Sharjah Biennial 14th editions during 7March – 10 June 2019 I spent a big part of one day (18 March 2019) at this venue – the city of Sharjah in the UAE organises this two yearly event through the Sharjah Art Foundation. The Biennial feature work of around 80 global artists. The theme is the […]
Research on above chosen work for assignment 4 question The suggestion of my tutor to look at all the works, before making a choice for the assignment, is discussed within on a separate blog page, named, Considering Critical Thought During Exercises of Part 4. I chose this artwork for my own subjective reasons: I used […]
This part of the studies will be addressed by 6 exercises. The reading and references focus mainly on Deleuze’s work on Difference and it is clear to me that an important outcome will be how to understand Difference with respect to the visual art curriculum. It can easily be misunderstood; I will work to understand […]
2019 I opted for a written feedback. Overall Comments I understand the overall feel that the project has more potential and will in the next few days attempt to add to the the drawing with more drawings that explore possible meanings and parallels with regards to migration, our human conflicted relationship with nature and our […]
My studies is by now challenging me to integrate what I have been learning. After each exercise I had ideas coming and going, which, with the intent to stay concise in my writing, still hung around in my mind and asked for further thought. These writings grew organically out of my learning. With regards to […]
My research for exercises in this part of the studies as well as summaries of background reading to understand difficult concepts Deleuze put forward and to integrate it into my understanding of Visual Arts and answering Part 4 of this course. ON READING DIFFERENCE AND REPETITION It is clear that Deleuze wants to account for […]
Select one of the previous four assignments as the starting point for your personal project: The options are: line, space and form your immediate environment outdoors figure and face Life study drawing is a constraint, as access to a model is difficult. I prefer to use the outdoors and landscape to explore and experiment […]
My tutor comments positively on my effort to read as wide as possible, I appreciate her ‘seeing’ my efforts. It surely is very much part of my nature to seek to understand, but I still find it rather difficult to take the complex reading to a place of understanding – the process is many a […]
I will here discuss why I chose my subject of Migrating Seagulls, as well as that which influenced me, and the materials and methods that I used. Since moving to Dubai during July 2018 I have been influenced by the atmosphere of the Arabic lifestyle and culture, the colours of the desert is very much […]
Demonstration of subject based knowledge and understanding At this point of the studies it became important for me to understand the ontology of philosophers I am reading – how they view reality. I am starting to read more on Deleuze and see him as having a realist ontology – there is no difference between the […]