Saturday 22 September 2007

Introduction...


I want to examine how the above artists explore form and alter it to create new meanings. This interests me because I enjoy observing my own surroundings and identifying objects and arrangements that allude to non-obvious or hidden ideas. I like discovering that seemingly innocent or innocuous images can have sinister or important meanings. I want to explore this idea by looking at simple forms and the way that they go together, forming positive and negative space. Also, the way several simple forms can create a single more complex one, and the way the reorientation of one element can change a composition completely.
In particular I want to study Anselm Kiefer’s large concrete structures and the ideas behind them. I want to look at Damien Hirst’s literal approach to dissection of form. I want to examine the subversive techniques employed by the Chapman brothers to express new meanings and investigate the way Jac Scott and Frances Trombly use objects from life and alter them to create new compositions. I also want to look at the way Bill Woodrow uses sculpture to bring inanimate objects to life.
I intend to explore the work of the above artists and create critical studies to gain a deeper understanding of their motives and intended purposes of the works. I will use some of the ideas I find to adapt my own observations. I will experiment with various 2D and 3D media to create forms that fit the criteria of my investigation.
I expect that my investigation will lead to outcomes based on something I experience in my everyday life, altered in some way to infer new meaning. I intend to carry out my work largely through sculpture and computer aided illustration.

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