FAMAS | Rapid Eye Movement – PoulPoul

CURATOR'S NOTE

What makes Rapid Eye Movement work is not complexity for its own sake, but the balance between character illustration and a balanced colour structure. It is a finish that works through composition first, spectacle second.

DETAILS / CLOSE-UP

DRAWN DETAIL

main body carry most of the Black, establishing the finish's visual weight before the smaller Red areas interrupt it. For Rapid Eye Movement on FAMAS, this is part of the finish's specific visual balance.

RED COUNTERPOINT

The secondary Red passages create pauses in the composition, which is important on a silhouette this long and segmented. For Rapid Eye Movement on FAMAS, this is part of the finish's specific visual balance.

MATERIAL DEPTH

A mix of bright and shadowed areas gives the surface a tactile quality that pure colour blocking would not achieve. For Rapid Eye Movement on FAMAS, this is part of the finish's specific visual balance.