BA. Hons in Fine Art
. Blog for critical review.
My name is Carlos Fernandes, from Lisbon, Portugal and i am a student from Fine art at UCS i am in last year.This blog will be where i will talk about my work the artists i had made research and, also and much more relevant which concept and subject, and as well influences. It will show the kind of art i make during the course. I love to work with texture and 3D, that’s something gives me a lot of pleasure, to do this kind of work, also will be very important to talk about my skills and all the journey i had in the world of art, almost my live. It’s very interesting as i start to do my drawings around the age of 4/5 years old, under the table where we ( me and my family) use to have to all the meals, this because my dad used to paint in that table and as i remember it was the only acceptable place to paint in that house, (very small) for all the persons there (3), but anyway then i went to primary school where all my skills start to come up with the help from one special teacher, i say special because he was one of the persons, that give the right teaching, then i went to the secondary school, and there yes all my skills become true, and it was where i learn a very important skills, to help me in the future, after the secondary school i start to learn Jewelery, with silver and brass, because to work with gold, it becomes a little bit much more expansive. I will show a few images from the work i had done in Jewelery. I use to call my work as urban jewelery.
I will start now to make a journey around my course, and not only in the course but during the time i am there.
This course it was a fantastic journey trough the World of art, it was good to improve my skills and conduct me to the right field in the art World, in the beginning I had perhaps a little bit problems to reach the right subject to my course. From the drawing sessions, where it was good to see in which direction I could improve my way of drawings, used for my artwork even in the way I used to prepare the creation of one sculpture for example. Before this course, I used to make the research about art, but never in the way I start to do because of the demanding of the course. I have to be honest, but if there are artists could influence me, yes there are a few, especially. Cornelia Parker, Joseph Beuys, David Nash, David Smith, Christian Boltanski, Andy Goldsworthy and much more. It could be said that I have a particularly way of work, yes, maybe my work is conditionated by my emotions and feelings day by day. I mean that because, I think it is the better way to get inspiration. From now I will be doing artwork more directed to the printmaking and sculptures working with the physical elements and as well organic. Also, I can not forget that the dissertation I had done, it was the biggest challenge in my life.
But in the end of all there are only a few words to say. It was a fantastic Journey into the World of art.
Now it’s the end of three years of hard challenge, I have no doubts that this course it was my biggest challenge in my life, but it was good to improve my skills and put me through my right field in art.
The exhibition of my artwork.
Also one video to improve my presentation.
This post will be to show the developing from all the process of setup, which includes clean all the wall and paint as brand new, it is an exciting journey till the degree show, I will try with photos show all that, unfortunately for me I forgot to make photos from the beginning of all clean up the room, but no worries, there are always time.
Until now it was good to bring all my skills in building up.I could say it’s always good to learn whatever it is.
At the moment, I am very excited with all the conception of my show and how it will look, it is very important for me this phase of the course, because it will be better don’t make mistakes. Because everything will count for my final marks.
This post will be only to show all my work for my degree show at UCS, it was a very interesting and exciting year and also for me a very productive year, this because I, do not only make artwork for my project, because I was involved in producing a various different kind of art, specifically for the gallery ‘Freudian Sheep’ and Pretty’s also, and also, I had to make a few demands from friends and costumers. But I am here to talk about my degree and the artwork to present there:
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Today the 26-05-2015, finally I have the photos from my work for the degree, these 3 last photos are all together for my show.
I am a happy person at the moment as I know which artwork is going to be at my degree show. In another post, I will post all the process of the setup from the room for the installation.
From memories to a great artwork and in this work, I went back in my memories about all I have studied in my course, Duchamp one of the artists I studied. Such beautiful work he had done, it was a great motif of inspiration, all the work from Marcel Duchamp. My intention, it was a idea to revive the work of Duchamp with the wheel, and when I use the window it is a open window to the past and present. With the tree branch I am focus in the evolution of the environment. When I say evolution it is about what the human being do to the environment, because the tree it was found in the street, death. But now she I’ll be part of an artwork, so in all the process she will live again.
