{"id":146,"date":"2020-09-16T17:02:48","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T17:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/?page_id=146"},"modified":"2022-04-23T21:31:52","modified_gmt":"2022-04-23T21:31:52","slug":"monochromasters","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/series\/monochromasters","title":{"rendered":"Monochromasters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the series Monochromasters I use a computer program to calculate the median color of famous works of art. Then I reproduce the works using the same size as the original works and the works are titled using the title and artist of the original.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1800\" data-id=\"173\" src=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/vangogh-monochrome-org-insta.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/vangogh-monochrome-org-insta.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/vangogh-monochrome-org-insta-1280x1280.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/vangogh-monochrome-org-insta-980x980.jpg 980w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/vangogh-monochrome-org-insta-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 1800px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption>Sunflowers by Vincent van Gogh <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1800\" data-id=\"172\" src=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/vangogh-monochrome-insta.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/vangogh-monochrome-insta.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/vangogh-monochrome-insta-1280x1280.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/vangogh-monochrome-insta-980x980.jpg 980w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/vangogh-monochrome-insta-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 1800px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption>Monochrome Sunflowers <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">Sunflowers by Vincent van Gogh\u2026\u00a0as a Monochromaster<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I wanted to see if anything of a connection with the original remains.\u00a0What is the essence of a work of art. When does a reproduction lose all connection to the original. The process reminds me of homeopathy: trying to dillute the originals to the extreme, so the result has a strong effect on its own.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1800\" data-id=\"175\" src=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/rembrandt-monochrome-org-insta.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/rembrandt-monochrome-org-insta.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/rembrandt-monochrome-org-insta-1280x1280.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/rembrandt-monochrome-org-insta-980x980.jpg 980w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/rembrandt-monochrome-org-insta-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 1800px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption>Portrait of the artist as a young man by Rembrandt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" data-id=\"174\" src=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/rembrandt-monochrome-instagram.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/rembrandt-monochrome-instagram.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/rembrandt-monochrome-instagram-980x980.jpg 980w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/rembrandt-monochrome-instagram-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1080px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption>Monochrome Portrait of the artist as a young man by Rembrandt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">Self portrait as a young man by Rembrandt\u2026\u00a0as a Monochromaster<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have used this process on a great number of paintings on my <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/monochromasters\/\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>, always respecting the relative size of the pieces to each other. I am always amazed at how different  the impact is of different works, based only on color and scale. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"991\" height=\"2917\" src=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/monochromasters-instagram.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/monochromasters-instagram.png 991w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/monochromasters-instagram-980x2885.png 980w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/monochromasters-instagram-480x1413.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 991px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption>Monochromasters instagram <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For an exhibition in 2020 I created several physical pieces in this series: high quality glic\u00e9 prints on A0 art paper, of the monochrome version of famous works of art at the same size as the originals. I really felt the ephemeral connection these pieces have with their original source art works. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/L8A0811-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/L8A0811-980x654.jpg 980w, https:\/\/andrebrocatus.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/L8A0811-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption>Monochromasters Expo in Utrecht 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A series of monochrome works based on famous works of art, in search and awe of the aura, authenticity and spirit of art.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":159,"parent":1643,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-146","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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