These are a couple of photos from my self portrait installation at the beginning of December.
December 29, 2011
November 22, 2011
Ron Mueck, Sculptor
Mueck started his career off as a model maker and props creator in the film and advertising industry, and transitioned to art sculpture in the 1990s. He is most well known for his hyperrealist, oversized (or undersized) human sculptures, and now practices in the U.K.
His work is incredible.
His work is incredible.
November 08, 2011
October 30, 2011
Art Consumerized
This was for a piece I did for one of my classes, that my professor didn't seem to like very much...
.....But I like it.
I was concerned with the idea that art has become a type of commodity in our now predominantly consumerist society. The piece is meant to be a commentary on the fact that there are many art critics that believe art has lost its value since venturing away from a traditional formal painting, in a gallery, on a wall.
Some ideas;
Art is now mass produced.
It is all around us.
It has been made readily available to the everyday consumer.
Has art really lost something since becoming 'commercialized'?
Incorporate the bodily experience of going into a gallery and walking, looking...paintings mounted on the wall directly ahead of us at eye level.
The shopping bag as an icon of this consumerist society.
People being concerned with the quality of art, as opposed to the quantity of it.
October 23, 2011
September 21, 2011
September 15, 2011
The Man, Ai Weiwei
Ai Weiwei is an absolute legend. He is one of my favourite artists, and people in general. His work is raw and elevated, and undeniably profound. His involvement in social and political activism in China has generated a lot of controversy. His story is incredible. Check him out, I'll post more about his story, along with some videos hopefully soon also.
"Map of China" (2003)
(made of wood from demolished temples)
Some shots from the "Study of Perspective" (1995 to 2003) series
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