I have started to compile a list of ‘I’ statements that describe who I am. I thought that if traditional self-portraits were too limited in scope to say something meaningful about who I am; beyond what I look like, then […]
My current work seems to be about the insufficiency of self-portraiture to capture someone’s true likeness. The images of myself are only partial. From briefly glancing at them, I wonder what assumptions or judgements someone might make about me? Linked to this question […]
I am a third year student studying Fine Art at the University of Suffolk. I am beginning a blog to document my work through my final year and to help to critique my study.
AUDIOBLOG – Please click here Early days… Today is 15th August. I’ve had two weeks in my new space and I’m still fannying about. I’m still thinking that it would be better if the bookcase was six inches to the […]
Having missed the last meeting back in May, it was great to meet with the rest of the group and to have the opportunity to share new work. Meeting with a group of such proactive artists always leaves me encouraged […]
Mona Hatoum’s exhibition and artist talk at Tate Modern showcased a broad range of her practice and relationship with performance, sculpture and installation; how she addresses key themes and her choice of materials. What she focused on was how work […]
Painting ‘Can I touch your hair?’ (unfinished), mixed media’ on canvas, 2016 Loleithaart.co.uk #wip #steatopygia #physiognomy #calligygia #degreeshow #loleithaart I have always been asked this question ‘can I touch your hair?’ for as long as I can remember, and I […]
‘Single Black Female’ 2015. Tissue paper découpage 71.5 X 25 cm (due to technical faults this image only shows when you click on the space it should be in #annoying #confused why does this happen?) The lightness of the cast […]
The ‘Perception series’ continues as I sketch on, basically focussing and exploring about the Afro hair type. The Afro hair is very versatile, the natural hair coil, in its original state would be half the length of it, if it […]
I continue to illustrate the physiognomy of the Black female figure. I am trying out digital drawing using a digital pen and Ipad or my tablet, as I previously did some on braided hair , the idea was to see […]
While reading the ‘The Art of Illusion’ page, 291, I came across this quote… ‘ I believe it is only by considering these psychological aspects of image making and image reading that we may come closer to an understanding of […]
Nya/Nia translated means purpose. Nia in the midst of her journey. This digital drawing captures the teenager looking ahead but being free to choose. #future, #identity, #faith Speaking life over the Nia/youth, have a purpose, have choices, don’t let perceptions […]
Perception Series: Perception is communicated as a result of Identity, attention and understanding, the interpretation of sensors, memory, and expectation. #Loleithaart Perception 1 #Loleithaart #perceptionseries …identity and perception a continuation. So I continue with drawing heads with no faces. These […]
October/November 2015… To begin my dissertation, I researched Augusta to express her depiction of race and identity. image: ‘Realization, 1938’. Scale, Unknown, clay/plaster Empowerment. The Harlem Renaissance 1918-1937 promoted civil rights for the African-American cultural identity, it was a movement […]
I am a third-year undergraduate student currently studying at UCS. Perception Series:
While working on my dissertation, with the focus on Augusta Savage & Kara Walker’s artwork. I work with the same focus on Identity, perceptions, and the representation of these subjects.
a few days after my last entry i heard the mosaic i worked on at belper station had been chosen as the best community art scheme (permanent projects) in the national community rail awards. just when i was fit to […]
i think i’m through the worst bit of my feeling that i was no longer an artist. i probably am not an artist that survives financially by what they create. there’s no probably about it actually. it’s been quite a […]
Auto straddle Struggling to change identity in back of a car. Vulnerability of isolation. Forced act struggling against others requirements.
Artist exploration of own identity, vulnerability and shared experiences.
