packing-tape installation by Numen/For Use
Crypto: paintings by former street artist Jose Parla
Thursday, 29 December 2011
Monday, 19 December 2011
Katharine Dowson
I came across this artist while trawling the internet and just thought she was amazing and different. Her works have also really inspired me to try working with glass.
"Pia Mater means 'Tender Mother' and is the membrane surrounding the spinal column. The work hung firstly in the stair well of the Hayward Gallery during the show 'Spectacular Bodies the History of Anatomical Art from Leonardo till Now' 2000-2001 and secondly in the Henry Wellcome Building for Neuroecology Newcastle University. The 16 meter glass spine and brain are illuminated with fiber Optic lights so that the shadows appear on the wall behind. They very gently move."
Thursday, 15 December 2011
An idea for next semester
I have had an idea for a piece that I may do next semester, and also links into the ideas of individuality that I am working from. the idea is casts of foot prints. This would involve finding some suitable locations where foot prints would have been left and casting the with plaster. I will also research the best materials and techniques to use.
Wednesday, 14 December 2011
Friday, 9 December 2011
Some intresting pieces I have found
Antonia Gurkovska
Untitled
2011
oil, acrylic, staples and enamel paint on canvas
20” x 20”
Spring Hurlbut
Mary No. 5 (2006)
Ultrachrome Digital Print
Galen No. 2 (2006)
Ultrachrome Digital Print
Made from cremated human remains, these images by Hurlbut combine our physical frailty and the vast reaches of interstellar space
I like Art made out of Garbage ~Buck 65
The cool thing about contemporary art is that there are no limits. Anything can be considered art as long as it is well thought out and there is a path from the idea, to the creation, to the interpretation. That is not to say that great artwork cannot be unintentional, it is just very rare that an artist, any artist not just contemporary artists, will say, “Oh, I was just messing around and ended up with this. Isn’t it fabulous?” Making art out of found objects is a particularly interesting trend. Artists go out looking for ‘junk’ that will inspire them to create something that doesn’t yet exist in their infinite imaginations. And the great thing about artists is that they have the ability to make the art they envision into a reality, unlike some of the rest of us (me, especially!). Found art is not a new concept, Marcel Duchamp started the trend about 100 years ago, but as the genre matures peoples ideas as to how to use found objects to create art continue to fascinate audiences.
Marcel Duchamp, Fountain, 1917 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountain_%28Duchamp%29
Jean Shin is an artist who, unlike some, creates all of her work from found objects. Some of my favorites by her are 20/20, 2003, Chemical Balance, 2005-9, and the charming Lost and Found (Single Socks), 2000. But really, I love pretty much everything that she’s done.
Jean Shin, 20/20, 2003
Her use of simple ‘garbage’ to create complex and visually stunning works of art never fails to amaze me. While some uses of found objects are more subtle, Shin amasses large collections of the same object and uses them to make a pointed statement about a certain aspect of society both with the art and the title of each piece.
Jean Shin, Chemical Balance, 2005-9
Shin proves that one man’s trash can truly be another man’s treasure. For her these treasures allow her to represent the item’s former owner’s as well as comment on the excess in modern society. Creating large objects and installations allows her reference “shared experiences” between not only community members, but viewers as well. When used in the way that Shin presents them, these items take on a role other than what they were intended for which makes for fantastic realizations of the potential hidden in all of the things around us.
Jean Shin, Lost and Found (Single Socks), 2000
Hey, are you going to throw that out?
I like Art made out of Garbage ~Buck 65
Thursday, 8 December 2011
Ahhhhhhhhhhhh this essay is destroying my brain
So my essay is not going great, I'm no good at this side of things I no what i want to say but I cant seem to get it in a sentence so it will make sense. I have my extensive research, notes and visuals but I can not seem to put it altogether. My brain now hurts.
Second life project, New direction, visualising sound sketches
Some ideas for my second life new direction, combining the sound and sound waves and text that I've been working on. Not great sketches but this is what I'm working on at the moment and will be making some small mock ups of them using different materials.
Tuesday, 6 December 2011
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