I’m 29 for the next two hours.
Today my copy of a-n came through the post and in the Degrees 2011 section my article was published! According to one artist friend this makes me an establishing artist. I doubt if it does but it’s certainly a step in the right direction. I remember reading the degrees 2003 and there was a piece by Dorothy Cross, an Irish artist I had researched for my foundation studies.
Now that I think about it, I’d researched Women in Irish Art for my foundation written project. Somehow this 10 year old knowledge has crept make into my consciousness. I’d also looked at Alice Maher especially her Familiar series where she used hand formed or processed objects next to large paintings. Whilst day dreaming my way through some films at uni a few months ago these images came to mind.
I had a meeting yesterday with lisa about my plans for presenting my work for this stage. I’m planning to put together a show at Artworks. It will be useful for me to edit and present the work in this context. The work I’ve made so far doesn’t feel like art as it has not been presented in public. It’s not likely that I will have much of an audience but at least if some of the artists at the studio and my supervisor see it then that’s a start.
