Last week I ‘attended’ a PechaKucha night in Wakefield where the subject of the evening was ‘Drawing Lines’ and included many interesting presentations including several which concerned drawing.
One of the speakers Gill Newton (see here at:
included a particular reference in her talk that I had seen before but at this particular time seemed highly significant as it is similar in several ways to the Superhero Gadget (Trap 1 – birdcage) that i am currently constructing. It was this Eva Rothschild’s work.
All the next day, after the talk, whilst continuing with this piece I contemplated the combination of both extreme similarities and at the same time, differences and wondered if these things would be a great influence on the perception of the final work.
If her work had also been made from fluroescent pink nylon netting and girlie bows would it have the same ‘weightiness’ and if not – why not.
Is there an artistic hierarchy in materials?
My work has a conceptual starting point, does this add or subtract?
Is there more value in studying the purity of line than the history within old clothes?
And when I find these answers – what should I do with them?
