Dolk, another stencil artist I enjoy who is similar style to banksy, I have attached here a few photo’s of his works. I am drawn to the humour in his work, how the work is not serious in any way, even the more political pieces.
“Dolk, Who is self-Taught, is particularly attracted to stencils for their accessibility. “They reach a large audience that understands what you are trying to convey,” he says. “I have seen children and old people laugh at my stencil work. It is well worth every single cut.” His goal is to create provocative work that passerby will look at and remember”
(Harvard Ref) –
Edin, J. (2011) Graffiti. China:Abrams.
I like this idea that the passerby will see the work and see it whether they had planned to or not. I prefer this setting for art, where it is shown to everyone and then the people who are interested in it will stop and stare at it for a bit. It takes away any formality when viewing art, even taking away the knowledge of who made it. the art is viewed as a single piece, and not seen a a piece relating to any other work or to a specific man.
Update on the lanterns.
I have made six out of the seven lanterns, with regards to the heads and the handles on top. I have one last lantern which needs to be made, but this is the larger lantern of the seven. With having one larger, I will use this one to signify the last quote of the bible, the one that involves the earthquake, the thunder and the end of the plagues.
As you can see from the image, you can still see the metal frames. I had converted these in plaster, only I have realised that the plaster will fall off easily and then the lanterns will be ruined. To get around this I plan on painting them white, along with the heads so that they are all the same colour, I may even add a red tint to the heads, just to give it little bit of colour, but nothing over powering.
C215, a French artist who deals with stencils is another artist who I love. I have found his work really clever with how the stencils have been made. Compared to other artists I have mentioned such as Snik, this artist uses the bridges of the stencil in his work. The bridges are the card that is there to connect different parts of the stencil together. Rather than trying to get rid of these ridges he has Incorporated them, which add a different element to his work.
from a book I own called ‘Graffiti’ by ‘Jay “J.son” Edlin. There is a paragraph about C215 which states:
‘C215 is quoted as saying “I don’t think like is funny. so when I go paint on the street, I don’t want to joke.” That spirit is embodied in his melancholy works. He claims to paint “Mostly homeless people, refugees, street kids . . . people who really belong to the streets.” calling his work “contextual art,” he intends to draw attention to the darkness of life for people living on the streets. Although C215 doesn’t reveal whether he himself was ever homeless, his work leaves the viewerr wondering what it was that made this particular subject so close to his heart.
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(Harvard Ref) –
Edin, J. (2011) Graffiti. China:Abrams.
Douglas Gordon is an artist which I have looked at last year, but still enjoy his art today. This is especially with his pieces which involve old photographs. These are the ‘self portrait of you + me’ pieces where he has burnt out the eyes and mouths from the photographs.
As you can see in the first two images here, he has just changed the eyes. This has changed the photograph completely, taking away any identity away from the person who is photographed, they are no longer recognisable.
However my main interest is in the third image shown here, the one where there is two people with burnt out eyes and mouths. This has completely changed the image, making it look demonic and have an eerie feel to it. He has taken an image of two children and drastically altered it, something which also interested me with the Chapman brothers, only this is used with a real photograph instead of a series of etchings. The Chapman brothers had used clowns and brought humour to the image, while this has taken an innocent photograph and changed it into something which makes the children turn into monsters.
The idea for the praxinoscope:
This idea has come to a failure. This is due to not being able to cut the mirror into exact small enough pieces, without having to see a specialist company. I will have to change to plan to make it a zoetrope instead, due to not having enough time as I have other things which I need to make and finish before the show along side this.
This means that all I have to do next is make 24 stills and place them onto card which will go around the outside. I will also have to add slits twice the size of the image above each still. When this is all added, I will make a wire hanger which you will be able to hang the lanterns off in order to see the inside of the zoetrope. This will then allow the viewer to see the piece, with the lanterns still being needed to do this with.
It is a bit of a disappointment to change the design last minute, but I have done this to allow me time to finish and get ready for the show in time. If I were to overcome this mirror problem, then there is still a possibility that I will encounter another problem, wasting a lot of value able time which can be used to make something else like a canvas or even some more angel dolls.
