Extending the Process

Amidst the rapid nature of print and temporary element of an installation set up for a few days only, I had an urge to return to drawing, to spend careful time observing only with pencil. I was interested to see how this 'slower' process would be incorporated into my more recent experimentations, often made on the spot with materials available to hand.

These images are a follow-on from the work exhibited at Camden Arts Centre on the previous post.

Camden Arts Centre

As part of Unit 6 on Fine Art BA we worked on-site in response to the exhibitions of Hanne Darboven and Raphael Hefti's work, both drawing parallels between a focus upon the process of an art work and the significance of time's role. These images are from the final exhibition which took place in April. In terms of curation and the show as a whole, I felt it was successful and strengthened from our time working there together as a group. I have begun to consider more carefully the placement of the artwork in a given space and how the viewer's interpretation can be moulded by this. Two of my pieces were placed in areas of the room that were inaccessible and largely viewed by chance. One was folded over a beam close to the high ceiling, another was placed on the highest point of the wall and could only quite be viewed by ascending the spiral staircase and stretching over to grasp a closer look. I felt these decisions led them to evoke a more intimate, private tone, as well as enhancing the 'accidental' and element of chance within my process. 

site specific

Works created in response to situation and place- research for unit 6, camden arts centre.

Plextol

Transfer medium with mixed media.

GESAMTKUNSTWERK

'GESAMTKUNSTWERK: New Art from Germany' is the current exhibition showing at the Saatchi Gallery. I found it hugely pleasing, an emphasis on playfulness was coherently displayed via the chosen art works, refreshing to be confronted with an engaged enjoyment of basic materials rather than the focus lying on the concepts of the works.
I was able to draw many parallels between the show and my own practice, which is an enquiry and continual exploration of human interaction with materials- an emphasis upon the process and not the product. Coming away from the exhibition I wondered to myself how many artists 'play' or experiment so freely without feeling the need to explain their reasons for doing so.
These are a few images of the works and their details that caught my eye.

Isa Genzken

 
 
 
 Ida Ekblad


 Alexandra Bircken

The Feminine Psychology

These are images from work I produced recently for an exhibition at uni, titled 'XX.' It was a group response to our seminars on Freud and Psychoanalysis. We were an all-female group and so decided to work from this similarity, beginning with an enquiry into how theories of the female psychology relate to our individual practices.
Debates arising included Freud's 'penis envy', the emphasis of the female in fetishism and more objectively the question and definition of gender.
At the beginning of my process I contemplated the power of female sexuality- a symbol of lust and beauty- however also its vulnerability and fragility. This led to a series of photographic works shown below. Rather than conveying the contrast between such characteristics, I found they steered towards the vulnerable and delicate aspects perhaps due to the model's own reaction to exposure.

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Champagne anyone?