Sunday, 12 May 2013
Identifing Subject Matter
My
inspiration for this project was the architecture I saw everyday and using some
of the processes I learned from the materials project, I wanted to look at the
basic shapes these buildings have.
My contextual research began with David Hockney and how he paints in simple shapes. I looked at abstract artists like Ruth Root and Ann Pibal to investigate how the look at form and structure.
To make work for this project I used similar materials as the last project, gloss and varnish on plastic, experimenting with the texture of different surfaces and how they can be manipulated. I also made some monoprints, similar to the prints I made in the print elective as a way of looking at basic, geometric shapes.
My contextual research began with David Hockney and how he paints in simple shapes. I looked at abstract artists like Ruth Root and Ann Pibal to investigate how the look at form and structure.
To make work for this project I used similar materials as the last project, gloss and varnish on plastic, experimenting with the texture of different surfaces and how they can be manipulated. I also made some monoprints, similar to the prints I made in the print elective as a way of looking at basic, geometric shapes.
Grids
For this project I am working with grids. Using industrial materials that are already manufactured in the pattern of grids, I printed them and painted through the negative spaces. The work I made was not planned, they were just a series of experiments, one leading on to another. This is work I really enjoyed doing, I found that there was a natural progression. These are some of the images I made during the project:
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