Blasted through the legs very quickly using the power carver for much of it.
Today I’m going to switch over to the legs of this first set of blocks. I have designed these without a crotch (risqué I hear you cry!), so that they can be used upside-down with a variety of tails and heads slotted into the gap.
I’ve based it on this image created last year, but I am interested in twisting it around, adding a variety of other heads and attachments…
I’m particularly taken with these two figures at the moment-
I think there is a fine line to be reached though, where the finished characters look in some way believable (as monsters/chimera) or at least feasible (as humans wearing costume and baskets- not defying gravity etc.).
Having worked with four other performers within the roles of the characters and costumes, I wonder if I should use their faces and figures?
Currently I have worked with my own body, and I wonder if that is more coherent as an exploration- whereby the artist becomes the monster, or the research can be read more psychologically about the myth of journeying to remote wild places…?
Mostly rubbings this time!
Alexander Stevenson is a visual artist and project maker based in the UK. Often working with the perception of 'knowledge' (surrounding specific groups of people or institutions) to produce diverse outcomes that are analytical, witty and intriguing. These artworks intend to question the way in which we relate to knowledge and knowledge systems. This includes objects and activities that explore and challenge ways of archiving, our relationship to history, cultural appropriation, shared beliefs, personal myths, and the act of re-presentation.
