5-4-4 Contextual Studies – Connecting with My Practice

Contextual Studies - Connecting with My Practice To highlight which areas of an artists methods or practice resonated with me and connected (or not) with my practice I have reviewed most of the artists researched and reflected upon in the Contextual Studies course.  Many of the comments and writing below is lifted from a variety...

5-4-6. Word Lists

5-4-6   Word Lists In my exploration of what it is like to experience pain, how to describe it and how others perceive it etc. I have complied a word list for based on two starting points. The first of these was, a list of words that indicates how flesh, the body and paint have similar...

5-1 Fiona Rae interview

5-1     Fiona Rae interview http://bombsite.com/issues/49/articles/1804 obsolete, replaced by https://bombmagazine.org/articles/fiona-rae/   (Bomb Magazine. Oct 1, 1994) John Holland’s article was also found to be offline but recovered using the web archive – Wayback. Read this interview between Rae and Shirley Kaneda, two painters with quite different attitudes: In the 1994 interview between Fiona Rae and Shirley Kaneda...

3-7-4 Marc Quinn – Flesh Painting

3-7-4    Marc Quinn – Flesh Painting Suggested Reading Viewing from Tutorial The first time I became aware of Marc Quinn as an artist was when encountering his blood-filled self portrait in the NPG in London.  The first version of this work was made in 1991, he makes a new one every five years.  This sculptural...

3-1. Case Study – Christine Borland

3.         Part Three: Synthesis This section of the course opens with a quote: “The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And because we fail to notice that we fail to notice, there is little we can do to change; until we notice how failing to notice...

3-7-1. Add. – What Painting Is (Elkins)

3-7       Extras from Tutorial 3-7-1    What Painting Is (James Elkins)   Suggested reading: What Painting Is (James Elkins) The cover jacket for this book describes it thus: Unlike many books on painting that usually talk about art or painters, James Elkins' compelling and original work focuses on alchemy, for like the alchemist, the painter seeks...

2-7 Additional Work [Tutorial Follow-up, Support-Surfaces]

2-7 Additional Work [Tutorial Follow-up, Support-Surfaces] Investigate movement – ‘support-surfaces, Frieze is a source with article on artwork /exhibition: ‘Unfurled’.  Link: https://www.frieze.com/article/enduring-radicalism-supportssurfaces In my previous course (Studio Practice, May 2020) I investigated the movement and some works with the ‘Support Surfaces’ movement.  This can be found via the link embedded within the title below: 4-8-2....

2-2 Experimentation – Case Studies [Rae, Hesse, Richter]

2-2       Three Case Studies [Rae, Hesse, Richter] Read the three case studies, do your own research into each of these artists and note down which one resonates most with your own practice – and why. 2-2-1      Case Studies 1 -                 Fiona Rae Albert Irvin Andy Goldsworthy 2-2-2      Case Studies 2 –                Eva Hesse...

2-8. Painted Investigations into Materiality

2-8   Painted Investigations into Materiality Research different attitudes and approaches to paint and painting (in conjunction with your Contextual Practice course studies) My work practice in this section of the course - skin, flesh, meat From tutorial notes - At this stage do not worry about outcomes but look to build a series of skills,...

2-6 Additional Work [Tutorial Follow-up, Saville]

2-6       Additional Work [Tutorial Follow-up] A forensic look at Jenny Saville’s painting surfaces would be useful here – question the use of blue tones in the skin. The colour of skin is a question that has kept artists busy for centuries.  A close look will reveal an orange tone with hints of a pink or...