Wednesday Lecture | Louise Giovanelli | 20th of February
Louise Giovanelli
Louise Giovanelli was born in London in 1993. She studied her degree at the Manchester School of Art 2012-2015 and then at Städelschule, Frankfurt Am Main. I am not going to sit her and write loads of facts about her I will paste in the notes I took during this lecture. I was captivated by Giovanellis practise because it was fresh, it was easy to relate to as an Art student myself. It is great that on this course most Wednesdays we get the chance to meet these individuals who talk about their work with such professionality. It is amazing to see however, it creates a barrier between the person who is giving the talk and the students. The artist to me can feel like they are superior and there is a loose connection there. That doesn't necessarily mean their work is bad or they aren't interesting. However, I felt with Louise Giovanelli there was a good connection between artist/lecturer to the students who were sat in the auditorium. For me it certainly encouraged me a lot more to pay attention. Her practise was jumping out at me as in art there is this pressure that your work has to have this big meaning but with Giovanelli she talks more about her practise as in what she wants to while she is painting and what she wanted her physical practise to achieve. Instead of her work meaning she paints quite simple mundane things and brings meaning to them. This lecture was definitely refreshing and reassuring to me and I am sure as it was to many others knowing that it is okay to just paint because you want to develop yourself as an artist and to see Giovanelli to present this presentation with confidence in saying that she is happy with her practise was really admirable.
I attended the workshop that Louise Giovanelli did in collaboration with winsor and newton. It was similar to her wednesday lecture but she talked more in depth and gave us a deeper look into her studio practise. This session also delved into the science and partial history of the material we use as painters and I loved this as I believe as an artist it is important to know what you are paying for and what you should expect. It was a great experience and I am definitely glad I attended.
Louise Giovanelli was born in London in 1993. She studied her degree at the Manchester School of Art 2012-2015 and then at Städelschule, Frankfurt Am Main. I am not going to sit her and write loads of facts about her I will paste in the notes I took during this lecture. I was captivated by Giovanellis practise because it was fresh, it was easy to relate to as an Art student myself. It is great that on this course most Wednesdays we get the chance to meet these individuals who talk about their work with such professionality. It is amazing to see however, it creates a barrier between the person who is giving the talk and the students. The artist to me can feel like they are superior and there is a loose connection there. That doesn't necessarily mean their work is bad or they aren't interesting. However, I felt with Louise Giovanelli there was a good connection between artist/lecturer to the students who were sat in the auditorium. For me it certainly encouraged me a lot more to pay attention. Her practise was jumping out at me as in art there is this pressure that your work has to have this big meaning but with Giovanelli she talks more about her practise as in what she wants to while she is painting and what she wanted her physical practise to achieve. Instead of her work meaning she paints quite simple mundane things and brings meaning to them. This lecture was definitely refreshing and reassuring to me and I am sure as it was to many others knowing that it is okay to just paint because you want to develop yourself as an artist and to see Giovanelli to present this presentation with confidence in saying that she is happy with her practise was really admirable.
I attended the workshop that Louise Giovanelli did in collaboration with winsor and newton. It was similar to her wednesday lecture but she talked more in depth and gave us a deeper look into her studio practise. This session also delved into the science and partial history of the material we use as painters and I loved this as I believe as an artist it is important to know what you are paying for and what you should expect. It was a great experience and I am definitely glad I attended.
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