Robert Morris

The particular aspect of Morris' work i am interested in are his more textile pieces centering around draping fabric, solely because of the flowing movements and shapes and the more abstract quality of his sculptures.

 
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/robert-morris-1669

Kate Smith

Kate Smith's drawings are incredibly detailed using ballpoint pen to create large scale abstract pieces, this is what i am looking to for inspiration, ideas and preliminary research.

http://www.kate-smith.co.uk/drawings.html

Peter Randall-Page

Randall-Page's work is an example of detail within abstraction particularly his sketches/drawings, a fair amount of detail and thought goes into the work before the sculpture is made.

http://www.peterrandall-page.com/about/drawings.html

The Cohabitation of Abstraction and Detail

 I have recently been looking into the two ends of the spectrum: abstraction and detail and how i can merge the two into one..

 I started to look at carpets in my previous project and i thought i couls carry some aspects through so i looked closer and photographed the fibres and really liked the end result.

I took what i have learned from my explorations within colour to find ways to make the images more interesting, these consist of ink, acrylic paint and emulsion on carpet squares.

Fine art theory... Questions 1 to 5

Question 2: The sensation exhibition was in the Saatchi gallery, I think that the venue was not surprising because the Saatchi gallery usually displays the work of up and coming ant yet well established artists. I think that the exhibitor that continues to fascinate me is Damien Hurst because of the way that he has revolutionised and questioned what it means to create art.

Question 3: The Bauhaus and Black Mountain colleges were both institutional buildings which taught contemporary interior design. These two colleges could have influenced current education because one of their principals was that a student learned better through personal experience than through delivered knowledge.

Question 4: NVA is a public arts charity that shows contemporary exhibitions. Yesyesno is a specialist interactive company that make large contemporary installations. Both of these recently put on exhibitions around ‘light’. I feel that making art as part of a consortium/group is sort of like the concept of having an ongoing theme throughout your work and can often provide a purpose to the work.

Question 5: Fiona Rae, Howard Hodgkin, Gary Hume, George Shaw, Dexter Dalwood, Tomma Abts, Chris Ofili and Sean Scully all won the turner prize. If I had to single out one artist from the above list as my favourite it would be Chris Ofili because of his large  stlye and the fact that everything is slightly messy and out of proportion.

Week 8... Fine art

These are the final painting for my fine art week. i looked at colour, composition, line, texture and aesthetics as well as hidden meaning and juxtaposition. I particularly liked these because of the different ways that i worked.

I used the projector, painted around shaped and sometimes even dribbled with ink...

I also liked the idea of mixing the paint on the canvas to achieve and interesting array of marks.

Final drawings and 3D pieces

I looked at distorting the shape by cuttingt holes into the folded and allready unusually shaped sculpture.

These line drawings were particularly difficult but a good kill to hone for defining shapes. (made from ink dipped in card.)