Development:- Progress

In yesterday's blog I stated that I intended to process embossed images from the plates which have been illustrated. This has been experimented with and has proved to be more successful than intially thought.
Paper used was basic A4 cartridge paper. The next stage is to develop this same process, however working with a higher quality of paper. The ghost like effect created within these pieces is interesting and relates back to the story, whereby the people know that what they are being told is a lie yet these choose to ignore what is obvious to the naked eye. The concept of the circles convey the idea of the continuation and never ending nature of the lie.

Development.....

Over the past week I have been working on developing my ideas as stated in my previous blog. Since that time I have worked on producing a number of plates which will be used to emboss from and then progress on to print from. This approach I hope will be successful in representing the concept of the lie and deceit which is throughout the tale. Through the embossing process I aim to achieve an artwork which is not fully noticable and of a discreet nature. I have also been working on taking rubbings from the plates which have been successful, possibly the outcome I will get from a printing process.

Development work to date:- Experimental peices to follow

 

Getting There

So having been busy working on my essay for contextual studies and the development of the project brief "The Emperor's New Clothes" my blog has taken a back seat unfortunately.

It's now time for an update...

.....I think in my last post I had clearly stated my proposition for the project and the direction I was intending on developing m concept. At this time, I have been working on developing the concept of the lie within the story and the way in which it gradually grows, having a knock on effect on each person who is led to believe what the is in fact a lie. The idea has been to look into the concept of the ripple effect, where a situation an effect from an initial state can be followed outwards
What I am aiming to achieve here is to illustrate the never ending condition of the lie. Imagery tends to play a major part within my work, resulting in the most minimalistic shapes and compositions in order to express the concept. In this case, I have began to experiment with the literal imagery of the lie through disintegration of the emperor's clothes. This has been achieves through manipulating and fundamentatlly destorying materials in order to convey the idea of the lie being interwoven throughout the Emperor's so called "clothes".
As imagery plays an important role within the work, I have began to experiment and consider the most successful methods and processes to illustrate the concept.
Materials/Processes:
        Wire
        Paper
        String
        Glue
        Mixed Media
        Photography
What I have found to be the most successful thus far is the use of string illustrated in a circular form, demonstrating the concept of the knock on effect and inffluence of the lie.

To be honest, I am not as far on as I would have hoped to be at this stage, especially as the deadline is in a mere 3/4 weeks...NOT GOOD!!!! This could be down to a number of factors; artistic blog, no clue which direction to go, what my focus is or simply down to a serious lack of confidence. Hopefully I will be able to overcome this throughout the course of the year.

Despite being slighty behind schedule, I do feel that there is enough time to develop my ideas into a successful aesthetic and conceptual artwork.

Developmental work

More experimental work to follow

Contextual Studies

Over the past week, my studio practice work has taken a back seat due to a hand in for my essay draft. The hand in for this is Friday 12th October (this week) so have mainly been focusing on this.

Essay Statement:
What is deemed as acceptable within contemporary fine art? A discussion on the values of traditional, contemporary and conceptual art and the comparisons between their acceptance within today’s society.  

 

Within this essay, I intend to discuss the acceptance and monetary values within contemporary art and how it is or is not deemed as socially acceptable within today’s society. Discussion points throughout the essay will be focusing on the history of contemporary art, changes since 20^th century, values of conceptual and contemporary fine art and also the work of artists whose work relates to these topic points. Since the beginning of the 20^th century, a common question asked by society is what exactly constitutes art? This has often been asked since the modern, post-modern and most recently conceptual art era. Who is it that determines what can be constituted as art: society, art galleries, collectors, museums?