris uses cubism in his work. Juan Gris uses geometric shapes in his work. Every element of a painting was considered with precision: line, shape, tone, colour and pattern were carefully refined to create an interlocking arrangement free from any unnecessary decoration or detail.  Perspective only works from one fixed viewpoint and the Cubists believed that it was a limited visualization technique which did not reflect the way that we see the world. Their aim was to develop a new way of seeing which reflected the complexity of the modern age.   In Cubist painting artists depict real objects, but not from a fixed viewpoint as in perspective. They combine different viewpoints of a subject in the one image. The whole idea of space is rearranged – the front, back and sides of the subject become interchangeable elements. I liked this process of cubism, i liked the different angles and shapes that could be made. I chose an interesting section of the still life set up which made this more interesting for me to paint.