Summary of Lucas Blalock's Digital Toolkit | Art21 "New York Close Up"
The video features artist Lucas Blalock discussing his digital toolkit and creative process. He talks about how he uses Photoshop as a tool to add layers of labor to his photographs while maintaining a sense of photographicness. Blalock explains his use of techniques such as the eraser tool, masking, clone stamp, and brush tool to manipulate and enhance his images. He also discusses the importance of humor in his work as a way to engage viewers and create relationships with the objects in his pictures. Blalock believes in art as a way to create new spaces and aesthetics as a way of thinking before thinking new thoughts. The video showcases his unique approach to photography and digital art.
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Notable Quotes
— 04:48 — « Humor, for me, has been an important thing in my work because its a way to, sort of, bring people into the room. »
— 05:24 — « I believe in art because art makes new spaces. »
— 05:35 — « Even in the goofiest, most ridiculous way, aesthetics is a way of, sort of, unpacking possibility. »
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Art and Creativity