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.
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