Recognizing Artist Patterns
The artist I wanted to study was Murat Palta (mr.muratpalta @ Instagram) The first two images showcase his works whilst the last one is my art piece inspired by his stylistic approach and the artist patterns I recognized.
Murat Palta is a contemporary miniature artist whose works feature popular culture integrated into traditional Ottoman miniature style. What makes him a contemporary artist is that he responds to the global environment through contemporary culture elements such as meme references, pop culture figures and events, visual elements from the the current era as in street culture and so on and so forth.
In my showcase of the of the theme ‘remorse’, I too used outlines, patterned structures, framing done through the stylistic heart depiction and of course the miniature art figures and faces. As with the miniature style, in my work too, there is no proper sense of perspective, which was actually a setback for me, for setting up a composition was difficult. Rather than being hierarchical thanks to the perspective, my work ended up being detail oriented with little references being buried within. Such was the aim, yes, though it was visually straining and challenging on my behalf. One reference would be that I included contemporary graffiti on the walls to further enhance the remorse aspect for the viewer’s understanding of the theme.
