I have attended three exhibitions so far this summer, one was the chosen unilateral works for the fringe festive and the second was the Uni Degree show and the third my old colleges end of year show. first I'm going to say a bit about the degree show, which was very disappointing to be honest other then four at the most, i was not overly impressed with the quality of the works. i will say this however i no that some of the works where performance related so i did not see the mane aspect of them as i was unable to attend the opening night due to being at the Leek College exhibition. I could see potential in some of the works but that is not what you expect a a degree show you expect to see potential at college or first year levels but not at graduate level. As i was unimpressed by most of the work, and this is just my opinion, i will just post some picture and details about the works that i liked. 

Art work I will be doing over summer

Over the summer, I have been looking, so far, at the Boyle family. this amazing, now sadly minus the patriarchal Mark, are one of my all time favourite and inspiration artist. There style of work is something I have created myself in the past and is something I would like to focus more on in my second year, but also keep the Coding aspect from my first year final piece.

The Boyle Family, Earth Piece, 1963-Present

Neon Dichotomies by Patrick Martinez

Currently showing at Known Gallery in LA, Patrick has a broad range of works, but I really dig these neon signs of duality. The message about contradiction being inherent in the nature of man would go nicely in my illegal basement baccarat den.

Due to finishing of first year work load and exhibitions, and other excuses :P i have been away from my blog to long and intend, nay will start posting again daily.

just some things i have come across

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It’s blood.  NYC artist, Jordan Eagles, works solely with gallons upon gallons of blood obtained from a slaughterhouse.  By manipulating the blood through heating, burning, aging, mixing with copper, adding foreign materials, and then encasing it in plexiglass and UV resin, Jordan is able to capture an array of organic designs.  His large pieces are uncomfortably beautiful, especially when lit, the blood seems to glow against the clean white walls of a gallery.

 

“Arrivals and Departures” is an installation by Michael Fernandes at Scotiabank Nuit Blanche in Toronto, an all-night contemporary art event held earlier this month. First photo by Sam Javanrouh.

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My exhibition piece at the private viewing

Photos by ZLMB & Natalie James

 

Exhibition day

Some photos from the private exhibition on friday.


 EYE FOR COLOUR -Sarah Thorley

  Rebecca Harding

 

BENJAMIN - Jade Simpson

ICEBERG - Steff Pickett

PLIGHT OF MAN-Kyle Cartlidge

CURIOSITY KILLED NOT JUST THE CAT - Donna Clarke

Mark Salt

FUTURE!!! & DERALICTION - Sophie Henshaw

Some art i have come across recently, mostly text based.

Joseph Kosuth



Doug Aitken



Andreas Schreiger




Ole Martin Lund Bo
Thought-Provoking Anamorphic Art






Katsuhiro Otomo



Tatsuo Miyajima, Pile up life no. 1, Katrina (2008)



Olafur Eliasson ‘Beauty’ (1993)

Exhibition instillation part three

Finished wall piece today so all that needs to be done is to edit and print out A3 photo and mount it then place QR codes around the exhibition space one everyone has there work installed so that it does not inter-fear with anyone else's work.

Exhibition instillation part two

Did an 8 hour day in the studio working on my exhibition piece, pretty much got all the QR code aspect completed so that i can start working on the text and Morse Code tomorrow. this will hopefully be done tomorrow so that i can then start taking some photos to edit for the photographic aspect of the piece. have printed off all of the 3 QR codes which will be placed all around the exhibition.

Ron Mueck Drift, 2009 Mixed media

Because he never fails to surprise me with his imaginative scenarios and unbelievable skill.

Mueck’s ‘Drift’ is a small-scale sculpture of a lightly tanned man sporting tropical swim shorts and dark sunglasses, lying on a lilo with his arms outstretched. Instead of floating in a swimming pool, ‘Drift’ is installed high on the gallery wall, seeming to disappear off into the distance. Held up only by a puff of air and a sheet of plastic, the precariousness of ‘Drift’ provokes questions of the brevity of life. Like many of Mueck’s works, both ‘Youth’ and ‘Drift’ tap into powerful and universal emotional states, enabling the viewers to create their own narratives.
http://www.hauserwirth.com/exhibitions/1306/ron-mueck/list-of-works/4/

Some artist research i have been meaning to put on but hadn't got around to.

Concrete Business Card by Murmure

Unique card that utilizes a thin concrete slab with an embossed monogram.  “The fineness and techniques used to enhance the typography in the roughness and brutality…

‘All moments’ (2009) by.alidarosie
Inspired by novel Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut (1969)


http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2012/02/alphabet-topography/

“move me until it’s over” by anatol knotek

»click here for more visual and concrete poetry«

Kapser Sonne




Keith Haring at Brooklyn Museum