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Lindsay Arnold's work addresses female identity and the role of women/expectations for women in society. Coach Hall suggested that I research her because her work contains similar ideas to what I am trying to convey in my work. Some of her work, especially her series "Tedium" which is a collection of paintings of doilies, is about how objects hold different meanings and can represent different experiences or memories. This is similar to the content of some of my pieces, which are about memory and how memories/experiences are recorded. I like her work because it shows how a deeper content can be incorporated into paintings of objects. My main goal for my art right now is to try and think of deeper and more challenging ideas to incorporate into my work to make it more interesting and powerful. This piece is about the Syrian refugee crisis. Something that I admire about this work and Ai Weiwei's work in general is that it has a powerful message and addresses important societal issues. His work represents the "art takes courage" idea because it often deals with controversial topics, such as the refugee crisis. I would like to incorporate more challenging content into my work and try and be more daring because I do not really think that the art I am making currently takes a lot of courage, because it does not really deal with difficult or controversial topics, it is more surface level.
This September I went to Philadelphia to tour the University of Pennsylvania. While I was there, I visited the Institute of Contemporary Art at the university. There were two exhibitions up: Speech/Acts and Nathalie Du Pasquier, BIG OBJECTS NOT ALWAYS SILENT. Speech/Acts explores the experiences of black Americans and how social and cultural aspects of language influences their experiences. The Nathalie Du Pasquier exhibit is a retrospective of her work since the 1980s. Something I found interesting about the two exhibitions was how immersive they were. They filled the space that they were in, so that you viewed the art all around you rather than just in front of you. I do not think that these will really impact my work that much because they are very different from the type of work that I want to do. However, one thing I can take from Speech/Acts is the use of text in art, which I have already done a little bit through my use of newspaper, but I might try to incorporate more meaningful text. One thing I liked about Nathalie Du Pasquier's work is her still lifes, which were slightly abstracted in color and perspective.
This week/last week I worked on doing thumbnail sketches for my painting. I also experimented with some different compositions like painting multiple slides scattered around, and ended up deciding to just paint one slide. It has been pretty quick to paint because it is so small, but I still want to add some more shadows and some more details like the yellow flowers. I am also going to add a cast shadow around the edge to make the slide stand out against the wood more
For my home project I am doing a self portrait. I want to incorporate some abstract/non objective elements into it, so I am going to do a monotype and draw on top of it. I have been practicing different techniques with monotypes and what drawing on them looks like.
Last week I worked on blocking in colors and the general shapes/positions of the objects in the painting. Initially I was going to make the painting opaque, but I decided to leave parts of it sheer to show the text.
This week I chose a photo to work from and drew a thumbnail sketch for my painting. I also started collaging my wood panel with newspaper to create texture.
I decided to take off the pyramid shapes that were along the side of the sculpture because I thought they looked too messy and I didn't think I would have enough CDs to cover them. Instead, I added a line of blue CDs to contrast with the rest of the piece. I also cut the board to be smaller so that I could cover the board more completely with CDs. Overall, this turned out very different than what I thought, but I am happy with the way it turned out in the end.
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AuthorI am an art student at Maggie Walker Governor's School. On this site I post project progress, research, and photos of my final work. Archives
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