LH: Print Inspiration

Man Ray

Man Ray - Self Portrait

As it can be seen in the image above a similar effect to our digipack mock up, similarities can easily be spotted for example the black and white colourway works closely with our ideas. Also, we can see the vertical design put onto the image are very similar to our design, it distorts the image cutting it up for a detached look overall.
Dada Movement
This movement as a whole connects very strongly to our printwork, it formed during the First World War in Zurich in negative reaction to the horrors and folly of the war. Commonly it is done in black and white to connote the effects that war had on the artist which is obviously a very negative position. The artists aims were to destroy traditional values in art and to create a new art to replace the old, which made it seem particularly outlandish and individual.

Sophie Taeuber Arp - Dada Head

He was an American visual artist, who contributed greatly to both the Dada and Surrealist movements, but often worked more disjunctively. Photographs were his primary source of media which he developed into abstract designs with his editing design. After living in both Hollywood and Paris he gained experience fitting with European and American audiences as well as staying clear of norms in the art world, which therefore set him apart from many artists of his time (1890-1976) which also meant he was particularly ahead of his time. The way that we took inspiration from this was in many of his edited photos is due to the distortion effect he puts on many of his pieces of art, it links closely to the J Dilla - Dillatroit as he actually used similar editing techniques. This would work well with our Digipack as it fits closely with the genre stereotypes of hip hop and in this case old school hip hop which is closely linked to Loyle Carner due to his own inspirations like Slum Village. Many of Man Ray's photos used were portraits being his speciality, this works closely with our digipack design were it contains a close up image of Oli's face which links to the portraits of Man Ray.

This image above is a prime example of the Dada movement it shows the clever usage of dis-junction, there is a lot of meaning behind this piece bringing in her perspective of the first World War. I would look at this particular piece of art with lots of inspiration, the black and white effect works well linking it to our work. Also, the facial close up seems very effective which is very similar to our front cover of the digipack ideas.