Theme: High Fantasy
Artists: Thomas Kinkade (Textbook), Cao Fei (ART 21), Ted Nasmith
Curatorial statement
Fantasy is defined as a product of the imagination, particularly things that are impossible or improbable. It is a creative notion that we’re capable of doing without having any real experience. The ManiFantastation features the work of fantasy that emits an imaginative setting. Although some of the work of the Artists vary in concept and form, as viewers, the works capture our minds by allowing us to create and visualize a secondary world that seems existent.
Cao Fei, born in Guangzhou, China in 1978, depicts her work by exploring the lost dreams of the young Chinese generation and their strategies for overcoming and escaping reality. In her cinematic work “Cosplayers”, it incorporates a surrealistic plot with people dressing up as video game characters engaging in combat within their imaginary world.
Ted Nasmith, born in Goderich, Ontario, Canada, is most notably known as an illustrator of J. R. R. Tolkien's works — The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien himself, personally saw some of Ted's artwork and thought that his interpretation of Bilbo the Hobbit was too childlike. This feedback encouraged Ted to take on more of a literal approach in which he began painting luminist landscapes and Victorian neoclassical styles of Tolkien's work.
Thomas Kinkade, born in Sacramento, California in 1958, is self-proclaimed as the "Painter of Light." His paintings typically consist of glowing highlights and saturated pastel colors and often portray in harmonious settings such as gardens, cottages and streets. Thomas Kinkade's work doesn't really involve any fantasy elements but seeing his work really makes you envision a setting that is ideal or nearly perfect to which is too good to be true.
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| Cao Fei A Mirage, 2004 |
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| Ted Nasmith One Morning Long Ago, 2005 |
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| Thomas Kinkade Everett's Cottage |
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