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Relevant Artist Research – 3D Glitch Exhibition
The 3D Glitch exhibit is a collection of digitally edited, digitally manipulated, and errors or mistakes of computerised functions, from art prints to 3D printed models. This collection is a gathering of artworks that were sent in from university students and artists. The part that interests me in this exhibit is the mass amount of data that would’ve gone into creating it. Something about creating my own 3D models peaks my interests, and this exhibition gives me the inspiration to design and create my own models, embracing any that fail or encounter errors during the making process.
Relevant Artist Research – Damián Ortega
Ortega’s Controller of the Universe piece includes a couple ideas which I desire to show in my work. The use of everyday materials being used in an unordinary fashion, and the creation of a space which gives an experience to the viewer. I always aspire to use common materials to create a greater experience for the audience, something that the audience will remember and not just forget.
Relevant Artist Research – Vito Acconci
Acconci’s work is mainly composed of digital renderings of architectural designs, but also includes constructed architectural buildings and a few design drawings. His architecture is the main reason that drew me in to his work, seeing how he uses the space and designs it around public interaction. This is a feature which I aim to include in my work, creating a structure which gives the viewer access to different areas of the installation. I do also admire his drawings and how he creates very detailed designs for his work.
Relevant Artist Research – Richard Wilson
I saw Wilson’s 20:50 piece in the Saatchi Gallery down in London a few years ago, ever since I’ve always had this urge to go big with my art. Knowing that Wilson’s 20:50 is only a few inches deep and is only an illusion to make the room look completely full of oil, I’m still in awe of how this piece hit me, showing me how such little can be used to make something so big. I’ve taken this concept and aimed to apply it to my own work, the whole “less is more”, but applying it to the materials in my work, trying to use as little material as I can to gain the affect I desire.
Relevant Artist Research – Sarah Sze
Sze’s work is a great example of the use of everyday materials, from bottles, to sand, to straws, most of what Sze uses can be found in the typical household. The use of household materials is what I taking from Sze, to then use within my own practice. I won’t be attempting to recreate Sze’s work, however I do want to try and emulate the aura of amazement her work emits, the amazement which I felt when I saw her work. I will also only be using a handful of accessible materials, not an assortment from the home improvement store.
Relevant Artist Research – Martin Pfeifle
Pfeifle is another artist who inspired me to pursue Installation art. With Pfeifle’s work, I tend to enjoy the structure, design and layout of the piece, this being what I engage with from his work. The simplicity of the piece, the semi-organised, semi-random layout of the work is what draws me in. Within my work, I try to recreate this kind of half planned rule of how the piece will be made/laid out, which I see in Pfeifle’s work. I always start with a plan of what I’ll use and the space it’ll occupy, but I’ll let the piece define itself and tell me where it needs to go.
Relevant Artist Research – Tomas Saraceno
Saraceno has been a constant help with my projects. 14 Billions has been the most inspirational piece I have encountered, and I’d say it’s what started my interest in Installation art. This piece encourages me to created installations which can be approached and interacted with; an art piece which focuses more on the experience, rather than the concept behind it. Saying this, 14 Billions was designed and built over years of research, however it expresses the concept upfront, allowing the viewer to indulge in the experience of the space.
Artist Influence – Heather and Ivan Morison
The work of the Morison’s is very interesting to me, the architecture, the structure, and the installation of the piece. The piece that caught my eye is ‘I am so sorry, Goodbye’, the structure of the piece is so unique and the idea behind it really pushes what it can be. The concept about this piece is that it’s suppose to look like a quaint little hut out in the forest, but when you get closer and inspect it more, it becomes apparent that it’s a post-apocalyptic home made to help its dwellers survive. Pieces like this intrigue me, it makes me think about if we could actually make something like this after a apocalyptic event. But it’s beautiful in every right, the structure of the piece is mesmerising and its design will inspire me to create my own imaginative structures.
Baltic Visit – Alice Theobald and Atomik Architecture
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After a recent visit to Baltic Center for contemporary art, I came across ‘It’s not who you are, it’s how you are’, an architectural installation comprised of performance, music, spoken dialogue, and live video. Unfortunately, I was unable to see the performance part of the installation as I missed the last time, but I do intend on returning to see it. But except from that, the installation is a fascinating combination of media and I found the architecture very interesting, how you can walk through and around the piece, and you suddenly come across a screen which portrays other members of the public walking through with you.
As I’ve mentioned, I have not observed the piece with its full potential, so I will be returning. However, even without the performance, I really enjoyed the space and how you are ‘guided’ through without being told which way to go.
Artist Influence – Jeremy Miranda
Jeremy Miranda is an artist who I came across on art blog, and their work stood out amongst the rest, so I decided to investigate further. After viewing Miranda’s website, it looks as though the artist only works in paint, if not also in digital media. The interesting part of Miranda’s work is the combination of worlds and transition between the two; the worlds in the paintings are closely related by blurred between the lines.
The piece I’m more interested in is the painting in the image above; the transition between the two compositions is a very blunt but was also smooth as if looking through a window, and the way how everything is related, from the drawings of the ship to the ship in the sea.
Miranda looks as though they are building up their work into a portfolio at the start a career. I will be on the watch any new work Miranda makes, I will draw inspiration from their work and hopefully have the chance to contact them about their work.
The text above is a mix of my own opinion and research of Jeremy Miranda.
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Artist Influence – Clyfford Still
Clyfford Still is a painter which in his time was named the most daring artist. I am familiar with Stills method of painting or his style of painting. The reason why he is an artist influence, is for his use of colour; and for me, the way in which his work resembles broken worlds.
I especially like Stills `1957’ piece, which is an untitled painting. To me this painting looks like a world in which is described through colour. The colour creates an environment in which the paint sits in. Many of Stills work are very similar to each other, they all have an abstract feel to them.
The reason I’ve chosen Clyfford Still as an artist influence for me, it’s because of this style of paintings. In the future I will learn more on his reasons were painting in the style in which he did, but that will be a future endeavour for myself.
The text above is a mix of my own opinion and research of Clyfford Still.
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Clyfford Still, 1904-1980
In-text: (Still and Kellein, 1992)
Bibliography: Still, C. and Kellein, T. (1992). Clyfford Still, 1904-1980. Munich, Germany: Prestel.
Artist Influence – Salvador Dali
`The specialised sciences of our times are concentrating on study of the three constants of life: the sexual instinct, the sentiment of death, and anguish of space-time.’ Salvador Dali, In `Dali,’ Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, 1968. This is a quote from the famous Salvador Dali, an artist who specialised in the style of surrealist painting.
I’m not completely familiar with Dali’s work, but from the brief amount of research which I have done, I can see that most of his work is being painted through surrealism. Dali created many surrealist paintings, most of which are illusions depicting world’s which he has created through paint. What I think when I look at Dali’s paintings, he wanted the viewer to question reality of his paintings, and maybe wanted to question where the idea for these came from.
My work that I’m currently working on, has a similar concept in the way of creating a surrealist world; Dali’s work is more extreme in the surrealism than mine is, but the idea of creating my own reality is similar to what Dali’s work depicts (that’s why gather anyway).
The text above is a mix of my own opinion and research of Salvador Dali.
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Dali
In-text: (Dalí and Larkin, 1974)
Bibliography: Dalí, S. and Larkin, D. (1974). Dali. New York: Ballantine Books.
Artist Influence – Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso is one of the famous names in the art world, and is recognised for his role in the avant-garde. Picasso is another artist who forged the way for future artists, with his many methods of painting and styles of paintings.
One of Picasso’s paintings which I really enjoy is his portrait of the art dealer Ambroise Vollard, which Picasso painted in his Cubism style. The reason which I enjoy this painting is the way in which Picasso tries to deconstruct/fragment reality while keeping the form of the human figure. This is similar in what I’m trying to do in my own project, which is to twist reality in creating my own form of it; which I believe is what Picasso was trying to do with Cubism.
Picasso created Cubism to show the world a different way of viewing reality, in which he created many paintings which included a cube style, hence Cubism. Picasso and the other members of the avant-garde, created many different forms of painting, styles of painting, ways of how to paint, and ways of how to look at reality as well as paintings.
The text above is a mix of my own opinion and research of Pablo Picasso.
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Picasso
In-text: (Elgar, Maillard and Scarfe, 1956)
Bibliography: Elgar, F., Maillard, R. and Scarfe, F. (1956). Picasso. London: Thames and Hudson.
Artist Influence – Tomás Saraceno
Tomás Saraceno, has always been a favourite artist of mine. His work has always intrigued me, by the way the architecture of his work stands alone by itself. One of my favourite pieces of Saraceno’s work is his 14 billion piece, which is an installation piece on how a spider constructs its web; I used it as influence for one of my earlier projects in A-level, and since then I have always been interested in installation and the use of space.
From what I’ve gathered, Saraceno has always been interested in creating his own environment, most of his work is the lead to an idea, which is to create a city in the clouds. Saraceno’s background knowledge in architecture has given him the ability to create unimaginable spaces in which are interactive to the viewer; these spaces allow the viewer to explore their surroundings within the space without any fear of danger, even though some of these spaces do require the viewer to step out of their comfort zone. I personally have not experienced any of Saraceno’s work, from what I’ve heard though his work is amazing to see and to experience.
Saraceno’s work relates to mine because we are both interested in creating our own world, whether this be within reality or imaginary. With Saraceno having the knowledge of architecture and how to build his own world, he has the ability to go beyond the limits of space and create unbelievable spaces.
Tomás Saraceno is influenced by space, the space around the Earth, outer space, all of space. From the information on his website, Saraceno shows a lot of information about space, the galaxies, and all of space. From what I can gather, Saraceno enjoys explaining/exploring the possibility of space, and enjoys bending the rules on how space can be used; I believe Saraceno takes pride with his research and always tries to push the ‘impossible’ with each piece he makes.
The text above is a mix of my own opinion and research of Tomás Saraceno.
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http://www.estherschipper.com/Tom%C3%A1s_Saraceno_Biography
Project One – ‘Connecting through Making and Thinking’ Week Three + Four
Hi everyone! I know that this post is a few days late, so to make up the slack, I’m going to include the past two weeks of work.
So during week three, I didn’t get much done. I wasn’t focused and I just couldn’t find the energy to paint. I only managed to make a couple of paintings for week three. But for week four, I did manage to make a couple more paintings to make up for week three. I also started on my canvas during the start of week four. After a bit of though, and a quick scan of my previous paintings, I decided to paint a picture of my foot; the reason for this is that I’ve really gotten into painting the human figure and landscapes didn’t really interest me. I did also go an a trip to Liverpool to see the John Moores biennial and other various exhibits. So at the end of this week, I have my paintings finished, and the start of my canvas painted, and also about fifty artists which I found interesting to add to my list of research.
Soon I will be adding a new section to my blog; the section will be called ‘Research’, and will include any artists or exhibits, books, or even movies which I find interesting enough to talk about. I will write a post explaining the new section when it arrives and I’ll write a post about an artist I’ve always been interested in, a few artists which I’ve researched during my time at uni, and I will talk about one of the exhibits at Liverpool.
Until then,
Enjoy.
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