Over the past few weeks I have been so focused on my seaside etchings that I have admittedly neglected my blog.
With the Degree Show looming I am starting to panic slightly that I have no concrete ideas about what exactly my exhibition space will look like.
Whilst I have done a fair amount of contextual research over the course of this project, I think the best course of action now would be to acknowledge the way various artists exhibit their work with particular attention to ideas and processes similar to my own.
I hope that by doing this I will be able to have a clearer idea of how to present my work in order to best communicate my concept.
Although my project has encompassed various processes, I find myself of late more focused on the photographic side of things. In regards to the Degree Show I am doubtful that my final pieces shall be a painting in any form.
I have still had difficulty acquiring photo frames for my earlier 22 series and so far only have 7. I have placed some of the prints in the frames to see how they would look and at present I am not entirely convinced. I am beginning to think that certain prints may suit certain frames and so I think I need to find the 15 remaining frames needed and to then play around with some different combinations.
I sit here and can easily imagine a wall covered in framed prints for my Degree Show piece. I think I must get out of the mindset that what I show should be the most aesthetcially pleasing piece of work I have ever created. I guess I feel that much of my work for this project has been produced in black and white.
Perhaps what I must question is what is most important to me. The process? A final piece? Or maybe the concept is most integral to this project. These are questions I constantly need to be asking myself as I further develop my work for the Degree Show.
