Ryan and Trevor Oakes
{{Short description|American artists and draftsmen}}
Ryan and Trevor Oakes (born 1982){{cite web|title=Ryan and Trevor Oakes Biography, Wiki, Net Worth, Age, Family, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook|url=https://www.wikiinformer.com/ryan-and-trevor-oakes-biography-wiki-net-worth-age/|website=www.wikiinformer.com|accessdate=10 February 2022}}(also referred to as the Oakes Brothers or Oakes Twins) are identical twin American artists and draftsmen best known for collaborative large scale drawings using a concave gridded easel.{{cite web|title=Union List of Artists Names|url=http://www.getty.edu/vow/ULANFullDisplay?find=Ryan+and+Trevor+Oakes&role=&nation=&prev_page=1&subjectid=500353477|website=www.getty.edu|accessdate=9 March 2015}} They create camera obscura exact drawings using an easel which they devised and built.{{cite journal|last1=Weschler|first1=Lawrence|title=How a Pair of Twins Redrew an Iconic Photograph With Camera-Like Precision|journal=New York Times|date=August 15, 2014|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/17/magazine/how-a-pair-of-twins-redrew-an-iconic-photograph-with-camera-like-precision.html?ref=magazine&_r=1}} Their drawings, paintings, and sculptures explore the intersection of art and mathematics.{{cite journal|last1=Frank|first1=Priscilla|title=Identical Twins Combine Art And Math In Hypnotic Exhibition|journal=Huffington Post|date=May 29, 2014|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/29/ryan-and-trevor-oakes_n_5398751.html|accessdate=9 March 2015}}
Early life and education
Born in 1982 to social worker Larry Oakes and academic Elizabeth Poe. They attended art school at Cooper Union.{{cite journal|last1=Weschler|first1=Lawrence|title=Double Vision: The Art of Trevor and Ryan Oakes|journal=VQR: A National Journal of Literature and Discussion|issue=Spring 2009|url=http://www.vqronline.org/vqr-gallery/double-vision-art-trevor-and-ryan-oakes}}
Work
Using their self-designed easel they render a scene on a curved sheet of paper by tracing what is in front of them onto that page freehand, as if using a camera obscura or a camera lucida projection, only they use no equipment only their own binocular vision or more precisely their visual cortex, which allows them to trace a "ghost" image that appears before them.
Their drawings are often site specific and are often completed in public spaces where the artists engage with onlookers and answer questions about their unique technique. Locations include The Getty Center in Los Angeles and Cloud Gate in Chicago.{{cite web|last1=Alexandria|first1=Sivak|title=Double Draw: The Oakes Brothers at the Getty|url=http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/double-draw-the-oakes-brothers-at-the-getty/|website=www.getty.edu/iris|date=8 December 2011 |accessdate=9 March 2015}}{{cite web|last1=Stephan|first1=Annelisa|title=Watch the Oakes Brothers' Drawing of the Getty Take Shape, Line by Line |url=http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/watch-a-drawing-of-the-getty-take-shape-line-by-line/|website=www.getty.edu/iris|date=6 November 2014 |accessdate=9 March 2015}}{{cite journal|last1=James|first1=Damien|title=The Magic Easel Twin artists Trevor and Ryan Oakes have invented a new way to draw.|journal=Chicago Reader|date=October 23, 2008|url=http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/the-magic-easel/Content?oid=1105930|accessdate=9 March 2015}}
Exhibitions
Compounding Visions: The Art of Ryan and Trevor Oakes. National Museum of Mathematics. May 2014.{{cite journal|last1=Hoffman|first1=Jascha|title=Science Events: Unusual Vision and D.I.Y. Neuroscience|journal=New York Times|date=April 28, 2014}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|oakesoakes.com}}
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQohk0Dgo64 TEDxCooperUnion talk] Published June 18, 2012.
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzcCfxMdB6g Ryan And Trevor Oakes interview] Published December 27, 2011
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