I am a multimedia 3.d. artist and have decided to keep this blog to track my progress towards an exhibion I am taking part in at the end of march. As yet I have no new work to show and will create as my focus crystalises. my method of production varies immensely but experimentation/play has always been the key. so thats where i will start again.
In my previoue post I waffled on about the conundrum of aesthetic and saleability. After spending weeks mulling over the suitability of the materials I have decided that it is more important for me to stay true to myself regardless of the financial implications. My work is very much an expression of my personal emotional situation and as such is too raw to be influenced by somebody elses expectations.
Working as a community artist/craftperson recently and entering that sphere of competitive creativity has been somewhat fulfilling but it is work and I dont get the same release and satisfaction as I do when creating my own work. It is yet another ball to keep in the air.
As for my work I have decided to introduce a new material into my pieces – chewing gum. For my purposes it fits perfectly with the abject qualities I am drawn to.
The material represents an action, a gnashing of teeth, a tension, there are marks left by the person, DNA is present. Someone once told me that her mother told her to chew her fear like gum and it struck a chord and created a wonderful image. And that is what will stick the chosen objects together.
I love to create works which attack the viewers sensibilities and senses, however as a newly emerging artist I feel a pull toward producing something which is more saleable. Everyone has to eat after all and I spend more money on meat to create unsaleable art than i do on my weekly shop!! oh the tension. luckily this is the very subject matter that my work will deal with. My responsibility as an artist is to create and produce provoking work, as a mother it is to provide. I am so inspired by the Dieter Roth images I came accross and his use of food in his work and the results of its deteriation is aesthetically,conceptually and morally engaging, but while he could aford to put two fingers up to the art market I’m not sure it’s the way my still germinating career should go? we’ll see how it goes.
have decided to keep working with found objects for the moment. its so hard to let go and experiment without all the space i had in university. does anyone else experience a shift in working method because of this?
anyway, these objects of mine are supposed to reflect the miriad meanings of the constructed identity of woman. was considering a collection of broken ceramic animals on shelves to reflect a nurturing side and on the flip a mug full of mouldy millk?
how to represent the madonna/whore dichotomy in ceramic objects? shall have a good rummage in all my local junk shops.
