Degree Project

As I said in the previous blog post I wanted to create a installation of my studio space, I shared this idea with my tutor and as a result of that the part of the installation that was going to be my table with my paints, palette and tools, is now going to become a three dimensional print of the objects. The reasoning behind this is because then that way the objects will not just be stuff on a table it will become apart of the artwork.

So with that in mind the artists that I looked at were Iris van Herpen and Fischli and Weiss. Starting with Iris van Herpen, she is a fashion designer that always pushes the boundaries on what she can create within the fashion industry. Iris is one of fashion’s most talented creators, within Iris’s designs she uses a combinations of traditional and radical materials. One of the more radical aspects is three dimensional printing, not many people are comfortable using technology with fashion but Iris was the pioneer of this. Herpen’s intention is to use the techniques of traditional and technology to create a series of clothing that combine the past and future.

Even though I am not creating clothing for my degree show, I can relate to Herpen because of the way she is using old and new methods to create a series of art. I am creating multiple paintings with the traditional method of acrylic on canvas and then I am using the three dimensional printer to combine the two elements together.

At this point the idea was coming together I needed to find an artist that related to my work and what I wanted to do for my installation, this is were Fischli and Weiss came into the equation. These artists can transform a simple room into something extraordinary. Fischli and Weiss have the talent to use everyday objects, and combine them in such a way that the viewers have to look at it in a completely different way. Their work has a palyful, childlike atmosphere about it, which makes the installations so much more intelligent. One of their installations was called ‘Room 10,’ while looking at this room you would think that it is just a workshop full of tools and rubbish. But if you take a closer look at the installation and the objects are actually three dimensional objects of the original.

Like I said with the previous artist I can relate to Fischli and Weiss because they have made an installation that would just be a room full of stuff to an installation that has multiple art techniques. This is what I want to achieve within my final piece, I do not want to just place my tools and paints on the table I want to use different processes to create one installation.

www.irisherpen.com/about

www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-moderm/exhibition/fischli-weiss

www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/fischli-weiss/fischil-weiss-room-1/fischli-weiss-6

I have found, finding artist’s to relate to my work was difficult in the beginning. Most of the time I do not generally think about the artists that use the same style, colour, technique or process.

The aritsts that I have been looking at most recently are Frank Stella, Tiff Manuell, Ian Davenport, Howard Hodgkin, Robert Rauschenberg, Bernard Frize, Zebedee Jones, Sarah Morris, Christopher Wool, Lee Krasner, and Fischli and Weiss.

The thing that most interested me about these artists are that they are all very different, some of the artists are about the colour used, the process itself and texture. With having all these various different artists I always able to use processes and techniques that I have not used before, so with that in mind I began to experiment with some ideas. The one technique that I wanted to use was creating texture within my work, I have noticed previously looking back at my artwork over the years that most of it is quiet flat. I was thinking to myself that if I added texture it would add a different dimension to my work, the only problem was that I like to use acrylic paint which drys quickly and is not easy to move once applied to the surface. But I still went ahead and tried to create texture with just acrylic, the result in doing this was that the more paint I added the more shiny the surface got in the end the fabric almost became a vinyl texture which is not bad but not the look I wanted for my artwork.

Using Ian Davenport as the next artist to inspire me, I decided to use his technique of dripping paint and I used my acrylic paint watered it down and then began pouring it on to the canvas. When I began using this process I noticed that I would have to create several layers of drips to get the texture that I want. I think in the end I created about fifteen layers and it did create a depth to my composition because you could see each layer but in the end it was not what I wanted as my end result.