PROJECT BASIC PAINT APPLICATION I am intrigued by the painting example under the heading, Introduction. This work reminds me of Adrian Ghenie – but it is the colours, not the way the paint is applied – and this part of the course will focus on application of paint. ( I added an extra blog […]
For this first assignment I am still drawn to the previous work with the baobab trees. I asked a friend who is to lucky to have a baobab in her garden and on in the middle of the street in front of her house in South Africa, to send some pictures of different perspectives – […]
Rembrandt Doing the research topic on Chiaroscuro earlier, I read that examinations of Rembrandt’s paintings show that the artist used middle-tone grounds, which allowed rapid painting. He only applied dark and light tones, leaving the mid-tones of the ground. Most of his canvases are primed with a double ground, the first layer of which is […]
Below are the pavillions I visited on 26 September 2019. I am still busy finishing the writing and comparing it with my notes and photos. I added the list in the meantime. Switzerland Their installation is called Moving Backwards – a video in an environment of a dance/night club the performers are dancing and moving, […]
Howard Hodgkin In our notes we have a work of the artist, In the Bay of Naples, 1980-82 (oil on panel) which reminded me of the work of Adrian Ghenie and I decided to read about the artist and ask myself why this example was chosen as well as why I see the link between […]
23.09 – 30.09 Arsenale, Giardini, Collateral events and some Old Masters in churches Arsenale From the onset I have to say that this was my first visit to Venice and that I was completely taken by its location on water and the obvious enormity of this 58th Biennale. I will attempt to discuss my experience, […]
Outside of the Giardini and Arsenale, there were 35 national pavilions and 19 collateral events spread around the Venice historic centre, Giudecca, San Servolo, and Forte Marghera. I focus on the few I got to see. Glasstress exhibition on Murano Island This was another highlight of my visit. I loved the old abandoned glass furnace […]
The overall comments was that this was a good submission and that I am well placed now for formal assessment. I am looking forward to getting my work ready for the assessment of November. With regards to the assignment my choice of subject was seen as good and some of my discussions where commended by […]
Assignment 5 I have never really given much thought to video installations and their difference to cinema. My experience has also varied, in the sense that there were installations which I just could not make sense of, felt uncomfortable: during October 2018 I was in Barcelona and visited the Modern Museum – a video installation […]
24 May 2019 It seems at this stage that we will be following art critique and the critical language of contemporary art, and as my tutor reminded me in the last formative feedback, at the heart of the assignment is the visitor/viewer experience. I will also read Stallabrass, of which I have the Kindle version […]