Schneider

First update of the New Year is from London based artist Schneider who uses cubes, lines and vivid contrasting colours to “question our perception of space and perspective, producing imagery that echoes the Op Art and Geometric art of the 60s and 70s. “

Curve
Schneider
2011
Acrylic on wood panel
60x60cm
Curve Schneider 2011 Acrylic on wood panel 60x60cm
Shuffle
Schneider
2010
Acrylic on wood panel
60x60cm
Shuffle Schneider 2010 Acrylic on wood panel 60x60cm
Drift 2
Schneider
2011
Acrylic on wood panel
60x60cm
Drift 2 Schneider 2011 Acrylic on wood panel 60x60cm

Did you study art? If so, where?

I’m self-taught

Why do you like Op Art?

Hard to say other than I love pattern, repetition & the concept of lines & colours creating space, depth & movement. I saw a huge Bridget Riley at the Tate Gallery when I was a child and stood in front of it for ages. I get excited about huge blocks of identical high-rise flats for example. Needless to say Manhattan is a source of perpetual wonder.

Unstable Crystal 1
Schneider
2011
Acrylic on wood panel
50x50cm
Unstable Crystal 1 Schneider 2011 Acrylic on wood panel 50x50cm
4 cubes
Schneider
2011
Acrylic on wood panel
50x50cm
4 cubes Schneider 2011 Acrylic on wood panel 50x50cm
Unstable Crystal 3
Schneider
2011
Acrylic on wood panel
50x50cm
Unstable Crystal 3 Schneider 2011 Acrylic on wood panel 50x50cm

How do you make your art?

I use Flash to generate the image and experiment with colours. I save hundreds of the best ideas and keep the ones I like most on my desktop for a while and from these print out the ones that stand the test of time. Something then tells me which ones to paint.

What’s the process for making one of your artworks?

I buy wood panels or get bigger ones made up. I paint them with 4 coats of gesso and sand them down until they are perfectly smooth and then map out the image and paint it. I’m a perfectionist so the work isn’t finished until every edge is perfect. Drives me mad sometimes.

A Simple Cube Of White Light
Schneider
2011
Household emulsion on wood panel
60x60cm
A Simple Cube Of White Light Schneider 2011 Household emulsion on wood panel 60x60cm
Unthinkable Complexity
Schneider
2011
Acrylic on wood panel
50x50cm
Unthinkable Complexity Schneider 2011 Acrylic on wood panel 50x50cm
Wind
Schneider
2011
Household emulsion on canvas
60x60cm
Wind Schneider 2011 Household emulsion on canvas 60x60cm

Any other art you like and other artists that inspire or have inspired you.

The obvious inspirations are early – Bridget Riley & Vasarely, plus I love the primary colours & repetitions of Pop artists like Warhol & Lichtenstein. I have started painting series of the same image in different colours as a result.

Current artists I love include Tauba Auerbach, Aakash Nihalani and James Marshall.

Solid Fluidity 2
Schneider
2011
Acrylic on Wood Panel
30x30cm
Solid Fluidity 2 Schneider 2011 Acrylic on Wood Panel 30x30cm
It Became A Sphere 5
Schneider
2011
Acrylic on Wood Panel
30x30cm
It Became A Sphere 5 Schneider 2011 Acrylic on Wood Panel 30x30cm
Zero Gravity
Schneider
2011
Acrylic on Wood Panel
30x30cm
Zero Gravity Schneider 2011 Acrylic on Wood Panel 30x30cm

If you would like to see more of Schneider’s works, you can do so here.

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