New Artist to Research ( Scott Blake)

Hello everyone my name is Dellanira Castaneda and I would like to talk about an artist that really interest me and I definitely understand its work alo't better. As you all know, I wasn't very interested in Toni Dove, I just thought her work was a little bit to confusing and I didn't really admire her. So, Glenn has giving me a second chance to present someone of my interest and that is Scott Blake.



Scott Blake is famous for creating a series of artwork that involve the use of bar codes to create artwork. His work as been shown in many galleries around the world. His work as also appeared in magazines such as The New York Times, FHM, and Adbusters. Blake uses everyday images to create his art. Blake uses bar codes as tools to create images. Blake has made more than thirty digital portraits using bar codes. Blake has created the images of Elvis using the bar codes from Elvis music CD's. He has used Bruce Lee and Marilyn Monroe bar codes from their movie DVDs to create their portraits.

As you can see, this is one of Scott Blake's portrait using bar codes from Elvis CDS. It is very interesting to see all the bar codes Blake used to create this portrait. I tried doing some research on how many bar codes he has used a total of 940 bar codes to create this portrait.

This is Marilyn Monroe portraits using bar codes. This portrait was created in  August 22, 2003. It uses a total of 1,944 bar codes to create this image. You can click on the bar-codes and can see and hear Marilyn Monroe video and CDDs clips.

 This is Bruce lee portrait involving the use of bar codes from Lee's DVDs to create his portrait. You can also scan Lee's ba rcodes to see some clips form their videos. This is an 8 feet portrait of the Chinese artist. The mosaic titles are arranged in a zig-zag pattern to break focus like a shock wave from a punch.This portrait was created in May 23, 2007. It uses around 2,560 bar codes to create this portrait.

 This is Madonna portrait. For this portrait Scott Blake used the cover images instead of the bar codes from her music CD's.  This image was created in  December 3, 2001. Blake used about 10,000 CD covers to create this portrait.

This portrait was created in September 27, 1999 using a total of 7,776 bar codes. This portrait was composed from all the books Oprah published. Oprah Winfrey is an American television host, and has a talk show. She is one of the richest African American from the 20th century.

Scott Blake created this portrait of Jesus using his first refined bar code program. The titles look like real bar codes, but the half tone goes beyond regular density patterns. He also created a scannable bar code signature in the left side in the corner, using the UPC lines from a Pepsi two liter. This portrait was created in  April 9, 1999 and he has used a total of 940 bar codes to create this portrait.

Unfortunately, Blake does not make enough money to pay his bills. He also has a part time making shirts and other accessories with the images of bar codes. This is a way he could make so extra money to pay his bills. His art work can cost from one dollar to one hundred dollars. Lately in the 2011 Blake has created symbols that also scanned.

Blake as also created landscapes using real bar codes cut from packaging to depict flowers.

If you people are interested in knowing more about Scott Blake work, you can visit his page at
http://www.barcodeart.com/artwork/netart/index.html.


I would like to show my audience some video that shows how bar codes can be readable just by using your i phone.
http://www.barcodeart.com/artwork/videos/index.html


It's very interesting to see how you can use bar codes to create images. Scott Blake work should be recognized everywhere because bar codes are part of our daily life. These portraits were the most important portraits I found because they were one time important in the past and they are also important in the present. I believe that Blake creations are considered art because their a creation using something so simple. I want you people to look at his portraits and see the patterns of the bar codes.
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