For the past week I have been working on a few things in the sculpture studio quite readily. The photograph to the left is the product of a lot of my research culminating into a piece. Titled "All That Glitters..." I dove into investigating the fragility of human life, our obsession with the celebrity and the transformation of the individual. The phrase "All That Glitters Is Not Gold" has been around for centuries, William Shakesphere actually coined the term himself for his play The Twelfth Night. The only exception was that Shakesphere used the word "glistens" instead of glitters. (Glitter was not a word in old english)This interested me greatly as this phase has been around for hundreds of years, yet there is something in our human nature that does not heed the advice. I took essentially an old frame (a frame by the way would not have been my first choice, as I do find them literal and I can see people's problem with the usage of them) Anyways, I took this frame th
at at one point was something precious. Did it hold artwork? A portrait? Someone's family photo? It's detoriated value had made it found its way to me, where I turned the old frame into else by covering it up with the morose black glitter. An exercise I think speaks volumes of how we act in our society when it comes to aging, commercialism, etc.I think it is a good starting point for where I am headed with my work. Here is a look inside my studio right now. As you can see you, a little peak at what is inspiring me and the direction of my work! As for life drawing I am particularly excited for our field trip tomorrow, there is a Yves Kline show at the Walker I have been looking forward to seeing. I cannot wait to blog about it since I am a complete and total art history nerd. We started experimenting with india ink wash with our shells and I am so excited to start the project. I really enjoyed how it turned out, and really feel like the medium is going to showcase the shell quite nicely. Below is one of my first drafts of it, my shell has a lot of pinks and oranges in it and I think I am going to experiment with blackberry tea tones, I saw some of the examples in the student work and I was smitten instantly!
Shell drawing looks lovely, I like the orange and black combo, mine turned out more purpley but I am thinking of experimenting with tea as well, see how that goes. I also really enjoy your take on the all that glitters is not gold, very simple yet speaks to people, as it is supposed to.
ReplyDeleteI also find the tones in that you used in your shell to be very eye appealing. Also, adding a blackberry tones should be very interesting and I look forward to seeing it in class when we critique our shells.
ReplyDeleteI also enjoyed reading some of the process that was behind your piece, All That Glisten is not Gold. I enjoyed that you looked into the history of this phrase as I can see how that could really contribute to the outcome of the piece.