Thursday, 2 February 2012

Sophie Ryder

I stumbled across Sophie Ryder while searching for a figure sculpture. i became really interested in her sculptures.
I'm really fascinated by her work. The rabbits heads on human bodies is quite a creepy thought. They look really quite disturbing in ways. They give the impression that as humans we are as common as a wild rabbit.
Most of Sophie's sculptures are very large scale and obvious. They are normally surrounded by trees and in open natural environments where you would normally find a rabbit. She is a very recognisable sculpture. All of her works involve rabbit heads. I think her works are beautiful and they're so interesting to look at but personally i don't like how restricting the theme is of using the same object in every sculpture. I like using a wide rage of themes in my own work. However i do admire her figure work and how she makes them very life like.

Friday, 11 November 2011

Germaine Greer - What is art?

Germaine Greer's article is very complicated and confusing the first time it’s been read. However she has some very valid points. The Australian Kimberley way of art and having someone sacred taking a special route and 'bathe in the clean, cold water of the deep gorges' just to prove they are sacred. I find this so interesting to think about. Sacred being just another word for separate. Once I thought about that it makes so much sense. Sacred means Separate. And artwork is at its best when it is separate. In this circumstance separate meaning original and different. Andy Warhol's art was definitely different from anything ever done before but was it art? I think it’s simply another type of art. Its pop art, still art none the less. I think that anything done in a creative way on Photoshop, hands on and using different materials, building sculptures no matter who the person is that's doing it. It’s still art. To me good art is something that other people can look at for ages, something that shows depth and is interesting to look at.



Graffiti is a strong type of art because people go out to do it because they want to. Something in their head is telling them what to do and how to do it. Graffiti artists produce good art work because they haven't been told or sometimes even taught how to do it by others. They do it themselves instinctively, teaching themselves through the creativity in their minds. What is art? To me; anything produced by a person who has a passion to create. What is good art? Who knows.

Friday, 4 November 2011

Narative

For screen printing at the moment I am developing a story of our lesson. I got the inspiration of what was going on in my class and turned it into an images. There was lots of talking going on which made me think blablabla. Which led me onto thinking about the mouth and then the lips and the topic of conversation got onto Jessie J and how she had a union jack painted onto her lips for a concert. So in my image I linked the union jack lips to 'BlaBlaBla'.

Conversations led me onto someone listening and how many times people say 'huh' in a conversation. So to resemble this I drew an ear and a bubble saying 'huh' next to it.