Charlie Pep in The Spirit of Not (2011)
(in the reflection of spacesuit: Marian Xiao, Forough Amirshahi, Jeni and Naomi Wright, Anita Carbajal as the five Spirits of Not)
Digital 3D art, C-print on paper, Cinema4D, 4DPublish, zBrush, Substance Painter, Corona Render for Cinema4D, Affinity Photo, Luminar
© Elise Tak, 2018
Elise Tak is a visual artist based in Brooklyn, New York. In her art she blends day-to-day reality with cinematographic fiction. She uses the imagery of film and popular culture to create a rich fictional and visionary world, while at the same time discussing contemporary, socio-political issues. It is an intricate play between reality and fiction, between life and art, because whereas in the movies, real living actors create a false existence, in Tak's work even these actors are pure fiction. Elise Tak works in both traditional and modern, digital (3D) media.
More info and full artist statement: click bio & statement
Learn more about Elise Tak's character actors: click character lounge
Current and recent shows and events: click news
New work and work in progress: 4D Paint tools (page dedicated to new works which have been textured using the 4D Paint tools from Plugins 4D).
PAGING DOCTOR FAUSTUS (a staged reading)
A nightmare cabaret set in the psych ward of a VA Hospital
FiveMyles Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
April 11, 2019, at 7pm
A collaborative project by: Paul Genega (writer), Patricia Lee Stotter (writer/composer), Mary Chang Creates (director), Elise Tak (imagery), Mark Pinto (imagery), Donald M Rebic (composer). With the actors: Dion Graham, Anne O'Sullivan, Ilene Kristen, Carol Jacobanis, Gregory G. Schott, Deborah Unger.
TRANSGRESSION (Irreverent, unsettling contemporary art)
Curated by: Jim Furlong and Rick Krieger
Hudson Guild Gallery, 441 W. 26th Street, New York, NY
March 7 - April 17, 2019
Opening: March 7, 6.00 - 7.30 pm
LATEST WORK
Forough Amirshahi, 2018
Digital 3D art, C-print on fine art paper, Cinema 4D, 4DPublish, ZBrush, Substance Painter, Corona Render for Cinema4D, Affinity Photo, Luminar
Edition 10 + 1AP, © Elise Tak, 2018 - see more on Forough Amirshahi page
Thomas Kirby for 'The Ghost of Beestenwood' (Jeni Wright, 2015) screen test #1
Digital 3D art, C-print on fine art paper, Cinema 4D, 4DPublish, ZBrush, Substance Painter, Corona Render for Cinema4D, Affinity Photo, Luminar
Edition 10 + 1AP, © Elise Tak, 2018 - see more on Thomas Kirby page
Jeni and Naomi Wright, Pete Banich, Charlie Pep and Forough Amirshahi in 'The Ghost of Beestenwood' (Jeni Wright, 2015)
Digital 3D art, C-print on fine art paper, Cinema 4D, ZBrush, Substance Painter, Arnold for Cinema4D, Photoshop, 13x19" / 33x48cm, 2017
Edition 3 (+ 1AP) © Elise Tak, 2017