Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Monday, July 21, 2008
TERM 2 BODY OF WORK
These first two images became the 'anorexia' photos included in my series.
I didn't end up using this photo because it wasn't landscape, but it was one of my favourites from my 'childhood' shoot- so i wanted to put it somewhere.
These last two images were used in my series. The frames were added at the end, as i edited each image of the series into a 'gallery wall' backdrop.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Portraits
In my research for the art essay i was reading through the book entitled 'Face: the New Photographic Portrait'.
Given the chance, i think my personal aesthetic would include a raw, flawed outlook on the human face.
in the future, i would really like to explore the human face in the form of portraiture.
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Egon Sheile
I completely adore the work of Egon Sheile.
Especailly when reflecting on the life drawing class, and preparing for the one coming up, Egon Sheile definitely comes to mind as a mentor.
Although his drawings distort the human body in most cases, the real beauty of his pieces (at least for me) derives from the emotion and mood of the pieces that is created and enhanced by the way Egon deforms his figures.
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Systematic Analysis
Alchemy as it relates to artmaking:
The artmaking process is one that involves taking things that have little or no meaning and combining them to create a new and more refined meaning. Alchemy is also the process of taking basic elements and transmutating them into a more refined and beautiful material.
Jenny Saville's Propped (1992):
This picture is of a very large woman who is propped up on some kind of... pole? there is writing over the picture, however it is illegible. The focus is the figure of the woman. Her face looks to be in pain and the top is cut off from the picture. The womans hands appear to be digging into the skin on her thighs.
My preliminary reading of the peice is that the artist is trying to depict how people who are overweight may be self concious about themselves as if they were constantly on show.
More Images by Jenny Saville:
In further research of the artist, i found that Jenny Saville concentrates on studies of flesh and the human anatomy compared with that of animals. This is because of her fascination with the use of pigs organs used for transplants. This would explain the emmense detail that is in the flesh of the figure.
Louise Bourgeois' The Woven Child (2002):
The peice consists of a torso of a woman that has been covered with what appears to be bandages. Laying on top of the torso on the stonach is a blue bag containing a small woven model of a baby.
I struggled to develop a reading of the peice, as i found it hard to relate too. However i am sure it has something to do with pregnancy. Perhaps it depicts Bourgeois's perception of pregnancy, in focusing on the science side of things rather than the romanticized version we see advertised daily. Perhaps she is reflecting on her own experiences with pregnancy- and delving into the concept of the tiny human inside the body- which is a daunting thing to think about for sure.
The artmaking process is one that involves taking things that have little or no meaning and combining them to create a new and more refined meaning. Alchemy is also the process of taking basic elements and transmutating them into a more refined and beautiful material.
Jenny Saville's Propped (1992):
This picture is of a very large woman who is propped up on some kind of... pole? there is writing over the picture, however it is illegible. The focus is the figure of the woman. Her face looks to be in pain and the top is cut off from the picture. The womans hands appear to be digging into the skin on her thighs.My preliminary reading of the peice is that the artist is trying to depict how people who are overweight may be self concious about themselves as if they were constantly on show.
More Images by Jenny Saville:
In further research of the artist, i found that Jenny Saville concentrates on studies of flesh and the human anatomy compared with that of animals. This is because of her fascination with the use of pigs organs used for transplants. This would explain the emmense detail that is in the flesh of the figure.
Louise Bourgeois' The Woven Child (2002):
The peice consists of a torso of a woman that has been covered with what appears to be bandages. Laying on top of the torso on the stonach is a blue bag containing a small woven model of a baby.
I struggled to develop a reading of the peice, as i found it hard to relate too. However i am sure it has something to do with pregnancy. Perhaps it depicts Bourgeois's perception of pregnancy, in focusing on the science side of things rather than the romanticized version we see advertised daily. Perhaps she is reflecting on her own experiences with pregnancy- and delving into the concept of the tiny human inside the body- which is a daunting thing to think about for sure.
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol's work, to me, consisted of 3 main ideas. He played with the concepts of fame, the media and death.
For example, the portrait of Marilyn Monroe were done in the months following her suicide. The portraits of Jackie Kennedy Onasis, following JFK's assassination. Although these paintings are portraits, they can also slip into Warhol's 'Death and Destruction' series, in which he explores anonymous suicides, that give the person their 15 minutes of fame
The electric chair images are also included in this series, however are different from the other pieces because there are no representations of people in the images. for my comparison, i chose to do the picture of the car crash vs. the coca cola drawing
The car crash is quite a disturbing image, as it has the image of a burning car, a person hanging from a telegraph pole, and a pedestrian who seems very numb to the whole ordeal in the background. Perhaps Warhol was trying to make the point that the media is so centered around death and terrible events, that we have become desensitized. In contrast, Warhols many drawings of the Coca Cola label (specifically the one at the very entrance to the exhibit) explore the idea of mass marketing. He manipulated his art into becoming a mass produced item in mockery of real life mass production- aka the Coca Cola bottle and various other objects.
For example, the portrait of Marilyn Monroe were done in the months following her suicide. The portraits of Jackie Kennedy Onasis, following JFK's assassination. Although these paintings are portraits, they can also slip into Warhol's 'Death and Destruction' series, in which he explores anonymous suicides, that give the person their 15 minutes of fame
The electric chair images are also included in this series, however are different from the other pieces because there are no representations of people in the images. for my comparison, i chose to do the picture of the car crash vs. the coca cola drawing
The car crash is quite a disturbing image, as it has the image of a burning car, a person hanging from a telegraph pole, and a pedestrian who seems very numb to the whole ordeal in the background. Perhaps Warhol was trying to make the point that the media is so centered around death and terrible events, that we have become desensitized. In contrast, Warhols many drawings of the Coca Cola label (specifically the one at the very entrance to the exhibit) explore the idea of mass marketing. He manipulated his art into becoming a mass produced item in mockery of real life mass production- aka the Coca Cola bottle and various other objects.
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