PART FOUR RESEARCH POINTS

RESEARCH POINT 1 Research some of the artists that subsequently emerge as a result of these shifts. Look up: Kurt Schwitters, Merzbau, 1937; Marcel Duchamp, 1200 Bags of Coal, 1938; Roy Lichtenstein, Stretcher Frame, 1968. Look at installation images of exhibitions by Frank Stella, Kenneth Noland and Helen Frankenthaler. Kurt Schwitters Below is a picture […]

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PART FOUR: SITE (TOPIC 1)

TOPIC ONE THE WHITE CUBE Exercise 4 Display To the contemporary artist, this is quite an unfamiliar approach. Look at your work in the studio, choose a work – it could be finished or in progress, if it is on a table, place it on the floor, or if on a wall, or in a […]

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ASSIGNMENT THREE

From the study material: “Look back over your sketchbook and learning log so far and reflect on what has shifted in your thinking. For this assignment, you will create a studio work in the media of your choice that draws from what is located outside of your direct experience. So, like Derrida, you could try […]

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Joanna Wittle an artist case-study on Practice, Collaboration and Curation with tutor Cheryl Huntbach

Zoom workshop on Between Islands, a current exhibition at the Harley Gallery Research and preparation for the planned Zoom workshop on Wednesday 30 Sept 2020 The artist has collaborated with artist, David Orme in this exhibition which consists of paintings, drawings and ceramics. The artists intention as on her website: “I will be working with […]

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REFLECTING ON TUTOR FEEDBACK FOR PART TWO

19 September 2020 I received a formal feedback today and think it is important to comment and reflect on this as soon as possible. Having started on Part Three and listening/watching a video by Bloomberg, ( How Richard Mosse documents life in photography/Brilliant Ideas Ep. 75) my tutors’ feedback suddenly made more sense. I was […]

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PART THREE: RESEARCH POINTS

General comments on the work below. In this part of my studies, when I started the reading for Research Point 2, I decided to first continue with the exercises of the Topic Experience and Authenticity and then come back and fill in the details and start writing them. I did the same with Research Point […]

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PART THREE: VOICE

Topic 1: Experience and authenticity Identity In the study material on Identity I read the following: “The debates at the time around authenticity, appropriation and authority that Love raises in her essay ‘The Experience of Art as a Living through of language’ are equally relevant today.” I looked at the artwork shown in the study […]

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PARALLEL PROJECT Part 1 and 2

INTRODUCTION In the study guide: The Parallel Project is a self-directed, extended project. The focus of this project is entirely up to you, although you are advised to use the ideas and approaches explored within the course exercises as a springboard to inspire your thinking and making process. You may work in the studio as […]

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Research Points for Part Two

Research point 1: Sue Tompkins How do ‘form’ and ‘content’ in Tompkin’s work affect each other? For example, if the way the artist uses nervous energy, rhythm, repetition and movement to deliver her words were changed, would it have the same meaning? Do you think the attempt to separate the two is helpful in understanding […]

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