{"id":17646,"date":"2020-08-31T23:57:35","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T15:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/artists-create-paintings-designed-to-be-tempered-in-space-on-blue-origins-rocket\/"},"modified":"2020-08-31T23:57:35","modified_gmt":"2020-08-31T15:57:35","slug":"artists-create-paintings-designed-to-be-tempered-in-space-on-blue-origins-rocket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/artists-create-paintings-designed-to-be-tempered-in-space-on-blue-origins-rocket\/","title":{"rendered":"Artists create paintings designed to be tempered in space on Blue Origin\u2019s rocket"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_581845\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-581845\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full-width wp-image-581845\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/blue-art-3-630x370.jpg\" alt=\"Jeff Hein in studio\" width=\"630\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/blue-art-3-630x370.jpg 630w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/blue-art-3-1260x740.jpg 1260w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/blue-art-3-768x451.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/blue-art-3-1536x902.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/blue-art-3.jpg 1831w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"><figcaption data-nosnippet=\"\" id=\"caption-attachment-581845\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jeff Hein works in his art studio, testing his paints and creative processes on an exterior panel of Blue Origin\u2019s New Shepard suborbital spaceship. (Uplift Aerospace Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Uplift Aerospace and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos\u2019 Blue Origin rocket venture plan to put paintings where virtually no art has gone before: on the side of a rocket ship.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201ccanvases\u201d for these works are exterior panels that will be mounted on Blue Origin\u2019s suborbital New Shepard spaceship, sent to the space frontier during an uncrewed test flight, then returned to Earth for delivery to the paintings\u2019 purchasers.<\/p>\n<p>Two Utah artists known for their realist and surrealist paintings \u2014 Jeff Hein&nbsp;and Mark R. Pugh \u2014 will come up with creations that are meant to weather the aerodynamically challenging ascent and descent through the atmosphere. Uplift Aerospace has conducted tests to ensure that the paint\u2019s adhesion, integrity and relative coloration will endure the rigors of space travel. But the tests also suggest that the trip will alter the art. And that\u2019s OK.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Artwork Changed By Space Itself\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6ayxxYGWPJw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\" data-width=\"800\" data-height=\"450\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px; width: 800px; height: 450px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Mona Lisa would not move today\u2019s viewer quite so poignantly without the telltale signs of its now centuries-old story and its emergence from the brush of a Renaissance master,\u201d Dakota Bradshaw, a museum specialist who\u2019s associated with the project, said in a news release. \u201cJourney and story will also leave a unique and indelible mark on Uplift Aerospace\u2019s first artwork to return from space travel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Josh Hanes, the owner of Utah-based Uplift Aerospace, made the arrangements with Blue Origin and the artists to get the project off the ground. \u201cThe idea that the artwork will be lit by distant galaxies, with Earth as a backdrop, is a beautiful visualization \u2014 and I think this characteristic will allow viewers a closer connection with the cosmos and the precious planet we call home,\u201d Hanes said.<\/p>\n<p>The artists worked with engineers and experts on space materials to concoct their creations. \u201cI like to create art as a mix of traditional imagery with modern elements,\u201d Pugh said. \u201cPainting with a classical approach on the side of a rocket is an exciting way to merge the traditional with the modern.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_581846\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-581846\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full-width wp-image-581846\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/blue-art-2-630x363.jpg\" alt=\"Mark Pugh and paints\" width=\"630\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/blue-art-2-630x363.jpg 630w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/blue-art-2-1260x725.jpg 1260w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/blue-art-2-768x442.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/blue-art-2-1536x884.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/blue-art-2.jpg 1850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"><figcaption data-nosnippet=\"\" id=\"caption-attachment-581846\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mark Pugh tries out the paints and the substrate used for the New Shepard art project. (Uplink Aerospace Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For his part, Hein said it\u2019ll be \u201cthrilling to have an expression of my humanity propelled into outer space.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter 18 years of painting, I have been fortunate to show my work all over the world, but I\u2019ve never shown in space,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s truly amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There are plenty of precedents for space art \u2014 whether we\u2019re talking about the late Apollo astronaut Alan Bean, who devoted himself to painting visions of spaceflight after his 1969 trip to the moon; or shuttle astronaut Nicole Stott, who painted watercolors during her stint on the International Space Station; or John Stahr, the earthbound artist who painted \u201cGalactic Girl\u201d on the nose of Virgin Galactic\u2019s SpaceShipTwo rocket plane.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uWb0cVb-dg0<\/p>\n<p>Blue Origin got into the act last year with a student art contest that was organized with support from OK Go, a geeky band that specializes in viral music videos.<\/p>\n<p>Bezos\u2019 space company hasn\u2019t yet announced when New Shepard will next fly. The most recent test flight took place last December, when the winning entries in the OK Go contest were taken for a ride.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, the coronavirus pandemic has put a giant crimp in Blue Origin\u2019s development timeline. But if it took Michelangelo four years to paint the ceiling of Sistine Chapel, Uplift Aerospace\u2019s artists can surely wait a few months for space to put the finishing touch on their paintings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update for 9:40 a.m. PT Sept. 5:<\/strong> With Blue Origin\u2019s go-ahead, Uplift Aerospace has released another picture showing what the unpainted panel looks like. This spare panel was used for testing the paint that\u2019ll be used on the real thing:<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" id=\"instagram-embed-0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CEwSlbrpRbx\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=987&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.geekwire.com&amp;rp=%2F2020%2Fartists-create-paintings-designed-tempered-space-blue-origins-rocket-ship%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A1502.660000231117%7D\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"1015\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"background: white; max-width: 658px; width: calc(100% - 2px); border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219); box-shadow: none; display: block; margin: 0px 0px 12px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>Uplift Aerospace is currently accepting bids for the New Shepard paintings. Check out Uplift\u2019s website for access to the bidding portal and further information about the art.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeff Hein works in his art studio, testing his paints and creative processes on an exterior panel of Blue Origin\u2019s New Shepard suborbital spaceship. 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