Kusama goes on to say “The space is without composition – without beginning or end but it is a sculptural object, a room environment that project characterises an attempt of creating a new world” (Kusama, 2012, pg188) Kusama wanted to create a piece that never ends or starts, in way there’s almost another world being created and also it gives the viewer different emotions of being amazed and confused at the same time because of the dots she creates and context within itself.
This quote relates to my work because the is just as important as the image within the space that is why I do not over crowd my work and why the backgrounds are always simple patterns, such as a simple bold, single colour background, swirls or sponge blobs of coloured paint which adds character and a personal connection to the piece and space in which it is in, a never ending cycle of pattern, dots and decoration within the contrast and the story telling of both expressing emotions of being confused and being wondered at the same time.
String art is a arrangement of nails on a piece of wood board and string is wavered through a grid of nails to create a pattern and decorative image or design of your choosing.String is not the only material that can be used such as, thread and wire but they all kind of resemble sails on a flag.
I found that using the nails to create an image such as the elephant shown above gave it a hard and bold statement similar to that of Chris Ofili and his elephant dung stating that the world is not easy and you must hammer and nail yourself to go on each and every day it also gave the piece an abstract feel to the piece so I thought this will be another link and an extension to my nail pieces as well as looking at a different area all together and by doing it on a larger (A3 scale) made the image stand out and really let my viewers see the nails from all angles. Placing the string between the nails were quite difficult but after tying the string on I got to go crazy and wild on the direction in which the pattern and the string went but maintaining the image of the elephant was the focus of the piece so I cut the string into sections instead of a continue line because it would look all messy and it didn’t flow the way I wanted it to so cutting it to sections was not only easier on myself but it worked overall better.
Artists related to String Art are Lenore Tawney, David Wojnarowicz and Kazuko Miyamoto.
