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Conclusion
My journey through the in-depth study of work by Boltanski, Salcedo, Richter, Emin, Bourgoeis and, indeed, others has helped me develop my thinking. This has, in turn, enabled me to create my own distinctive style, which, I consider, has generated […]
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Louise Bourgeois
Louise Bourgeois (25 December 1911 – 31 May 2010) was a French-American artist. Best known for her large-scale sculpture and installation art, Bourgeois was also a prolific painter and printmaker. Bourgeois’ work is very much confessional; she discusses her life […]
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Latest Works
In my more recent artworks, such as ‘Wedding Day’ (Fig 26), ‘Petal’ (Fig 27) and ‘Explosion of Colour…Life’ (Fig 28 – 30), I have begun to combine the use of text, photograph and paint or brusho, making multiple mixed media […]
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Tracey Emin
Tracey Emin, CBE, RA (born 3 July 1963) is an English contemporary artist, known for her autobiographical and confessional artwork. Emin produces work in a variety of media including drawing, painting, sculpture, film, photography, neon text and sewn appliqué. Emin’s […]
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Gerhard Richter
Gerhard Richter (born 9 February 1932) is a German visual artist. Richter has produced abstract as well as photorealistic paintings, and also photographs and glass pieces. In his series ‘Panorama’ (Fig 14 – 21), there are eight over-painted photographs displayed. […]
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Destroying Images
Upon the realisation of my unconscious reluctance to disfigure family photos, I decided to consciously alter them, either by ripping them up or painting over them. This is something seen in Gerhard Richter’s work.
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Significance of photos
It became apparent to me that I am very reluctant to ruin the photos of my family: photos of people that are particularly significant to me. We see this in ‘Stolen Journey’ as I have kept the pictures whole, however […]
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Doris Salcedo
Doris Salcedo This year I have been looking at further extending my work with family photos and also using found photos, demonstrating the difference of emotion that can be achieved through the significance of the photos used in an artwork. […]
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Christian Boltanski
Christian Boltanski (born 1944) is a French sculptor, photographer, painter and filmmaker, most notable for his photography installations and contemporary French Conceptual style. Boltanski’s work is largely inspired by the holocaust, something that greatly affected his family and went on […]
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Stolen Journey
One piece I created was called Stolen Journey (Fig 1). For this piece I was given an old book. I wanted it to be hardback and look used to show an aged story. It just so happened that the perfect […]
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Previous Work
During my second year I was working from old family photographs. I am a very sentimental person and along with my love of photography and photos, family memorabilia is very special to me. I have always found my best work […]
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Royal Academy of Arts
During the summer i visited the Royal Academy of Art’s. I found this trip really inspiring as they had such a range of artist contributions; some famous and others just students like myself!