Wednesday, 3 February 2010

Tate Visit

Trapped in the net of sadness
Red seeds
Grow in my teardrops

My soul has left my body
It's floating above
Wandering in a sea of dots

Emotions are raw
But she can still see the stars
when she shuts her eyes

Fiery green jewel mask
Lovingly kissing bananas
Fire falling around

Intricate pattern
An explosion of colour
Faces looking out

Colour creates life
Culture, story and vibrance
Explosion of emotion

Dots flow through the work
Colour has feeling inside
Style changes with size

Gold is my favourite
The blue room sucks me inwards
Beard face eats yellow

Earth is dung, brown grass
A journey of fluid contrasts
Revealing the depths within

Deep down in my heart
There's no second chance for life
Love has melted now

Find me, I'm in here
Behind the walls of first sight
Find me, I'm in here

If you look closely
They are made up of pictures
Tiny and intricate

Walk in deprived
Even ourselves framed, we stand
Stare, into another's mind

Sunday, 24 January 2010

Saturday, 14 November 2009

Tuesday, 3 November 2009

Object Stories

The group used found objects to tell stories linked to an image in the collection. We used the example of the teapot and landscape below to develop ideas based around nostalgia, childhood and aging. This story resulted in us thinking about daydreaming and seeing images in the clouds to represent thoughts or desires.


Using this technique we deconstructed an image by pulling out the descriptive and emotive information from it and finding links with the found object. We then made images to represent the stories and how they could become interpretations of the initial image.

Monday, 2 November 2009

Reflections on Maquettes

Through studying the maquettes and the ideas that came out of them, I compiled a short list of relevant works to be used as inspiration or a way of contextulising the ideas within the art world.

Using Modern British works, the group expressed an interest in archives, global and national perpectives, beliefs, and anatomy, all of which can have relevance to the Modern British era and Restless Times.

In response to David's Family Tree I selected work by Christian Boltanski with reference to photographic portrait archives.


Joe's sign and its reference to life paths led to ideas about beliefs and thought patterns expressed in Jenny Holzer's Truisms.


The suitcase was interesting in form and concept and suggested ideas about journeys and archives, or the two intertwined, both of which are aparrent in Susan Hiller's work.


Peggy and Martha's group worked from La Plage and discussed thoughts of isolation, loneliness and disenfranchisement. Their doll with taped mouth reflected elements of work by Hannach Hoch and Hans Bellmer, relating as much to the artists' experiences as the work. The medical motif in Bellmer's work also references wartime surgeries.

Tuesday, 20 October 2009

What is Creative Interpretation?

This session focused on creative interpretation to relate the work we were creating back to the collection. The group worked in pairs to break down an image into descriptive and emotive influences and then compared these with a second image. Using this information, they each created a small maquette using found objects and sculptural materials.

Continuing on from their work on silhouettes with Faisal, we also looked at the works of Tim Noble and Sue Webster followed by Arman's 'Dustbin' project. Both works use discarded objects to question the idea of identity. We used these images to create our own character silhouettes using found objects.