What a laugh using this stuff, and wire in Marvin medium might turn out ok.
Sunday, 22 February 2009
Thursday, 19 February 2009
Trials...
Earlier this week I had posted stuff about new paintings but tried to edit it and it's disapeared! will find it tom and publish todays pics from studio...
Tuesday, 17 February 2009
New paintings
Research and drawings for new painting series include abstracted images related to the body; cells, organs also notions of identity in fingerprint 'patterns'. Think 'Enantiomorph' might be series title; I'm really loving exploring ideas that suggest themselves to me as I discover anatomical/medical terminology, but will try to avoid too obvious responses, (Khalo style paintings unavoidable).
Sunday, 15 February 2009
Update
Latest developments with casting poor old Tamara;
Alginate prooved a bit too limited for my purposes but loved the texture, no doubt will use for something else. Ready mixed plaster was brill, dried to very light but sturdy base for broken mirror/other.
Watch this space!
Sunday, 1 February 2009
The Female Gaze
Currently my interest is engaging with notions of body image; I plan to use several female bodies (cast mannequin), part or all of which, being ‘covered’ (not clothed) in materials that in no way could be seen as adornments (fashion) or separate from the figures. It would demand of the viewer a consideration of what we expect to see, these figures are ‘the body perfect’. How we feel about the way women dress, why we make certain choices? How do we react to these unexpected coverings? What connotations do they offer? (They will not be at all sexually explicit but suggestive of the need to create an ‘image’.) The mannequin figures of course are objectified and as such we understand the nature of engagement in the context of shopping. However, once taken out of context, can we see the true purpose or subconscious reasons behind the obsession we all have with ’looking good’? Furthermore, the work will contrast historical expectations of a woman’s role with current feminist ideas, notions of what has changed or remained and how we now see ourselves.
Currently my interest is engaging with notions of body image; I plan to use several female bodies (cast mannequin), part or all of which, being ‘covered’ (not clothed) in materials that in no way could be seen as adornments (fashion) or separate from the figures. It would demand of the viewer a consideration of what we expect to see, these figures are ‘the body perfect’. How we feel about the way women dress, why we make certain choices? How do we react to these unexpected coverings? What connotations do they offer? (They will not be at all sexually explicit but suggestive of the need to create an ‘image’.) The mannequin figures of course are objectified and as such we understand the nature of engagement in the context of shopping. However, once taken out of context, can we see the true purpose or subconscious reasons behind the obsession we all have with ’looking good’? Furthermore, the work will contrast historical expectations of a woman’s role with current feminist ideas, notions of what has changed or remained and how we now see ourselves.
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