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Time Machine: The Use of The Gestalt Theory, Cubism and Camouage In The Works of Space Invader
Urvashi Lele

 This essay is about the work of the arDst Space Invader. Specically, his work concerning the Rubiks cube installaDons at the BALTIC. The work of this arDst will be analyzed using the Gestalt Theory and the principles of Cubism. There are more than 43 billion possible permutaDons for a Rubiks cube. I use the Rubiks cube like an arDst uses paint- Peiter,Sebas+an.(2009).Guerilla Art. London.Laurence King

Cubism
In 1903, the arDst MaDsse did not appreciate Braques new work. He described them to his friends by drawing a sketch and speaking of liWle cubes It was an intellectual art, idealist rather than trivially realist.

 The cube of cubism is not of the essence. However, in 1908, the work of cubists would be slightly more geometric.

It developed from impressionalistspoinDllistssymbolists cubists The use of new oil painDng techniques meant that Renaissance arDsts such as Raphael(1483-1520) could represent the textures and colours of objects and gures in space ever more convincingly. The retrieval of so much knowledge of the art of the ancient Greeks and Romans bestowed grace and nobility on the human gure in both painDng and sculpture. Cubism seemed to announce the end of all this: the space of the cubist work was unstable, even unrecognizable; textures were treated arbitrarily, and colours reduced to a minimum. (Cox,Neil.(2010).Cubism.Phaidon.Singapore.)

Prominent Cubists Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Fernand Leger, Robert Delauney

Gestalt Theory

The soul never thinks without an image -Aristotle

Camouage
The relaDonship between The Gestalt Theory, Cubism and Camouage was used before WW1. A technique called Dazzle Camouage was used to visually dissect baWle ships in order to confuse the enemy as to what the object actually was.

 Street arDsts, including Space Invader, use the method of slight camouage to enable their art to merge into their surrounding.

Conclusion
Space Invaders street art is geometric in nature, using pixelated images to create a larger pictures. This requires planning and intellectual skills. This was used by the cubists. The principles of The Gestalt theory come into play with the dierent ways in which a work of art can be perceived. Camouage is used widely, though, in a subtle fashion by graD and street arDsts to get their work noDced without drawing unwanted aWenDon. All the three: The Gestalt Theory, Cubism and Camouage are related in the creaDon of this arDsts masterpieces.

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