The Miaz Brothers present a radical new take on portraiture. The Italian duos, which are indeed siblings, create large-format canvases using spray paint as it has never been used before. The Antimatter Series incorporates a diverse and refreshing range of subjects. It includes portraits of their friends; their dear departed “Ghosts”, philosophers, fashionable female Japanese adolescents “Kawaii”, and figures from the era of the English Restoration “Masters”.
While they employ aerosol paints, the Miaz Brothers have never been street artists nor are they ever likely to start. “We use it to represent the fact that we are composed of infinite particles in continuous evolution,” they say, “which change in tandem with the complex reality that surrounds us.” The spray paint produces the blurred effect that defines the duo’s work: “dematerialising the lines, we gain a substantial indetermination of the picture. This skips any immediate reaction and provokes the viewer to use mnemonic associations instead for their own personal visual information encoding.” That is the idea that has influenced me the most to recreate their work and put it into my own style, 'dematerialising the lines' is what makes us all equal and at the end of the day humans. It crosses out all the barriers that make us different and unique by taking our culture and identity away. It revels to the audience that we are all somehow the same, created the same way and have feelings, emotions, needs etc. Through showing the sharp lines, it gives us all identity and constructs us to who we are.
While possessing multi-disciplinary skills, the brothers are inclined towards portrait painting as it in itself “prompts questions about the transitory nature of existence.” Ultimately though, the Antimatter Series is a stunning selection of artworks.
“We look to provide a visual experience,” say the Miaz pair, “that activates our awareness that compels the viewer to recognise and re-establish the limits of his or her own perception, to regain control of the real. The paintings invite us to always be able to take a considerable distance, to see the whole picture.”
One such message, blurred reality, emerges as the very key expression of our understanding of images that are being created around us, thus influencing our expectations of things to come. Blurred reality influences our understanding of color and surface ideals and drives a new sentiment for romantic, barely-there expressions – ideals that conceal yet reveal us and the world surrounding us.
While they employ aerosol paints, the Miaz Brothers have never been street artists nor are they ever likely to start. “We use it to represent the fact that we are composed of infinite particles in continuous evolution,” they say, “which change in tandem with the complex reality that surrounds us.” The spray paint produces the blurred effect that defines the duo’s work: “dematerialising the lines, we gain a substantial indetermination of the picture. This skips any immediate reaction and provokes the viewer to use mnemonic associations instead for their own personal visual information encoding.” That is the idea that has influenced me the most to recreate their work and put it into my own style, 'dematerialising the lines' is what makes us all equal and at the end of the day humans. It crosses out all the barriers that make us different and unique by taking our culture and identity away. It revels to the audience that we are all somehow the same, created the same way and have feelings, emotions, needs etc. Through showing the sharp lines, it gives us all identity and constructs us to who we are.
While possessing multi-disciplinary skills, the brothers are inclined towards portrait painting as it in itself “prompts questions about the transitory nature of existence.” Ultimately though, the Antimatter Series is a stunning selection of artworks.
“We look to provide a visual experience,” say the Miaz pair, “that activates our awareness that compels the viewer to recognise and re-establish the limits of his or her own perception, to regain control of the real. The paintings invite us to always be able to take a considerable distance, to see the whole picture.”
One such message, blurred reality, emerges as the very key expression of our understanding of images that are being created around us, thus influencing our expectations of things to come. Blurred reality influences our understanding of color and surface ideals and drives a new sentiment for romantic, barely-there expressions – ideals that conceal yet reveal us and the world surrounding us.
Developing my own series...
The original, unblurred series of images are found here. Using the same concept of the Miaz Brothers, on how without those specific lines and curves that are used to shape us individually and form our identity make us all the same. Their idea pinpoints the idea that with our own special features such as how our eyes, nose, lips etc. are shaped we become shapeless and a complete blur therefore what ever makes us, us we should be able to embrace it confidently. This is also shown through how we dress according to our cultural background, whether we have a different ethnicity, religious faith, and society influence as you can see that something as simple as colour can immediately tell you something about that individual. However, from a different perspective it also demonstrates the equality between the images; even when the lines are blurred it crosses out all the barriers that make us different and unique by taking our culture and identity away. It revels to the audience that we are all somehow the same, created the same way and have feelings, emotions, needs etc. Through showing the sharp lines, it gives us all identity and constructs us to who we are.