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Gavin Rain (born 23 March 1971) is a contemporary South African artist, working primarily in acrylic, best known for his Neo-Pointillist style paintings. ==Life and work== Gavin Rain was born in Cape Town, South Africa. He studied art formally at the University of Cape Town, under artists such as Hannah Adams and South African art historian Dr. Jacqueline Nolte (although majoring in neuropsychology) and at Ruth Prowse Art School, in Woodstock, Cape Town. Having painted from a young age, Rain only arrived at his neo-pointillist style in 2004, taking roughly two years to formulate the style. In various interviews,〔Grundling, Erns (2005). "3-D Painter", ''Insig'', (215):80〕〔Lyster, Rosa (2007). "Gavin Rain", ''Absolute Cape Town'', (10):62.〕〔(WorldArt Gallery website ), Biography of Gavin Rain〕 Rain cites two main narratives in his work: *Hidden in plain sight - The main purpose for Rain developing a new style was to force viewers to acknowledge that part of the narrative of each painting is 'hidden in plain sight', whereby it is impossible to see the subject of the painting until the viewer takes a few steps back〔(【引用サイトリンク】)=24958">title=The Witness )〕 (see images below): Image:gavin_rain_painting_detail.jpg|A closeup view of the painting ''The soft dream'' (2008), showing individual dots of paint Image:gavin_rain_painting_detail2.jpg|A view of the same painting from a distance Image:gavin_rain_painting_detail3.jpg|Full view of the painting showing the resolve *Pseudo digital - The vast majority of Rain's neo-pointillist works are depicted using rows of dots in a pattern similar to that of a television or computer screen (see above images), emulating a digital image. The emphasis of the narrative in the work is on the gaps ''between'' the dots as a way of highlighting the lack of information presented by a digital image's necessarily distinct intervals of tone/colour. In addition to exhibitions, Rain's work is available in galleries in Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Milan and Venice. In 2009 Rain was chosen by the 2010 Fine Art Group (licensed under FIFA) to complete 12 portraits for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, taking place in South Africa, alongside artists such as Esther Mahlangu and Keith Calder. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gavin Rain」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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