Week 9

25/01/2016-31/01/2016
Week 9
Summary:

This week was a studio week, where I focused on creating outcomes in response to the ten rules. First of all I concentrated on rule 1.  A painting visibly including letters, words, numbers or instructions. For which I considered phrases that related to my theme of human capacity for violence. Pleasant be the unspoken truth we are all mad. The meaning being that it is more pleasant to live our lives ignoring the fact of how easy it is for u to snap all it takes is a catalyst event that sparks an episode of crazy violence. The meaning of the phrase can my violence conquer yours? is that if civilisation as removed we would be left in a primeval state where if two individuals stood between the others survival the only rule is that can their violence conquer the other persons?

As the three week workshop is over this week was a studio week, where I focused on creating outcomes in response to the ten rules. First of all I concentrated on rule 1.  A painting visibly including letters, words, numbers or instructions. For which I considered phrases that related to my theme of human capacity for violence. Therefore I came up with a few phrases or statements:

• Pleasant be the unspoken truth we are all mad
• can my violence conquer your violence

From which I made two paintings based on these phrases as shown below:

 Above, this is a simple wooden A5 piece that I've left un primed so that the wood chips show through the paint creating a blotchy cloudy appearance under a melancholy colour pallet, with the phrase written in white acrylic Pleasant be the unspoken truth we are all mad. The meaning being that it is more pleasant to live our lives ignoring the fact of how easy it is for u to snap all it takes is a catalyst event that sparks an episode of crazy violence.

Above I have taken my preferred phrase and written it straight above my studio desk and complemented the text with frenzied clawing hand prints. The meaning of the phrase can my violence conquer yours? is that if civilisation as removed we would be left in a primeval state where if two individuals stood between the others survival the only rule is that can their violence conquer the other persons?

Secondly I looked at rule 10. A painting in which the frame or framing device plays an integral role and is non-rectangular. I saw this as a particularly good rule to focus on my theme o forms and figures, by creating a unique form to frame the painting. To do this I chose to use a sheet of plastic bubble wrap that would be suspended in a way that it takes on a 3 dimensional form. I then poured watered down acrylics over the plastic that would run down over the relief of the forms surface. these streaks became similar to veins turning a sheet of plastic into a unique form or organism. I have documented the development of this painting below.



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 Below Is the finished piece.

 

 At the end of the week I began another painting, this time in response to rule 4. A painting featuring more than one visual language or style. In this painting I intend to paint a high detailed beast/human skull, with a face painted on top in an expressive style. Below is the starting point of this panting.