Well, soon I will be embarking on starting my second year of NUCA (Norwich University College of Arts) and I have two group exhibitions coming up. One in November and the other in January for both exhibitions I have a idea of basing my work on connections, attachments and personal experience.
I suppose that's very vague. In my previous it was totally self-confessional, autobiographical photographic/painting series alongside devised text. However, it got to the point where the line between work life and personal life was being blurred. Making the process emotionally, mentally and even physically exhausting. Crying at every one-to-one tutorial isn't very productive or professional. My work will still incorporate the previous elements from before - but just less attached. So, I don't end up losing my mind.
I've been looking through a few suggested links Natalie (3rd Year Student) has suggested to get us kick started. And I am quite inspired at the moment.
1. This particular photographic series, focuses on the concept of "Infatuation", the giddy, obsessive feelings one experiences when in love, when in pursuit if someone or when obsessing over a idol. It reminded me of my old experiences of obsessing over crushes and bands.
2. David Kramer, is one particular artist that has always had a resonance with me. The combination of satirical text juxtaposed with 1960s advertisment styled ink paintings creates a mood of nostalgia of the things you would aspire to in adverts of the "perfect ideal life". Only to clashed with text, conveying inevitable reality, that life never turns out how you want it to be.
http://kramer.aeroplastics.net/index.php
3. Here, is another photographic series which depicts a similar theme to the first link. The series is called "Puppy Love". There's something about this photo series, that feels predatory whether or not that's revelent to my practice is something to develop...
http://www.theardorous.com/portfolio/puppy-love/
I also visited the "National Portrait Gallery" to see the BP Portrait Competition Exhibit and saw a few portraitures that has revelence to my practice.
1. Matthew Schofield
"The National Portrait Gallery received a total of 2,372 entries of which 55 were selected for exhibition. Matthew was the sole Canadian accepted into the exhibition this year.
Matthew's piece submitted entitled Six Decades consists of six oil painted panels; each representing a decade of his father's life. The panels are intimate in scale; each panel measuring four inches by four inches. The paintings are snapshots of a well-rounded individual and by painting six separate panels Matthew attempted to capture the personality of the sitter.
Matthew's Grandparents emigrated from England to Canada before his father was born, which makes the acceptance of the piece into this venue a personal success. The Grandparents are represented in the second panel and having them hanging in the National Portrait Gallery brings their journey full circle.
Matthew has created a companion piece of his mother which consists of six panels representing six decades."
http://matthewschofield.com/portraits_2011/index.html#1
What I particularly like about this piece of work is the depiction of memories past. The recreation and preservation of attachments and experiences in the past. I also liked the sequential aspect of it, the fact it is called "Six Decades conveys that.
I think overall the combination of all these artist have one thing in common...well sort of...and that is attachment and connections. There's one part in which, desire for connecting or achieving the unattainable is the subject. Then there's the second part of looking back and preserving whatever small attachment or connection you ever had is the subject...it's all very sentimental really.
I think overall the combination of all these artist have one thing in common...well sort of...and that is attachment and connections. There's one part in which, desire for connecting or achieving the unattainable is the subject. Then there's the second part of looking back and preserving whatever small attachment or connection you ever had is the subject...it's all very sentimental really.
