2nd_crit_Fall09

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Drawings

Material Studies

I'm really wondering if my interest in art is based on material studies instead of conceptual or theory. I think it I was getting Culinary degree I would be emphasizing in culinary science.

Why Paper?

Paper has become a fascination to me initially because it was a process that was unknown to me. I spent so much time looking for paper I wanted that it became frustrating. . When making the paper I am focused and my thoughts flow as smoothly as the water in my vat. I am attracted to my experiences with each sheet, and the random happy flaws in each one. It is the history and the traditional elements, the possibilities, and chemistry behind the paper that ignites my creative sparks. Paper is often overlooked but sometimes it tells more then you think. Paper has a strong element of story telling. A piece of paper can tell an age (by the color and distress), a region (by the type of fiber), a demand (by the number produced), and a narrative (by the use). Papermaking is very tactile and sensuous. The process sends me into an automatic surrealism experience and the finish product invites a human interaction. No longer am I frustrated instead I am curious.

Studio Visit P. Briggs

What do you want your viewer to get out of this?
Why?

Artist
Judy Pfaff
Eva Hesse
Louis Bourgenois

Books
Bachelors
Part object part Sculpture


Vocabulary
Automatic Surrealism
Ontological
Installation vs. Sculpture

+ Chains remind me of a childhood obsessions
+ Body/ gender
+ Braiding/ hair/ umbilical/ body/ decorative = feminine
+ Architecture/ minimalist = Masculine

Artist Recommended by Natasha

Jan Estep: http://www.janestep.com/?page_id=6

Marco Maggi: grids

Louise Bourgeois: display

Isamu Noguchi: sculpture

Constantin Brancusi: sculpture

Questions:

Does the decorative element in my work covey my message or does it damper it?

Does the use of language and form need to exist in one piece?

Why and how do language and form work together?

What elements work in the piece called Notebook 1?
Obsessive
Repetition- to a point
Narrative/ language inter change

Am I a formal artist?

What is miscommunication?

Communication is a comparison and correlation between two people that have a mutual understanding of context and meaning.