Flies have been associated with realism and illusion in paintings of the past, es- pecially in trompe l’oeil works that create a visual deception of three-dimensional objects on a flat surface. Flies have been used to demonstrate the skill and cre- ativity of artists, and challenge the per- ception of the viewers. One of the ear- liest examples of this is the anecdote of Giotto and the fly, recounted by Giorgio Vasari in his Lives of the Artists (1550). According to Vasari, Giotto painted such a realistic fly on the nose of a figure by his master Cimabue, that Cimabue tried to swat it several times before realizing his mistake.
Artist: Shoosty® Year: 2023 Medium: Duplex Printed Ink on 18mm Silk Twill Size: 50” x 50” A beautiful imaginary fly art ready for a new page in Linnaeus’ taxonomy of ani- mal classifications. In art history, you will find flies featured as motifs for centuries. Flies have been used in paintings to represent both pos- itive and negative qualities, such as real- ism, illusion, death, decay, and corruption. Shoosty® says his uncommon fly rep - resents beauty through technology, it is a marvel of chromatic engineering with a touch of whimsey.
Flies have also been used to symbolize the transience and fragility of life, as well as the inevitability of decay and cor- ruption . An example of this is The Fly, by Louise Moillon (1635), a still-life painting that shows a basket of plums with a fly resting on one of them. The fly suggests that the plums are ripe and sweet, but al- so that they will soon rot and spoil. UnCommon Fly is an exercise in vector graphics and chromatic sciences, as it us- es advanced techniques throughout. The artist is intentionally pushing the bound- aries of art and technology, yet the com- position remains playful and captivating, with eyes that draw attention and wings that embrace wonder.
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Uncommon Fly Blue and Green
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