Thursday 31 October 2013

Past works connecting with present proposal preparations




    Here are a number of past works that link in with my present project proposal that I am considering
    to add as part of my presentation
 

  
Tahrir Squire 2011 Charcoal
Image from magazine charcoal

   these works were produced in connection with a project focussing on current socio-political issues that in some way resonated with me also the idea that charcoal can have symbolic
connotations in certain religions as a symbol of repentance a turning away from.....
Also the idea that charcoal is from wood burned-charred and can be used as an instrument /tool to communicate visually events in current societies....to be continued

Thursday 3 October 2013

Artists who influence and inspire.



   
Whilst I was researching for my dissertation which will be based on the effects of war dating from Vietnam  to the recent effects of the Iraq war concerning media interpretation of the events,I have been researching Dora Apels accounts through her book concerning control of the Image via mass media. Susan Sontags work Regarding the Pain of Others Judith Butlers work .Elaine Scarry. Jaques Delueze on passivity and the scream within art. Jacques Ranciere. Bertold Brecht. Micheal Foucaul plus more to come  
   
THE ARTISTS contextualising work ......




Leon Golubs art work has been particularly influential over the last couple of years.His large scale work depicts the effects of power in society his focus is on perperator and victim  a dark  subject matter that has both a challenging  and sobering effect on the viewer.Leons work emerged from the  impact of events culminating from the American involvement in the Vietnam war consequently thereafter his work has depicted an unveiling of the the structures of power." Golub understood violence ,not as an isolated inhuman phenonomen but as anexpression of power and powerlessness all too human conditions (Bird ,J, 2011, p11) to be continued .........




http://blog.thomasfrank.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/leon_golub001.jpg





    Susan Crile.An  artist whose work I came across during the summer

   
    Susans work is highly charged depicting images based on
    Abu Gharib the images of abuse carried out on people held
    as prisoners,Susan had reaserched deeply concerning these events
   to be continued
Add http://eyeforaneye.vice.com/gallery/susan-crile//.........