In my dissertation I was focusing on the structure of the artist’s process and how the documentation impacts their work differently. The two artist’s that I researched were Jackson Pollock and Francis Alys. The two years before I began my dissertation my work was about process but I did not know much about process and how this impacted my work. But in the process for writing my dissertation I was able to find more information on what my work was about. I do not like to create a painting with just the traditional method of using paint brushes, I like using plastic cups, broken brushes, cardboard or fabric.
Pollock states “… I continued to get further away from the usual painter’s tools such as easel, palette, brushes, etc. I prefer sticks, trowels, knives and dripping fluid paint or heavy impasto with sand, broken glass, and other foreign matter added. When I am in my painting, I’m not aware of what I’m doing.” (Pollock, J. and Essers, V. (2003) pp. 6-9)
Pollock, J and Essers, V. (2003) Jackson Pollock. Heidelberg: Kehrer, pp. 6-9
