SLIDE 1 Exhibition 1
For the first exhibition of the Autumn term I was experimenting with different approaches to
- painting. Some paintings are more abstract than
- thers. This would then help me decide which
approach to take for future work/exhibitions. I was also looking at different architectural spaces, as well as improvising. I do not tend to stick to images/photographs, as it is too
- restrictive. I enjoy feeling ‘free’ when
painting.
SLIDE 2 The first exhibition got me thinking about how to display these paintings, as I feel this effects the overall experience of looking at them. I briefly looked at Twenty-six Gasoline stations, by Edward Ruscha. This gave me inspiration as to how to exhibit my works, e.g. grid, vertically or horizontally.
Twenty-six Gasoline Stations, 1963
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Twenty Six ix Gasolin ine Stations
This book consists of 26 photographs taken by Edward Ruscha. Inspiration on how to exhibit my own work – vertically like a book, almost as if each painting is telling a story. I am also thinking about how I could also do this, with paintings, instead of photographs. Create paintings of architectural spaces seen on my journeys, and edit them into a small book
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Exhibition 2
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Exhibition 2
The second exhibition has made me focus on the relationship between the audience and the art. I am interested about how my approach to painting, (hard-edge, abstract, blocks of colour) affects how people view it. I think that there is a barrier between the painting and the spectator, due to the use of hard edges, as opposed to a more painterly approach – which seems more inviting.
I’m also interested in translating this architectural space that we see in reality, into something far from it, almost like a fantasy place. This again impacts how the viewer sees it; they can’t place themselves into the painting, as it is unknown to them. I also enjoy experimenting with 2D and 3D space, as well as colour. Future works could include sculpture or 3D structures.
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I think that the second exhibition was much more successful than the first The shelf made the presentation appear much neater than the previous I’m starting to develop my own approach / technique of painting that suits my skillset
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Artist influences – Guy Yanai
Uses highly saturated colour, with an approach to painting that appears to be somewhat pixelated. I’m particularly inspired by the colour and the hard-edge brush stroke technique that he uses, to define architectural spaces.
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Art rtist in influences - Krijn de Koning
SLIDE 12 The use of bright blocks and colour is very inspiring to me. Also, as his work has links to architecture and the environment. He typically builds these architectural structures amongst other public spaces. These structures are almost a real-life version of the architectural spaces in my paintings. These works also make me think about the future of my own work, and what direction I could take it towards.
SLIDE 13 Art rtist in influences – Andy Burgess
I particularly find the fragments of colour very interesting. I hope to use this artist to inspire future painting, by including other objects into my paintings, for example nature which surrounds the architecture, or even objects; to add more depth to my painting.
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Future work
For future exhibitions, I hope to create an even bigger series of paintings. Or even expand to making 3D work, such as sculpture. For now, I think the small scale paintings work well, especially because of my approach to painting. I don’t particularly think the shelf from exhibition 2 worked that well. So, I aim to display on the wall for exhibition 3. I also think the horizontal layout didn’t do them justice, as there was too much to look at. I’ll continue to focus on improving my painting skills I’d also like to incorporate other objects into the paintings
