Using Diptychs Is A Good Choice For Our Work

Welcome to another Art Blog. My name is Veronica Huacuja, a plastic artist, and an online art teacher. I have some good tips for your painting process. Hope you find them interesting.

PREVIOUS THOUGHTS. As literature has its own tools, one very impressive tool that we painters have is the use of diptychs, triptychs or polyptychs. A diptych, as we know, is an “artwork comprising two pieces or panels, that together create a singular art piece that can be attached together or presented adjoining each other”. (1) So, triptychs–3 art pieces–or polyptychs–over five art pieces conceived in a unit–are elements of the same tool, and they’re used by those painters whose creative process needs the narrative, sequential or other temporal speech. For these creators, these tools are just perfect!

GOOD ADVICE. As artists, we can try new things. Try this technique if you haven’t used before!

JUST A TASTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART. Contemporary great painters that used diptychs, triptychs or polyptychs are Francis Bacon (the artist) (2) in his powerful artwork, “Crucifixion”. (3) The other creator is Andy Warhol (4) in his work, “Marilyn Monroe”. (5)

In my case, to exemplify the latter, I add the following piece:

Title: Leonora 2. Homage to Leonora Carrington (6)
Artist: Veronica Huacuja
Medium: Acrylic on paper
Size: 25 x 25 x 0.1 cm
Year: 2022
Collection: Women

I ensembled this painting–in a diptych–with “Leonora 1. Homage to Leonora Carrington”. (7) Visit any time the link to see an image of both works on a wall. (8)

MY EXPERIENCE DOING THE ARTWORK. I wanted to paint both pieces in a dramatic unit making up a special setup. That is “whatever might happen” in both pieces had to be simultaneous. I believe that’s something we can’t achieve as painters in a single piece.

MAKING A MEANINGFUL REFLECTION FROM THE ABOVE. Let’s permit ourselves the astonishment caused by the work of prominent artists of all times. After this first moment, we might want to study their body of art and include their techniques in our artistic process.

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Thank you for reading.

1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diptych
2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bacon_(artist)
3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crucifixion_(1933)
4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Warhol
5 https://www.moma.org/collection/works/61240
6 https://fineartamerica.com/featured/leonora-2-homage-to-leonora-carrington-veronica-huacuja.html
7 https://fineartamerica.com/featured/leonora-1-homage-to-leonora-carrington-veronica-huacuja.html
8 : https://veronica.mx//On-wall-238.jpg


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