I have been playing with the idea of creating an installation of my studio space. I came up with this idea because my artwork is all about processes and how that influences my work, so I thought instead of having one or a series of works on the wall as a final piece I would create this environment that people could walk into and feel the atmosphere of an artist working. The reason I thought of this idea was not just because I use process as my main element to my work, I did not want to present a polished piece of work that just shows just one process that I used through my year at university because I did not just use one process and I do not believe that I can get that across without presenting it this way. Like I said in a previous blog this is the part of the process that makes me more stressed than I need to be.
Composition within Jackson Pollock’s artwork is something that is not just created with one element, there are a combination of elements that Pollock juggles with, but with composition it is not just about the way Pollock puts the art together, it is also about the scale of the painting whether it is in a frame or not.
As Metzger’s points suggest that creation something in any medium that the artist can find always included process, which generally takes the structure of something more than just merely juggling the materials.
Even though Pollock’s paintings are created with different materials that range from everyday objects to paint, the layout of the composition is thought about in detail, as Pollock uses black paint to almost sketch out the initial outlines on the painting before throwing on more materials to create detail. (Cole, I (1999) Gustav Metzger: Retrospective, Art ass Process: A Baker’s Dozen. Oxford. Museum of Modern Art, Oxford pp. 31-38)
I can relate to Metzger’s point of juggling multiple elements to create a structure of a painting. I have found that working with process as the main element to my work a lot of parts need to juggled to achieve what I want. I have to think about what tools I want to use, the colours of paint, the technique and also how much I want to apply to the canvas in the first place. In a way it is almost like having a routine to you own work, things about what parts you want where and do you want a lot of materials on the canvas or not. It is definitely a thought process that I go through every single day.
Cole, I (1999) Gustav Metzger: Retrospective, Art as Process: A Baker’s Dozen. Oxford. Museum of Modern Art, Oxford. pp. 31-38
