C. Herbert: Blow-Up
Digital manipulation / drawing / painting
Works from several series-in-progress 1998-2000
Artword Gallery, March 22 to April 29, 2000
"What you are looking at is not what you think you see."
C. Herbert (aka Claude
Breeze) is an artist who for over a decade has pioneered the
use of the computer coupled with traditional art-making
materials in his art.
He comments on this showing
of new work at Artword:
"The
main group of works are acrylic paintings on mylar. These
are from various series that begin with either a pen or
pencil sketch or a digital photo camera shot. I manipulate
these in a computer before I go to the wall (or easel) and
transform them to traditional art.
The
second group of images are smaller works selected from
several ongoing series of digital camera images manipulated
in the computer. I call these digi-photo paintings.
These began when I was traveling the city streets on a
bicycle taking shots for reference and later use. However,
the very late night images proved to be the most
interesting. Because I was able to bring out things that
weren’t visible in the regular picture, an unknown
situation developed. I do not consider my image-making to be
photography.
"What
you are looking at is not what you think you see. I’ve
manipulated the reference points."
Ted Rettig explains C.
Herbert:
"C.
Herbert is a name chosen by Claude Breeze to indicate that
he has begun a new part of his career as an artist and a new
range of intense work. The surname Herbert has always been
part of Breeze's family name. He has recently chosen to use
it as his new professional name. This is not meant to
mislead or confuse people. It is a statement of a change in
his life and in his work."