Published: 12:00 AM, 12 February 2016
Incredible live art work on nude models
The Australian artist will paint a nude live in front of an audience at a London Gallery
An artist has taken camouflage to the next level with her incredible body illustrations that see her models blend into beautiful murals. Emma Hack, famed for her work on Gotye's music video, paints the skin of nude bodies and has amassed over 500 million Youtube hits with her mesmerizing work on the famous music video. Now the Australian artist will take her work to an exciting new level as she prepares to paint a model live for the first time in a UK gallery.
The exhibition that will be shown at the Rebecca Hossack Gallery in London is made up of Emma's latest collections.
The collection, entitle Blossom, features four wallpaper artworks by the later interior designer Florence Broadhurst that Emma uses as a backdrop for her models. Emma who will be creating the live installation at the gallery on the preview day says that she is not nervous to be doing her work in front of an audience but she is worried about becoming distracted.
'I don't find it daunting, but it is exhausting and time-consuming, also chatting to viewers distracts me so I do plan to create as much as possible prior to the public viewing.' For Emma the process of creating her work can be a lengthily one as she says she has many things to consider when coming up with the design. 'Generally I research the idea and look at photos I have taken from my travels. I consider what I want the viewer to feel, how the flow of composition appears for the viewer.
'I then either paint a background or choose some wallpaper from an archive, before heading into the studio with my model, slowly painting her outer edges, then filling in the detail on centre of the form. In an exciting twist several pieces called Birds of a Feather feature live birds that are held by the naked models, who wear nothing more than a glove to protect their hands. Emma says that having live animals in the piece can add complications so she doesn't involve them until completion.
'If there is a bird in the work, they arrive towards the end of the process and are positioned. I then photograph the results.' Although Emma seems completely at ease with the nudes that she works with she admits that she wasn't always so comfortable with the naked body. 'In the beginning I found the nude models daunting as I have always been quite shy about my own body. 'I think this is why I was trusted by my first models as I always make sure they are comfortable with what I am doing.'
The exhibition that will be shown at the Rebecca Hossack Gallery in London is made up of Emma's latest collections.
The collection, entitle Blossom, features four wallpaper artworks by the later interior designer Florence Broadhurst that Emma uses as a backdrop for her models. Emma who will be creating the live installation at the gallery on the preview day says that she is not nervous to be doing her work in front of an audience but she is worried about becoming distracted.
'I don't find it daunting, but it is exhausting and time-consuming, also chatting to viewers distracts me so I do plan to create as much as possible prior to the public viewing.' For Emma the process of creating her work can be a lengthily one as she says she has many things to consider when coming up with the design. 'Generally I research the idea and look at photos I have taken from my travels. I consider what I want the viewer to feel, how the flow of composition appears for the viewer.
'I then either paint a background or choose some wallpaper from an archive, before heading into the studio with my model, slowly painting her outer edges, then filling in the detail on centre of the form. In an exciting twist several pieces called Birds of a Feather feature live birds that are held by the naked models, who wear nothing more than a glove to protect their hands. Emma says that having live animals in the piece can add complications so she doesn't involve them until completion.
'If there is a bird in the work, they arrive towards the end of the process and are positioned. I then photograph the results.' Although Emma seems completely at ease with the nudes that she works with she admits that she wasn't always so comfortable with the naked body. 'In the beginning I found the nude models daunting as I have always been quite shy about my own body. 'I think this is why I was trusted by my first models as I always make sure they are comfortable with what I am doing.'
