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LOOK 09 · PAINTING → DETAIL → DIGITAL ARTWORK → FASHION

Fragment Study.

A detail from a painting of Jimi Hendrix performing in London becomes the starting point for a new digital composition, then continues into fashion.

LOOK 09 · FINAL LOOK WITH ARTWORK
ORIGIN · JIMI HENDRIX · LONDON

A detail inside the painting became a new work.

It began with a painting of Jimi Hendrix performing in London. In the upper part of the painting, I had painted a series of windows. I took that small section and began developing it independently. From those shapes came a new digital artwork, and from there the idea continued into fashion.

— DAVID BALILTY
ORIGINAL PAINTING · JIMI HENDRIX PERFORMANCE, LONDON

The complete painting is shown first so the source remains visible. The geometric window structure in its upper section becomes the point of departure for the later composition.

DEVELOPMENT

From a detail to a new composition.

The fragment is not treated simply as a print. Its black divisions and fields of colour are expanded into a larger visual system. The same structure then moves into the dress, where the body changes the scale and rhythm of the composition.

DEVELOPED COMPOSITION
COMPOSITION + BODY
ORIGINAL PAINTINGJimi Hendrix performing in London.
WINDOW DETAILThe geometric structure in the upper section is isolated.
DIGITAL ARTWORKThe window shapes develop into a new composition.
GARMENTThe visual language continues across the body.