Sunday, January 16, 2011

Carine Brancowitz


Carine Brancowitz is considerably older than the past two artists I’ve written about, and I know much less about her. She’s a French woman who moved to Paris at 16 to study illustration at the Paris school of arts, Ecole Estienne. Her career began in 1996 as the Junior Art Director at a Parisian communications agency specializing in fashion and trends.
            The artists I’m attracted to usually have great control of their lines, strong compositions and draw compelling characters. Brancowitz’ work fits this criteria well. Her art is done in bic pens, mainly in red blue and black to create stark contrast. The content of her work is very commercial and fashionable: beautiful skinny people with cigarettes and chic haircuts, still life of a coffee cup and hip reading material, lipstick and perfume bottles. Her designs have been used in advertisements and printed on tee shirts for mass consumption. However, despite the mainstream content that makes her work all feel like advertisements, her characters have a breadth of emotion that makes them different from other fashion illustrators. Although glamorous, her subjects aren’t models. They have imperfections and potential stories to tell about contemporary European life.



6 comments:

  1. I like the background in the third one.

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  2. I agree Elliot, but what is the first picture about?

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  3. all of the products in the first one are popular in europe.the illy espresso stands out in particular to me as a very french thing.

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  4. oh cool... it definitely makes me want to eat a nice European dinner of some sort...

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  5. Yeah, I could see why companies would want to use this to advertise.

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  6. i love her work and the amount of attention she gives to the fluidity of hair and cloth..

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