Helena Almedia

Is an artist not a photographer but I am adding her work into my research as I think it is relevant to the style of my work. The particular images I am focusing on are image which her husband took of her which are black and white portraits with a particular shade of blue painted over the front covering her face and body. In the images you see the artist in the act of painting and holding the paint brush in her hand.

The title of this set of images is called " Inner Improvement".

The colour blue is copied from the artist Yves Kleins work. The artist painted on nude models (the same blue) and then printed their bodies on a canvas. He called this work " Living Brushes".
Males dominated the art world in the 1970's and Almedia protested the use of women in his work.
In one image in particular Almedia is chewing up the Kleins blue, a colour he had come to dominate, was a liberating act for women and artists everywhere.

Looking at the style of the work which i am more interested in. The use of the bright paint popping out from the image against the black and white image. I like the use of the brush affects similar to Wys work. My approach will be similar as i will be covering the face.