Fine Art

Cross critique, Day 1 Tuesday 30 th of October Today was the start of our cross critique. 2 nd and 3 rd years met down in the big studio space on the lower ground floor. After a brief introduction Peter – our personal tutor, paired people up with someone from different years. I was partnered with a girl named Danielle, we had an allotted amount of time to discuss our work to each other and explain where we are in our practise. Danielle’s work revolves around the theme “Rape”. As of her practise at the moment it is quite personal. She likes to reflect the effects such a traumatic experience can have on a person! Her work as she puts it is 80% about the person and their emotions and then 20% to do with the act of painting, technique and medium. She wants to extend her subject matter behind personal matters. She wants to use her artistic talents to betray the terrible effects of rape. I then explained my work to Danielle and made it clear although in early stages wh...

Tuesday 30th of October  I was not sure what to expect from Bedwyr workshop, so far I have been pleasantly surprised how much I have enjoyed all the workshops so far. I also enjoyed this one. I like how Bedwyr fed into fictional creativity, giving a random object such purpose just through context in which he grants it. He brings light to the mundane, gives it more significance. I also found that it almost mocks what we would see in museums to this day, long descriptive stories that describe a particular item as if we our selves where there. It makes us question the unknown and the possibilities of false information. I did my own piece of text based off this Jar. My friend Nicole posses this peculiar jar in which she loves dearly and puts such great care into and I wanted to give it more context; so I did. It was my subject of choice. I have attached my short story below. Enjoy! I have always enjoyed writing, this masterclass gave me full ownership and creativity, the free...