Original idea 15th January 15.21
Looking around the studio at university most of the Art that I see is painting on canvas. Is this what is expected of an Art student who does a Fine Art course?
I was thinking that maybe I should bring the canvas into my Art. I want to stick something on the canvas though, I do not actually want to paint onto it, which is the typical medium used on a canvas.
Originally, when the idea came to my head I thought about sticking an Orange onto the canvas. This is because an Orange is a fruit but also known as the color Orange. This is sticking to the idea of things that represent more then one thing as an example of Art itself.
The problem is the Orange would go moldy. This still could be very interesting as the Orange transforms on the canvas, but it is not the point.
So… I was eating an Orange in my studio and I left the peel on the table. When I came back the next day the peel had dried up. This was perfect, to put onto the canvas, with out worrying about it going moldy.
I put the Orange peel onto the canvas and it looked interesting for the fact that, its an Orange, but its not an Orange, it’s the color Orange, but the peel of an Orange and in fact its actually non of them things, because it’s a Satsuma peel.
Again, it follows the theme of my Art as numbers. It is something that can be interpreted many times just like Art itself.
This made me turn a new corner when I stepped back and looked at it and spoke to other people. By making a physical thing for example this piece, I’m trying to answer my questions of what is Art.
And the truth is my strength is to ask the questions, its not for me to answer the questions. That’s the viewers job.
So onwards and upwards, I’m going to stick to my word cutting from card and paper. I’m going to fill my studio space with questions about what the hell Art actually is.
