Its been a while since I’ve posted, however thats because I’ve so focused on sorting on whats going into the final show. I’ve been working on paintings that explore visual deficit and how deficit is beautiful. Over the last month I’ve realised that all my work has an undercurrent of dealing with the enticement of scientific imagery, and my disappointment in its lack of substance and false pretence.
Last weekend was Glasgow International which provided a platform and opportunity to really think about my final show away from home and see some really interesting work. Firstly got involved in an intervention at the Briggait WASP studios with Ian Curno and his artist Group Red Tent, which involved erecting a large red tent in the Courtyard which was a massive success with the tent in such contrast to the architecture and iron work of the Briggait. Claire Barclays work at Glasgow Print Studios really made me think about the display language that she plays with and how thats of huge importance to my final show. I had been thinking of using display cabinets typical of the sort found in science museums yet now I think that would be far too obvious.
I want my work in the show to be partly about questioning the reality of science and its imagery, asking the viewer to make the decisions about what my work is, yet I also want to play with the language of sculpture and its presentation. I think I’ve come to a decision about how I will display the work by taking elements of scientific / musuem display but mixing that with a language of sculpture and truth to material.
Images: These show some of my early test pieces for the paintings/objects that I will be making.
